Paving Complete on Primary No. 20 Across Delaware County
The final section of Primary No. 20 across Delaware county was opened to traffic, completing 24 miles of paving. The Bryant Paving Co. of Waterloo completed the job quickly as Manchester merchants plan a three day celebration. A maintenance HQ for Dubuque, Delaware and Buchanan counties will move to North Frantain Street with new garages and offices planned in Manchester, Dubuque, and Independence.
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Courier Speeral Service
Manchester
Delaware County
Hartville
Barhille
Flan
Bryant Paving Company of
Waterloo
Earlville
Tri-County
Town State Highway Commission
eMca
Dubuque
Delaware
Buchanan Counties
Frantiin Street
Jonathan Paisley
Independence
Mrs Allison 79 Today at La Porte City Iowa
Mrs. Allison celebrates her seventy ninth birthday at La Porte City. David Allison, ill with neuritis, shows partial improvement and visitors from Vinton Chicago and Charles City call. M E Aid Society meets with Miss Fosse improving after erysipelas. Lions visit Cedar Falls with dinner at Hotel Oxford.
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Courier
la Porte City
David Allison
Allison
Charles Wilson
Vinton
Sriend
Will Hummel
Charles City
Hummel
M.E. Hummel
Ogden Fosse
Fosse
Madeline Fosse
C. A. Fosse
Cedar Falls
Lions Club
Cedar
Murdered Youth's Parents Settle Suit for Damages
Marble Rock Sept 15 The damage suit of Mr and Mrs Charles Van Sickle against the estate of William Schmidt who shot and killed their son Leland and then killed himself has been settled by agreement. Schmidt's estate consisted only of personal property sold at auction recently. Amount of settlement not announced.
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Marble Rock
Charles van Sickle
William Schmidt
Leland
Schmidt
Oelwein
Fairbank
Westgate
John Peters
L. P. Davis
C. R. Baker
Waverly
Town
Death Sudden for Charles City Man
Last rites for Martin Hulse of Charles City are set for Sunday at 3 30 pm at the family home 412 South Johnston Street with Rev L W Inman officiating. Burial will be at Osage. Hulse a longtime resident died Friday night and was found dead in his room by relatives. He and Mrs Hulse would have marked their 56th wedding anniversary tomorrow. Surviving are the widow four daughters and a son. The son lives in Washington state and daughters reside in Charles City Chicago Mitchell and Reno.
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Courier Epcetat
Charles City
Martin Hulse
South Johnson Street
L. W. Inman
The
Baptist Church
Osage
Hulse
Hurst
Charles City Woman Dies at Woodward Funeral Sunday
Mrs Gerlnide Webber Baker, age 42, died yesterday in Woodward Ind, with funeral at Grossmann Funeral Home Sunday afternoon. Rev G A Hoss of the Christian Church will officiate. Burial in Riverside Cemetery.
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Courier
Charles City
Gerlnide Webber- Baker
Woodward
Gross- Mann Funeral Home
G. A. Hoss
Christian Church
Riverside Cemetery
Twins Born in Every Generation in Cresco Family
Cresco Iowa sept 15 Six sets of twins have been born in three generations of Mrs J Hanneman family. Her son Fred Hanneman now Hyves in Thayer Missouri has a twin. Ed Hanneman of Cresco has twins Elvin and Irvin. Daughter Mrs A W Henke has two pairs Elmer and Elvin Arnold and Arthur. Granddaughter Mrs Lowell Johnson Harmony Minnesota born sept 11 to twin boys. Twins also born to relatives in this and earlier generations.
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Courier Special Service
Cresco
J. Hannemann
Hannaman
Fred Heanneman
Hyves
Thayer
Ed Hanneman
Gresco
Elvin
Irvin
A. W. Henke
Elmer
Arnold
Arthur
Toepfer Funeral Will Be Sunday
John Toepfer aged 59 dies at home from liver cancer in Charles City Iowa. Services set for Sunday at Central Methodist Church with Rev Wesley Belling officiating and Riverside to be the burial site. Survivors include his widow, son Byron, sister Mrs Beine of Plainfield and brothers Henry and George.
