Twenty Delaware Farmers Rebuild Cyclone Wrecked Property
Manchester Iowa November 16 Reconstruction begins in the cyclone zone southwest of Manchester after a deadly Wednesday storm killed one woman and seriously injured two men. Property losses run into hundreds of thousands with many farm buildings demolished and only two residences wrecked. Twenty farms suffered including Swanson Monaghan Devion Carruthers Kirby Swindell and others as pine groves fell and roads became impassable.
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Manchester
Alpha Hawkins
Silver Grote
Francis
Patrick Monaghan
T. W. Monaghan
John Swanson
Boy Brown
W. J. Monaghan
Kirby
John Devion
Haymond Devion
Devion
John J
Wesley Carruthers
Prairie Township
Martin Smith
Richard Sheeley
Thomas Heffernan
James Ironsides
Ralph Duggan
Woman of Noted Ancestry Dies in Mitchell County
Mrs. A. D. Bundy aged 84 died here Wednesday. She traced ancestry to Charles Kingsley of England and King Eric of Norway as founder of the Herrick family. Funeral held at the family home with Rev. E. B. Frye officiating. burial in St Ansgar. Born in New York, she came to the county 63 years ago. Survived by three daughters Cora, Mrs Kennedy Scott Osage. Mrs May Edmondson Portland Ore. and Irving St Joseph Mo.
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A. D. Bundy
Charles Kingsley
England
King Eric
Norway
Herrick
Ambassador Herrick
E. B. Frye
4. E
St. Ansgar
Bundy
New York State
Mitchell County
Cora
Kennedy Scott
Osage
May Edmondson
Portland
Ore
Irving
St. Joseph
Waterloo Man Hired As Steward at Floyd County Home
Chanies City Iowa November 16. At a recent board of supervisors meeting Waterloo man was hired as steward for the new Floyd county home and his wife will serve as matron. They will begin their duties January first.
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Waterloo
Floyd Co
Courier
Chanies
DAR Meetings and Local Club Activities in Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls notes list Daughters of the American Revolution gatherings with hosts on Clay Street and Walnut Street. Pan Hellenic Society events, Good Luck club luncheon, InterNos club meeting, and a Men's Gymnasium class session are described. Upcoming events include an Iowa Falls father and son banquet and a trip to the Iowa-Wisconsin game, plus birth announcements and a hunting summary.
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Cedar Falls
Daughters of the American Revolution
W. H. Kadesch
Clay Street
Eugene Smith
Myrta Hoaglard
Eb, O Finkenbinder
Black Hawk
Margaret Simpson
Bertha Stiles
F. L. Snider al
Waterloo
Pan Hellenic
Pan Hellenic Society
L. W. Richman
Walnut Street
Helen Watters
Dorothy Mummery
Naomi Evans
A. A. Gage
Cedar Falls Township
Greeley Street
C. S. Coddington
Cedar Falls Man Injured in Auto Wreck to Recover
Cedar Falls reports recovery prospects for Peter Jensen after a highway collision when his car crossed Highway 21 from Lone Tree Road. Jensen suffered a leg fracture and other injuries as the Studebaker driven by M M Gedney of Fort Wayne struck him. Gedney left the scene for repairs and rail travel. Jensen’s wife Mrs John Lorenzen sustained two broken ribs and facial injuries when a steering gear break sent her car off an embankment on the diagonal road to Dike. she is reported in good condition today.
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Cedar Falls
Peter Jensen
Tremont Street
Lone Tree Road
Jensen
Studebaker
M. M. Gedney
Fort Wayne
Grdner Construction Company
Aurora
Til
John Lorenzen
Buitetmaker
Benson
Dike
Unis City
Cholera Kills Hogs on Montgomery County Farm
W M Thompson and Sons report cholera has killed 120 hogs out of 250 in Pilot Grove township Montgomery county over the past weeks. Other animals are affected and Thompson notes the outbreak in the herd.
