Dirt Road Travel Bill Equals Value of All Iowa's Grain Crops
Iowa’s highway commission released a chart claiming the state’s entire 1926 corn, wheat, oats and barley crops equal the motor vehicle transportation bill. The chart compares costs for pavement and gravel, noting four crops valued at $313,367,000 while annual vehicle costs reach $314,608,000.
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Iowa
Courier Special Service
Des “Moines
Town
State Highway Commission
Commission
Service
Hugh
Kin of Shell Rock Pastor Killed in Chicago Accident
Kin of Rev B Williams pastor of Shell Rock M B church mourns after Dr B Lounsbury chief surgeon Milwaukee railway killed in Chicago. Rev and Mrs Williams rushed to Chicago. Shell Rock High juniors stage class play And Home Comes Ted on Fri Nov 1. Helen Weber and Amos Mether wed Oct 15 at Waverly Lutheran parsonage. They will live on Mrs Rude farm near Shell Rock. Mrs Adam Dilger struck by paralysis Friday. Ladies Aid of M E church raised about 50 for district conference event.
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Courier Special Service
Shell
Rock
B. Lounsbury
B. Williams
M. B. Church
Chicago
Lounsbury
Milwaukee Railway Company
Helen .Weber
Amos Mether
Lutheran Parsonage
Waverly
E. H. Rausch
New Hartford Relief Corps Unit Inspected by Guest
Forty two members and three visitors attended a Saturday inspection of the New Hartford unit of the Relief Corps led by Mrs. Ethel Cave of Waverly. A noon picnic dinner followed at the hall. The unit will host the district convention next year. The text notes a local child’s admission to Sartori Memorial hospital and reports a Gospel service by the Associated church team at Shell Rock Sunday evening.
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New Hartford
Ethel Cave
Waverly
Robert Olm Stead Women’s Relief Corps
Arthur Hansen
Sartori Memorial Hospital
Associated Church
Shell Rock
Bondurant Pastor Accepts Call to Lawn City Church
Rev R H Fillmore of Bondurant Iowa accepts the pastorate at First Christian Church Lawn City Cedar Falls and will begin services on Sunday November 6 as advised by the official board His family includes his wife two sons and a daughter One son studies at Drake University
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Courier
Cedar Falls
R. H. Fillmore
Bondurant
First Christian Church
Mr. Fillmore
Drake University
John N. Brown
Washington Park
Harry S. Brown
Nelson E. Brown
Mary Poland
Paul Brown
Iowa City
Maurine Cannery
Sutherland
New Hartford Boys Suffer Broken Arms
Two eight year old boys in New Hartford suffered arm fractures Friday. Merlin Jenkins injured at school and Herman Hempin Jr. fell from a porch rail near Stout, breaking three in the elbow. Proceeds from a faculty play went to the activities fund, and a church dinner raised about 35 dollars for the Women of the M E church dining in the church basement. Weekend guests visited local families in Streator and Waterloo with local residents.
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Courier
New Hartford
Merlin Jenkins
Herman Hempin, Jr
Stout
M. E. Church
F. E. Stemme
Streator
J. A. Bolton
Margaret Bronson
Charles Plute
Little Son
John Misner
Waterloo
J. D. A. Bailey
Masons of Fourth District to Meet at New Hampton
Masons of the fourth district gather in New Hampton for a two day school of instructionOctober 25 and 26 under Arcana lodge No 274. The annual event, not held here recently, opens with daytime formal sessions on ritual and work and includes a Tuesday dinner and evening sessions. Members from Howard Mitchell Worth Cerro Gordo Floyd and Chickasaw counties are invited and candidates will receive degree work at focal lodge events.
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Courier
New Hampton
Arcana Lodge No. 274
State Board of Custodians
Focal Lodge
Howard
Mitchell
Worth
Cerro Gordo
Floyd
Chickasaw
Cedar Falls Commercial Club
Teachers College
Bartlett Hall
Danish Lyren Society
Cedar Falls
Oxford
Shock of fall in Aine results in death of woman
In Charles City Iowa Mrs Olson a housekeeper at the Ed Butler home died Friday night from a heart attack aggravated by the shock of a fall into the river while fishing earlier. She was rescued and died about an hour later at the Butler home. She was with Mrs Anna Miller when she fell and the body awaits her husband's advice.
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Courier
Charles City
Olson
Ed Butler
Minneapolis
Anna. Miller
Butler
Hunter-Sawyer Marriage Rites Read at Urbana
Urbana Inc reports Mr and Mrs Sam Hunter were wed last week at the bridegroom's mother Mrs Alice Hunter and will reside in Urbana. The groom is an engineer on roadwork. Also noted are accidents injuries and family visits involving locals.
