Teachers College Celebrates Fifty Third Year Achievements
The State Teachers College marked its fifty third year closing with strong showings in debates football and wrestling. Ten debates with nine wins by men and one win in two women’s dual debates. Football 9 games 147 points for 52 against. Wrestling four events all wins 92 to 32. Basketball strong with eleven conference games and two losses. Commencements at Cedar Falls high schools featured speeches by Dr R Latham and Dr Harry M Gaze. Honor rolls listed six students from Teachers College High School and six from Cedar Falls High School.
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Carrier Special Service
Cedar Falls
State Teachers College
T Wen
Cedar Falls High School
Services Held at La Porte City for Mrs. R. C. Taylor
Funeral services for Mrs. R. C. Taylor were held at the home in La Porte City at 10 a m conducted by Rev. T. M Nielsen of the M E church. Mrs. R. E B Wagner and Mrs. W. G Balthelm sang with piano accompaniment by Mrs Q O Brust. Burial followed in West View cemetery. Mary Adelaide Kennedy born May 16 1659 in Conneaut grew to womanhood. She married Robert Casper Taylor on February 14 1884 in Waterloo. They lived on the Taylor farm in Spring Creek township before retiring. Mr Taylor died November 17 1918. Surviving are two daughters Mrs Jay Kenney of Jesup and Mrs Frank Kenney of Waterloo, a stepdaughter Mrs P A Snyder of Litteton Colo, four grandchildren and one sister Mrs H C Laughlin of Santa Cruz Cal.
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Courier
da Porte City
R. C. Taylor
T. M.nielsen
M. &. Church
R. EB. Wagner
W. G Balthelm
QO. A. Brust
West View Cemetery
Mary Adelaide Kennedy
Robert Casper Taylor
Waterloo
Taylor
Spring Creek Township
Mr Taylor
Jay Kenney
Jesup
Frank Kenney
P. &. Snyder
Littleton
Colo
H. C. Laughlin
Santa Cruz
Cal
Dunkerton Legion Auxiliary Poppies Bring $38.48
Dunkerton Iowa May 31 350 poppies sold by Peter Kress Legion post auxiliary for Memorial day brought $38.48 the committee reports at campaign close Mrs Isabelle Gaddis and Miss Grace Bartholomew were top sellers.
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Courier Special Service
Dunkerton
Peter Kress Legion Post
Isabelle Gaddis
Grace Bartholomew
Cresco Civil War veteran John Gager dies at 88
John Gager, 88, a Cresco veteran and longtime member of the G A R post, died Thursday at his home. Born in Canada April 14, 1843, he served over three years in the Civil War and later lived in Iowa Nebraska. Funeral Sunday at the Baptist church with Rev. Carrall officiating. veterans and patriotic orders to attend.
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Ourlor
Althorn
AG. Gager
Grand Army
Baptist Church
Northeast Iowa High School Graduations Highlighted
In Allison and Fairbank commencements, seniors received diplomas as speakers addressed aims of education. In Allison, Elizabeth Emerson Dorothy Kramer Bernies Brauer and Phyllis Babcock performed. Prof Hallingsworth of Cedar Falls spoke on education and citizenship.
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W. C. Shepard
Fairbank
Evelyn Wieble
Marjorie Troxel
Frank Kramer
F. L. Aderman
Bethel Crow
Edgar Lehmguhl
George Dietz
Bethel Clow
Walburt Lehmkuhl
Blthelyn
Evelyn Wichle
Graduation Exercises Begin at Teachers College
Cedar Falls May 31 final recitations mark the scholastic year with a campus band concert led by Wilbur Riedel. Tonight opens commencement activities including alumni dinner and party Saturday. Alumni speakers include Casper Schenk and O R Latham. Local graduates from Waterloo and Cedar Falls receive diplomas Monday amid lists of names.
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Coartar
Cedar Falls
Teachers College
Wilbur Riedel
Town State College
T. CG. Mines
Casper Schenk
Des Moines
O. R. Latham
H. H. Seerley
Waterloo
Wettrloo
Margaret F. Afiner
Alberta M. Miller
Dorothy I. Miler
Bertha £. Ferris
Lynn K. Chapman
Helen R. Enfield
Mildred E. Alexander
Violet B. Watters
Wilma J. Hey
Mery &. Nmiman
Edna Muittenhouse
Wilma Alexander
Louise J. Garrett
Hasst Belm
Vanda M- Gapinski
Lilian O. Petersen
Edel 0. Jensen
Verna E. Clingman
Mrs
Edna Brown
Ethyl Frederickson
Milton
Unusual Pike Catch Off Cedar River
Austin Laughlin hooked a nine pound pickerel in the Cedar River north of Mitchell in a strange method. The fish appeared to have a besserino lodged in its side while Laughlin’s bait snagged the lure and he reeled the fish in sideways.
