Waterloo firm lands big paving and bridge contracts
Ames Iowa November 16 state highway commission awards paving grading and bridging contracts totaling 1 9 million with Bryant Construction Company of Waterloo securing five contracts worth 1 8 million largest bid saving 527 000 versus 16 rivals.
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Bryant Paving Company
Butler
Delaware
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State Highway Commission
Mason City
Gleat Lake
Benton
Bremer
Tania
Bremer County
Bryant Company
Iowa
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Missouri
Nebraska
New York
Denver Couple Wed 38 Years on Sunday
The thirty eighth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kehe was observed Sunday evening at the Henry Buennecke home. A large gathering of relatives and friends attended. details note visits to related families and local celebrations as part of the observance.
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Courier Sweela
Denver
Ernest Kehe
Henry Buennecke
John Mohling
Ernest Steege
Fred Meyer
Verly
Smeyer
H. Schroider
Ren
Art Moeller
Henry Preston
Dr Asa Vidleton Buys Home in Grundy Center Ceremony
The notice reports Dr Asa Vidleton purchasing a home in Grundy Center and lists accompanying details amid a garbled section of marriage licenses and a funeral notice for Jeanette Frager and others. The fragmented text mentions dates, names, and local officials in a historic newspaper style.
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Asa Vidleton
Grundy Center
Lotus Club Meets With Mrs Gingrich at La Porte City
Lotus club from La Porte City meets with hostess Mrs C A Hayzlett as members plan a postcard shower for Mrs Roy Longaker in Rochester hospital and donate to the Salvation Army. They announce future open meeting and block cutting for a gift to the Christian home in Council Bluffs.
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Lotus Club
Pound Samia
la Porte City
Nu's
C B. Gingrich
C. A. Hayzlett
Roy Longaker
Rochester
Salvation Army
Council Bluffs
Kimeet
Frank Gravenhorst
Eyeball Injury and Local Society Notes Highlight Clarksville News
Mrs. Pierce Thompson remains under a physician's care after a cocklebur needle injured her right eye. In other items, the Order of Eastern Star hosted a farewell for Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Kitchen. 80 Rebekah members attended. Officials reported personnel changes, social gatherings, and visits among families in Clarksville, with multiple out‑of‑town guests noted.
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Yeurie Specs
Clarksville
Pierce Thompson
Order of Eastern Star
H. W. Kitchen
T. O
Rebekah
Frank Mere Till
Merrill
Waverly Junction
Charles Burling
Irma
Fred Seltz
Burling
James Carter
Cal
Pacific Coast
John Hickle
Porterville
Robert King
Dans
Howard King
Sioux City
Ruth Hamlin
Waterloo
Janette King
Robert Peisal
C. G. W. Railway
Upper Iowa Sigma Tau Delta Holds Formal Initiation
The Upper Iowa University English fraternity chapter Tau Alpha conducted a formal initiation Monday evening. Members received three degrees of membership in a ceremony that highlighted the society’s standards and goals for new initiates.
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Upper Iowa
Courney
Fayette
Sigma Tau Delta
Tau Alpha
Cedar Falls Welcome for Pastor R W Fillmore
The First Christian church in Cedar Falls held an informal reception in the social rooms to greet Rev. and Mrs. R. W. Fillmore and family. Speakers from the denomination offered greetings and the new minister responded. A basket supper preceded the event.
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Spnarier Spesiel Serche
Cedar Falls
First Christian Church
Friends of the Organization
R. W. Fillmore
Bondurant
Dewar Postmaster Reaches Fortieth Year in Office
O W Follette, postmaster of Dewar Ta, marks his fortieth year in the chair. He has served since the founding of the Dewar post office under Grover Cleveland and continued through Republican appointments. Follette also runs a village store begun in March 1886 after the railroad arrived from Waterloo.
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Courie
Dewar
O. W. Folsette
Grover Cleveland
Follette
Waterloo
New Identity Clues in Marshalltown Bandit Case
Sheriff Hall says investigation into the bandit wounded in a North Third Avenue crash has spawned new identification leads. The man who calls himself Ray Harmon remains guarded at Deaconess hospital with improving condition, while rumors of Ray Fern are denied.
