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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1929
Page
8
Vinton, Sept. 14. Vinton's corn festival, tied to headquarters of the world's largest corn cannery, Iowa's lead in corn production, will be held Sept. 18. Free corn all day, 100 cases from Iowa Canning Co. as prizes, races and contests scheduled. entertainment planned for a large crowd.
Butler county prepares for the fifty sixth Teachers Institute to be held September 12 and 13 at the Allison opera house. All teachers must attend as required by law. Noted educators from Kansas State Agriculture College and various Midwest schools lead the program with round table discussions and subject specialists across English history mathematics and home economics.
Charles City Iowa September 10 report 110 new civil cases filed this term including five divorces liquor offenses and 14 juvenile cases. County attorney E Hardwig notes grand jury impaneled Monday with no immediate report as Judge Edwards is absent and another judge must preside. Names listed include Mary Dodge Katherine Clay Gale Clay Myron Wiltse Lenore Wiltse Tone Shave Arthur Shave Mary Erdman W J Erdman Julia Cross and Richard Cross.
Manchester and nearby towns held multiple family reunions. The Holthaus gathering at Backbone State Park near Strawberry Point featured a picnic, social time, and games. The Jones family met in Hampton with about 100 relatives. Davis family reunion at Volga elected officers for the next gathering. A 50th anniversary celebration occurred in Mitchell.
Partial OCR item lists names John M Juhl and a court matter with mentions of Fiainfeld Te AE Kon and 2frs. The readable text suggests a legal or financial filing. Insufficient details to determine outcome, date, or jurisdiction.
Trainmen on the Rock Island line near Oelwein Iowa halted when a Holstein cow strayed onto the track about a mile south of the city. The animal was being led by a man on a rope and signals misread as warnings, causing confusion before the train stopped to avoid a collision. Thomas Baker, a cattle dealer, commented that this was a new situation in his years of experience.
A joint meeting of the medical societies of Butler, Floyd and Cerro Gordo counties is set for this evening at the Charles City Country Club with a 6 o clock dinner and three papers to be presented by visiting doctors. Wright Bros. buy two acres near Floyd Crossing for a road house at 400 dollars. land sold by Floyd county supervisors amid other bids. Farmer's Exchange Co wins county coal contract for eight carloads of Blue Diamond at about seven dollars per ton. several bidders for the work. Women’s Missionary Society of First M. E. Church meets. Cedar Falls convention report presented. Nora Springs and Mason City officials named for local civic roles.
A new steel turntable shipped by the Rock Island railroad will replace the smaller unit at Decorah to accommodate the upcoming gas electric motor cars on the division. A separate accident near the Little Wapsie bridge injured Doras Latham, son of Cit Latham, with a finger loss and multiple injuries blamed on bright car lights. Funeral services were held for H. J. Griswold of Des Moines in Independence.
Charles City Iowa members of the Rotary heard Dean W J Convery describe his summer spent on the continent and in Ireland after returning home. W H Fairbanks praised the student fund and a new college loan for a young entrant, while Mr Downing highlighted Wrestock breeding projects funded by wealthy patrons including B M Sherman of this city.
Osage Iowa September 10 United States commissioner of agriculture Lloyd Steere of Berlin Germany visited Simn Gay and A D Smith uncle and spoke of his prior California trip. He will sail to New York City for home after the visit. He once lived east of town and his mother was Mrs Jonnie Smith Breeze. Littleton aid to melt Littleton Massachusetts September Ladies Aid meets at I H Hoffman home Thursday Sept Shown Kenneth Eck recovering after appendectomy at Presbyterian hospital Waterloo.
Members of the Local American Legion post and its Woman's Auxiliary elected officers for the coming year in Dunkerton. Post officers include Alfred Wheeler as commander and J L Larson as vice commander with other staff. Auxiliary officers listed include Greta Mcintosh as president and Grace Holdiman as vice president, among others.