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Gourley
Osage
Austin Laughlin
Cedar River
Mitchell
Mr. Laughlin
Services for Worker Smothered at Glory
Bert Friend died in a limestone dust bin at Glory quarry near Monrot Fort Dodge after losing balance while rushing to finish a task before a 815 p.m. interurban. A coroner's jury ruled the death accidental and his family prepared to receive the body at Monro near Fort Dodge.
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Bert Friend
Glory Quarry
Monrot
Fort Dodge
Fritzai
Ibis
Osage Congregational Church Names New Pastor
The Osage Congregational Church selects Laurie Specie Reisttons Jo as pastor designate. He will graduate in June from the Chicago Theological Seminary and has assisted at Liste Yi Church. Rev Mr Dyer preached here recently, drawing favorable notices. The Paris cleaners closed in Osage and the space leased to Ellingson brothers for a mixed shop. A birth reported in Clarksville: a daughter born May 20 to Mrs Nina Nash, daughter of Mr and Mrs CG Vance.
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Laurie Specie
Reisttons Osage, Jo
the Rey Kelson
Hirags
Chicago Theological Seminary
Liste, Yi
Mr. Dyer
OSAGE
Paris Cleaners
Charles City
Andrew
Martin Ellingson
Ai Peat Fnll
Clarksville
CG. G. Vance
Nina Nash
Memorial day observances in Cedar Falls honor veterans
Cedar Falls marked Memorial Day with cemetery visits and a main parade featuring nine of twelve surviving James Brownell Post veterans. Luther College baseball won the Iowa conference title 6 to 1 as crowds gathered at Island and Washington parks for picnics and a college game. Delegates and teachers stations planned trips for Modern Woodmen of America and Teachers College extension schools to Muscatine Sheldon and Corning.
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James Brownell
G. A. BR
Cedar Falls
American Legion Post
Town National Guard
Boy Scouts
City Council
Women's Relief Corps
College
Luther College
Iowa
H. ©. Moeller
E. Fuller
E. L. Ritter
Muscatine
Sheldon
Corning
Teachers College
Gedar Falls
M. B. Street
Cedar Falls High School
Street
Teachers College Extension School
Nashua Girl Wins National Honor in Editorial Contest
Miss Mary Keut of Nashua Iowa class of 1929 won third place in the Quill and Scroll contest for the best high school editorial work of the year. She competed against thousands of students nationwide in the national competition.
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Nashua
Mary Keut
United States
Bargain Store at Nashua Is Sold to Canty Couple
Nashua May 31 E. E. Van Slyke sold Van Bargain store to F. R. Canty and his wife who will run it. The store will be the Variety Fair. The Van Slyke family plans to move to a college town where Miss Graes will study.
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Nashua
E. E. van Slyke
F. R. Canty
Canty
van Slyke
Memorial Day Observance in Aplington Iowa
Memorial Day observances were held in Aplington Iowa with Rev F W Thompson delivering the memorial day address on Thursday May 31 in Northeast Iowa community events.
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Aplington
Aplington, I2
F. W. Thompson
Mrs. C. T. Simpson Dies at Lawn City
Mrs. C T Simpson dies after brief illness in Lawn City Cedar Falls. Private funeral at Ninth and Clay street at 2 p m Saturday with Rev W G Rowley officiating. Burial in Greenwood. Born Sept 7 1850 in New York state she came to Cedar Falls in 1878. Married March 12 55 years ago. survived by husband four daughters and a son from Cedar Falls Detroit Mich Sheffield England and other locations.
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Gourier
Cedar Falls
Ninth and
Clay Street
QT. Simpson
W. G. Rowley
Greenwood
Simpson
New York State
G. R Dayton
J. B. Newman
F. QO. Bailey
J. C Stewart
Detroit
Mich
Robert Simpson
Sheffield
England
New Hartford Bank to Open June First in City
New Hartford State Bank, organized with 25000 capital and 5000 surplus, will open June 1 in the former bank building. In St Ansgar, Progress club elects 1925 30 officers with Irms Golberg as president and Irene Groth as vice president. Bertha Falk secretary treasurer. Study of South America planned next year.
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Coariar
New Hartford
New Hartford State Bank
ST. Ansgar
Progress Club
Irms, Golberg
Irene Groth
Bertha Falk
Florence Halvorson
Velma Mueller
South America
Laird Couple Welcome Daughter in Des Moines
A daughter was born yesterday in Des Moines to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Laird. The Lairds’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Taylor of Cedar Falls, are informed. Mr. Laird serves as state adjutant of the American Legion. Mrs. Laird was formerly Dorothy Taylor of Cedar Falls.
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Lairds
Cedar Falls
Des Moines
Ralph Laird
W. H. Taylor
Laird
The
American Legion
Dorothy Taylor
Memorial rites recall pioneer achievements at Clarksville
In Clarksville Iowa May 31 residents paid tribute to soldiers and sailors with ceremonies at the old Fort Eads site built 1854 to deter a Spirit Lake Indian outbreak. The fort was never garrisoned and later fell into ruin as locals honored frontier settlers and the Town family legacy with a marker dedication and address by Ben I Salinger former state supreme court justice.
