General Session at Waverly Will Receive Report
At the Lutheran synod of Iowa annual convention in Charles City the result of the morning vote on union with the Ohio synod will be announced at the 1928 general conference in Waverly. The secret vote concerns a constitutional change as part of the synod’s reorganization and includes officers and territory across many states.
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Courier
Charles City
Lutheran Synod of
Alabama
California
Colorado
Germany
Idaho
Ilinois
Iowa
Kansas
Louisiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New York
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakota
Washington
Wisconsin
The
Synod of Iowa
G. A. Fandrey
A. F. Augustin
Eau Claire
Wis
F. Braun
Hudson
E.J. Braulick
Oelwein
J. Haefwig
Muscatine
Eighteen Couples Wed in One Week at Little Brown Church
The marriage roster at the Little Brown Church near Nashua Iowa lists ceremonies conducted by Rev. J. L. Mee Corrison on dates in late August and early September. Couples from Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois wed in pairs at sites including St. Paul Charles City Allison Anita LeRoy Davenport Iowa City Truro North English Belmont Kanawha Marshalltown and other towns. The report details each wedding pair with their home towns and the officiating pastor.
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Courier
Nashua
Little Brown Church
Here
Rosetta M. Johnson
Ross E. Byler
St. Paul
Minn
Gerdrude
F. Strong
Keith C. Henry
Charles City
Ruth*m. Bige
Wolfstock
Melvin E. Brown
Eagle Grove
Hilda
LeRoy
Thorvald
Amundson
Chester
Elsie
M. Kramer
George ‘Carolus
Dike
Helen D.hall
Davenport
Lowell D. Phelps
Iowa City
Anova
Walker
Truro
Thomas
Dwight Stiles
Winterset
Iva B. Ruskell
Jessie L. Taylor
Belmont
Vera Frances Zeigler
John On Babcock
Kanawha
Gladys. M. Edwards
Andrew Frandsen
Cedar. Falls
Jean Lorene
Crabtree
Rockford
Lynn O. Smith
North English
Seth
Edna Mae Dinkel
Frank Walter
Bleedow
Inez Louise Lentz
Frank Burr Lewis
Marshalltown
Florence Isabelle’ Meyers
Lancaster
Wis
Blanded Henry Schuppener
Stitzer
Funeral of Dr. H. H. Hunt Held in Hazleton
The funeral for Dr. H. H. Hunt aged 60 was held at the Hazleton Presbyterian Church with Rev. L. L. Bond presiding. The committal followed a Masonic ritual. Also noted were local property and family mentions including Edward Kint leasing a farm to a neighbor and Mrs. Susan Wilibank visiting family in Tulsa along with a grandmother recovering from a hip injury after a fall.
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Courier
Hazleton
H. H. Hunt
Presbyterian Church
L. L. Bond
Tulsa
Okla
Adda Burton
Spagg
Dr Hansen Named Pastor at New Lawn City Church
Cedar Falls reports Dr Howland Hansen of Des Moines has accepted the pastorate of the newly organized Community church on College Hill. He will begin duties Sept 14 after preaching here several times in the past three years, most recently Aug 14 on a Sunday.
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Courier
Cedar Falls
Howland Hansen
Des Moines
College Hill
Hansen
School Opens With Faculty In Fredericksburg
Courier Special Service Fredericksburg Iowa September 5 School opened today with A S Moore superintendent Pearl M Shirley principal Helen Oldham Monroe Vivian Blake Leo F Stone William J Edgar Ruth Mendenhall Norma Campbell Ruth Abbott and others listed as faculty at Fredericksburg and surrounding towns.
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Courier Special Service
Fredericksburg
A. S. Moore
Pearl M. Shirley
Algona
Helen Oldham
Monroe
Vivian Blake
Green Island
Leo F. Stone
William J. Edgar
Hopkinton
Ruth Mendenhall
Netwon
Norma Campbell
Morning Sun
Ruth Abbott
Imogene
Roof Attic Fire Damages Belzer Home in Osage
An undetermined origin fire Saturday damaged the attic and roof of the Fred Belzer family home in Osage. The residence is owned by Mrs. D W Lohan, Wa Loc togged.
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Osage
Fred Belzer Familly
D. W. Lohan
Wa- Lotigd
Heavy Barn Fire Destroys Towne Farm Near Brandon
Fire of undetermined origin wiped out the Towne barn three miles south of Brandon on the Raleigh Bearbower farm. Two horses, hogs, 20 tons of hay, 800 bushels oats, harness, and much machinery burned. A silo and straw stack nearby also destroyed. Neighbors saved other outbuildings. Towne family away in California, insured barn, contents uninsured except horses.
