Independence Men Continue Webster Seed Firm Trust Plan
Assets of the Mel L Webster Seed Company of Independence Iowa were bought by local men for 27604.53. A common law trust will oversee operations under the firm name, with Mel L Webster as general manager. Trustees named include Hasner Sheehan and Cherny. the firm will continue in the King building on East Main Street and assume all current liabilities. The sale was conducted by a creditor committee.
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Courier Special Service
Independence
Mel L. Webster Seed Company
Pew
FP. J. Sheehan
J. ‘L.' Cherny
R. W. Hasner
G. V. Rosenberger
King Building
East Main Street
California
George W. Burris
Jane Tennant
Swift Dream
Third Avenue
Sci
Cedar Rapids
Tien
Nashua
Jesse Fox Moves Into New Quarters at La Porte City
Jesse Fox moved his machinery to the new cement block shop in La Porte City on Tuesday and Wednesday. The old building on Commercial Street, a landmark, was sold to Nelson Osborn and partially razed. The rest will be demolished soon. Good Cheer Guild met at the Methodist church social rooms after a business session of the Aid society led by Mrs. Nies. Attendance was light due to bad weather. Program included solo by Martha Brust, duo by R. Eb. Wagner and Mrs. Ballheim, readings by Betty Hummel, and a poster activity with verses. Three-course refreshments were provided by hostesses.
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Courier Special Service
Orte City
Jesse “Fox
BcGaheran
Easate
Nelson Osborn
Good Cheer Guild
Methodist Church
Aid Society
Betty Hummel
Haven
Mmes. C. A. Fultz
M. Bb. Haven
H. H. Nasser
William Wi‘son
Ded. Hummel
C. E. Wagar
Clare Enes
Kline
H. E.waldroff
Mifred ‘Hughes
Atveach Place
Cramb
Maynard. Farley, Ja
L. J. Crumb
H. A. Crumb
Bruce Township
Frank Frost
Will Carlton
J. Jebe
Grocers
Mrs
C. A. Brust
Des Moines
Brust
New Hartford High School Baccalaureate Sermon Set
New Hartford will host a baccalaureate sermon Sunday evening at the M. E. church. Rev. Mr. Wicks to speak, with the high school glee clubs directed by Miss William Gar Fabrands to sing.
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New Hartford
M. ES
Wicks
Willian Gar
Fabrands
Orange Mission Workers Home on First Furlough
Orange Township May 19 Mr and Mrs Chalmer Shull mission workers in India the last seven years are in the United States on furlough They landed at Boston May 10 accompanied by their two children This is their first furlough they went out from Iowa They will spend several weeks in Pennsylvania before coming to Orange Other local notes include Mrs Harbaugh visiting her parents in Fike home and several family visits around Dunkerton Reinbeck Mt Vernon Polo Ill Conant Park near Gladbrook and Ames students home for the weekend.
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Courier
Orange Township
Chalmer Shull
India
United States
PF. J. Blough
Boston
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Orange
H. H. Harbaugh
Samuel Fike
Sara Jane Hess
Dunkerton
T. H. Errickson
Reinbeck
S. M. Harbaugh
Polo
Ill
Brookhart Speaks at Marble Rock High Graduation
Brookhart, U S senator, delivered the commencement address for Marble Rock high school graduates. Diplomas were awarded to Leo Sours Darrell Maxson Doris Shaefer Leroy Robinson Daisy MacKivell Thomas Belcher Inez French Grant Coover Donald Robinson Opal Fae Randall. Three stock cars were shipped to Waterloo by Carl Maxson and A Strand of Manley delivered to Chicago. Women in the Study club elected officers: Mrs T Messer Schmidt president Mrs Lucy Moore vice president Mrs Earl Hoadley secretary Mrs H N Merrick corresponding secretary and treasurer.
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Courier Special Service
Marble Rock
Smith W. Brookhart
United States
Marble Rock High School
Leo Sours
Darrell Maxson
Doris Shaefer
Leroy Robinson
Daisy Mac Kivell
Thomas Belcher
Inez French
Grant Coover
Donald Robinson
Opal Fae Randall
Waterloo
Carl Maxson
A. Strand
Manley
Chicago
Study Club
T. Messerschmidt
Lucy Moore
Earl Hoadley
H. N. Merrick
Weber and Kelly Wed in Osage Catholic Church
Miss Josephine Weber of Stewartville Minnesota and Martin Kelly of New Haven were married Tuesday morning in the Catholic church. The newlyweds will operate the groom's father’s farm on the bridge route near Osage.
