New Toledo Bank Opens Wednesday May 18
Toledo ia May 12 The National Bank of Toledo successor to the closed First National bank will open for business Wednesday. Community support built $50,000 capital and $25,000 surplus in 21 days. Court approval allowed sale of assets for 933,376.12. Trustees named to liquidate assets. 65 percent dividend to First National depositors, 40 percent in checks from the currency, 25 percent in certificates due in six and 12 months. Officers and directors listed. Georgiana Jenks named teller.
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Courier Special Service
Toledo
National Bank of Toledo
First National Bank
Charles Benésh
United States District Court
Sioux City
F. R. Jones
Federal Court
Www
P. Crossman
Oliver Henderson
Gladbrook Bank
Purchasing Bank
Comptroller of
Washington, D. C
Charles~.Benesh
W. B.schultz
P. C. Welle
John Petra
A. A. Pace
Rube Shaw
G. H. Struble
Georgiana Jenks
Hallance
DL. V. Oberholtzer
Tama
Crossman
Henderson
Finishing Pictures For Grundy Center Patrons
Grundy Center Iowa May 12 Pictures have been finished from all plates test by E A Browning Photographer who fled when officers were notified he was wanted for bigamy The work was done by order of the sheriff as an accommodation for Bravening Reys and Mrs John Frerichs Alexander are here to see his father who is very ill The elder man is 86 Williams was unhurt when his automobile overturned due to steering gear failure.
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Grundy Center
E. A. Browning
Corder
Bravening
Reys
John Frerichs
Alexander
Iams
Bridge material moved to avoid flood at Otterville
May 12 Otterville reports creek floods forcing rapid removal of material at a bridge under construction. Farmers scramble as rainwaters cover fields, delaying planting. many report oats sown in May for the first time in years while corn and other crops are affected.
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Courier Special Service
Otterville
Black Creek
Two Women Die at Oelwein Homes
Two well known Oelwein residents died last evening. Mrs. Dora EF Sturgis died at the family residence 5 Second avenue southeast and Mrs. Frank Esterly at her home 129 Fourth avenue southeast.
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Oelwein
Dora
EF. Sturgis
Second Avenue Southeast
Frank Esterly
Fourth Avenue Southeast
Stray Bullet Hits Horse at Jubilee Hunt
Jubilee May 12. Harold Koch fired to hunt squirrels and a stray bullet narrowly missed Carl and Jacob Loeb as they drove to Jubilee store. The missile struck a horse in their team while one man passed by the horses to reach the building.
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Courier Special Service
Jubilee
Harold Koch
Carl
Jacob Loeb
Jubilee Store
Stepson Very Ill in Clarksville Incomplete News
Clarksville May 12. Mrs Abe Seitz reports from Oregon City Ore that her stepson Thomas Neal age 7 is very ill. Clarksville has raised $36 over its Red Cross Food relief quota of $209.
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Clarksville
Abe Seitz
Oregon City
Ore
Thomas Neal
Red Cross Sood
Mayo post-op condition of Mia Gray noted serious
May 12 report from Iowa City says Mia Gray undergoing surgery for a carcinoma on the back of her neck and remains in very serious condition. Brandon Woran noted in serious condition after operation. local school board selects teaching corps including Noel Baker for seventh and eighth grades.
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Brandon
Mia Od Gray
Iowa City
Noel Baber
F. S. Air
Bruce O'Brien
Bernice Hofmaster
Rowley
Will Lee
See
Wendell See
Klinkel funeral to be held at parents' home Friday
Charles City Ia May 12 funeral plans set for Don Klinkel at the family home 403 Hulin street Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock instead of at First Methodist Episcopal church as earlier announced. Body to lie in state Friday morning for viewing by friends. R W Scott of Tanager Construction Albert Lea said his firm will begin work next week on the new county home with contract price 859, 967 dollars. Three pike from Clear Lake fish hatchery were released into the Cedar River by Izaak Walton league members. J H J Fitzgerald leased the J C Penney building and will sublease half to R M Antonoff & Bro Minn opening a popular priced clothing store Aug 1. A B Welton former druggist buried at Riceville cemetery after dying at his son's home in Denver following brief illness. Two divorces granted by Judge Kelley with custody to Celesta Cooper for two children and Hilma Frances Keaton awarded against Mortimer S Keaton for cruel and inhuman treatment.