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Marshalltown
North Third Avenue
Sheritt E. W. Hall
Ray Harmon
Associated Press
Ray Fern
Oklahoma
Hall
Ferrill
Deaconess
Residences and Acre Tracts at Marble Rock Sold
Marble Rock Iowa November 16 Ray Guamb purchased the 40 acre tract of land north of Marble Rock from the Nick Rosenkratz estate. Cecil Brallier Waterloo purchased the Jesmore Stroud residence property west of the river with a residence and about five acres now occupied by Henry Gates and family. Mr and Mrs Brallier will take possession soon. Mrs Will Lamb Chicago attended the funeral of her sister Eva Harmon here Saturday. Theodore Messerschmidt returned from Chicago where he accompanied a three carload shipment for cattle.
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Toowater
Marble Rock
Ray Uamb
Nick Rosenkratz
Cecil Brallier
Waterloo
Jesmore-Stroud
Henry Gates
Brellier
Lutheran Minister Stays In Fredericksburg Parish
C. Durr declined a call to pastor St. John Evangel Lutheran at Burt and will remain in Fredericksburg. A five year old son of Mr and Mrs August Gitsch near town broke an arm recently. The ridge wash as long has been spent in traffic.
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Ford
Janet
Cumberland
Air
Mire
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Everett Sanders
Brandon
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Dean Manley
Veanderstoep i
Alma Brown
Cedar Walls
Z. N. McQuilkin
Chicago
Washington, D. C
EL Ta
C. Durr
St. John Evaneal Lutheran Church
Burt
August Gitsch
Kelley
John W. Marker
Rockford
Marion E. Marker
Kenneth Hemmingway
Floyd Crossing
Milwaukee
Marker
Hampton Woman to Be Married in Detroit Nov. 24
Hampton resident Mrs. Wilbur Al Ciret announces her daughter Miss Lawmene Halvorsen will wed in Detroit on November 24. The event includes a program with a Shakespeare biography and readings on improving civic life, plus a lesson on parliamentary procedure.
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Hampton
Detroit
Wilkun al Ciret
Lawmene Halvorsen
Ciolberg
Former Resident of Tripoli Dies
The funeral of C. N Hale, formerly at this place, Wis conducted Tuesday at Predorika and burial was in Alcock cemetery at that place. The seventeenth birthday anniversary of Henry Biermann was celebrated by relatives and friends on Wednesday. Mrs Louis Behrsen is doing well from hospital after surgery.
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Peer Vapol
C. N Hale
Wis
Predorika
Alcock Cemetery
Louis Behrsen
Ft Om Hospital
Henry Biermann
Rela- Liven
Death of Henry Walters Dispatcher at Manly
Courier reports the death of Henry Walters 50 after a stroke at his Manly home Monday. He worked 30 years for Rock Island Railway, 15 as Manly dispatcher. A seven year old daughter Ora Ann lives with an aunt. The item merges with a series of regional notices and local events across Iowa, including settlements from a Rockford case, Navy band tickets, skating rink closing, and community notices.
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Courier
Charles City
Henry Walters
Manly
Walters
Rock Island Railway Company
Ora Ann
Kate Weatherwax
Mercy Hospital closes first year with 647 patients
Mercy hospital at Oelwein reports its first year of operation with 647 patients cared for, including 327 surgical cases and half the patients from outside the city. One and three fourths inches of rain fell Monday night, per observer John T. Ridler. Nearby farmer J B Oqberfell returned home from Presho M C after business on his quarter section farm. Crop conditions are good with corn oats flax and barley samples cited. P J Cunningham, father of Mrs. J W Woods, died Monday in Webster City.
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Courier Spreint Servier
Oelwein
Mercy Hospital
John T. Ridler
J. B. Oqberfell
Presho
M. C
P. J. Cunningham
J W. Woods
Webster City
Health Certificate Needed by Absentee at Hampton School
Hampton Ta Nov 16 A E Ran Ain superintendent of Hampton public schools has announced that each pupil will have to present a doctor's certificate following absences from school in order to be re admitted to combat the danger of contagious disease epidemics in the town.