The Know-Your-Neighbor club plans a Thursday meeting on Sept. 12 at the home of Mrs. Merton Dilger. Activities include reports, social time, and updates on local schools and hospital training programs. Members and friends note church social events and the district conference lay delegate appointment.
La Porte Iowa Sept 10 Epworth League elects officers for the coming year with Helen Speck as president and Donald Craft as secretary treasurer Other officers include Darry Newkirk Ruth McChaney Evelyn Unger Dorothy Boeck Ralph Rauhauser Seventy five members attended a Thrift club party Sept 5 at the home of Mr and Mrs Homer Coots Mt Auburn A covered dish dinner preceded a social evening Committee in charge included Ames Coots George Rothmer Wil Peck George Fell and the Mises Bore and Lottie Hubbard
Announcements list openings and faculty for the higher branches and parochial programs. Ackley records a nine point decline in grade enrollment linked to families moving away and the planned reopening of St. Marys parish school next week. The parish school aims to enroll about 60 pupils while the town grades show 180 in grade schools and 336 in the high school, matching last year’s figures.
Urbana Ta Sept. 10 The fiftieth anniversary of George Wheeler's initiation into the order of Hast ern Star and the couple’s golden wedding anniversary were celebrated by the lodge at a reception in hall. Ruth Hawley teaches in Cedar Ridge. Dora Moore noted in No 2 school. Minnie Wayson wed J H Heins in Vinton on Sept 4. Will Rotse and wife head to Montana for a visit. Germelery association held a social at Pauline Mader's home. M E church hosted a reception honoring city school teachers. Harry Vandeventer returns from University hospital Iowa City after two months of treatment.
Mrs. Henry Manck, 33, died after a May 31 stroke at her sister’s home, and the funeral will be held Wednesday at the Garin Christian church with interment in Crystal Cemetery. She was born in 1806 to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ploen and married Henry Manck in 1920.
Allison Iowa Sept 10 William Folkers arrested Saturday night by Sheriff Henry W Burma for operating a car while intoxicated was brought before Justice Miller on Monday. He ran his auto into the sheriff s car and damaged it breaking a door. Miller held him to the grand jury under bond of 500 which he furnished.
Word reached Charles City on Sept 10 of the death at 1 30 p m Sunday of Mrs H J Herman a former resident who lived in Chicago Her husband Mr Herman had recently died The family was well known in Charles City where he ran a dry goods business for many years
An old promotional ad extols Kruschen Salts as a quick, pleasant method to shed fat and gain energy. It promises weight loss of 15 pounds in a month, clearer skin, and improved health, urging daily half teaspoonful doses and self-weighing. It claims value over expensive programs and targets druggists for purchase.
Waverly Iowa September term opens with Judge J J Clark on the bench. Grand jury convened to consider many cases including two fatal auto accidents in Bremer County. The term's bailiff is William Sohle.
Readable lines note a St Marys church sociable on Sept 11 at the church parlors and a Women’s Christian Temperance Union meeting at Mrs Louis Eichman’s home. ME church groups meet at Mrs Grassfield’s home, and Sunday services at the ME church drew large congregations with sermons on What Christ Wants of Us and Dr Rohlf speaking on an Alaskan trip.
Mr Van Eman,s position with Lowe Hardware is noted. At St Francis Hospital Waterloo a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Ralph Nesheld on August 28. Daniel Hogan represents 4, a 360 student Jesup Consolidated School reports noted.
The funeral for Mrs. Elizabeth Erpelting will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the United Presbyterian church in Barclay township. Burial will follow in Waterloo.
Enrollment in the West Union school system shows 200 pupils in the high school and 269 in grades, with 145 high school pupils in 1918 and 127 in 1909. Ninth grade rural students number 29 entering high school, 31 girls in domestic science with 21 rural, and 16 last year. Wadena woman Mrs Maggia Johnson improves after facial infection.
Fragmentary text lists odd strings and numbers with currency marks. It mentions a price around 1.80 dollars and appears to mix codes or identifiers with cryptic phrases, lacking coherent context or identifiable events.
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