Labor Day Rally Part of Postal District Three Event
About 1500 people attended the Third Congressional district Labor Day picnic in Manchester with contests for men women and children, a post office ball game won by the Mechanics, and remarks by local officials. Next year’s gathering set for Independence.
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Courier
Manchester
Third
Dubuque
Delaware
Buchanan
Black Hawk
Bremer
Akron
Vancouver
Wash
Service Honors Father of Pioneer Erv Graham Farm Service
A vesper service was held Sunday at 5 p m at the Erv Graham farm two and a half miles north of Fayette by Rev D M Parker and Rev J D Clinton. Parker spoke of Mrs Graham s father an early pioneer who came to the area with two yoke of oxen. Clinton addressed the sermon titled The Father. About 100 persons attended.
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Payette
Erv
Graham
Fayette
D. M. Parker
J.D. Clinton
Parker
Mtr
Clinton
Women Entertain Classes of U S Baptists and Local Farewells
Mr E W Stevenson and Miss Bess Emerson hosted the Baptist Sunday school primary classes at the Emerson home. The Ladies Aid plans a Pine Creek meeting at Rev Axel Hanson’s home while Rev Hanson preaches at 9 45 a m in Jesup then returns to Pine Creek. Mr and Mrs A D Van Eman and Virginia will move to Mt Vernon Wednesday for positions with Lowe Hardware. he previously worked at Jesup Co operative creamery. A farewell party for the Women’s Christian Temperance Union is set for this evening as officers are named. Mrs Vine M Stoddard is president with Mrs B B Bunnell treasurer and Mrs Enda Miller secretary. Mrs B E Tull has been re elected county president. Ralph Edgerton and daughters Joyce and Jeanette depart for Carlsbad New Mexico after a summer stay.
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Jesup
E.W. Stevenson
Bess Emerson
Baptist Sunday School
Emerson Home
Ladies' Aid Society of the Baptist Church
Pine Creek
Axel Hanson
Hanson
A. D. van Eman
Virginia
Mt. Vernon
van Eman
Lowe Hardware Company
Jesup Co~ Operative Creamery
Women's Christian ‘Temperance Union
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Vine M. Stoddard
B. B. Bunnell
Enda Miller
B. E. Tull
Ralph Edgerton
Joyce
Jeanette
M. A. Hallman
Carlsbad
N. M
Fire damages farm buildings near Hudson Iowa
A fire last evening destroyed a chicken house and shed on the former Andy Osman farm two miles west of Hudson. The blaze discovered at 8:30 p.m. caused an estimated $1,590 loss with $800 insured. The main house escaped. no occupants for years. A grass fire in a nearby orchard is blamed for ignition.
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Courier Special Service
Hudson
Andy Osman
Here
Oo. G
Abstract Firm Officer Moves to Cherokee
G W Richards, longtime Craig-Ray Abstract official and vice president since E F Wild resigned, buys into Moore Abstract & Title Co in Cherokee and will relocate. Craig-Ray stock owned by Mrs Bernice Miller and Miss Agnes M Dailey. Miller and Dailey are long time staff.
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Courier Special Service
Allison
G. W. Richards
Craig-Ray Abstract Company
E. F. Wild
Moore Abstract & Title Co
Cherokee
Richards
Bernice Miller
Agnes M. Dailey
Shepard Appointed County Attorney by Butler Board
Sheldon Shepard was appointed county attorney on Monday to fill the unexpired term of B. H. Brauer who died last week. Shepard had previously held the office for six years by election and had been appointed to fill Ralph Doore's unexpired term. Several applications were filed with the board.
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Courter
Senice
Allison, Sr
B. H. Breuer
Shepard
Ralph Doore
Brauer
Butler Sunday School Workers Meet at Dumont
Butler county council of religious education will meet Sept. 12 at Dumont Indiana. Women’s Foreign Mission Society of the M E church will meet Thursday afternoon Sept. 5 at the home of Mrs J S Neal with Mrs G W Rowley as assistant hostess.
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Carrier
Shel
Rock
Butter County
Hottest Labor Day At Charles City Reported
Charles City Iowa September 3 Yesterday set a record as the hottest day of the year with 93 degrees noted by local weather observer E G Larson One month after a rainy period lawns burned crops suffered. A daughter born west of the city to Mr and Mrs Frank Swartzrock. Vivian Dugan and Raymone R Batley wed at Christian parsonage with Rev G A Hess. The couple will begin housekeeping on a farm near the city. Woman's Foreign Missionary society elected officers in West Main Street church Fireside room. City bakery owner BR G McCartney and E A Falt of Minnesota involved in a two car collision near Waverly with no injuries.