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Red Oak
W. M. Thompson & Sons
Pilot Grove Township
Montgomery County
Thompson
District Church Convention in Mason City Ninth District
The ninth district Episcopal Diocese of Iowa met in Mason City with services at St. John's and a Chamber of Commerce basket dinner. Diocesan president Mrs. Jessie A. Jones reported on the Washington convention. Also noted were P E O events, a birth, a dogged injury at Hart-Parr, Legion and M W A activities, and a Congregational Ladies Aid bazar drawing crowds.
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Charles City
Episcopal Diocese of
Iowa
Mason City
St. John’s Church
Chamber of Commerce
Jessie A. Jones
Itowa Falls
Woman's Auxiliary
Washington, D. C
Past Noble Grand Society of Hudson Has Work Meeting
The Past Noble Grand association session in Hudson Iowa resumed after a postponement with music readings and sewing for the Mason City home. Ray Baldwin’s horse died while hauling corn and J R Smith fractured a leg helping load a horse. both incidents reported from Hudson road northeast.
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Noble Grand Society of Hudson
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Hudson
Noble Grand Association
O. F. Hall
Mason City
Ray Baldwin
Hudson Road
J. R. Smith
Presbyterian Hospital
Rebekah Lodge
I. O
Hall
Floyd Mastain
Hobart Mastain
Jim van Fleet
Waterloo
Bert Willams
Tracy
Dan Hummel
Will Otto
Cedar Falls
Charles Mumm
Voorhies
Alice Gutknecht
Freight volume rises on Rock Island line amid yard upgrades
Oelwein Iowa reports increased freight business on the Rock Island division despite livestock shifts to trucking to Waterloo packing house. Upgraded roadbed and heavier locomotives enable heavier trains and more frequent services. Electric lighted coaches debut on the passenger trains. Ice house capacity to exceed 20 000 tons after a new 42 by 80 foot addition at the Chicago Great Western yard.
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Oelwein
Rock Island Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Waterloo
E. M. Kauffman
Massena
E. L. Kauffman
Ft. Atkinson
Sacramento
Cal
G. A. Kidd
E. E. Kauffman
California
Hazleton
Thomas Ray
Williamsburg
T. A. Seibert
Twelve Lodges Send Delegates to K. P. Conrab
Delegates from 12 towns in the Fifth district gathered in Traer for the Knights of Pythias annual district convention. Fifty five attended the afternoon session with many more for the banquet at the Congregational church and the public opera house program. E A Randall of Cedar Falls presided. FF E Shortess led the opera house proceedings. Ward Ferguson and J S Tythil spoke as officers. A class of six men was initiated during the sessions. Towns represented include Independence Waterloo La Porte City Traer Grundy Center Iowa Falls Jesup Cedar Falls Dysart Reinbeck Ackley Tidora.
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Traer
Eanual
Knights of Pythias Order
Congregational Church
Opera House
E. A. Randall
Cedar Falls
FF. E. Shortess
Tracy
Ward Ferguson
J. S. Tythil
Independence
Waterloo
la Porte City
Grundy Center
Iowa Falls
Jesup
Dysart
Reinbeck
Ackley
Tidora
Eldora Man Convicted of Manslaughter in Attorney's Death
Carlton Wood of Lyle Minnesota found guilty of manslaughter in the death of attorney A. D. Davis. He faces eight years in prison and a fine of 810,000. The jury spared him a murder conviction, while Davis died after an leg amputation following a street confrontation over an estate settlement. Wood received the maximum sentence under Iowa law.
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Eldora
U.P
Carlton Wood
Lyle
Minn
A. D. Davis
Wood
Davis
Iowa
Fifty-One Applications for Graduation at Cedar Falls Teachers College
Cedar Falls reports fifty-one students filed formal graduation applications for the current semester. Commencement is set for December 3 with diplomas signed by Dr. O. R. Latham. Meanwhile Cedar Falls Lions toured Wagner Manufacturing with Adam Wagner guiding. An all day First Congregational church service featuring Dr. P. A. Johnson was planned followed by talks and a Christian Endeavor service. Auxiliary church groups gathered for monthly meetings. Mrs. Frank Hitchcock and Charlotte left for Fullerton, California to stay with Mrs. Hitchcock's mother.
