Delaware Paving Project Extends Route to Chicago
The Iowa state highway commission lets a contract for primary No. 20 from Winthrop to Dyersville in Delaware county, a 24 mile stretch. Work to begin spring with aim to finish by next year, creating an unbroken hard surfaced link from Manchester to Waterloo and onward toward Chicago.
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Waterloo
No. 20
Dubuque County
Delaware County
Cedar Falls
Dubuque
Chicago
95 Year-Old Tama County Woman Reads Without Glasses
A Tama County woman aged 95 lives with her son A Johnson south of Gladbrook. She has cared for her son 16 years and says she has not been ill in all that time. She exercises daily, reads for hours without glasses, sews, and remains mentally sharp. Her memories go back to times before women had rights and she notes milestones of family life.
Boy Injured In Collision Improves Claims From Plainfield Area
Mishler aged 12 hurt when his father’s car and another vehicle collided while avoiding an obstruction on the highway. He had a broken knee and other injuries. Once feared critical, his condition is now improving. The family lives near Plainfield.
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Cpti Sudton
O BS Waverly
Mishler
Healy
Plainfield
Ovasine njuLe
Junior Class Play Will Be Presented Thursday Evening
La Porte City Iowa November fifteenth 1918 the junior class play Bee and Childhood directed by Miss Nelle Roehlk in the high school auditorium begins at 8 15 pm Cast includes Professor Frederick Relven Carl Sawyer Mex Weissmuller Auntie fils sister bien secrece Dotginen Darge Sylvian Relyen Alice Lyle Philip Stanton Mrs assistant Vive Gaeta Raymond Johannsen General Henry Burbeck and others Music by the high school orchestra between acts with selections Ay the Zuyder Zee The Night Mate and a comedy sketch The Pessimists by Evelyn Yarrow and Thalia McChane Funeral of John D McLennan held at 2 pm from home east of town burial West View cemetery Survivors include wife Sarah Winnie Bennet two daughters Mabel Hackett Edith Morrison four grandchildren one brother Edward and four sisters
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Jesup. In
Barcelona
Ruth Sinden
Jesup Consolidated School
Grace Walker
Town State University
Lester Dean
Donald
Chicago
Dean
Yellow Cab Company
S. H. Wood
J. H. Gopenhaver
C. P. Peterson
A Peterson
J. J. Dodge
la Parte City
F. Davis
Terry
Barry Temple
Pythian Sisters
L. T. Frink
Order
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la Porte City
Nelle Roehlk
Frederick Relven
Carl Sawyer
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D. W. Morgan
Presbyterian Church
West View Cemetery
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John H
Mary McKenzie McLennan
Stark County
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Sarah Winnie Bennett
Mabel Hackett
Edith Morrison
Iowa
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Greene
Anna McKay
Griswold
Eliza Hutchinson
Barbara Guthrie
Neponset
Netha Hutchinson
Anita
Waverly Man Celebrates Eightieth Birthday Sunday
L C Oberdorf of Waverly Iowa marked his eightieth birthday on Friday November 11 though mostly homebound. His daughter Mrs George Painkner Cedar Falls gave a cake and the Woman's Relief corps a fruit basket. Parish figures visited later including Montana Bishop and Rev Fathers Dougherty Finnegan Collins Hoyle Botle on a regional trip.
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Waverly
L. C. Oberdorf
Oberdorf
George Painkner
Cedar Falls
Woman's Relief Corps
Montana
Father Dougherty
Dubuque
Finnegan
Helens
Mont
T. R. Collins
Dougherty
Mason City
Joseph J. Hoyle
Patrick Botle
C. A. Fullerton
Alta Wilmerth
Snelling
Florence Brophy
Tes Moines
Relatives Honor Fairbank Couple on 52 Years Married
About thirty relatives and friends from Waterloo Cedar Heights Cedar Falls Gelwein and Maynard attended the fifty second wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Henry Werick in Fairbank Iowa The gathering featured picnic baskets and informal entertainment The Methodist bazaar is set for Wednesday November 16 with dinner served at 1130 a m J L Gorman was called to Independence by the death of his father John Gorman A district convention of Pythian Sisters met Hazleton with Miss Mayme Betts as delegate.
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Fairbank
Waterloo
Cedar Heights
Cedar Falls
Gelwein
Maynard
Henry Werick
J. L. Gorman
Independence
John Gorman
Hazleton
Mayme Betts
Hazleton Couple Move to Farm Near Maymart
Hazleton Indiana November 15 Mr and Mrs W E Wells moved Monday to a farm four miles east of Maymart. Neighbors gave a farewell for 25. Leonard McDowell staying with sister Mrs Bruce Hillman had appendix operation in Oelwein hospital Friday and is improving. Proceeds from a bazaar by the Presbyterian Aid society totaled 104. Bradford school closed due to scarlet fever. Velma Gerestenberger cares for Mrs Smith in Oelwein. Farm quarantined for smells. Mac Spragg of Waterloo visiting daughter Mrs August Feller.