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Kelly-Weber
Osage
Josephine Weber
Stewartville
Minn
Martin Kelly
New Haven
Kelly
Small Boy Hurt in Fall From Barn Loft
Cedar Falls May 19 Roy Ole sen 10 is in serious condition at Sartor Memorial hospital after falling ten feet from a haywayman at Rownd farm onto a concrete barn floor striking his head. Doctors expect to learn extent of injuries later. He is son of Mr and Mrs N C Oleson who operate the Rownd farm.
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Courier
Cedar Falls
Roy Olesen
Sartor Memorial Hospital
Rownd Farm
N. ¢. Oleson
Disciples of Christ
Iowa
I. I. Wade
Cclwein
R. L. Short
Waterloo
A. L. Stowe
Clinton
H. L. Sours
Newton
D. C. Knapp
Vinton
Blaine Hyten
Cedar Rapids
C. V. Allison
I. E. Wade
Oelwein
Woman's Missionary Society
School of Music
Homer Rodeheaver
Winona Lake
Ind
School of Religious and Evangelistic Music
Edward Lund
Rotary
W. G. Crowder
England
Rotary Club
Dudley F. Fasolt
Albany
N. Y
Rasmus Morgensen
Chicago
Howard County Butter Output Sets Week Record
May 19 Cresco Ta A convention in Cresco reports Howard county produced 59 264 pounds of butter in the week ending May 1 8 nine creameries contributed five cooperative and four individual firms. The county also has a cheese factory at Jamestown township and dairy work is pushed among youths with 20 members in the calf club. Adult dairy farmers aided last year’s total of 60 car loads shipped plus 165000 pounds for home use.
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Cresco
Howard County
Jamestown Township
Wartburg Junior Play to Be Staged Friday Night
Wartburg College in Waverly Iowa will present its annual junior class play titled The Winning of Latane a modern work by Oliver F P Parker The cast has rehearsed diligently and reached a high level of dramatic skill The production promises humor pathos tense moments and gripping scenes marking a first for Wartburg dramatics with a capacity house expected
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Wartburg College Dramatics
Butler's Farmers Make Progress in Planting of Corn
Clarksville Iowa May 19 corn planting well under way in this section and likely to finish by week’s end due to recent sand wind and rain storms. Clarksville High will graduate nine boys and nine girls in the auditorium this evening. Edward Priepke seven and Kenneth Smith five hurt in finger infections from a fish hook and a car door respectively. Gertrude Hobson of Dumont hired to succeed Tebey as grade teacher and Bernice Gotf of Cedar Falls to replace Sherman as mathematics instructor.
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Courier
Clarksville
Clarksville High
Forrest Rambo
Billy Rambo
Late Burke
Walter Nordman
Fred Rosenwinkle
Billy Schellenger
Darrel Davis
Don Loomer
Roger Stine
Pauline Satory
Ruth Hodsdon
Esther Weinberg
Lucile Sinram
Margaret Rosenwinkle
Lucile Smith
Elsina Reints
Mary Wilson
Doris Wyggle
Edward Priepke
Kenneth
Robert Smith
Gertrude Hobson
Dumont
Miss Tebey
Bernice Gotf
Cedar Falls
Miss Sherman
Carlson
IOWA FALLS TO BUILD 240-FOOT JEFFERSON HIWAY BRIDGE
Town of Iowa Falls plans a new cement single arch bridge on the Jefferson highway to replace the condemned crossing. The 240 foot structure will have a 24 foot driveway and sidewalk, sit about three feet higher, with rock abutments. Bids likely mid June, repairs prompt a de tour via River street bridge.
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Courier Special Service
Town Falls
Jefferson Highway
River Street
Community Picnic Ends Dumont School Year
A Dumont Indiana community picnic in the city park marks the closing event of commencement week at Dumont Consolidated School. Diploma ceremonies occur at the Evangelical church with Iowa State Teachers College Prof E W Goeth delivering the address. Kathryn Miller and Edwin Austin deliver prophecies and the valedictory respectively as eleventh girls and eight boys receive diplomas. Beulah Shreve and Frieda Anderson perform a piano duet.