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Cedar Falls
Teachers College
O. R. Latham
Brown & Falgatter
Oxford
Cedar Falls Lions Club
Wagner Manufacturing Company
Adam Wagner
First Congregational Church
P. A. Johnson
Grinnell
Congregational
Edwin Cram
W. G. Crowder
Frank
Hitchcock
Charlotte
Fullerton
Cal
Minnie Stone
Hebrank Dies in Oelwein. Rites Planned Monday
H. J. Hebrank died early today at Mercy hospital. Funeral services will be held Monday at 8 a.m. in Sacred Road church. He leaves a widow and one child. He worked at the Chicago Great Western railway shops here. death was due to blood poisoning.
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Courier
Oelwein
H. J. Hebrank
Mercy Hospital
Sacred Road Church
Mr. Hebrank
Chicago
Great Western Railway
Damages sought for foot loss in highway crash case
A $25,000 damage suit filed in Charles City alleges negligence and reckless driving in a June 10 1928 motorcycle collision at Water and Jackson with a Hart-Parr employee driving a car. George Otto seeks compensation for the loss of his left foot plus medical expenses pain and suffering and disability totals. Two divorces filed Violet Myers and Myrna Lokenvitz seek separations. Amanda Wachsman dies from burns suffered playing with a jack o lantern. Funeral arrangements announced in Charles City.
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Charles City
George Otto
Ed Dittberner
Water and
Jackson Streets
Dittcherner
Otto
Wayne Fuller
Seventeenth Avenue
Hart-Parr Company
W. G. Henke
Violet Myers
Albert Myers
Arietta
Geraldine
Myrna Lokenvitz
Lonnie Lokenvitz
Burns
Amanda Wachsman
Fred Wachsman
North Grand Avenue
Grossmann Funeral Home
Wesley Belling
Riverside
Gwynne to Speak at Dunkerton P T A Meeting
Dunkerton Iowa sees county attorney-elect John W. Gwynne address the Dunkerton P T A meeting Tuesday evening. Miss Wood directs the girls glee club and Rita Staebell plays piano. Mrs R A Buckmaster outlines the Red Cross junior division and local membership drive. The Methodist Episcopal Ladies Bazaar features a chicken dinner and oyster supper on Wednesday November.
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Dunkerton
John W. Gwynne
Black Hawk County
Waterloo
Parent-Teacher Association
Miss Wood
Methodist Episcopal Ladies
Traer Sian Injured in Auto Accident
Ralph Logan Traer supervisor of music in Spirit Lake public schools recovered enough from an automobile accident to return home for a few days of recuperation. He was riding in a Ford coupe driven by a high school student when a sedan driven by two Estherville men struck the car at a street intersection last Thursday causing the Ford to overturn and be wrecked.
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Traer
Ralph Logan
Spirit Lake
Abe Logan
Estherville
Six Couples Receive Marriage Licenses in Chickasaw Co
New Hampton Iowa November 16 six couples were issued marriage licenses by C R Albright clerk of Chickasaw county during the past three days. The couples include William Logue and Myrtle Steenmitz of Anita Carl Pausch of Waukon with Henrietta Homan of Postville Olaf E Be of Ford New Hampton with Hannah Amble of Adams Minnesota Bryan Challand of Chokio Minnesota with Violet Stoner of Garden City South Dakota Leslie J Ross of Milo and Ruth Angell of San Diego California Adam Austin and Eldora Johnson of Cedar Falls. The Little Brown Church in the Vale remains Iowa's wedding mecca in Chickasaw County.
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New Hampton
Cc. R. Albright
District Court
Chickasaw County
Solow
William ©. Logue
Cumberland
Myrtle E. Steenmitz
Anita
Carl B. Pausch
Waukon
Henrietta Homan
Postville
Olaf BE
Flatford
Hannah M. Amble
Adams
Minn
Bryan C. Challand
Chokie
Violet F. Stoner
Garden City
S. D
Leslie J. Ross
Milo
Ruth Angell
San Diego
Cal
Adam A. Austin
Chickasaw County Leads Legion Drive in Iowa
Chickasaw county American Legion posts topped the state in membership, exceeding quotas by five. New Hampton Nashua and Lawler surpassed their targets while New Hampton, Nashua and Lawler already joined the community service roofs aviation guidance program. A Nashua crash near Pearl Rock injured none. two men traveled on to Charles City. Harry Butterfield, Frances Miller’s nephew, is hospitalized in Glendive Montana after a stroke. Walter Smith suffered a second minor stroke. Calvin Shope succeeds him as custodian. Morgan horse breeder James J. Lynes is ill in Waverly hospital of heart disease.
