General Session at Waverly to Receive Report on Union Vote
At the Northern District Lutheran synod of Iowa convention in Charles City the secret vote on uniting with the Ohio Synod will be announced at the 1928 general conference at Waverly. The event highlights the mission feast, with officer elections planned for the concluding session and contributions to missions to be tallied later.
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Hudson
Braulick
Oat
Iwein
J. Haefnen
Muscatine
Eighteen Couples Wed In One Week At Little Brown Church
Nashua Iowa September reports list eighteen marriage ceremonies at the Little Brown Church near Nashua performed by Rev. J Li McGarrison. Couples include Rosetta Johnson with Ross Eyler and Edith Howard with Glenn Anderson, among others in August and September.
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Yale
Nashua
Little Brown Church
J Li. Mc Garrison
Rosetta M. Johnson
Ross E. Eyler
St. Paul
Minn
Gertude F. Strong
Keith c. Henry
Charles City
Ruth’ M. Bige
Wolf- Stock
Melvin E. Brown
Eagle Grove
Hilda T. Mikkelsen
Sheffield
Chris J. Christensen
Cedar Falls
Theda A. Balhman
Roy E. DeBower
Allison
Edith J. Howard
Anita
Glenn D. Anderson
Onida
Bessie ©. Thompson
Moravia
Tilion
Ida Mae Johnson
LeRoy
Mina
Thorvald Amundson
Chester
Elsie al
Kramer
George Carolus
Dike
Helen D. Hall
Davenport
Lowell D. Phelps
Towa City
Anova D. Walker
Truro
Thomas Dwight Stiles
Winterset
Iva B. Ruskell
Jessie L. Tay
Jor
Belmont
Vera Frances Zeisler
John W. Babcock
Kanawha
Gladys M. Edwards
Andrew L. Frandsen
Jean Lorene Crabtree
Rockford, Jr
Lynn Co. Smith
North English
Lent
Edna Mae’ Dinkel
Frank Walter Bleedow
Charles Chy
Louise Lentz
Frank Burr Lewis
Marshalltown
Florence Isabelle Meyers
Lancaster
Wis
Henry Schuppener
Stitzer
Funeral for Dr H H Hunt Held in Hazleton
The funeral of Dr H H Hunt aged 60 who died after a long illness from cancer was held this afternoon at the Presbyterian church in Hazleton. Rev L L Bond conducted the service and the committal followed a Masonic ritual. Also noted: Edward Kinet rented his farm to Mr Senate near Fayette, and Mrs Susan Willbank of Tulsa Ohio visits her mother Mrs Addai Burton and grandmother Mrs Spagg who is 44 and injured from a fall.
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Courier Speviag
Hazleton
H. H. Hunt
Presbyterian Church
L. L. Bond
Addai Burton
Spagg
Dr Hansen to lead new Lawn City Church pastorate
Des Moines clergyman Dr Howland Hansen has accepted the pastorate of the recently organized Community Church on College Hill. He begins duties September 14 after several past sermons at the college church, Aug 14, marking a notable Baptist figure taking charge in the city.
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Courier
Cedar Felts
Howland Hansen
Des Moines
College Hill
Hansen
Fredericksbury School Opens With Listed Staff
School opened today in Fredericksburg with superintendent A. S. Moore and principal Pearl M. E Kirley leading a staff including Helen Oldham Monroe Ruth Menden hell Norma Campbell and Ruth Abbott among others. The notice lists teachers from Algona Monroe Greer Island and Hopkinton guiding students.
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Coneler Boevia
Predericksburg
Y. A
Moore
Pearl M. E&kirley
Algona
Helen Oldham
Monroe
Vivian Blake
Greer Island
Leo F. Stone
Fredericksburg
William J. Edgar
Hopkinton
Ruth Mendenhell
Netwon
Norma Campbell
Morning Sun
Ruth Abbott
Imogene
Attic Fire Damages Belzer Home in Osage
Fire of undetermined origin damaged the attic and roof of the Fred Belzer residence in Osage Iowa. The house is owned by Mrs D W Lohan of Waterloo. Local firefighters responded to the Sept 6 blaze and cleared the scene with no injuries reported.
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Osage, I
Galurdey
Fred Belzer
D. W. Lohan
Watarloo
Heavy Barn Fire Near Brandon Causes Heavy Loss
Brandon Iowa Sept 5 Fire of undetermined origin early Sunday destroyed the barn on the Frank Towne farm three miles south of Brandon. Contents included two horses hogs 20 tons hay 890 bushels oats all harness and machinery. A silo and straw stack were burned neighbors saved other outbuildings. Towne family away in California. insurance covered barn but not contents.
