Iowa Corn Growth Pays Off In A Fair To Good Business Outlook
Des Moines reports Iowa enjoys ideal October weather prolonging the growing season aiding fall plowing and income. Director C D Reed notes 173 days of growing season up 18 days from usual with last frost around Oct 15 and first frost about Apr 24. Corn prices ease as yields look strong and the nation trends show gains in hogs cattle butter eggs and cotton as middlewest agriculture steadies finances.
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Courier
Des Moines
Iowa
C.D. Reed
Bureau
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Jowa
Nebraska
Ilinois
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Department ‘of Agriculture
Washington
Middle West
Fire damages Mt. Auburn blacksmith shop
Mt. Auburn Iowa October 22 roof and one end of the blacksmith shop of Charles Schley sustained considerable damage from a Thursday fire the second blaze in six months. Firemen acted quickly and controlled the flames. The building is owned by J A Smalley. Visitors in Emma Watsons home include W A Watson and son Francis William of Washington DC. Mr and Mrs C E Clark Ottumwa returned home after visiting brother George Moulton who has been ill. D Puller of Long Point Dy is visiting his sister Mrs E C Abbott whom he had not seen in 30 years.
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Mt. Auburn
Charles Schley
J. A. Smalley
W. A. Watson
Francis William
Washington, D. C
Emma Watson
C. E. Clark
Ottumwa
George Moulton
Moulton
D. Puller
Long Point
Grading Slow on Highway No 29 in Buchanan County
Independence Indiana October 22 grading on the stretch of Mo 20 east of Winthrop has advanced slowly because of rain. Observers doubt paving contracts will be let this fall if grading isn’t finished, fearing the road may not be ready for summer work.
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Buchanan County
Independence
Winthrop
Currells to Open Estherville Bank
In Tracer today Wayne Currell formerly Manchester Delaware county assistant cashier and his family head for Estherville to locate there. His brother-in-law Neil Mcferral and family of Traer will move next week. They plan to open a second bank in Estherville within a few weeks after completing preliminaries.
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Courier &Pecial
Bernlee
Wayne Currell
Manchester
Delaware County
Estherville
Neil Mcferral
Traer
Lawn City Pastor to Assume Duties on Sunday Nov 6
Cedar Falls reports Rev. B. J. Giffen will preach his first sermon as pastor-elect of First Presbyterian Church on Nov 6. He will arrive a few days earlier to establish residence in the manse. Previously he led Presbyterian student work at the University of Oregon in Eugene for seven years and has a son attending there.
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Lawn City
Courier
Cedar Falls
B. J. Giffen
First Presbyterian Church
Floyd Co Pt A Council Outlines Future Projects
Charles City Iowa October 22 semiannual Floyd County Pt A council met at the high school. Social Service Teague will have the Sheppard Towner clinic in December for examinations from other districts. Two county projects discussed: a county health nurse and diphtheria immunization. Luncheon at the country club. Dr L R Woodward spoke on immunization.
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Courier Special Service
Charles City
Floyd County P.T. A. Council
Carl Magdsick
Selby Russell
Nora Springs
Social Service Teague
Sheppard
Country Club
L. R. Woodward
Mason City
Teachers Institute
Floyd County Inspirational Institute
Hillier-Scafe
Sparta
Wis
Revekah Belle
Preston Hillier
Hillier
S. B. Hillier
C. G. Satterlee
Security Bank
Hart-Parr Company
Starr Home For
Sno-White Market
Starr Home Fund
Cast chosen for Ames Dramatic club season opener
The Iowa State Dramatic club selects the cast for The Romantic Young Lady to be staged November 18 and 19. Student coach is Gerald A. Lineweaver of South English. Cast includes Gilbert T. Rogers Des Moines Gene EB McAnelly Spencer Joseph C. Shaw Perry Russell B. Burton Corydon Byron B. Meyers Maynard J. McLain Brooklyn Ann P. Foulke Charles City Edres M. Delaney Fort Dodge Helen Ann Thomas Sioux City Kathryn Ann Davis Des Moines Viola Ellen Wright Tipton A. Jeanette Richeson State Center.