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Courier
Charles City
Don Klinkel
Hulin Street
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Klinkel
Bogan
R. W. Scott
Tanager Construction Company
Albert Lea
Clear Lake
Cedar River
Izaak Walton League
Kelley
Celesta Cooper
Nora Springs
Joseph E. Cooper
Urene
Wilma
Hilma Frances Keaton
Mortimer S. Keaton
Harry J. Henderson
Franklin County
County Board of Education
H. J. Iverson
H. H. Atkinson
C. W. Kiein
Scott Judy
Roland Butterbaugh
Frank H. Dirst
Jack Branat
Hampton
Brandt
Highway No. 10
Charles Harrison
Glenn Bobst
Messelheiser
Hampton M. EL Church
Adam Messelheiser
Hampton Hospital
G. Th. Berveman
Cedar Falls
Ralph Wall Collis
Otilla Augusta Kugler
Otto
Anita
Portland
Ore
Cora
Schmitz
Raise
Idaho
Winifred Loose
New Sharon
Judge Directs for Defense in Allison Trespassing Case
John Muller suit against Jake Cardinal dismissed by Judge M H W Kepler. Cardinal faced two charges of wilful trespassing from Nov 1 1926 after wood dispute on Cardinal’s sister Ina Wheeler’s farm near Allison. Muller rented land. order to remove did not occur. verdict directed for defense.
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Courier Special Service
Allison
John Muller
Jake Cardinal
M. HW. Kepler
Cardinal
HW. W. Burma
Peace Court
Ina Wheeler
Alison
Muller
EB. HH. Brauer
W. C. Shepard
Geneseo School Highlights From May 11 Events
Geneseo Iowa May 11 receipts of the operetta at the school building under Miss Emmerson were 45 dollars. Rev Raymond Grant Washua will deliver the baccalaureate address to the 1927 Geneseo class Sunday evening in the school auditorium. The senior class play Ann Whats Her Name will be Friday evening. The Ladies Aid society met at Mrs W I Bateman's home Wednesday. The junior senior class banquet was held last Saturday at Filacks tearoom.
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Geneseo
Emmerson
Raymond Grant
Washua
Will Delver
Ann
Ylsdies Aid Society
W. 1 Bateman
Filack
Summer School Directors Plan 12 Week Term Start
Cedar Falls May 12 Directors of summer term extension schools at Teachers college finalize preparations for the June 1 opening of a 12 weeks session. Officials from Burlington Ida Grove Spencer Harlan Albia Creston and Cedar Falls oversee rural education and guest speakers.
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Cedar Falls
Teachers College
H. (. Moeller
Burlington
John R. Slacks
Ida Grove
Tred D. Cram
Spencer
F. &. Fuller
Harlan
Ritter
Albia
N. FH. Rinstrom
Davenport High School
Creston
H. L. Eells
Clarksville Men to Stock Ponds with Game Fish
Clarksville Louisiana May 12 Rough fish were taken from ponds at the old C G W gravel pit by Izaak Walton league and other sportsmen as a step toward stocking with game fish. The plan includes rustic bridges and improved fishing access. Ponds reach 15 to 17 feet deep. Ray Montpleasure deputy game warden brought 225000 pike fry to be placed in the river.
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Clarksville
C. G. OW
Izaak Walton League
Ray Montpleasure
Clear Lake
D R Earl Given Another Term as Grundy Sup t
Grundy County voters re elected D R Earl as superintendent for a thirteenth year. He won 12 votes at the county convention while Ira Garden, a Parkersburg schools faculty member, received nine of the remaining 21 ballots.
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D. R. Earl
Courier
Grundy Center
Grundy County
Buchanan Board Weighs Road Bond Election Approval
Independence May 12 The board of supervisors will call a road bond election if the highway commission approves the project a booster petition endorsing the plan was presented. Clarence D Chamberlain and Lloyd W Bertaud plan a trans Atlantic flight. Chamberlain is son in law of local residents. Clyde W Warburton director of extension work in the federal agriculture department supervises a flood relief program and is a local resident. George W Burris recovered a loan repayment from a young man who sought fortune westward years ago.
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Courier Special Service
Independence
Board of Supervisors
Highway Commission
Clarence D. Chamberlain
Lloyd W. Bertaud
W. G. Bogert
Wilda
Clyde W. Warburton
Federal Department of Agriculture
Warburton
Florida
George W. Burris
Wan Killed in Arkansas Storm Details from Osage and Mitchell Co
A cyclone hit Bison Arkansas killing Roy Lovejoy 46 of Osage. His mother Mrs A J Lovejoy and brother Robert traveled to Arkansas for his body. Surviving relatives include three sisters and three brothers in several states. The item also notes Mitchell County improvements, Red Cross flood relief progress, Lions Club officers, and H M Gardner purchasing Bruce Champion garage.