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Pauvier
Hazleton
W. E. Wells
Maymart
Leonard MecDovwell
Bruce Hillman
Oelwein Hospital
Viola Story
Tsversity Hospital
Iggwa City
Presbyterian Aid Society
Bradford
Velma Gerestenberger
Smith
Oelwein
Mac Spragg
Waterloo
August Feller
Shell Rock Baptist Aid Meeting Friday at Mrs True Home
The Shell Rock Baptist Aid society will meet Friday afternoon November 18 at the home of Mrs. E. J. True. Hostesses are Mrs. George Mead Mrs. Frank Garner and Mrs. Jed Davis. The Epworth League plans a church party and a father and son banquet is set for November 30.
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Aeterr
Shell Rock
Baptist Aid Society
E. J. True
George Mead
Frank Garner
Jed Davis
Epworth League
Girls Athletic Association Formed in Charles City High School
A new girls' athletic association was organized at Charles City High School under supervisor Wilma Lewis with officers Betty Car runs Ruth Wedemeyer and Marian Fredrickson. Sports managers include Virginia Kober in cycling and others across skating tennis basketball and more.
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Charles City
Girls’ Athletic Association
Wilma Lewis
Betty Care Run
Ruth Wedemeyer
Marian Fredrickson
Wpirls
Virginia Kober
Vinta Giltsch
Jeanette Hamilton
Jessie Redfield
Dorothy Marsh
Dorothy Doerfler
Betty Noltereke
Katherine Prottengeler
Helene Griffin
Elva Sours
Funeral for Waverly Man Who Died in Seattle
Funeral services were held in Waverly for F. C. Wetherbee who died in Seattle after a brain hemorrhage. The private ceremony at Koch chapel was conducted by Rev. G. C. Bason of the M. E. church. Survived by his widow, Edna Suailer before their December 2 1914 marriage. Mrs O A Anderson of Wisconsin Rapids attended. Rosella Staack, sister of the deceased, accompanied Anderson to Minneapolis for winter stay.
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Courser Sneria Servier
Waverly
GC. C. Bason
M. E. Church
F. Cc. Wetherbee
Seattle
Washwhite
Koch Chapel
O. A. Anderson
Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Rosella Staack
Wetherbes
Anderson
Minneapolis
Orange Resident to Teach in Barclay
Orange Township reports Blanche Klingaman will teach at Barclay township starting this work. Alice Bechtelheimer and Ruth Beil, Iowa City students, spent the weekend at the Bechtelheimer home. A funeral held for Mrs A A Sunday drew visitors from Chicago St Cloud Syracuse Polo Wallingford and Cedar Walls. Bobbie Cook, one and a half, grandson of Elmer and Mrs Cook, fell from a chair and fractured his left arm. taken to hospital.
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Ya’ Spenind
Orange Township
Blanche Klingaman
Barclay Township
Alice Bechtelheimer
Ruth Beil
Iowa City
Bechtelheimer
C. & Hamer
Alene Summy
James McRoberts
Greene
Gia EL J Hof, Jr
Enfield
Maxfield
A. A
Wills Wine
Chicago
Travel Weimer
Ta Marie
St. Cloud
Minn
Cl Th “Schechter
Waverly
Bobbie Cook
Elmer Cook
Missionary from Belgian Congo to Speak at G Center
Miss Anderson, working as a missionary in the Belgian Congo, will lecture at Grundy Center all week under the World Wide Guild of the Baptist church auspices. In town, the local M E church hosted a reception for district superintendent W C Gleworth, and social events included Mrs Walter Scott hosting bridge for her daughter in law Mrs Wellington Scott of Chicago. The town notes several moves and local business deals including Simon Walbaum purchasing the State Exchange building in Parkersburg for 4000 and the old post Office building for 800.
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Grundy Center
Miss Anderson
Belgian Congo
World Wide Guild of the Baptist Church
M. E. Church
Ev. W. C. Gleworth
Walter Scott
Bridge
Wellington Scott
Chicago
Alex Buchan
Waterloo
Archie McMillan
A. Bartels
George
Henry Krull
Judge Boles
Simon Walbaum
State Exchange
Parkersburg
Margaret Indra Weds Veryl Reel at Lena Illinois
Miss Margaret Indra, granddaughter of Mr and Mrs H Indra and Mr and Mrs J H Bamford, wed Veryl Reel in Lena Illinois on November 6. Also notes about Mrs Ella Smith and Mrs Emma Drake wintering elsewhere and other local family moves and travel plans.