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Courier Special Service
Charles City
E. G. Larson
Frank Swartzrock
Vivian Dugan
Raymone R. Batley
Christian Parsonage
G. A. Hess
Rodney Bean
Charles Dugen
H. J. Batley
Bt. Charles
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
West M
BR. G. McCartney
E. A. Falt
Minnesota
Waverly
Literary groups give way to newer units on campus
Cedar Falls September reports changing campus life as the State Teachers college reorganizes space on the third floor auditorium. Literary societies fade as departments consolidate, with rooms and offices added for faculty. fraternal and departmental clubs replace old weekly meetings.
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Courier Special Service
Cedar Falls
State Teachers College
Lierary Society
Four Injured in Head-On Crash West of Osage
Courier Special Section reports four youths injured in a head on collision Sunday near Grafton about 8 p m Fifteen miles west of Osage in a coach were Sid Buchanan of Gardenville Minnesota and Miss Bueile Walters of Northwood while Bart Simerson and Albert Bork of Nashua drove a touring car All suffered severe cuts and Miss Walters sustained a broken arm
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Courier
Osage
Here
Grafton
Sid Buchanan
Gardenville Minn
Bueile Walters
Northwood
Bart Simerson
Albert Bork
Nashua
Sumner Registers 406 in School Enrollment
Total registration in Sumner public schools on Monday was 406, including 222 girls and 184 boys. The figure shows a drop of two students from last year’s registration.
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Sumner
Sumner, Ta
Sumner Public Schools
Twelve Couples Wed at Church in Yale
In Yale Iowa on September 3 1913 couples tied the knot at the Little Brown Church with Rev E E Clements presiding. Ruby A Hipple of Lake City Iowa married William F Lyerly of Kansas City Missouri with family witnesses including bride and groom’s father and grandfather. Other weddings over the weekend featured couples from Cedar Rapids Prairie Farm Dallas Grundy Center Waterloo Marshalltown Des Moines Britt Kasson and Milford with Rev William Kent officiating at the Little Brown Church and various pairing listings for Aug 31 and Sept 1 including Hoopporns and Hartmans.
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Neshua
Ruby A. Hipple
Lake City
William F Lyerly
Kansas City
Little Brown Church
E. E. Clements
William Kent
George W. Bentko
Charlotta
Nyero
Gedar Rapids
Norman Kahl
Prairie Farm
Wis
Mildred Erickson
Dallas
James D. Buchan
Waterloo
Hattle
Hoffa
Grundy Center
Virgil James Hartington
Fern Ruth Crofutz
Marshalltown
Ira James Frasher
Whiting
Edith Holcomb
Nevada
Glenn Gharrett
Ariino Thornton
Des Moines
Wills A
Eeces
Florenca Dewey
Britt
Cannery Sets New Record for Week in Clarksville
Clarksville's new cannery reported a weekly output of 280000 cans marking record production for the plant's first week during the 1929 sweetcorn crop. First carload labeled and shipped Monday. Also notes births, a fall injury, a Long Beach car crash involving Wiley Wamsley family, and the drowning of William Howard Stine in the Missouri River.
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Cuarter
Clarksville
Aiica
Burr Crosbye
Henry Wolgnt
Melvin Hartena
Wiley Wamsley
Long Beach
Cal
Simick
H. W. Stine
Willam Howard Stine
Missouri River
Harry Stine
Herrick, S. BD
Waterloo Elects State Vice President for YMCA Leaders
Elmer Gallery, president of the Water loo Y M C A Senior Leaders club, was elected first vice president of the YMCA State Leaders club at the inaugural conference at Camp Wapsie Cedar Rapids. Frank Sloane of Des Moines named president and Bertram Metcalf of Davenport secretary treasurer.
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Elmer Gallery
Waterloo
Camp Wapsie
Cedar Rapids
Frank Sloane
Des Moines
Bertram Metcalf
Davenport
Howard Benn
Washington
Child Kicked by Horse Recovering
Gladbrook Iowa reports Donniey Kracker age two is improving after a horse kick caused head injuries. He was treated at Deaconess hospital Marshalltown and suffered a fractured upper jaw and severe facial lacerations. School resumes September 9. A large Ed Gelbhman barn burned last week and will be rebuilt as a 40 by 80 foot modern structure with hay hogs wagon harrow silo timber losses. A straw pile fire at John McGovern farm Friday prompted Gladbrook fire department response.