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Urbana
Eliza Stewart
Rock Rapids
Marshall Tead
Oskaloosa
Dan Shaffer
Estherville
J. H. Shaffer
Kirk Cline
Mitchell Teachers Institute Ranked Among County's Best
Osage Oct 24 The teachers institute held in Osage Friday and Saturday was one of the county's best. Notable outside talent included Judge Utterback from Des Moines and Roscoe Gilmore Stott of Franklin Indiana. Also on the faculty were Mrs E B Wilson Jefferson John E Foster dean of men at Iowa State Ames and Julius Barnas Northfield Minnesota.
Shimek to Lecture at St Ansgar Church
Bohumil Shimek head of biology at University of Iowa will lecture at St Ansgar Methodist Episcopal Church on October 9 focusing on human anatomy in a Courier Special Service report from St Ansgar Indiana.
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St. Ansgar Church
Courier
St. Ansgar
Bohumil Shimek
University of
Mayor buys old school for farm near Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls Oct 24 Mayor J F Cross bought Walters or Brookside school in District 9 for 11250. About 30 attended the sale. The building will be moved 80 rods to Crosss farm marking the passing of a 70 year old school. Several local families tracing pupils there from years past note three generation Porters with Royce Frank and Robert among former pupils. The new building for Cedar Falls district will be ready by mid December or January 1.
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Courier
Cedar Falls
J. F. Cross
Walters Or
Brookside
Cedar Falls Township
James Porter
Porter
Roy
Frank
Robert
Roy Porter
Board of
Cedar City District
Cedar City
W. H. Hammer
Floyd
Brydine Hammer
Mrs Bassett Touts Lydia E Pinkham in Lansing Ad
A Lansing woman reports relief from fatigue and weakness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says it helped her regain strength, allowing daily activities and aiding a sixteen year old neighbor as well.
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Lansing. Mich
Mie
E. F. Bassett
South
Hayford Avenue
Lansing
Michigan
Lydia
Warntatlin Camnaind
Aged St Ansgar resident dies in sleep at home
Carl Ruehlew of St Ansgar Ia dies in his sleep at age 80. Surviving are his widow two sons and three daughters all residing nearby. A separate item reports Baltimore Maryland 19 year old Richard Griffith waking in midair after slipping from a third story window and landing on a pillow, escaping serious injury.
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Courier
St. Ansgar
Carl Ruehlew
Baltimore
Richard Griffith
Tom Thumb wedding staged at La Porte Presbyterian church
A Tom Thumb wedding will be staged at the La Porte Presbyterian church Tuesday at 8 pm under the auspices of the Mite group. Miss Kathleen Shale of Kansas City trains 60 children for the Presentation. Funeral attendees include Mrs. Herring and relatives from Minnesota Minnesota and Illinois. Californians Ida Peters and Ida Kuhman visit in La Porte. Several locals visit or host guests, with widespread personal mentions and district events. Fruit officials urge New York growers to focus on 14 prime varieties.
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Gourier
la Porte City
Presbyterian Church
Mite Apathy
Kathleen Shale
Kansas City
Mabel Laverty
St. . Paul
Minn
Dee Laverty
Promise City
C. P. Herring
H. P. North
Minneapolis
Alice Elwell
Chicago
Herring
John Fox
Nina Harkness
New York State
Flying Circus and Races Draw Crowd to Independence
Independence spectators estimated about 2,000 as Sheehan post and American Legion hosted a Sunday event featuring a two mile motorcycle race auto polo and other contests plus a parachute jump. A leader crashed injuring the rider and his bike while an airplane propeller was damaged by a wire fence but later replaced so the plane could return to Minnepalos.
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Courier Special Service
Independence
Sheehan Post
American Legion
Winthrop
Minnepalos
Pythians at Greene to Have Business and Social Meeting
Greene Iowa October 24 The Knights of Pythias lodge will meet in regular session tonight in Union lodge hall After the business session of the lodge the Pythian Sisters will oversee a social evening with dancing and cards as diversions Harry Drew and Ben Pringle drove to Chicago with three loads of cattle Bert Pooley shipped cattle to Chicago and three hog loads to Waterloo Saturday evening
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Courier
Greene, Ia
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Union Lodge
Pythian Sisters
Harry Drew
Ben Pringle
Chicago
Bert Pooley
Waterloo
Company Drives Forward With New Achievements Initiative
A corporate statement emphasizes continual progress and betterment. It pledges to push beyond past successes, extending vision and skill to serve 30 million people in the Middle West through an expanding workforce and improved operations.
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Middle West
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Hudson Family Reunion Sunday at Loonan Home
The Hudson family gathers for a Sunday reunion at the Loonan home with Mr and Mrs C T Loonan hosting relatives including Mr and Mrs Jay Baldwin, Elbow Lake. Mr and Mrs Scott Pullin of Wapello. and Mr and Mrs Russell Pullin of Waterloo. The group marks the fiftieth wedding anniversary of J W Pullin and spouse Tuesday.
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Baldwin
Scott Pullin
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