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Couriar Spacial
Brandon
Frank Towne
Raleigh Bearbower
Wi Eell
Frank King
Oelwein
Hazleton
Fairbank
O'elnek
Durham
Poland
Fordson Tractor
Gliver
John Deere
David Bradley
McCormick
Litchfield
Universal
Hayes
United
Herler
E. J. Sweeney
Iowa State Bank
Graham and King
Change in Manager of Oelwein Plant Made Effective
J H Miller of Indianapolis takes over management of Interstate Power in Oelwein territory succeeding Cas Wolters who led the unit for ten to thirteen years. Wolters prepares to move to another station. Miller, previously manager for a fire concern in Indianapolis, will settle with his family in Delwelh. N G Moore learns from son Oscar in Trail British Columbia that schools and many public places are closed amid a typhoid and infantile paralysis outbreak. strict quarantine paralyzes business. Lee the Dubuque paving contractor injured in a past accident is recovering. Superior court sees daily appearances of the same person charged with passing bad checks. fines go to truly fragrant cases, others are often dismissed after paying costs.
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Oelwein
J. H. Miller
Indianapolis
Ind
Interstate Power Company
Cas Wolters
Mr. Wolters
Miller
Delwelh
N. G. Moore
Oscar
Trail
British Columbia
Lee
Dubuque
Harely
Agnes Wilson and John McKeag Wed at Manchester
Agnes Wilson daughter of Mrs. Agnes M Wilson and John McKeag of Manchester married Sunday at 9 am in First Presbyterian Church Manchester Rev Charles A Hyde officiated music by Mrs. Thomas Wilson Des Moines Ruth Wilson was bridesmaid Ernest MeKeag best man Patricia LeClerc Hower girl Thomas D Wilson gave his sister in marriage Breakfast served at the bride's home They will reside on New Street and take a two week motor tour of Wisconsin Mrs McKeag taught at Cornell College prior to marriage Mr McKeag is with his parents in operating their bakery
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Charles McKeag
Linux
J. Knarn Rod
Marqarite
Neb
Z. Albers
Storm Lake
Prank Roe
Harry F. Lanpert
McGregor
Alheena Fuller
Madicon
Monahan
Sioux City
Cedar Falls
Mes. OR
Laird
Dew Moines
Ostr
Walter Taylor
Cedar Palla
M. E. Missionary Society
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Methodist Episcopal Church
J. W. Stewart
Dean
Lobby
Sioux Falls
Morrisburg
George Q Clark
Mason City
Olle Ellingsley
Hattie Smith
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Elinics
Walter Daggett
Dan Daggett
Charles City
Des Moines
Will Daggett
John Bolte
Andrews
R. H. Habeuichter
Edna
Masonville
Virginia Moore
F. J. Moore
New Hampton
Edna Brandt
Council Bluffs
Zach Gillespie
Washington
Veteran Insurance Agent Dies at 73 in Shell Rock
Ida Fyler, 73, longtime agent for Town State Insurance, died in Shell Rock Iowa, after pneumonia amid age-related decline. She lived 38 years in the town, was a charter member of the local East Star chapter, and is survived by two sons, a daughter, two sisters, and a brother. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday at her home. burial in Shell Rock.
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Courier Speems
Sheil Rock
Ida Fyler
Town State Insurance Company
Shell Rock
Ida Sherman
Poplar Grove
Til
Dewitt
Fyler
R&r
Sherman
Shell Beck
Enos
Charles City
Iva Aptel
Waterloo
Ella Mable
Wyo
Ira Sherman
Ft. Smith
Ark
Order of Eastfmm Star
Allison Resident Home Iron Holland Allison Resident Home Iron Holland
Ward Wood son of Mr and Mrs William Wood near Brandon Iowa married Miss Lulu Robinson daughter of Mr and Mrs William Robinson at Newton on Saturday. Rev Willams of the Congregational church presided. Mrs Wood taught home economics at Scranton and Hanlontown. Wood graduated from Arenitas high school in 1920 and will finish college at Ames this year. They will live in Ames. Parents and brother in law George Bachmann attended.