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Courier
Charles City
John Toepfer
Sixth Avenue
Byron
Beine
Plainfield
Henry
George
M. E
Wesley Belling
Riverside
Hans Lovring
Lindaman
Cedar Valley Hospital
Gamble Stores
Frank D. Bolster
Jack O. Locke
George W.randlett
Hazelwood
N. D
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
State Board of
Iowa Congress
Parents and Teachers
Agnes Samuelson
Cedar Falls PLE O Chapters Meet Monday Evening
Sisterhood chapters FR and FV of Cedar Falls will convene Monday evening to open the new year with informal receptions and a picnic luncheon. Mrs. Merner hosts Chapter FR on Washington street, while Mrs. McKitrick hosts Chapter FV on Town street in College addition.
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Courier
Cedar Falls
P. EB
Roland F. Merner
Washington Street
Louise McKitrick
Town Street
College Addition
Yarty
Frank Ward
Vermillion, &. D
J. F. Cross
C. J. Mentzer
Tremont Street
Ward
Cedar Falls High School
State University
Vermillion
S. D
California
Charles G. Wiler
William Rotherme
Los Angeles
Cal
Hawkeye Boy Hit by Automobile Not Seriously Hurt
Hawkeye Iowa September 15. Lester Lee ten-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Newton Lee was struck on Main street last evening as he darted into traffic. He suffered non serious injuries including bruises to his left foot and ankle. The driver C M Owens of Oclwein could not avoid the collision.
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Courier Special Service
Hawkeye
Lester Lee
Main Street
Newton Lee
C. M. Owens
Oclwein
Kellogg peace treaty union services planned citywide
Cedar Falls churches unite for a week of services marking the Kellogg treaty. First Methodist Episcopal hosts at 7:30 with Prof Walter Livingstone as speaker. music by the Young People's chorus. Other churches schedule sermons and events including Community church and First Baptist homecoming activities.
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Courier
Cedar Parts
Cedar Falls
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Walter B. Livingstone
The
State University
Town City
Paris
First
M. E. Church
Luther B. Richman
College Hilan
Howland Hansen
Helen
G. W. Samson
Wf. HE. Hays
Farmers' Fingers Amputated in En silage Cutter
Courter Syeet at Service Shell Rock. In., Sept. 16 Sylvester Hodgson suffered loss of the thumb and fingers of his left hand except part of the small finger in the blades of an ensilage cutter which new was diring late Friday. The accident happened at the Cliff Hunter farm. Hodgson was taken to a Waverly hospital where he remained today. He was suffering from shock and hemorrhage. The Injured man is about 56 years old.
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Courter Syeet
Service Shell Rock
Sylvester Hodgson
Cliff Hunter
Hodgson
Waverly
Methodist WM S meets at Bristow in Sept meeting
The Women’s Foreign Missionary society of the M E church met at Mrs. R. H. Stewart’s home Sept 12 with Mrs. Roy Merfeld hosting. Mrs. Jennie Perry joined as branch superintendent of children’s work along with Rev. D G Perry. The group reported a paid-up membership of 21 regular and 16 extension members and $159.45 raised for all purposes, the largest conference-year total yet.
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Bristow
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
M. EB. Church
R. H. Stewart
Roy Merfeld
Jennie Perry, Dumant
D. GC. Perry
Maud Waite
Mitcox
A. N. Morford
Harley DiTfeld
H. L. Searle
Ladies’ Aid
Church of Christ
J. A. McMilan
Dumont
U. B
A. L. Surfus
D. A. Newbury
Surfus
Leola Hahn
L. C. Surfus
Margaret Allison
Dale Kilson
Will Bochman
George Hahn
Floyd County School Activities Planned
Floyd County Activities Association holds meeting in Charles City electing Merten Crowl as president H F Rissec as vice president A G Henshaw as secretary and AO Jones as treasurer. County basketball tourney set for Rockford February 22 23. Declamatory contest to be held February 9 at Rockford Floyd City and Charles City with distinct categories.
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Guarier
Charles City
Floyd County Activities Association
Merten Crowl
Rudd
H. FL Rissec
Marble Rack
A. G. Henshaw
Floyd
A Jones
Nora Springs
Rockford
Last Honors Paid Rev G J Fritschel at Waverly Church
Funeral services were held for Rev G J Fritschel superintendent of the synodical Lutheran Orphans' home at St Pauls Lutheran church in Waverly. Officiating pastor Rev E H Rausch was assisted by Lutheran clergy from nearby areas.