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Osage
Roy Lovejoy
Bison
Ark
A. J. Lovejoy
Robert Lovejoy
Lovejoy
Rock Township
Rison
Robert
Ralph
Hayward
Wis
Otto Bee
San Francisco
Cal
Carl Stone
Bothall
Wash
Bert Boughton
Montpelier
Baccalaureate to Denver Class Will Be by Dubuque Man
Herbert Chaening of Dubuque will lead church services in Denver Ia on Sunday and deliver the baccalaureate address to Denver High School graduates. Morning service at 9 30, evening at 8, Denver baseball meets Cedar Falls at Washington Park at 2 30. A bridge is being built near Paul Konarske’s to replace an old structure. Sehoenbohm to graduate from Dubuque Academy of Music tonight. Mrs W Steege suffers a severe shoulder injury in an accident Saturday.
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Denver
Herbert Chaening
Dubuque
Denver High School
Cedar Falls
Washington Park
Paul Konarske
Red Sehoenbohm
Orchard Woman Dies After Fall in Osage
Mrs. Charles Watters died Wednesday at Nissan hospital Osage after a fall that fractured her hip. The accident occurred while she was visiting a neighbor. Her blind invalid husband was taken to the home of their son Carroll after the incident. Mrs. J. P. Foster, 88, shows slight improvement after two weeks of illness.
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Courier Special Service
Orchard
Charles Watters
Nissan Hospital
Osage
St Ansgar Plans Commemoration Of Founding
St Ansgar Iowa May 12 The Study club met at the homes of Mrs E A Sponheim and Mrs Josephine Golberg with papers on St Ansgar early history and the town industries. Citizens plan a 1928 seventy fifth anniversary celebration. Wendell Meggett performed an opera and a note on appendix relief recalls Grace Meggett hospitalized in Savre Maine.
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Courier
St. Ansgar
Ccmb
E. A. Sponheim
Josephine Golberg
Robert Mott
St. Anagar
Op. Lund
Lewi
Wendall Meggett
Grace Mexeet
Savre Hospital
Bin
Franklin County to grade 10 miles of secondary roads
Franklin county contractors will begin grading ten miles of secondary roads next week. C. McDonald of Mankato won five miles in West Fork township for 15,698.36 dollars. C. J. Pergum Hampton handles drainage. H. J. Larsen of Dows won five miles between Bradford and Iowa Falls for 11,849 dollars, with Pergum again handling drainage. May health pageant and school elections also noted.
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Courier Special Service
Hampton
Franklin County
Board of Supervisors
C. McDonald
Mankato
Minn
West Fork Township
Sheffield
C. J. Pergum
H. J. Larsen
Dows
Bradford
Iowa Falls
Pesum
Osage May Musical Succeeds as Clubs Sponsor Event
City Federation of Women's clubs sponsored the annual May musicale in Osage Lutheran church drawing a large audience. Miss Blanch Melaughlin reelected county schools superintendent. G J Smith Riceville Clyde Smith Brede Wamstad Osage reelected to board of education. Mrs Theo Jones buried May 7 in Seattle. Gerald Gillis of New Haven elected band captain at St Thomas college St Paul. A E Kearney couple plan to move to Dales Oregon to reside with a son.
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Osage. Ja
City Federation of Women's Clubs
Osage Lutheran Church
Blanch Melaughlin
G. J. Smith
Riceville
Clyde Smith
Brede Wamstad
Osage
Theo Jones
Mitchell County
Seattle
Wash
Gerald Gillis
E. J. Gillis
New Haven
St. Thomas College
St. Paul
Oelwein B P W Club Plans June Picnic
The Business and Professional Women's club of Oelwein Ia will picnic Tuesday June 14 with committee members Mrs E B W Moore Barbara Thelen Pearl King Marjorie Dunham and Lucy Platt. Thirty of 40 Goodyear tire dealers from Oelwein and Fayette county attended a banquet at Hotel Mealey. John Ridler notes continued low barometric pressure. W G Elliot of the local school board attended the West Union meeting. L G Myers was reelected county superintendent.
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Courier &Secial Service
Oelwein
Business and Professional Women’s Club
BE. W. Moore
Barbara Thelen
Pearl King
Marjorie Dunham
Lucy Platt
Dwight Schneider
Mercy Hospital
Good
Hazleton W C T U Planned Brick for Ten New Members
Hazleton Iowa May 12 Addition of ten members to the local Women s Christian Temperance union roster earns the group a brick in the wall of defense to be featured at the national convention in Minneapolis in August The brick will bear the name of Mrs Minnie Baldwin president of Women s Relief corps The new members include Prof and Mrs Cook Mrs Roy Munger Marguerite Ramsall Viola Reams Mr and Mrs Harshbarrer Mrs James Wilson Nelhma Risk Hortense Wells and Gertrude Hillman.