Greene High Junior Class Costume Party Honors Faculty
Greene Ja Oct 22 members of the junior class at Greene high school entertained the faculty at a masquerade costume party last evening at the school assisted by their advisor Miss Florence E Matthews Halloween decorations and diversions marked the affair which closed with refreshments.
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Greene, Ja
Greene High School
Florence E. Matthews
Hallowe'en
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society Meets in Fairbank
In Fairbank Iowa on October 22 special report notes the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society gathering at Mrs Glenroy Gallops home. Good attendance was reported with lunch served by the refreshment committee.
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Fairbank W. F. M
Fairbank
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
Glenroy Gallop
Icebound drama staged by Theta Alpha Phi at Iowa State Teachers
Cedar Falls reports a capacity audience saw Icebound presented by Iowa Beta chapter of Theta Alpha Phi at the Teachers College auditorium. Twelve actors performed, with college orchestra conducted by Prof. Edward Kurtz. The society, founded 1922, averages two plays yearly under Miss Bertha Martin. Also covered are church services at First Congregational Calvary Baptist First Presbyterian First M E and First Baptist, plus a White Shrine ceremonial in Cedar Falls with over 200 attendees and a funeral service for George W. Clark conducted by Rev. W D Endres.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa
Theta Alpha Phi Oreachers College
Edward Kurtz
Teachers College
Bertha Martin
First ‘ Congregational
First Congregational Church
George F. Barsalou
Jesus
Calvary Baptist
Calvary Baptist Church
J. D. Winding
Andrew Petersen
Harlan
Mr. Petersen
First Presbyterian
William G. Crowder
First Presbyterian Church
First M. E
Glenn Rowley
First M. E. Church
Alice Dowden
Epworth League
First Baptist
Thomas Anderson
First Baptist Church
White Shrine of
Jerusalem
Masonic Hall
A. BR. Baxter
Clark
W. D. Endres
Central Christian Church
Waterloo
George W. Clark
Dahl Chapel
A. P. Cotton
Walter Rownd
A. G. Killen
A. L. Kreger
James Harrison
Samuel McKitrick
Greenwood
Zearing
Ernest Nolte
Evangelical Church
Bishop Unable to Attend Oelwein M E Conference
Oelwein Iowa October 22 The Methodist Episcopal evangelistic conference for the fourth district drew a representative attendance and a strong program Bishop F T Keeney of Omaha was listed but could not attend due to other business. Herman Stollfuse posted a $1000 bond after being bound over to the grand jury on a charge of maintaining a liquor nuisance. Joseph J Pitra has enlisted in the regular army and will be sent from Fort Sheridan to Hawaii. District court opens next Monday at West Union with no divorce cases from Oelwein expected. Mr and Mrs J E Rhodes are back from Elsworth Wisconsin after the death of Mrs Rhodes sister Miss Martha Stewart.
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Gourier
Oelwein
Methodist Episcopal Evangelistic Conference
F. T. Keeney
Omaha
Herman Stollfuse
Grand
Joseph J. Pitra
Joseph Pitra
Fort Sheridan
Hawaii
West Union
O¢elwein
J. E. Rhodes
Elsworth
Wis
Rhodes
Martha Stewar
Independent Study Permitted at Iowa to Selected Few
Nine University of Iowa English students will study independently under a modified Oxford honors plan. Edna Bockwoldt Galva Jeanette Elder Marshalltown Jean Fengusoh Ottumwa Eva Franklin Newton Iva Jones Fort Dodge Jeanne MacDonald Robert Miller Iowa City Grace Richards Winterset Pearl Robertson Wellman will select subjects and work without required classes, supervised by Professors E. N. Thompson and Baldwin Maxwell. Initiated last fall, the courses are limited to superior students.
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Claurer
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Oxford
Edna Bockwoldt
Galva
Jeanette Elder
Marshalltown
Jean Fengusoh
Ottumwa
Eva Franklin
Newton
Iva Jones
Fort Dodge
Jeanne MacDonald
Robert Miller
Grace Richards
Winterset
Pearl Robertson
Wellman
E. N. Thompson
Baldwin Maxwell
Wed at Marble Rock Iowa Ruth Wedeking and Gale Parcher
Marriage notice from Marble Rock Iowa announces Ruth Wedeking and Gale Parcher wed in the bride’s home with Rev A R Coover presiding. The couple plan residence in Marble Rock after November 1 and are currently traveling in South Dakota and the West.