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G. J. Fritschel
Waverly Church
Courier
Waverly
G. J.fritschel
Synodical Lutheran Orphans' Home
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
E. H. Rausch
Luther Tibbitts
Bremer County
Koch Funeral Chapel
C. ©. Bacon
M. E. Church
Harington
Tibbitts
Anton Bruns
E. L. Finley
Opera House
Burton E. Sweet
Charles Hills
E. Goodenbaur
Delia Selbig
Mary Hazlett
Tripoli
Amelia Eichmann
Men who shot at officer engape Cedar Falls chase
Cedar Falls Sept 15 Occupants of a car shot at road patrolman Harry Mason when he stopped it for investigation. Mason received facial wounds from shotgun spray and two pellets hit his lip and near his eye. Mason and Louis Schwanke chased the fleeing Humboldt county car while sheriff H T Wagner alerted nearby towns.
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Cedar Falls
Harry Masson
Mason
Louis Schwanke
Humboldt County
H. T. Wagner
Mason and Schwanke
Conviction and Guilty Pleas in Floyd County Liquor Raids
In Floyd County charges from a joint raid by state, county, and city officials led to several guilty pleas and verdicts. Walter Obermeier was found guilty of bootlegging. Tony Wagner admitted legal possession and was fined 400 dollars. Edward Gorman pleaded guilty to maintaining a nuisance and drew 300 dollars plus three months in jail. Thomas Meighan pled guilty to driving intoxicated and was fined 300 dollars plus costs, with three months in jail for nonpayment. Court recessed until Monday for Charles Schermerhorn’s case.
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Charles City
Walter Obermeier
M. F. Edwards
Tony Wagner
Jess Jordan
Edward Gorman
Nora Springs
Edwards
Thomas Meighan
New Hampton
Charles Schermerhorn
Waucoma Legion Auxiliary Elects Officers and Local News
Waucoma Iowa September 15 Officers of the American Legion auxiliary were elected for the next year at the annual meeting Ruth Chizek is president Em e Belding vice president Lide Scileman secretary Ages Gibbs treasurer Mary Lyne chaplain Bethel Balk historian Ralph Adams won Fayette county farm bureau pig club trophy for greatest daily gain his crossbred barrows weighed 212 and 213 pounds at 154 days old George Bailey from Sioux Falls is visiting Mrs Will Bailey Mr and Mrs Joe Perry welcome a daughter born September 10 Mildred Reed leaves for Town City to enter the state university.
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George Bailey
Sioux Falls
S. D
Will Bailey
Joe Perry
Mildred Reed
Town City
State University
Gospel Team From Waverly To Conduct Plainfield Service
Plainfield Iowa September 16 Waverly gospel team will lead services at the Baptist church Sunday evening in place of the absent Rev Oscar Duverson who is visiting in Canada A reception was held Thursday at the M E church in honor of the local school teachers.
New Upper Iowa University President Welcomed by Students
Fayette Ohio Sept 14 Upper Iowa university chapel service welcomed Dr W Dickman as newly elected president. Eugene Harvey student council president briefed, then Dickman outlined reasons to keep UIU in Payette as co educational and argued against moving to Mt Vernon. He noted rising enrollment and projected growth toward 400 students, pledging to serve with dedication and asking student support.
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Fayette
Upper
Dickman
Upper Iowa
Payette
Mt. Vernon
Comell
Last Services for Mrs Anna Irons at Toledo
Mrs Anna Irons died Friday at Iowa Soldiers home in Marshalltown where she had lived since 1920. Born Lafayette Indiana February 21 1848 she lived in Toledo for many years. Husband T R Irons Civil War veteran died earlier. Son James W Mason City survives. Funeral at Toledo Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday with burial at Woodlawn beside her husband.