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Courier
Dumont
City Park
Dumont Consolidated School
Evangelical Church
E. W. Goeth
Iowa State Teachers College
Kathryn Miller
Edwin Austin
Beulah Shreve
Frieda Anderson
Carl Austin
Hilda Ahrens
Helen Bagley
Bertha Bornaman
Clarence Pisher
Wilford Griner
Frances Hutchison
Nettie Krull
Luella Manifold
Lena Miller
Raymond Miler
Clinton Pfaltzgraff
Osler Shuler
Luella Scarrow
Clifford White
All Day Program Honors Frederika High Graduates
Frederika Iowa May 19 Graduates of Frederika high school are honored today with a noon community picnic at the schoolhouse followed by class exercises at 1 30 p m A 3 o’clock baseball game and the commencement act to be in the auditorium Sponsor W W Kidder Des Moines The class day exercises are led by Claire Carney Gladys Villett Esther Haase Bessie Costello Randolph Matthiesen Waren Ozias Bernie Harper Rewlah Merriss and John O Rourke.
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Courier
Frederika
Frederika High School
Kidder
Des Moines
Sponser
Claire Carney
Gladys Villett
Esther Haase
Bessie Costello
Randolph Matthiesen
Waren Ozias
Bernie Harper
Rewlah Merriss
John O'Rourke
Graduation Day Fight Over High School Band Trip
Charles City Iowa May 19 controversy runs high over whether the 600 piece high school band may travel to Clinton to play at the United Commercial Travelers convention on June 2 the date of commencement exercises. Seniors voted not to go despite business interest in sending the band.
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Charles City
Clinton
United Commercial Travelers Convention
Erick Swingen
Webster City
Justice Weatherwax
Grand Jury
Citizen’s Bank
Harold Anderson
L. W. Johnson
Swingen
Kuranji
Ft. Madison
Saddler
Auto
A. ©. Ruste
N. Frodden
L. H. Bloom
J. F. Tilden
FE. L. Walleser
Cedar Valley Rebekah
Manly
Iowa
Wilbur
D. Wilbur
Floyd
Miss Conley
Delia Conley
Cedar Valley Hospital
Russell Sheeley
Tenth Avenue
Fire destroys store at Farmer. loss estimated at up to five thousand
Fire discovered about 10 a m destroyed the stock of the general store at Farmer, causing merchandise losses of four to five thousand dollars. Insurance likely will cover most damages. The store was a branch of the Terry establishment. owners Daniel Terry and Clare Terry were away, with Earl Terry also absent. Source of the blaze undetermined.
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Courier Species Service
Jesup. Ta
Farmer
Daniel Terry
Clair Terry
Waterloo
Earl
Terry
Baby Daughter Dies After Illness in Marshalltown
The year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Jacob Stickfort died at Marshalltown hospital Monday of mastoiditis after several months of frail health.
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Dtes. Grundy Center
Jaccob Stickfort
Marshalltown Hospital
Mission Revival Services Sunday in Denver Church
Mission revival services will be held at St. John's church Denver Des Moines area May 29 with Rev Mgr Braver delivering the morning sermon at 10 o clock and Rev Mr Seminann the 2 30 pm service An announcement also notes the marriage of Miss Elda Meyer and Karl Walker Waterloo already publicized in Des Moines The couple will reside at 718 Wellington Waterloo with Mrs Walker in their new home Fire threats and personal notices follow in this brief community column including a straw ignition fire at the Huda Hagemann farm and a birthday party for Donald Phelps Jr and a newborn daughter for Mr and Mrs George Coontz.
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H. C. Slater
Detroit
Mich
O. H. Groth
Flanagan
H. W. Siefkes
Groth
Palmer
Courter
Denver
St. John's Church
Mgr. Braver
Mr. Seminann
Des Moines
Elda Meyer
Karl Walker
Waterloo
Walker
Wellington Street
Marriage Licenses Issued in Grundy Center
Grundy Center Iowa may 19. special marriage licenses have been issued as the local marriage bureau records note.
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Grundy Center
Local names linked to unsettled probate filings
Lizette Meyer and daughter Artice named in probate matter with recipients Jacob Krebs of West Union Anna DeBeer of Stout and Wilbur Calloway of Grundy Center plus Pera Chilton of Freeport in the notice detailing estate disposition and claimed interests.
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Lizette Meyer
Artice
Jacob Krebs
West Union
Anna DeBeer
Stout
Wilbur Calloway
Grundy Center
Pera Chilton
Freeport, I
Waterloo Man Buys Raymond's Blacksmith Shop
Philip Pint of Waterloo has purchased the blacksmith business from Will Weiden and will assume possession tomorrow. There will be a program by pupils of Raymond school tomorrow afternoon.
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Raymond, In
Philip Pint
Waterloo
Will Weiden
Raymond School
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James C.torrance
Fairview
A. L. Kreger
Wartburg College
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Association of Wa-Tan-Ye Clubs
Nettie McMillen
W. J. Roberts
Los Angeles
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