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Courier
Gladbrook
Donniey Kracker
Deaconess Hospital
Marshalltown
Ed Gelbhman
John McGovern
Raecker Speaks at Final Bremer Union Meeting
In Waverly Iowa Raecker addressed the final session of the Bremer union meeting at the Methodist Episcopal church where the county Sunday school rally closed Sunday evening. The conference opened at 2 p.m. with an address by Walter Hutton secretary of the state council of religious education.
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Waverly
Leonard Raecker
Methodist Episcopal Church
Walter Hutton
State Council of Religious Education
Baptize 12 in River at Wadena
Baptismal services were held Sunday afternoon at the river store in Wadena Iowa with Rev A L Hope of Sabetha Kansas officiating along with Rev S A Birdsall pastor of the U B church. Twelve were baptized.
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Wadena
Waverly Reports Largest School Enrollment In Year
Waverly public schools re convened with the largest enrollment on record and a freshman class described as the biggest in years. The piece also notes community events including church society meetings, Legion activities, and a golf tournament plan as well as Dr. Burkhardt’s move to a professorship at Iowa State University.
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Epening Hervicas Waverly
Waverly Public Schools
Orphans’ Aid Society of
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Noble Grand ‘S Asociation
Mia
American Legion Post
Cedar Valley
Waverly
Savings Bank
A. D. Bessmer
California
Dunkerton
Plainfield
Fairbank
Burkhardt
Btalo University of
Towa
Farmer Dies In Gravel Pit Cave In Near Allison
Sept 3. John Trepkes, a 40 year old farmer, was killed when a gravel pit cavern collapsed throwing him against his wagon. No inquest is planned. Survivors include his widow and eight children. Funeral arrangements to be held at Ackerman church south of Chesley with services at noon and a public ceremony. Trepkes ran the Roose and Poppen farm about a half mile from the site.
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Allison
John Trepkes
St Ackerman
Chesley
Wilde
G. Whitaker
Shell Rock
Trepkes
Roose &S
Nashua School Enrollment Pages Highlights
More than a third of Nashua public school pupils are tuition students from Turai districts. There are 57 freshmen and about 13 more to come. An American Legion proposal to have high school boys patrol Highway 218 near the school is under study. Room teachers are charged with protecting smaller children. Enrollment by class lists First Grade 36, Second 26, Third 27, Fourth 28, Fifth 19, Sixth 177, Seventh 25, Eighth 14, Ninth 57, Tenth 48, Eleventh 26, Twelfth 32.
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Courier Special Service
Nashua
Turai
American Legion
Cedar Falls Boy Seriously Ill After Patchy Appendectomy
Cedar Falls reports 16 year old Roberts Smith is in serious condition after an emergency operation for a ruptured appendix at Strawberry Point. He fell ill while camping at Devil's Backbone park with three companions Maynard Voorhies Wayne Van Deesé and Robert Mitze. He is son of Hugh Smith. Also Cedar Falls Woman's club names Mr and Mrs Hamry Saul as custodians to reside at the clubhouse.
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Gourier
Cedar Falls
Roberts Smith
Strawberry Point
Devil's Backbone Park
Ceder Walls
Maynard Voorhies
Wayne van Deesé
Robert Mitze
Hugh Smith
Hamry Saul
Horton Scott Family Reunion Sets First Annual Meet
The Scott family reunion at Seeley camp on Sunday drew about 40 attendees from Plainfield Osage Waverly Nashua St Paul and Waterloo. Mrs H B Scott of Plainfield was the oldest present. The reunion began last August and the next gathering is planned for 1930. A Randalia gathering for Bertha Barnes program followed noon dinner with 48 served. A dads vs lads baseball game ended 27 to 25. The 1930 reunion committee lists A J Meyer Mrs Caroline Meyer and Mollie Meyer.
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Randalla
H. H. Meyer
Independence
F. Co. Meyer
Arthur Home
Randalia
Bertha Barnes
A. J. Meyer
Caroline Meyer
Mollie Meyer
Pneumatic Tubes Could Speed Air Mail to City Posts
Washington officials propose pneumatic tubes from airports to post offices to save travel time. Five cities named—New York, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Los Angeles—could benefit most, with tubes already linking New York post offices to rail and sea docks.
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U.S
Washington, D.C
W. Irving Glover
Ail Mali
Glover
New York
Boston
Chicago
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
General Post Office
Afimat
N. Y
Butler County Auditor Resigns to Take New Post
L. C. Surfus resigns as Butler County auditor effective Oct 1 after about four years in office. Lester Shepard named assistant to succeed him. Surfus and family will move from Allison to Waterloo where he will join the Mid-Continent Petroleum company general office.