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Courier
Brandon
Frank Towne
Raleigh Bearbower
Change in Manager of Oelwein Plant Made Effective
J H Miller of Indianapolis takes over management of Interstate Power in Oelwein, replacing Gus Wolters who leaves after 10 to 12 years. Miller will relocate with his family. Also notes Oscar Moore reports typhoid and polio closures in Trail British Columbia and updates on a Dubuque paving contractor recovering from injury. Court cases on bad checks continue, with fines for flagrant offenses.
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Courier
Oelwein
J. H. Miller
Indianapolis
Ind
Interstate Power Company
Gus Wolters
Wolters
Miller
N. G. Moore
Oscar
Trail
British Columbia
Lee
Dubuque
Agnes Wilson and John McKeag Wed at Manchester
Agnes Wilson daughter of Mrs. Agnes M. Wilson and John McKeag of Manchester were married Sunday at 9 pm in First Presbyterian church Manchester Rev. Charles A Hyde officiated. Bridesmaid Ruth Wilson best man Ernest Mcleay flower girl Patricia LeClerc and Thomas D Wilson witnessed the ceremony. The couple will reside in a W W Hockaday cottage on New Street and are starting a two week motor tour of Wisconsin. Agnes Wilson taught after Cornell Mt. Vernon 1921. McKeag works with his parents bakery in town.
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Manchester
Agnes Wilson
Agnes M. Wilson
John MceKeag
First Presbyterian Church
Charles A. Hyde
Thomas Wilson
Des Moines
Ruth Wilson
Ernest Mcleay
Patricia LeClerc
Thomas D. Wilson
McKeag
W. W. Hockaday
New Street
Wisconsin
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Charles McKeag
Veteran Insurance Agent Ida Fyler Dies at 73 in Shell Rock
Ida Fyler aged 73, longtime Iowa State Insurance agent for 25 years, died at Shell Rock from pneumonia after age-related decline. Born Aug 27, 1854 in Poplar Grove Tl. She resided 38 years in Shell Rock and was a charter member of the Imperial Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star. Survived by two sons Sherman and Enos, two grandsons, two sisters and a brother plus a missive in law and several relatives. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday, burial in Shell Rock.
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Courier Special Service
Shell Rock
Ida Fyler
Iowa State Insurance Company
Ida Sherman
Poplar Grove
Dewitt
Fyler
Sherman
Enos
Charles City
Ira Apfel
Waterloo
Ella Mabie
Chug Water
Wyo
Ira Sherman
Ft. Smith
Ark
Order of Fastern Star
Allison Resident Home from Holland wedding in Newton
Ward Wood and Miss Lulu Robinson wed at the Newton home of the bride’s uncle Wes Morgan with Rev. Williams officiating. Mrs Wood taught home economics in Scranton and Hanlontown. Wood attended Brendan High School and Ames. They will live in Ames while he finishes college.
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Courier Special Services
Brandon
Hanlontown
Wood
Brendan
Ames
Hlans
Monroe
George Bachmann
Cedar Falls Church Plans Part Time Student Director
Cedar Falls Sept 5 A part time director of Congregational work among students at the college will be engaged for the upcoming year. A young woman student will fill the post. Clergymen from Grinnell Ames and others attended the conference. Dies in California Howard Wild of Los Angeles died at 54 from heart disease. He was the son of Mrs. Abraham Wild of Cedar Falls with two sisters and a brother surviving. The body will likely be brought to Cedar Falls.
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Courier
Cedar Falls
Royal J. Montgomery
P. A. Johnson
Grinnell
Henry Hawley
Ames
California
Howard Wild
Los Angeles
Cal
Abraham Wild
Seventh Street West
Matilda
Anna R. Wild
Harry B. Wild
Los Angees
Wild
Cedar Falls High School
Cornell College
New York
W. G. Crowder
First Presbyterian Church
R. D. Echlin
A. Broham
Des Moines
Calvary Baptist Church
J. D. Winding
Jenkins
Minn
Teachers College
W. A. Brindley
Fort Dodge
H. C. Cook
La Porte Woman's Mother Dies Near Elgin Ia
La Porte City Ia Sept 5 News of the death Saturday morning of Mrs. Bracken mother of Mrs F E Lehman at her Elgin Iowa home after a long battle with cancer. Mr and Mrs Lehman and Frederick were there several days. Mr and Mrs George Klock and Mr and Mrs W D Lyle motored there yesterday. W R C Meets Thursday Kensington at K P hall will serve a picnic supper with each member bringing a covered dish. M E Missionary Society meets Wednesday at 3 pm in the social rooms of the Methodist Episcopal church. Personal mentions list several local families and travelers with brief notes on visits and trips including Rochester Mayo clinics and Des Moines state fair attendance.