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Courier Rperind Servives
Brandon
Ward Wood
William Wood
Lulu Robinson
Ile
William Robinson
Newton
Wes Morgan
Willams
Congregational Church
Hanlontown
Wood
Arenitas
Ames
Monroe
George Bachmann
Cedar Falls Church Plans Part Time Student Worker
Cedar Falls اجتماع church leaders decide to hire a part time director of Congregational work among college students for the coming year. A young female student will fill the role under the present plan with several clergy at the conference including Rev. Royal J Montgomery and Rev. P. A. Johnson of Grinnell.
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Courier
Cedar Falls
Royal J Montgomery
P. A. Johnson
Grinnell
Henry Hawtey
Ames
California
Howard Wild
Los Angeles
Col
Abraham Wild
Seventh ‘Street West
Matilda
Anna R. Wild
Harry B. Wild
Los Angees
Death of Mrs. Bracken Near Elgin Iowa
Notice from La Porte City Iowa reports the death Saturday morning of Mrs. Bracken at her Elgin Iowa home after a long cancer illness. Mr. and Mrs. Lehman and Frederick had been there several days, and relatives from nearby towns visited recently as arrangements unfold. Local notices include society events and personal mentions of townsmen visiting relatives and traveling to Rochester Mayo Clinic and Des Moines.
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la Porte City
F. E. Lehman
Bracken
Elgin
Lehman
Frederick
George Klock
W. D. Lyle
Five County Boards Meet in Charles City Conference
Five county boards from Cerro Gordo Chickasaw Butler Mitchell and Floyd gathered in Charles City for a conference on road construction issues. Hosted by Floyd County chair WwW. DD. Lindamar discussions centered on mutual interests with officials including Mason City District Engineer Zeck and State Highway Commission figures. Dinner for attendees was provided by Rotarians at Hotel Hildreth. Young Girl Sought After Marble Rock Missing Daughter Case Remains Unresolved. Sheriff Saddler and County Attorney Grothe spent Sunday seeking John Hancock’s 15 year old daughter missing since Friday. Father located her at Hans Brude home but she disappeared again. No whereabouts known. Ebert Snow and Josephine Ferris Snow wed Aug. 30 in Ottawa Illinois with plans to reside in Lauderdale Florida after a trip east. Deaths: Mrs Ludwig Swant, 78, and Chris Beck, 61, both noted in local obituaries with funeral arrangements announced.
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Charles City
Cerro Gordo
Chickasaw
Butler
Mitchell
Floyd
Floyd County
Lindamar
Zeck
Mason City
F. H. Main
C. R. Jones
Ames
Hotel Hildreth
Saddler
Grothe
John Hancock
Marble Rock
Hans Brude
Ebert Snow
Melvin Ebert
Fred Ebert
Josephine Ferris Snow
A. E. Snow
Ottawa
Ill
Hugh S. MacKenzie
Congregational Church
Ottawa High School
Wisconsin University
Easl
Lauderdale
Florida
Swant
Ludwig Swant
Gedar Street
Grossman
Riverside
Beck
Chris Beck
Tilindis
Freda Barclay
Ben
Otto
Carl Bottleman
Lawrence
Cecil
Ruth
Gutheran Church
G. A. Protiengeier
Delaware Farmer Dies Unexpectedly of Heart Disease
James R. Gearhart a 51 year old farmer died from a heart attack of under an hour while at his Dr Bradley's office after visiting the fair grounds to move his refreshment booth. He died before arrival at home and funeral services are set for Tuesday. Surviving are his widow two children a stepdaughter three brothers and two sisters.
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Courier Special Service
Manchester
James R. Gearhart
H. M. Bradley
Gearhart
Dorothy
James
Thelma Brown
Northera
H. S
Rufus
John
Mason City
George Elsworth
Cedar Rapids
George Bright
Cascade
Stove Explosion Destroys Hansen Home in Se
Explosion of a kerosene stove Sunday afternoon burned the Therald Hansen residence and most of its contents. Insurance will partially cover the loss. Located in Winthrop, the Courier Special Senniere reports on the fire and its aftermath.
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Courier Special Senniere Winthrop
Therald Hansen
Beef club calves show top dressing at Cedar Falls fair
Eight Black Hawk county baby beef calves shown by boys and girls at Cedar Valley fair were bought by The Rath Packing company. The top dressing percentage reached 60.88 percent for a 830 pound Hereford raised by Myron Minish. Calves yielded prices around 13 per hundred and total payments varied by weight shrink deductions and prize results. The James Black Dry Goods firm bought most of the carcasses as the project aims to teach proper calf selection and profitable feeding while promoting local beef sales.