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Mitchell, Il
Margaret Indra
H. Indra
J. H. Bamford
Lena
Ella Smith
Emma Drake
Barber Shop and Beauty Parlor Sold in St Ansgar
Mr and Mrs J P Klebe who ran a barber shop and beauty parlor at St Ansgar have sold the business to Mr and Mrs Hyle Swan Austin will take possession this week The Klebe family will move back to Milwaukee where Mr Kleber will resume his trade as a barber Rev O H Moore has returned to Rochester and will undergo a tonsil removal operation
Auto Train Crash Victim Released from Hospital
Darwin Stuffelbeam, severely injured when his car was struck by a train at Plainfield, has been discharged from Mercy hospital and sent to his mother's home in Waverly Indiana.
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Maurier
Waverly
Darwin Stuffelbeam
Plainfield
Mercy Hospital
Fairfield Man Improves After Crash Near Iowa City
H E Fairfield, badly injured when his car hit a culvert and ditch to avoid a collision, showed improvement at Cedar Heights hospital. Doctors caution pneumonia risk from chest injuries. Fairfield works as a Galloway Co floor salesman in Waterloo and was headed to Town City to visit his son Basil at the university.
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Gourer
Cedar Heights
H E. Fairfield
Iowa City
Fairfield
Galloway Company
Waterloo
Town City
Tto
Basil
Anniversaries Mark Two Weddings in Manchester
Two Tranchester couples observed wedding anniversaries at their Manchester homes Sunday. Mr and Mrs Henry Welterlen marked thirty nine years on East Union street with children and families visiting including Mrs G Gibson of Cedar Rapids. Mr and Mrs Harry McCarthy celebrated four years with friends gathering for dinner and sociability.
Birthdays Honored at Littleton Party
Birthday anniversaries of Mrs. A Manross and her sister Mrs. Elmer Miller Odwellh were observed with an oyster supper at the Mantoss home Friday evening. A Thanksgiving program is planned at Littleton school November 18 with a box social. Charles Manross is ill influenza G W Jesse, recently released from St Francis hospital Water Too, has returned home. his wife and son help care.
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Manross
Elmer Miller
Mantoss
Littleton School
Charles Manross
G. W. Jesse
St. Francis Hospital
Waters
George Burke
Cedar Falls social events span dinners and receptions
Cedar Falls hosts multiple group dinners and receptions this week. The Tuesday club dinner at Bartlett hall, church receptions for Dr. Giffen and Rev. Fillmore, and the Commercial club dinner at Hotel Black Hawk feature A. H. Brayton as speaker while Zion Evangelical and Baptist banquets announce speakers including Judge George Wockd.
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Cedar Falls
Bartlett Hall
Teachers College
First Presbyterian Church
Brice J. Giffen
Church House
Evangelical Church
Commercial Club
Black Hawk
A. H. Brayton
Des Moines
First Christian Church
R. W. Fillmore
Zion Evangelical Church
Women's Association
Roger Leavitt
John O. Theimer
Wilbur Riedel
Reuben H. Miller
Ceder Palls Hi ¥ Club
First Baptist Church
George Wockd
Waterloo
F. E
P. BE
J. F. Cross
Harnld Anderson
Foreign Mission Service
Oelwein Junk Dealer Pleads Guilty to Theft
Oelwein Iowa November 15 Harry Tucker a local junk dealer was sentenced to one year in the county jail and fined 500 dollars plus costs for plea of guilty to stealing a large quantity of brass from Chicago Great Western Railway here. His son Isadore was sent to the Eldora boys industrial school. The theft, found in July 1926, involved brass shipped to Waterlog for resale.
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Tucker
Bristow Woman at Mayo Clinic and Local News Notes
Miss Nettle Hearn travels to Rochester for clinical exam due to a troublesome golter. Mrs Glen Hearn recovering after appendicitis operation at Waverly hospital. George Mead home after major operation. Oak Hill Cemetery auxiliary to meet at Mrs B Hy Corey’s home. Miss Elsie Clor sails to Palestine to serve as missionary with Baptist Society.
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Bristow
Nettle Hearn
Rochester
Miss Hearn
Tike
Des Moines
Glen Hearn
Waverly Hospital
George Mead
Hazel Harris
Davenport Satur
Oak Hill Cemetery Association
Piano Presented to Dewar M E Church
A piano was presented to the Dewar M E Church by Mrs. J J Emert with the Ladies Aid planning a bake and food sale at Follett's store on the evening of Thursday November 17. Cedar Falls city council approved a plan for optional serum treatments for contagious disease at a special rate through local physicians for school children.