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Courier
la Porte City
F. E. Lehman
Bracken
Elgin
Lehman
Frederick
George Klock
W. D. Lyle
Women's Relief Corps
Kensington
K. P. Hall
M. E. Missionary Society
Woman‘s Home Missionary Society
Methodist Episcopal Church
J. W. Stewart
Dean
Bobby
Sioux Falls
Harrisburg
George Clark
Mason City
Ollie Billingsley
Hattie Smith
Rochester
Minn
Walter Daggett
Dan Daggett
Charles City
Des Moines
Will Daggett
John Bolte
Andrews
R. H. Haberichter
Edna
Masonville
Virginia Moore
F. J. Moore
New Hampton
Edna Brandt
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
State School For
Zech Gillespie
Washington
Five County Boards Meet in Charles City Conference
Five county boards from Cerro Gordo Chickasaw Butler Mitchell and Floyd met in Charles City on September 5 hosted by Floyd County chair W D Lindaman. Officials from Mason City and Ames attended along with Iowa Highway Commission figures to discuss mutual road construction concerns.
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Courier
Charles City
Cerro Gordo
Chickasaw
Butler
Mitchell
Floyd
Floyd County
W. D. Lindaman
Ack
Mason City
F. H. Main
Iowa State Highway Commission
C. R. Jones
Ames
Hotel Hildreth
Delaware Farmer Dies Suddenly in Iowa Town
James R. Gearhart 51, a farmer near Manchester Iowa, died of heart disease at Dr. H M Bradley's office after attending the county fair with his daughter. Funeral at his home Tuesday with Rev. A E Hurseh, then Monticello burial officiated by Rev. C A Hyde. Surviving widow, two children, a stepdaughter, three brothers and two sisters.
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Courier
Manchester
James R. Gearhart
H. M. Bradley
Gearhart
Dorothy
James
Thelma Brown
H. S
Rufus
John
Mason City
George Elsworth
Cedar Rapids
George Bright
Cascade
Oil stove blast destroys residence at Winthrop
A kerosene stove explosion Sunday afternoon caused a fire that destroyed the Thorold Hansen home in Winthrop Indiana with most contents lost. Insurance will partially cover the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
Thorold Hansen
Dressings Top Baby Beef Winners At Cedar Falls Fair
The Rath Packing company bought eight Black Hawk county baby beef club calves after Cedar Valley fair displays. A Hereford fed by Myron Minish achieved 60.88 percent dressing on an 830 pound calf, which sold for 113.82 dollars at 14 per hundred pounds. Other prize calves ranged from 52.2 to 59.88 percent, with buyers and sellers including Warren and James Kelsey, Marion and Holmes Minish, Jean Minish, and Roland Smith. The James Black Dry Goods company bought most carcasses to supply Waterloo and area tables. The program aims to teach youth calf selection and profitable feeding for local sale.
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Black Hawk County
Rath Packing Company
Cedar Falls
Myron Minish
A. J. Minish
Hudson
Myron
Hereford
Warren Kelsey
Warren
James Kelsey
James
Marion Minish
Marion
Holmes Minish
Holmes
Gedar Falls
Jean Minish
Roland Smith
Roland
Dewar
Waterloo
James Black Dry Goods Company
Marshall Hereford herd bull dies at four years
Lafayette Ind Sept 5 Mis chief Mixer the 39th grand champion Hereford bull owned by Henry W Marshall dies at head of the Marshall show herd He was four years old weighed over 2500 pounds He was grand champion at the 1925 American Royal exhibition reserve grand champion at the International exposition last year grand champion at the sesquicentennial exposition in Philadelphia and at other shows
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Lafayette
Ind
Henry W. Marshall
Marshall
Philadelphia
Shock threshing finished in Orchard Ta with strong yields
Orchard, Ta Sept 5 Shock threshing here is practically completed with some stock threshing remaining. Oats average 40 to 50 bushels per acre and reach 65 in places. Corn advances with some fields denting. Late potatoes show good progress and county fair exhibits suggest Mitchell County produces fine spuds.
