State highway contracts total over one million dollars
Improvements to Iowa’s state highway system costing 1 006 729 35 were let by the state highway commission. Major paving includes 15 miles in Clayton county to Harrison Engineering Co for 377 035 29 and 10.9 miles in Dubuque to S and Graves Son for 279 553 76. Bridges and culverts will be built in several counties at 64 696. Four miles graveling in Benton county goes to Moore Eldridge for 9 630.
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Ames
State Highway Commission
Clayton
Clayton County
Delwelr
Harrison Engineering Co
Kansas City
Dubuque
Key West
Jackson County
Graves & Son
Minneapolis
Washington
Louisa
McCarthy Improvement Co
Davenport
Washington West
McCarthy Company
van Burern
Bonaparte
Rock Island Cement Co
Rock Island
Emmet
Weakuk
Lucas
Benton County
Moore & Eldridge
Clemons
Watch Lost Five Months Returned to Jubilee Man
La Porte Indiana September watch owned by Jacob Leeb Jr of Jubilee area was found by D M Evans five miles southeast of town in June and returned yesterday. The timepiece was a graduation gift from Leeb’s father 30 years ago. jeweler Fred Garbrant’s records showed it was repaired seven years ago. Evans believes the watch lay hidden nearly five months before discovery and notes it is in good condition.
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R Courier
la Porte Gily
Jacob Leeb, Jr
Jubilee
Wes
D. M. Evans
la Porte City
Loeb
Evans
Fred Garrabrant
Hudson Women to Resume Regular Meetings
Activities include United Brethren Ladies Aid at Mrs Archie Minish home Sept 20 with Mrs Frank Wood as assistant hostess. Tuesday Study group starts Sept 25 at Mrs L A Wassam home with Mrs A B Knudsen assisting. State UB conference and local church events noted. fishing trip mentioned. Clover Leaf club Sept 21 dinner and social.
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Hudson
United ‘Brethren Ladies
Aid Society
Archie
Minish
Frank Wood
L.A. Wassam
Seufferlein
Tid P. m
A.T. Joder
Robert
A. W. Forbes
Bernard Hilton
Pine River
Lake Ada
Minn
Good Luck Country Club
William Frutchwecht
Archie Minish
U. B. Choir
Clover Leaf Club
Charles Jumper
Orange Township
Jumper
W. D. Strayer
Allen Memorial Hospital
Iowa Leads Union in Electrification
Iowa leads the nation in electrification says R H Garrison general manager of Cedar Valley division of Iowa Public Service at Hampton while addressing the Hampton Commercial club. He notes steam power replacing water power due to reduced water resources and cheaper steam machinery. He adds fifteen percent of Iowa farms are electrified and engineers are testing methods to electrify all farms.
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Courier Special Service
Hampton
Iowa
R. H. Garrison
Waterloo
Cedar Valley Division
Iowa, Public Service Company
Hampton Commercelal Club
Iowa Falls Grocery Sold to Clerks
Iowa Falls Sept. 19 An announcement states the Chain grocery store in Iowa Falls is sold to E. H. Johnson and Henry Tharks, workers in the shop. Transfer to occur Oct. 1. Blandin & Co. leave clothing business this week. Jesse Spencer plans a bakery in the vacated building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrier
Iowa Falls
E. H. Johnson
Henry Tharks
F. Y
Blandin & Co
Jesse Spencer
Wm Bakery
Lawn City Woman Is 98 Years Old
Cedar Falls is celebrating Mrs. Johanna Raab turning ninety eight at her home with relatives and neighbors. She lives with her daughter Johanna while son William resides at 203 Utica Street Waterloo. The event notes her pioneer settler status and fair health.
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Cedar Falls
Johanna Raab
Reab
Johanna
William
Utica Street
Waterloo
Independence Girl and Littleton Man Announce Marriage
Miss Wirmifred Abbott of Independence and Clarence Bush of Littleton announce their marriage in Independence on September 15. The couple now reside at the Bush home in Independence. Attendants included Mrs. George Hulta. Community events featured a Sunday gathering of Seaman and related families and a Presbyterian offerings drive. Rev Braul preached and E L Gallop led a Chicago trip for medical care. Neya Mendanhall and two daughters visited from Lend S D. Donald Bender's eighth birthday party drew sixteen children.