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Courier Special Services
Allison
Shanrock Funeral Held at St Ansgar
Funeral for Mrs. C. Shanrock conducted Monday at 11 p m at Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in St Ansgar Indiana. Rev. Paul Brammer officiated. Mrs. Shanrock was 79 years old.
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Gaurier
St. Ansgar
C. Shanrock
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church
Paul Brammer
Shanrock
Face Rash Healed by Cutiura Soap and Ointment
Miss Julia Phelps of Second Ave Marengo Illinois reports a severe facial rash with blackheads and pimples. After trying other remedies she used a free sample of Cuttcura Soap and Ointment and saw improvement, buying more and complete healing after three cakes of soap and two boxes of ointment.
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Julia Phelps
Second Ave
Marengo, IL
Garage moves in Independence as JR Sherren firm relocates
The J. G. Sherren company, Pontias and Oakland dealers, moved from Main street to the Miller Brothers garage on Third avenue N E in Independence. The vacated Sherren site was bought by the G. G. Hovey Dodge dealers, who plan a new super service station on that site after razing the old building.
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Independence
J. G. Sherren Company
Pontias
Oakland
Main Street
Miller Brothers
Third Avenue
N. E
Roxanna Petroleum Corporation
Toom
Newest Best Remedy For Corns Stops Pain
The ad promotes O Joy Corn Wafers a thin corn wafer that sticks to the corn or callous with no burning acids or bulky coverings. It claims instant relief from pain and easy shoe wear with six wafers for 10 cents.
Beal's Malr Tonto Promises Gray Hair Reversion
An advertisement touts Be a's Malr Tonto as a non dye remedy to restore gray or faded hair to its youthful color. It claims gradual scalp improvement within days and offers to send a bottle prepaid for one dollar from Tan tone Co Brentwood Maryland.
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Beca
Hag Tan
Brentwood
Mary Rm
Banks Schoolhouse Dedication in Fayette County
More than 600 people attended the dedication ceremony for Banks subdistrict schoolhouse in Fayette County. Speakers included L. O. Meyers West Union Fayette county school superintendent Rev N G Nothburtt Hawkeye T J Durant Sumner schools 7 M Vierth and Newell Rogers editors of Sumner and Hawkeye. The Hawkeye band and Farm Burn music furnished by Miss Mayme Kengley as teacher.
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Courier Special Service
Sumner
Banks
Fayette County
L. Oo
Meyers
West ‘Union
Township Club Convention Set for Spencer's Grove
Urbana Indiana September 3 The annual Polk township convention of 19 clubs will be held September 11 at Spencer's Grove with a picnic dinner. News notes record three births: Lester Houser and wife welcomed a son born August 22, Fred Phelps and wife a son born August 30, and Lloyd McCammon and wife a daughter born August 31.
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Urbana
Polk Township
Spencer's Grove
Lester Houser
Fred Phelps
Lloyd McCammon
Gystex 48 Hour Test Offers Bladder Relief
An advertisement promotes Gystex to relieve bladder irritation and related symptoms. It promises quick improvement or money back if not satisfied, urging readers to try Oystex today for 60 cents.
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O. J. Miller
Konjola praised for rapid, thorough healing claims
A farmer testimonial extols Konjola as a new medicine that targets stomach, liver, kidneys, bowels, and rheumatic pains. The Konjola Man at Wangley Brothers Drug Store in Waterloo shares patient stories, noting quick digestion relief and a regained knee function after a month of treatment.
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C. M. Weigle
Lind-Cammmack & Herebs
B. No. 1
Waterloo
Konjola
Wangler Brothers Drug Store
Tiust Fourth Street
Welgh
Konjoln
Sat Tha Wangley
Brothers Drug Store
Fourth Street
Prblia
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William F. McCool
Everett E. Leighton
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A. L. Powell
Harrville
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Edgewood
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Reimbeck
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Wilson Company
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Frank Benda
Matin Street
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St. Joseph's Parish
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U. S
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Allison Abstract Company
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Harry M. Stevens
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Mario Vohnegen
Kasson
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Galva
Myrtle M. Neal
Arthur
LeRoy HH. Echwerdtfeger
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Cuy
Kan
Grace L. Hartman
Edward Ebehenkelberg
Ruble
Elizabeth Oleson
Milford
Cannery
Y.M.C.A
Raecker
John Thepker
Nashua School
Inset
James Guinane
Butler County
Surfus
Lester Shepard
Cutiura
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