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Courier Special Service
Mitchell County
The Old Time Dance by Edward Tufft
A humorous reminiscence of an old time dance seen at a neighborhood gathering. The narrator and wife observe lively fiddling, quadrille calls, and lively dancing that stirs people of all ages, ending with a cheerfully nostalgic mood.
Clarksville Civil War Vet's Funeral Set for Tuesday
Clarksville Iowa Sept 5 The funeral of A T Strock Civil War veteran who died at 4 am Sunday will be at the family home at 2 pm Tuesday Rev J S Westfall pastor of the M E church where he held membership will officiate Burial will be in Linnwood Surviving are the widow and two sons Ernest Quincy Illinois and Linnfield Waterloo Mr Strock was 83 years old.
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Frank ‘Tr. Lynch
Townsend-Merrill Lumber Company
Chicago
S. F. Kresge Company
Hatcher
George Oren Hatcher
First Congregational Church
George FF. Barsalou
Fairview
Saddler
Grothe
John Hancock
Marble Rock
Hans Brude
Ebert Snow
Melvin Ebert
Fred Ebert
Josephine Ferris Snow
A. EB. Snow
Ottawa
Hugh S. MacKenzie
Congregational Church
Ottawa High School
Wisconsin University
Lauderdale
Florida
Swant
Ludwig Swant
Cedar Street
Cecil
Ruth
Lutheran Church
Rev
G. A. Prottengeier
Riverside
Clarksville
A. T. Strock
J. S. Westfall
M. EB
Farm paid for in seven years in Fayette County
West Union Iowa September five. A 80 acre Fayette county farm bought at 200 dollars an acre during the land boom has proved an asset for Aloys and Mrs. Meyer Eden township two miles southeast of Waucoma in the Little Turkey river valley. The 16000 dollar place bought in 1919 will be fully paid this year with a profit of 2300 dollars a year for seven years. They practiced ordinary farming with cattle and poultry then shifted to rotation and green manuring to maintain fertility. The Meyer farm grows corn oats and hay and sustains 10 dairy cows 600 Rhode Island Red chickens. 64 spring pigs and 28 fall farrowers. One runt pig cared for in the house reached 200 pounds at five months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Fayette County
Eden Township
Aloys T. Meyer
Little Turkey River
Waucoma
Mr. Meyer
Meyers
Clover
Timothy
Meyer
Rhode Island
Rath Packing Firm Takes 27 Head of Prize Baby Beeves
Rath Packing company in Des Moines bought 27 head of baby beeves at the Iowa state fair livestock auction ending a program where 408 head of 4 H club cattle were offered. Average price about 14.50 per hundred per head, with four Angus ten Herefords and thirteen Shorthorns.
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Rath Packing Company
Des Moines
Chicago Daily Drovers Journal Today
Towa Farm Union Annual Gathering Set for Sept 21
Des Moines is slated to host the Iowa Farmers Union three day convention starting September 21 with about 2,000 members expected. A statewide farmer labor picnic at fair grounds on September 20 anticipates around 15,000 attendees with speakers Magnus Johnson a former Minnesota farmer labor senator and Van A. Bittner a United Mine Workers of West Virginia representative.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farmers’ Union
Fair Grounds
Magnus’ Johnson
Farmer Labor
Minnesota
van A. Bittner
United Mine Workers of West Virginia
Forum Holstein Farm Grand Champion at Iowa State Fair
Forum Holstein Farm near here, run by H. Q. Larsen, won grand champion female at the Iowa State Fair dairy cattle show. The aged cow Long Hollow Mercedes Butterboy earned the top prize, with Forum Royal Patriarchy taking a first prize in senior bull calf. Over 300 Holsteins were exhibited in Des Moines.