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Ruth Wedeking
Ralph Parcher
Marble Rock, Ia
Courier
Marble Rock
Gale Parcher
William Wedeking
A. R. Coover
M. E. Church
Pheasant season opens. accidents and hunts unfold across Iowa
Des Moines reports three nonfatal injuries from opening day incidents as northern Iowa counties see hunters collide with guns. Harold Bockes of Algona, Raymond Reed of Whittemore, and Herb Hevner of Osage were treated for leg and head wounds. Across Floyd County farms are posted. license totals reach 220.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Harold Bockes
Algona
Raymond Reed
Whittemore
Herb Hevner
Osage
Funeral Rites Held for Charles P Herring in La Porte City
Funeral services for Charles P. Herring, a Civil War veteran long a La Porte City resident, were held at his family home with Rev. E. S. Genung officiating. Burial followed in West Union cemetery. Herring, born February 26, 1844 in Colchester Vermont, died October 22 from complications of diseases. He married Jennie Laverty in 1896. she survives along with other family. The report also covers M E Aid Society meetings, local social notes, and personal mentions from La Porte City.
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Courier
la Porte City
Charles P. Herring
E. S. Genung
Baldwin
Wis
Presbyterian Church
Herring
West Union Cemetery
Charles Porter Herring
John
Eliza Herring
Colchester
Jennie Laverty
Mrs Struthof Dies at Dumont in Iowa
Anna Struthoff died at her Dumont home after years of diabetes and related complications. She came from Germany 42 years ago and lived in Dumont 14 years. Her husband Henry Struthoff died eight years past. Surviving sons Dick Henry John Will and Herman live nearby. Funeral Sunday at the Reformed Church with burial in Dumont Cemetery.
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Courier
Dumont
Anna Truthoff
Struthoff
Germany
Henry Struthoff
Henry
John
Will
Herman
The
Reformed Church
Y P S of Lawn City Parish Names Officers
Cedar Falls October 2 Young People society of Bethlehem Danish Lutheran church held its annual meeting electing officers Margaret Michaelsen president Rev Ottar Jorgensen vice president Ingrid Guldager secretary Elna Madsen treasurer and Asta Hansen board member
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Cedar Falls
Young People's Society of Bethlehem
Danish Lutheran Church
Margaret Michaelsen
Ottar Jorgensen
Ingrid Guldager
Elna Madsen
Asta Hansen
Allison Tribune Sold to Winterset Man
Allison Ia October 22 The Allison Tribune has been purchased from A J Kirkpatrick by A L Rowan Winterset Ia who will assume ownership November 1 Mr and Mrs Rowan will move here and occupy the E C Trager residence vacated by H J Hill Rowan has spent life in newspapers publishing at Knoxville Earlham New Market and other places Kirkpatrick plans for his next move are not announced
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Courier Special Service
Allison, Ia
Allison Tribune
A. J. Kirkpatrick
A. L. Rowen
Winterset
Rowan
E. C. Trager
H. J. Hill
Knoxville
Earlham
New Market
Kirkpatrick
M. E. Conference Draws Good Attendance in Shell Rock
Shell Rock Iowa October 22 a Methodist Episcopal conference for clergy and laymen drew solid attendance from the Waterloo district. Denominational leaders spoke on church activities. W B Crowell remains critically ill at home under treatment for pernicious anemia. Lieutenant Gilchrist of Pocahontas Ia visited Jim Stevenson a World War buddy this week. A daughter was born Thursday to Mr and Mrs Glenn Lewis.
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Courier
Shell Rock
Conference
Methodist Episcopal
Waterloo
W. B. Crowell
Gilchrist
Pocahontas
Jim Stevenson
Glenn Lewis
All Anniversaries of This Couple Are Observed
Mr and Mrs Thomas Bicket of Dinsdale observed their forty fifth wedding anniversary and birthdays on Oct 17. He is 73, she 64, with Bicket serving 30 years as postmaster in Dinsdale. They started a store in 1889, helped build the town, and have two sons and a daughter with eight grandchildren.