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Courier Special Service
Toledo
Anna &. Irons
Iowa Soldiers Home
Marshalltown
Toledo Methodist Episcopal Church
Woodlawn
Oelwein Woman's Funeral Procession to Chicago
Miss Zillian Helmuth, 23, died at home 416 Fifth Street SE. Her body was taken to Chicago for burial. Funeral services will be held Monday in Chicago. Parents: A C Helmuth of Oelwein. Other notices mention Epworth League chicken supper at M E church, Leona Knapplett leaving for Winona to resume studies, Maurice Kehoe in Freeport for his brother's death, Mrs Del Ward and children visiting at Eugene, Oregon, and a washout near Ossian delaying rail service with transfers for passengers.
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Oelwein
Zillian Helmuth
Priday
Fifth Street
Chicago
A. C. Helmuth
Puneras
Bom
Xtra
Frail Schweke
Independence Man and Gilman Girl to Wed Sunday
Invitations have been sent for the marriage of Elizabeth Williamson Gilman to Emery Cashner, Independence. The ceremony will be held in Gilman with close relatives present. The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs F Cashner southwest of Independence. Rector Rev Paul Shuart from Mount Pleasant, Pa, will begin duties Oct 1 at St James Episcopal in Independence, succeeding Rev Doane Upjohn who resigned to serve at Estherville and Spencer. Carl Emry, Independence High School graduate, will study art in Minneapolis this fall after working at Schuettz book store.
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Courier Special Service
Independence
Elisabeth Williamson
Gilman
Emery Cashner
Gihman
F. Cashner
Paul Shuart
Mount Pleasant
St. James Episcopal Church
Doane
John
Estherville
Spencer
Carl Emry
Independence High School
Minneapolis
Minneapolis Art School
Mr. Emry
Schuettz Book
George A. Emry
Medals for Band Presented at C C School Assembly
Charles City Iowa September 15 In a morning high school assembly the band members received silver medals for second place in the May Waterloo state music contest. The National Music Committee funded the medals, Principal Trefz presented them. A Waterloo American Legion cup for first in the regional contest and a shield from the state music committee were also awarded to the band.
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Courier Special Service
Charles City
High School General Assembly
Waterloo
National
Trefz
Waterloo American Legion
United Brethren Church reports and local notices in Hudson
Final quarterly conference notes last year's achievements. ice cream and pie social proceeds to church budget. Woman's Missionary Society met. H. S. class officers elected. Hudson High School groups organized with new officers. Morris Isle retreat opens. enrollment up. infant Murphey funeral at Catholic cemetery. Open Alington cafe opens with baked goods.
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Hudson
The
United Brethren Church
Woman's Missionary, Society
A. McBain
Harold Christensen
Sete
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Toepfer
F.T
Howard
Birdie May Howard
Henry Druschel
Hildreth Street
Hlt. Hall
Lion’s Meeting
Kenneth Whitcomb
Erwin Larson
Trades Assembly
Mason City
Boulder Dam
Vivian Bennets
E. W. R. Bennett
Hawkeye Boy
Iowa U
First Baptist Church of
Thomas Anderson
W. G. Rowley
First Methodist Episcopal
A. W. Warren
H. J. Faust
Evgangelice Church
Bruce Giffin
First Presbyterian Church
Anna Mac Dahl
L. S. Alexander
K. S. Oleson
B. Lake
Roy van Deest
Methodist
Floyd CO
Engape
Waucoma Legion Auxiliary
Plainfield Service
Howard-Chickasaw County
Lourdes
Metx
Run Point
Davis Comers
Elma
Anna Irons
C. C
la Forte Road
Millerdats Crossing
McCormick-Deering
John Deere
McCormick Maawer
Hamilton
M. Baird
Mary Pashby
Audson
Morris Isle
H. S
Hudson High Eanat
Myron Minish
Nadine Arter
Gordon
Sophi
Marjorie Rasauer
Edgar Wassam
Monica
Andor
Miss Gleske
Mr Nolte
Gordon Loonan
Gordon Strayer
Elliot’ Smith
Edward Franck
Myron Min
Ish
Winthrop
Charles Murphey
Aplington Cafe
Aplington
Abbe A. Neumeyer
Conn Cafe
M. J. Cowlishaw
Dunkerton
Readlyn
Dewar
Guernsey
Hull
Jersey
McCormick Mower
Rock Island
Jim Carnes
H. E. McDougall
Davis
Ford Airplane
Rapid Air Lines
Ford
la Porte Road
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