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Forum Holstein Farm
Here
H. Q. Larsen
Forum
Forum Farm
Long Hollow Mercedes
Forum Holstein’ Farm
Forum Royal Patriarchy
Des Moines
Rhode Island Reds Producing Heavily in Iowa Yard
Peerless Red Yard in Charles City reports a Rhode Island Red hen laying 200 eggs from Jan 1 to Aug 31. Five hens totaled 911 eggs in the same period, an average of 182 each. Iowa contest shows Leghorns and other breeds with various totals. Peerless hopes to compare records with other breeders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier Special Service
Charles City
Peerless Red Yard
Rhode Island
Iowa
R. C. Red
Black Hawk 4-H Girls Shine at State Fair Demonstrations
Orange township leaders Mrs Ruth Fleming Emmabelle Smith Gladys Moberly and Vivian Noltensmeier led Black Hawk county 4-H girls at Des Moines competing in hooked rug and bread demonstrations. 95 counties entered making it the largest showing. Governor Hammill addressed the juniors. Tola Pierce of Calhoun county elected Iowa 4-H girls clubs president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hawk County
Emmabelle Smith
Gladys
Mo~berly
Ruth Fleming
Orange Township
Cedar Valley Fair
Vivian Noltensmeier
Waterloo Township
Farm Bureau
Orange Club
Irene Crist
Clara Blank
Page County
Des Moines
Fleming
Black Hawk
John Hammill
Tola Pierce
Calhoun County
Iowa
Growers Assess Condition of 1927 Corn Crop
Courier reports in Cedar Falls Louis Rothweiler notes improving corn health in Union township with dented fields and a forecast that a light frost in 10 days may cause limited damage. Manchester notes ideal conditions with warmth and rain needed. fruit and potato crops below normal and pasture fair, with 30 to 40 percent yield anticipated if favorable weather continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Louis Rothweiler
Union Township
W. S. Thompson
James Howard
R. BE. Carlson
Beaver Valley Farm
Courier Special Service
Manchester
Hampton students to judge cattle at congress and exposition
Theodore Besh and teammates from Town State College will judge dairy cattle at Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo on Sept 26 and at the National Dairy Exposition in Memphis on Oct 15. Team members include Raymond Monahan and Clarence Thompson from Hampton, with Theodore Besh and Howard Mathews selected from Waterloo and Danville respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Hampton Farm
Dariville
Waterloo
Town State College
Dairy Cattle Congress
Memphis
Tenn
Fordyce Ely
Hampton
Raymond Monahan
Clarence Thompson
Theodore Besh
Howard Mathews
Danville
Monahan
Iowa
United States
London
Thompson
Franklin County
Des Moines
Louis Thompson
Stanley
Nichols
St. Ansgar
John Stewart
Maynard
Wayne Laycock
Macy resigns as Grundy Co. agent in Iowa
Grundy Center, Sept 5. County Agent C. S. Macy of Grundy County resigned Saturday afternoon during the Grundy County Farm Bureau board meeting. He will leave Nov 1 to devote full time to his hatchery and feed business. Macy has served ten years, the county’s only agent since the program began here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier
Grundy Center
Isa
C. S. Macy
Grundy County
Grundy
Macy
Iowa
Mr. Macy
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Iowa and
Ohio
Waverly
Yale
Dr. Hansen
New Lawn City Church
John McKeag
Allison
Holland
Dunkerton
Benson Co-operative Creamery
Estherville
Clyde Drury
John Sanito
T. C
Grace Adam
Louie Ballentine
Marian Bancroft
Lily Bard
Gerald Baxter
Mildred Beatty
Harry Berg
Florence Burke
Emmett van Cable
Lee Campbell
Harold Christensen
Lena Christensen
Verna Clingman
Esther Coombs
Margarite Crawford
Vashti Crouch
Alice Dowden
Dorothy Fechs
Ethyl Fredericcson
Robert Fowler
Gordon Frederickson
Evelyn Garrick
Olga Godfrey
Dorthea Gross
Gorden Grow
Alta Hansen
Harland Hansen
Wanda Harkness
Alvin Harum
Eael Jensen
Eleanor Jensen
Louise Johnson
Ellis Juhl
Dan Kelly
Gwendolyn Hern
Willie Kiefer
Vernon Kuhl
Bernice Ku
Roger Leavitt
A. E Fish
Leavitt
Kirkwood S. Olesen
Paris
American Legion
Olesen Pote
Monahan Post Band
F. Laird
Myr
Walter Tayelor
la Porte
Delaware
Beef Club
Marshall Hereford Herd
Edward Tufft
Associated Press
Mane
Sally
Rath Packing Firm
Towa Farm Union
CHAS
Tenenbbaum
Nat'l Bank
Black Hawk Club
Hammill
Page Co
Carl Bickley
Fioneer Bank
Grundy CO
Zeidler Concrete Products Co
Frank King
Fairbank
Durham
A. W
Poland
Fordson Tractor
Oliver Tractor
John Deere
David Bradley
McCormick
Litchfield
Hayes
United Gas
E. J. Sweeney
Iowa State Bank
Graham and King
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