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Cedar Falls
iSpectalion
Debating Methods to Be Discussed at Iowa City
Iowa City experts from five states will speak at the University of Iowa on Friday and Saturday. The program includes Frank M. Rarig Dale Welch Lionel Crocker John R. Ryan Henrietta Prentiss James O Neill A C Baird and others addressing topics from time division to voice articulation and persuasiveness in beginning debate courses.
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Frank M. Rarig
University of Minnesota
Dale Welch
University of Dubuque
Lionel Crocker
University of Michigan
John R. Ryan
Grinnell
Henrietta Prentiss
Hunter College
James O'Neill
Michigan
St Johns School to stage Little Clodhoppe play Friday
St John s School Independence sophomore class rehearses for Friday evening performance in the new school auditorium. The article notes other local items including family deaths and a wedding in Council Bluffs with plans to move to Mondamin.
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St. John’s School
Independence
Daniel Corkery Jr Weds Viola Thomas in Oelwein
Daniel Corkery Jr and Viola Thomas wed at Sacred Heart church Oelwein on Monday morning. After a Kansas City trip they will reside at 103 Fourth Street NW. Corkery works for Interstate Power.
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Viola Thomas
Oelwein Church
Courier
Oelwein
W. J. Hart
Daniel Corkery
Mornigs
Sacred Heart Church
Kansas City
Fourth Street
Interstate Power Company
J. F. Cole
E. E. Krider
Clarence Granneman
George Moritz
Maynard and
Fayette
Ronald Shelson
Second Avenue Northwest
Pinex cough syrup promise for fast relief and savings
A vintage ad touts Pinex pine extract cough syrup as the quickest cure for coughs and bronchial issues. It claims 24 hour relief for throat and chest colds, easy breathing, and a full pint family supply from a 2 1/2 ounce dose mixed with sugar or honey. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded.
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Wayne
Tad
Divnie
Drier Prisoner in Gar Wreck Near Packard Bridge
Kenneth Rodman, injured when his car left the highway near the Shell Rock bridge west of Packard, freed his trapped foot, walked a mile to his father's house, and later received treatment after serious facial and leg injuries. The car suffered extensive damage including a broken steering shaft and torn door. Rodman, living six miles south of Greene, was returning from Charles City when the Saturday crash occurred.
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Kenneth Rodman
Here
Shell Rock
Packard
Rodman
Charles City
Iowa University Head Leads National Association Meet
Walter A. Jessup president of the University of Iowa chairs the convention of the National Association of State Universities in Chicago with about 50 institutions represented. Jessup previously served two terms on the association’s executive committee and is the second UI leader to hold the post following George F. MacLean in 1903-04.
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Iverteranecin
Iowa City
National Association of State Universities
Walter A. Jessup
University of Iowa
Chicago
Jessup
George F. MacLean
Critic Rates Stories of Iowa Graduates Among Best in 27
A Courier Special Service dispatch from Iowa City notes Harry Hartwick, University of Iowa graduate, has a story titled Light selected among the 60 best short stories of 1927 by Edward J. O'Brien. Hartwick wrote under Frank L. Mott’s direction. Honorable mention goes to Walter L. Meyers, a 1908 UI graduate, for Fool's Faces.
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Towa City
Harry Hartwick
University of Jews
Edward J. O'Brien
Boston
Hartwick
Profi
Frank L. Mott
Iowa School of Journalism
Walter L. Meyers
Famous Sculptor Delivers Final University Lecture
Lorada Taft, renowned American sculptor, closed a series at the Universe of Town in Iowa City with a sixth lecture on the history of sculpture. The talk on French sculpture drew university students and residents from nearby towns, marking his final appearance in the engagement.
Woman Rescues Baby After Attempted Drowning
Mason City Iowa November 15 Mrs Mate Krivyollavy hurled her infant son into a creek then jumped in but surfaced and climbed out with the child. Both are recovering in a local hospital as she had a change of mind and sought help.
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Mason City
Mate Krivyollavy
Two Farm Boys Held in Waverly Burglary
Courier Special Nene Waverly Ia Nov 15 Chardon Goodspeed and Harold Iserman both about 36 are in custody on their confession of guilt in the burglary of A H Niewehner Hardware store here last week. The boys homes are on farms near town and were suspected after an attempt to sell a knife identified as part of the loot. County officers made the arrest.
Howard's Buttermilk Cream claims dramatic complexion benefits
The advertisement touts Howard's Buttermilk Cream as a magic beautifier that smooths dull complexions, fades redness and rough hands, and remains non greasy. It promises improvement for wrinkles freckles crow's feet and sun wind damaged skin while noting harsh soaps spoil results. The pitch cites endorsements from Fetlh Robert Drug Co and others and emphasizes a disappearing cream after application.
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Havard
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