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Courier Special Service
Clarksville
Qld
Eads
Iowa
Spirit Lake
American Legion
Ben I. Salinger
State Supreme Court
Familly
Memorial Day Exercises in Reinbeck Tribute Address by Rev J Richmond Morgan
The Memorial day events in Reinbeck were sparsely attended with former residents returning to honor the Union dead. Rev J Richmond Morgan of Waterloo delivered the address at the town observance marked by simple tributes and music.
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Reinbeck, Ta
Reinbeck
J. Richmond Morgan
Waterloo
First Congregational Church
Barclay Township Names Fall School Teachers
May 31 Barclay Township announces fall term appointments: Elizabeth Staebell No 3 district, Mabel G. Rehder No 4, Jessie Leatherman No 6, Margaret Wingert No 8. Road work planned between sections 6 7 8 17 18. Twin colts died on three farms. A German immigrant resides at the rectory with Rev. John Naebers. He plans to enter a Detroit automobile school in September. Spring work ends. picnics held in Jasb ay schools.
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Courier
Barclay Township
Elizabeth Staebell
Mabel G. Rehder
Jessie Leatherman
Margaret Wingert
Germany
John Naebers
Detroit
Jasbay
Practice determines Christian life says preacher
Rev. James Gable told the M. E. church revival that practice as well as theory shapes the Christian life. Attendance grows daily and the service noted increased interest. No services Saturday, with an outstanding program planned for Sunday.
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Frederika, In
James Gable
Former Oelwein Boy Dies Saturday Funeral Planned
The two and a half year old son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Thorp formerly of Oelwein died Thursday at their Hazleton home. Funeral will be Saturday at 2 pm at the home and burial at Independence. A Oelwein Legion squad attended Hazleton Memorial day exercises. Mrs C E Hillis spoke there in the afternoon.
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Courier Special Service
Oelwein
Jack
Ralph Thorp
Hazleton
Independence
Oelwein Legion
C. E. Hillis
Oelwein High School
E. J. Braylick
Board of Education
T. J. Kirby
The
State University
Indigestion Relief Claim From Dr Pierce’s Medicine
Silas Wm. Edison of Buffalo, N Y reports long standing indigestion, constipation and kidney trouble improved after using Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets. He says prior doctors failed and credits the remedies with his recovery and offers free medical advice through the Dr Pierce Clinic in Buffalo.
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Silas HW. Edison Jr
John, Kons
Dr. Fierce
Dr. Pierce
Silas WM. Edison
Baker ships dairy cattle to New England states
Mr. Baker shipped more than $70,000 worth of milk cows to the New England states in the past year and is now filling up the ranks with fresh stock from the Midwest. A new U.S. flag was raised at City Hall on Memorial Day, a recent purchase by the city council.
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Tery, Minn
Baker
New England
Middlewest
A City
Fairbank House Damaged by Fire and Memorial Day Notes
Fire destroyed much of the second floor and roof of the Dem Mersch residence in Fairbank likely from faulty wiring. Memorial day observances drew 300 attendees at the high school with E. H. Everett of the American Legion delivering a commemorative paper. Also noted are a newborn son to Mr and Mrs Russell Gurley on May 28 and a farewell for Mrs Gwen Wieble by the Baptist guild. Hampton poppy sale proceeds expected around 176 with school helpers honored for top roles in fundraising.
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Courier Special Service
Fairbank
Dem Mersch
Grove Street
Immaculate Conception Parish
E. HE. Everett
American Legion Post
Legion
Russell Gurley
Gwen Wieble
The
Baptist Guild
Lester Wilson
Hampton
American Legion Auxiliary
GC. L. Murphy
James Estep
Teddy Brect
David Fisher
Betty Cahilled
Konjola Promises Cure in Local Health Ad
An advertisement touts Konjola as the medicine that gave results for stomach, liver, kidney, and nervous ailments. It features Mrs. N D Smith of Waterloo praising the tonic and promotes visits to the Konjola Man at Wangler Brothers Co. for demonstrations and explanations of its 32 ingredients.
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N. D. Sauth
Lind Cammeak Studley
Konjola
Americ
Konjola Man
N. D. Smith
Park Road
Watertoo
Mia
Ito
Wangiler Brothers Company
East ‘Fourth Street
Waterloo
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T. G. Seal
la Porte City
Legion Auxiliary
Greaco
Northeast Iowa High School
Latham
Seerley
GLORY
Monroe
Osage Congregational Church
Regent Meatre
Howland Hanson
J D. Corning
Chicago
Woodmen of America
Woodmen
C. T. Simpson
Lawn City
New Hartford Bank
Ft. Eads
Barclay
Ates
Jack Thorp
C. H. Hillis
Marguerite Cannon
Thea Delweth
Ruth Borland
Eugene Borland
Ohrlweith High School
J. W. Basham
G. R. Shaw
B. &. Reynolds
Twin Cities
Tom Baker
Springfield
Dodge Oen
Ennett
Willard
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Bennett Tire & Battery CO
West Fifth St
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