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Chanter CY
Pamelia Fluent
Amanda Jones
Ralph Rockzein
Cedar Valley Hospital
Willard Wedeking
Sherman Apartments
American Legion of the Fourth Distric
Mason City
Clear Lake
Nora Springs
Rudd
Floyd
Marble Rock
Nashua
Fredricksburg
New Hampton
Lawler
Cresco
West Union
Manly
Elgin
Arlington
Fayette
Dougherty
Monona
Protonia
Alvin Reams, Jr
Rockford
Audrey Preston
Fred Krumrey
Ed Meek
Clarence Seaman
Clarence Pfeiffer
Dunn
William Kielsmeier
Hart- Parr Company
Rainbow Order
Masonic Temple
W. D. Lindaman
Ladies’ Aid
Congregational Church
Courier Special Service
Chickasaw County
American Legion
Fredericksburg
Legion
West
Harry Butterfield
Frances Miller
Glendive
Mont
Walter Smith
Calvin
Cedar Falls Fisherman Nets Big Bass Haul
Cedar Falls man Oscar Harvey 65, fishing the Cedar River above Cedar Falls, hauled in eight pounds of bass yesterday. He noted catching three bass weighing about eight pounds in total after a season of catching around 40 black bass.
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Cedar Ful
Oscar Harvey
Cedar River
Harvey
Cedar Falls
Death of Hansboro man’s father reaches Oclwein
News arrives in Oclwein that the father of Dr. C. O. Olson of Hansboro, North Dakota, has died. Olson was summoned to Hansboro several days ago.
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Oclwein
Hansboro
N. D
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Olson
Last Services for Mrs. O'Brien Held at Independence
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Roberts O'Brien were held at the Norton home in Independence. She died of heart disease in the city after 45 years residence. Born May 20 1851 in Hollyhead Wales she came to the United States as a child and married Daniel W. O'Brien Oct 26 1870. She is survived by two children Walter F. O'Brien and Mrs. A. M. Norton and sister Mrs. J. D. Cole. Burial was in Wilson cemetery east of town.
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Independence
Margaret Roberts O’brien
A. M. Norton
Fourth Street
N. W
Wilson Cemetery
Wales
Norton
Hollyhead
United States
Owen Roberts
Sherburne
N. Y
Deacon Dubbs Play by Brandon Ladies Aid at G A R Hall
Brandon Society presents the home talent play Deacon Dubbs under the Ladies Aid of the Methodist church at the G A R hall tonight and Saturday. A birthday dinner at Neal Fox home southeast of Brandon included Joe Horak Lucille Harrison and others from Cedar Rapids Mechanicsville and Independence, with Herron returning from the Rebekah assembly to report to the local lodge.
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Brandon
Deacon Dubbs
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Methodist Church
G. A. R. Hall
Wesley Horak
Neal Fox
Joe Horak
Lucille Harrison
Vinton
Henry Richter
Henry Sikeys
Cedar Rapids
Milton Horak
Mechanicsville
Maxine Lindsay
Horak
Frank Herron
Winthrop
Mmes
J. B. Lux
W. Gray
Ira King
Downing
Independence
Brandon Rebekah Jodge
Herron
Buchanan County
Rebekah General Assembly
Fort Dodge
Iccal Lodge
Teachers Guests at Party by Cedar Falls Rotary
Cedar Falls Rotary club entertained public school teaching staff at Hotel Brick Hawk. Rev. W. C. Lang served as toastmaster. The program featured vocal numbers by Harry Kauffman of the music faculty and a one act play by Helen Stover and Wayne Smith.
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Cedar Falls
Rotary Club
Hotel Brick Hawk
W. C. Lang
Harry Kauffman
Helen Stover
Wayne Smith
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