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Courier
Littleton
Wirmifred Abbott
Independence
Clarence Bush
M. R. Bush
George Hulta
Bush
William Seaman
T. TD. Bright
Herbert
Otto
H.l Seaman
H. G. Schutte
Jesup
Fred Gissel
Otterville
Darwin Rhodes
Presbyterian Church
Braul
E. L. Gallop
Chicago
Neya Mendanhall
Lend
S. D
L. Gallop
Donald Bender
Barclay Township Gravel Surfacing and Local News
Barclay Township Sept 19 road between sections five and eight surfaced with gravel by Archie Hryes. Magee trades Dunkerton store for a Buchanan county farm with Mr Sherman. Hoofnagle builds double corn crib. A son, Robert Edward, born to Mr and Mrs Matt Ortner at St Francois hospital Sept 14. Shimp Bros new barn walls for C J Ortner. Cap Schmitt Gus Koester A L and John Ortner back from Pine River Minn camping trip Sept 9. Trip covered 500 miles amid rain and good Rands despite poor farming area. flax and oats in shocks seen. northern crops less favorable.
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Courier
Barclay Township
Archie Hryes
ML Ed. Magee
Dunkerton
Sherman
Buchanan County
U. S
Hoofnagle
Matt Ortner
St. Farnois Hospital
Robert Edward
Shimp. Bros
C. J. Ortner
Cap Schmitt
Gus Koester
A. L
John Ortner
Pine River
Minn
Minnesota
Rands
Ortner
Nashua Methodists Seek Return of Rev Raymond Grant
Nashua M E church favors reappointment of Rev A R Grant for another year after two and a half years of work. The grant and family attend Upper Town conference meeting as guests at the Stewarts home. M E Home Missionary society reports five sixths dues paid for year ending June 1, 1929. Ruth Waterbury and Roy Edson wed at the bride’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daurier
Washua
Nashua
M. E
A. R. Grant
Paris
Upper Town
Clyde Stewart
M. E. Home Missionary Society
B. Brown
Anna Brookins
Ruth Waterbury
Willis Waterbury
Candy
NM. m
Roy Edson
Tonia
Veteran farmer Dirk Aukes dies in Grundy County
Ackley Iowa September 19 funeral services were held for Dirk Eden Aukes 79 a former Pleasant Valley Grundy county farmer. Rev A M Grafft and Rev Ernest Nolte Cedar Falls conducted the service with burial at the Pleasant Valley church cemetery. He leaves three daughters seven sons 43 grandchildren seven great grandchildren and one brother Dr EL Aukes Lincoln Nebraska His wife died two years ago. The Aukes family lived in Grundy county for more than 60 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ackley
Dirk Edenn
Aukes
Pleasant Valley
Grundy County
Evangelical Church
A. M. Iraftt
Ernest Nolte
Cedar Falls
EL Aukes
Lincoln, Neb
Infants Funeral Rites Held in Charles City
Funeral services for infant Alfred LeRay, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Hall, were held at the family home under Rev. C.G. Protiengeler. Interment was in Riverside. City hosts a grade and rural study center on Sept. 22 with speakers H. L. Eells and H. J. Quinell from Town State Teachers College on education civics and citizenship.
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Courier
Charles City
CG. G. Protiengeler
Alfred LeRay
Mike Hall
Sixteenth Avenue
Riverside
High Ec
Mary D. Korinke
H. L. Eells
H. J. Q'Neill
Town State Teachers College
C. Hunter
E. L. Walleser
M. A. Hirsch
John Ledrowski
W. H. Burns
Ira Scofield
Jim O'Hair
Fred Pfefferkorn
Second Avenue
Win
Bidwell and Son
Harold
Mason City
Mid-Continent
Bidwell
Clear Lake
S. Johnson Street
Studebaker
Hoa
Jack Berry
Walter Hamilton
Mrs Harry Craft to Sell Farm and Move to Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Harry Craft of Spring Creek Township near La Porte plans a public sale at her farm next week. She and two children will relocate to Cedar Rapids to live with her parents Mr and Mrs J A Wilson. Mrs Wilson and the children will leave soon, while Mrs Craft stays until affairs are settled. Also noted is a visit by Mr John Storey and family from Chicago and Epworth League activity in Vinton ahead of the Upper Town conference.