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Tracr
Thomas Bicket
Dinsdale
Bickets
Girl Thrown to Ground When Car Door Springs Open
Charles City reports Elsie Springer convalesces at Cedar Valley hospital after being thrown from a Parkersburg car when a door suddenly opened. She rode with Ivan Miller the driver and Mr. and Mrs. Guy McCausland. Dewey Schultz and Belle Carr were nearby as the door caused her fall.
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Courier
Charles City
Elsie Springer
Cedar Valley Hospital
Parkersburg
Ivan Miller
Guy McCausland
Dewey Schultz
Belle Carr
Methfessel Funeral Friday in Clarksville Church
Wesley F. Methfessel dies after years of ill health. Funeral services set for Sunday at 2 p m in the Presbyterian church of Clarksville with Rev. H R Campbell officiating. Burial at Lynwood cemetery. Survived by widow and three sons Floyd Irving and Vernon.
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Courier
Clarksville
Presbyterian Church
Wesley F. Methfessel
H. R. Campbell
Lynwood Cemetery
Floyd
Irving
Vernon
Frank Lutz Dies at Farm Near Greene
Frank Lutz dies at his farm six miles north of Greene Indiana after an infection from boils. Services set for Sunday at 9:30 a.m. at the Brethren church. Burial planned in Lena near his birthplace. He was 42, born in Stephenson County Illinois. Survived by widow Pearl Altman and two children, Iva and Iva.
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Courier
Greene
Brethren ‘Church
Frank Lutz
Lena
Lutz
Stephenson County
Ilinois
Nashua Youth Dies of Heart Disease
Nashua Iowa October 22 Ermon Tegler twenty died at his home here Thursday from heart disease and complications. He had been ill for several years and suffered intestinal influenza in the summer. He recovered enough to be in town until Saturday, then was taken to New Hampton hospital and returned Monday.
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Courier Special Service
Nashua
Ermon Tegler
New Hampton Hospital
Cedar Falls Couple to Celebrate Silver Wedding Anniversary
Cedar Falls Oct 22 Mr and Mrs Nels Overgaard will celebrate the twenty fifth anniversary of their marriage Monday evening with an informal reception in the gymnasium of Bethlehem Danish Lutheran church.
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Courier
Cedar Falls
Nels Overgaard
Bethlehem
Danish Lutheran Church
Carroll Herald Sold After 40 Years in Editorship
The Carroll Herald changes hands with editor J. B. Hungerford selling the paper to J. M. Grimes of Perry. Hungerford served 40 years as editor, 15 years as trustee of Iowa State College, and 18 years as Carroll postmaster.
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Carroll
Carroll Herald
J. B. Hungerford
J. M. Grimes
Perry
Hungerford
Iowa State College
Hart Parr Adds to Buildings at Chas City Plant
Hart Parr group begins foundation for a 60 by 120 foot heat treating building at the Charles City plant. A 60 by 300 foot gray iron foundry addition rises to cover tracks with new machinery to unload by machine. Street and interplant paving by Wilson Construction to finish this week. A rodeo show in town Sunday and Monday Oct 23 and 24 features 50 people 46 horses and 30 Texas longhorns in an 8000 seat amphitheatre. Funeral services for Mrs. Charles Lane, 67, at Grace Episcopal Church with interment in Riverside follow her fall on stairs. Annual high school yearbook planned with staff and sponsors.
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Courier Special Service
Charles City
Hart+Parr ‘group
Gray Iron Foundry
Wilson Construction Company
Lane
Grace Episcopal Church
J. G. Creede
Riverside
Guild
Collins
Rodeo Entertainment
Texas
Fine Mitchell Man in Bootlegging Case
Osage Iowa October 22 fine of 400 dollars with costs was assessed and consent injunction issued by Justice La Rue against Leo G Hanlon Mitchell Garage man charged with bootlegging Hanlon was arrested and brought before La Rue Thursday afternoon but the case was continued and Hanlon allowed to return home He was again taken into custody on a testimony of a farmer found intoxicated Thursday evening.
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Osage
Justice la Rue
Leo G. Hanlon
Mitchell
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