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Black Hawk County
Baby Beef Club
Rath Packing Company
Cedar Falls
Myron Minish
A. J. Minish
Hudson
Hereford
Warren Kelsey
Warren
James Kelsey
James
Marion Minish
Marion
Holmes Minish
Waterloo
James Black Dry Goods Company
Marshall Hereford herd bull dies at four years
Mis chief Mixer the 39th grand champion Hereford bull owned by Henry W. Marshall farms Lafayette Ind died today of orchitis. Four years old and weighed over 2500 pounds he led the Marshall show herd. He was grand champion at the 1925 American Royal exposition and reserve grand champion at the International exposition. Last year he won grand champion at the Sesquicentennial exposition in Philadelphia and at all other shows where shown.
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Lafayette
Ind
Henry W. Marshall Farms
Marshall
Philadelphia
Shock threshing nearly finished in Orchard Ta county
Orchard Ta Sept 5 shock threshing nearly completed with some stock threshing still to finish. Yields average 40 to 40 bushels per acre with some fields reaching higher. Corn advances with dent stages in a few fields. Potatoes, late varieties, show progress. County fair exhibits suggest Mitchell county produces notable potatoes.
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Courier
Mitchell County
The Rhyming Farmer at the Old Time Dance
Edward Tutt presents a nostalgic vignette of a rural community event tied to dancing and social reconnecting. The narrator recalls villagers, neighbors, and family joining in old time quadrilles as fiddle tunes and calls filled the hall, mingling memories with lively, jubilant humor.
Clarksville Civil War Vet's Funeral Tuesday
Clarksville Ta Sept 5 The funeral of A T Strack Civil War veteran who died at 4 am Sunday will be held at 1 pm Tuesday at the family home Rev J Westfall pastor of the M E church will officiate Burial will be in Linnwood Surviving are widow and two sons Ernest Quincy IL and Linn Neld Waterloo Mr Strack was 83 years old
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Frank T. Usneh
Townsend-Merrill Lumber Company
Chicago
S. F. Kresge Company
Hatcher
George Oren Hatcher
First Congregational Church
George PF. Barsalou
Fairview
Linn- Neld
Waterloo
Strock
80 Acre Farm Paid for in Seven Years in Fayette County
In Eden township near Waucoma Iowa Aloys Meyer and his wife paid $16,000 for 86 acres in 1919. The farm has paid for itself in seven years with a yearly profit of about $2,300. They practiced mixed farming with cattle hogs and poultry and used green manure and crop rotations to rebuild fertility. The Meyers expect to finish paying the property this year.
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West Union
Fayette County
Eden Township
Aloys T. Meyer
Little Turkey River
Waucoma
Mr. Meyer
Meyers
Clover
Timothy
Meyer
Rhode
Rath Packing Firm Takes 27 Head of Prize Baby Beeves
Rath Packing company in Des Moines bought 27 head of baby beeves at the state fair final livestock sale. 408 head from 4-H clubs were auctioned, with 4 Angus 10 Herefords and 13 Shorthorns averaging 14.50 per hundredweight. Beeves arrived Saturday, were dressed at the plant, and buyers, including a milling company, pushed prices higher.
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Rath Packing Company
Des Moines
Chicago Daily
Jnur- Nab Today
Beeves Aos
Iowa Farm Union Annual Gathering Set for Sept. 21
Des Moines reports the Iowa Farmers' Union annual gathering scheduled for Sept. 21 with about 2,000 members expected for the opening of the three day convention. Delegates are slated to attend the statewide farmer labor picnic at the fair grounds Sept. 20 for an anticipated 15,000 attendees. Speakers Magnus Johnson formerly a farmer labor senator from Minnesota and Van A. Bittner of the United Mine Workers of West Virginia are listed for the picnic.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farmers' Union
Fairgrounds
Magnus Johnson
Farmer Labor
Minnesota
van A. Bittner
United Mine Workers of West Virginia
Forum Holstein Farm Wins Grand Champion at Iowa State Fair
Dike Iowa September 5 Forum Holstein farm near here owned by H Larsen won the grand champion female at the Iowa State Fair dairy cattle show. The aged cow Long Hallow Mercedes Butterboy earned top honors while the farm also took first prize for get of sire with Forum Royal Patriarch. Over 200 Holsteins were shown at Des Moines Des Moines.