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T Cantier
Hampton, Ta
A. E. Ran- Ain
Hampton Public Schools
Surprise birthday party for Mrs. Eelen South at home
Mrs Eelen South enjoyed a surprise party organized by 30 members of Sieley Methodist Church at 120 West Howard Street. The event was planned by her daughter in law Mrs Elmer South and recalls her prior residences Buck Creek Hopkinton and Earlville. A puzzling reader query asks for help solving a math problem about spending $100 on cows pigs and geese with specific prices.
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Eelen South
Sieley
Methodist Church
West Howard Screen
Inlaw
Elmer South
South
Buck Creek
Hopkinton
Earlville
Gether
Roman
Deer Seen Near Quasqueton During Legion Hunt
During the American Legion hunt near Quasqueton, hunters spotted a deer along the Wapsie river by the Holman fort seven miles south of town. The animal fled from a corn field toward timber, origin unclear, with multiple recent sightings reported.
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Independence
American Legion
Charles Holman
Quasqueton
Wapsie
Fuhrman
South Dakota
C. J. Smith
John Fuhrman
Ft. Dodge
Fairburn
Rapid City
American Legion Hunt
Burris & Sooner
P. J. Toale
Thomas Burke
Toale
Burke
Wengert
Joan Wengert
Theresa
Rosina Wengert
Third Avenue
N. E
Entertained at Birthday Party in Readlyn Home
About 15 guests attended the W F Pepmiller home in Readlyn for Arlin's birthday with a luncheon. Several locals traveled to London for a visit at Mrs Rud Heuser's home and a multi-state trip was taken by Nick Rommel and relatives. Dr Wilbert Shallenberger, Chicago specialist, will visit Waterloo for consultations at Hotel Russell Lamson on November 19.
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M. Wynkoop
J. E
Cedar Falls
W. A Bryant
Waterloo
Peoria
Otto Murphy
Wilbert Shallenberger
Chicago
Clalist
Russell-Lamson
Rebekah Lodge Homecoming in Janesville Friday
Nov 16 reports say the Rebekah lodge at Janesville will hold its annual homecoming meeting Friday night Nov 18. Members are asked to attend or send a letter if unable to be present. Finchford high defeated Janesville in a close basketball game. faculty volleyball also saw Janesville lose. no movie at the school house auditorium. PTA meets Friday night Nov 18.
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Courier
Janesville
Rebekah Lodge
Finchford High School
Parent- Teacher Association
Boys Plead Guilty to Burglary in Hardware Store
In Waverly Indiana on November 16 two teenage defendants Gordon Goodspeed 18 and Bagels Iserman 17 pleaded guilty to burglary of the Newehner Hardware store. They received 30 days in jail with fines of 25 dollars plus costs. They admitted taking two rifles about 30 pocket and hunting knives seven watches and ammunition in a burglary a week earlier.
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Churier Specie Service
Waverly
Niewehner Hardware
Gordon Goodspeed
Iserman
Woman of 74 Is Given Party on Her Birthday
Forty five relatives of Mrs. Matilda Holdiman surprised her on her seventy fourth birthday at her daughter Mrs. Ella Herman home. Mrs. Julia Albright left for winter with her daughter Mrs. Herman Brink in Davis Junction Illinois. Shredding progresses well but recent rains slowed it somewhat.
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Gresham
Matilda Holdiman
Ella Herman
Julia Albright
Herman Brink
Davis Junction
Geneseo Man Breaks Arm Cranking Bus
Geneseo Iowa November 16 Cecil Cole fractured a bone in his arm eight days ago while cranking the school bus. The Ladies Aid society will have its board and supper at the school building Friday evening November 25.
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Geneseo
Counter Special Services
Cecil Cole
Ladies’ Aid Society
Plant Juice Promises Relief After Medical Failures
A Waterloo advertisement touts Plant Juice as a cure for kidney trouble and stomach distress. A Lancaster county man shares his recovery after two bottles, claiming improved kidney cleansing and digestion. The Plant Juice Man at Wanglers Drug Store demos the herbal compound daily with free samples.
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Secoming
Wanglers Drug Store
Fourth Street
Waterloo
Bute
United States
Wang- Jers Drug Store
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