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Hazleton
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Minneapolis
Minnie Baldwin
Women’s Relief Corps
Cook
Roy Munger
Marguerite Ramsall
Viola Reams
Harshbarrer
James
Cloudburst Destroys Bridges in Benton County
A Benton county survey found the May cloud burst destroyed or badly damaged about 20 bridges across nearly half the county. Estimated total loss from bridges and washed roads ranges from 10,000 to 20,000 dollars, with Iowa township suffering nine wooden bridge losses.
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Vinton
Benton County Board of Supervisors
Iowa Township
Fire destroys house and 600 chicks on Burke farm
Fredericksburg Indiana May 12 Fire from a heater destroyed a house and 600 week old chicks on the Tom Burke farm five miles south. Other local items note Mrs Elliott's relapse after a hospital stay and small medical operations at St Joseph hospital. The Donlon fractional south of town changed hands for eight thousand dollars. Interment of Mrs Greins planned in Rose Hill beside her husband. Pearl Schurstein and Ray Justen wed May 4 at Evangelical Friedens parsonage Tripoli.
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Courier Special Service
Fredericksburg
Tom Burke
William Elliott
Waverly
G. A. Markee, Jr
Donlon
Albert Linneau
Hilda Steege
St. Joseph Hospital
New Hampton
W. H. Greins
Manchester
Rose Hill
Maude
Pearl Schurstein
Ray Justen
Verge
Friedens Parsonage
Tripoli
Arthur Gritsch
M. Koehler
Orange Church Postpones Mother's Program to Next Sunday
Orange Township May 12 The mother’s day program was postponed due to bad weather and roads and will be held next Sunday evening. Mrs JL Clough, Miss Marie Clough and Mrs Sam Swartz had minor operations in Des Moines and have returned home. Mr and Mrs A C Miller are adding to their residence with carpenters at work. Tri-S club mothers night featured music and readings hosted by Mrs Jay Summy with assistance from Mrs Joy Lichty. Alvin Wolf broke his arm again in a fall from a horse last week, the third such injury. Mrs Jake Grady returned home after illness. Students in the junior program included Vera Fike, Francis Benedict, Pauline Cunningham, Alta Maust, Ruth Cornelius, Tom Lichty, Bruce Graham, Robert Peterson, Verl Wlingaman, Belva Forsney, Gladys Moberly.
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Orange Township
JL. W. Clough
Marie Clough
Sam Swartz
Des Moines
A. CC. Miller
Jay Summy
Tri- S Club
Joy Lichty
Alvin Wolf
Jake Grady
Consolidated School
Vera Fike
Francis Benedict
Pauline Cunningham
Alta Maust
Ruth Cornelius
McCoy’s Cod Liver Oil Tablets Promise Quick Gains
Advertises Cod Liver Oil as the best flesh producer with more vitamins. Promotes sugar coated tablets offering a 60 cent box of 60 tablets. Claims at least five pounds gain in 30 days with money-back guarantee if not achieved. Warns against imitations and counterfeit products.
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Dave
McCoy
Recovery Reports From Operations In Iowa
Marble Rock reports Mrs. Ilza Chamberlain recovering well after a gallstone operation at Allen Memorial hospital Waterloo. She is said to be much improved. Eagle Center notes Mrs. A Rosauer in St Theresa hospital for treatment over the last month is reported much improved.
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Marble Rock
Ilza Chamberlain
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Eagle Center
A. Rosauer
St. Teshela Hospital
Clear Skin Miracle Promises Beauty and Health
An advertisement promotes S. S. S. as a blood tonic to clear blemishes and boost vitality. It claims Nature builds red corpuscles, improves nourishment, and helps skin clarity. Testimonials from users describe relief from itching, weight regain, and renewed energy, with S. S. S. sold in drug stores.
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Nature
S. S
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A. B. Welton
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George Knoche
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J. G. Wyrth
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Dorothy Wyth
Cosmopolitan College of Music
Marion Bozarth
W. C. Lang
Western Old Fepples
Clarence H. Faust
Buchanan Board
Wan
Arkansas
Mitchell Mutual Protective
Mitchell County Mutual Improvement Association
William Ailchrist
Art Hungerford
Red Cross
Daisy Tupper Nichols
Lions Club
James B. Carden
G. E. Genung
F. J. Cromer
A. JP. Treserner
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Cleo Cronan
Elizabeth Beebe
Georgia Patterson
Stevonne McNames
City Federation
Osage May Musicale
Oelwein B. P. W. Club
Hazleton W. C. T. U
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Benton Bridges
Orange Church
Ida Bailey Allen
Kingsford
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Alan Fine
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