Rhode Island Reds Producing Heavily at Peerless Yard
Charles City Iowa Sept 5 Peerless Red Yard reports a Rhode Island Red hen laying 290 eggs from Jan 1 to Aug 31. Five hens in the yard totaled 911 eggs in the same period, an average 182 per hen, vs Iowa contests showing 188 for high individual Leghorn and 783 for high pen of White Rocks.
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R. C. Red
Black Hawk 4-H Girls Shine at State Fair Demonstrations
Orange township leaders Miss Emmabelle Smith and Miss Gladys Moberly plus Ruth Fleming led Black Hawk county at Des Moines showing hookedgs. Vivian Noltensmeier from Waterloo joined. Irene Crist and Clara Blank of Page county won bread demos. Governor Hammill spoke at the 4-H dining hall. Jala Fierce of Calhoun county elected Iowa 4-H girls president.
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Black Hawk County
Town
Emmabelle Smith
Gladys Moberly
Ruth Fleming
Orange Township
Vivian Noltensmeier
Waterloo Township
County Farm Bureau
Orange Club
Irene Crist
Clara Blank
Page County
Des Moines
Fleming
Black Hawk
John Hammill
Jala Fierce
Calhoun County
Iowa 4-H Girls' Clubs
GROWERS PREDICT 1927 CORN CROP CONDITION IMPROVING
Cedar Falls and Manchester reports describe corn in Union township improving, with dented fields and potential frost tolerance. Outlook suggests 30 to 40 percent crop if warm weather continues, while pastures are fair and potatoes need moisture. Weather variability and rainfall impact the harvest prospects.
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S Courier
Cedar Falls
Louis Rothweiler
Union Township
Additio
W. S. Thompson
James Howard
R. E. Carlson
Beaver Valley
Manchester
Town State College dairy judging team named for contests
Theodore Besh, from Waterloo, joins Rayman Monahan of Danville and Clarence Thompson of Ames on the Town State college dairy cattle judging team chosen at the state fair. The squad also includes Howard Mathews of Danville. The first contest is Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo on Sept 26 with the national expo in Memphis Oct 13.
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Gourier
Ames
Hampton Farm
Danville
Waterloo
Town State College
Dairy Cattle Congress
Memphis
Tenn
Fordyce Ely
Hampton
Rayman Monahan
Clarence Thompson
Theodore Besh
Howard Mathews
Monahan
United States
London
Thompson
Franklin County
National Dairy Ex
Des Moines
Louis Thompson
Stanley Nichols
St. Ansgar
John Stewart
Maynard
Wayne Laycock
Macy Resigns as Grundy Co Agent in Iowa
Grundy Center Iowa September 3 County Agent C S Macy resigned Saturday afternoon at a Grundy County Farm Bureau board meeting. He will focus on his hatchery and feed business in Grundy Center with resignation effective November 1. Macy has served Grundy County for ten years as the sole county agent since the program began here.
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Courier
Grundy Center
C. S. Macy
Grundy County
Grundy
Macy
Iowa
Mr. Macey
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Agnes Wilson
John McKeag
Wild
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W. G. Growder
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R. D. Echlin
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Rat Calvary Baptist Church
J. D. Winding
Jenkins, Minn
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H. C. Gook
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H. J. O'Neal
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Benson Co-operative Creamery
Estherville
Clyde Drury
John Sanito
Cedar Falls High School
Grace Adam
Louie Ballentine
Marian Bancroft
Lily Bard
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Moldred Beatty
Harry Berg
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Harold Christensen
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Verna Clingman
Bernice Kuehne
J. B. Lake
Jane Lindsay
Elsie Miller
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Marie Mortensen
Lillian Stinger
Melvin Nasby
Esther Olsen
Anna Overgaard
Clarence Paulsen
Lilian Petersen
Lloyd Post
Zola Post
Marjorie Potts
Ralph Sisson
Kathleen Smith
Lois Btorrs
Iva Glour
Ralph Thierman
Violet Thomas
Gen Thompson
Raymond VanAlstine
Maxine Wambaugh
Stanley Wood
Robert Wyll
la Porte
RB. GC
Women’s Relief Corps
Kensington
K. P. Ball
Delaware
Beef Club
Marshall Hereford
Edward Tutt
The
Associated Press
Mane
Sally
Whestl
Clarksville
Rath Packing Firm
Iowa Farm Union
Forum Holstein Farm
Rhode Island
AM Diamanda
Black Hawk Club
Hammill
Page Co
Denvier
Labsatoriee
Rwaas
Carl Bickley
Fioneer Bank
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Garyia
Black Fawk Loan Company
Lafayette Big
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