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Caurice
la Forte City
Irs
Harry Craft
Spring Creek Township
Tere
John Storey
Chicago
John Goad
Phoebe Storey
Wagner
S. D
Epworth
Vinton
Epworth League
M. E. Church
Upper Town
Last Rites for John Withers at Chapin Church
John Withers 78 died after a long illness following a stroke. Funeral rites were held at 2 p m at the Chapin Methodist church with burial in Chapin cemetery beside his wife. He is survived by two daughters Alice and others, and two sons Guy Rowen and Jack, all of Chapin, plus several grandchildren.
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Ackley
John Withers
Chapin
Mr. Withers
Alice
Guy
Rowen
Jack
Mock Trial Presented by Nashua Temperance Group
A Nashua temperance group stages a mock trial Who E Killed Wright at a Sunday service. Iowa Anti Saloon League figures S B McNaught and George Hammond lead. A model courtroom is set up with McNaught as prosecutor and Hammond as defense counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashua
Congregational
Wright
S. B. McNaught
George ¥. Hammond
Iowa Anti-Saloon League
McNaught
Hammond
J. L. McComson
Bert Pickard
Harold Freeburg
F. E. Stuart
Ward Smith
Russell Staley
Andrew Troufner
Darrow
Mack McGregor
G. E. Ellison
Marie Weller
E. E. Tracy
J. M. Heald
Garmi
Tin
Paul T. Betz
Fred
Amputate Arm to Check Infection
Winthrop Iowa sept 19 Amputation of the left arm of Frank Becker a former hoir here was performed yesterday at Peoples hospital in Independence to control blood poisoning from a minor hand injury Becker resides southeast of Winthrop he was reported rallying in satisfactory manner.
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Courier Species Service
Winthrop, Ia
Frank Becker
Hoir
People’s Hospital
Independence
Becker
Winthrop
Garry Thorpe dies at Minnesota home aged 88
Garry Thorne, early settler of Delaware county and member of a long prominent family, died suddenly at his Ada Minnesota home Monday evening from a heart attack. He was 88. The body will be brought to Manchester for burial in Oakland cemetery. Mr Thorpe was a bachelor.
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Manchester
Garry Thorne
Delaware County
Ada
Minn
Oakland Cemetery
Thorpe
Cedar Falls Man to Be Ordained in Lutheran Rites
Enoch Mortensen son of Mr and Mrs Peter Mortensen Cedar Falls will be ordained as a minister in the Danish Lutheran church preceding his marriage to Miss Nanna Rodholm of Grand View College Des Moines on Sept 30 at the college in Des Moines. The couple and families will attend and a reception will follow. Mortensen recently returned from a world tour and will later take a pastorate in Solvang Cal.
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Corlrise
Cedar Falls
Enoch Mortensen
Peter Mortensen
Nanna Rodholm
S. DB. Raodholm
Grand View College
Des Moines
Mortensen
Cedar Palls
Tyler
Minn
John Mortensen
Peter Falkenberg
H. W. Slefkes
St. John's Lutheran Church
Preston
St.John’s Church
Nevada
HN. Silliman
Farmers, Trust,& Savings Bank
McCreary
Frank L. McCreary
Hot. Springs
Ark
Teachers College
Mary T. Shutts
H. J. Shutts
Chicago
Vinton Hospital Seeks to Qualify for Big Bequest
Vinton Iowa citizens pledged 7140 to pay hospital debts and raise 4500 more to enable the Virginia Gay Memorial hospital to claim a 100000 bequest from the late Dr. G C Griffin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton Hospital
Vinton
Virginia Gay Memorial Hospital
Hospital Board of Regents
G. CG. Griffin
Cedar Falls Literary Clubs Open New Year Activities
Cedar Falls clubs begin the new season with gatherings at members’ homes and the college campus. The Home and Social Literary Club, Tuesday Club, Nineteenth Century Club, and Cedar Falls Woman’s Club plan roll calls, talks on local industries and current events, and receptions as they mark longstanding club histories.
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Cedar Falls
Courier
Club of College HU
E.L. Himebaugh
Co. HE. Wise
David J. Watters
G. F. Barsallou
W. G. Crowder
M. Parker
Tremont Street
Benjamin Boardman
Woman's Club
Ceday’ Falls
Arthur’ G. Stowe
America
Harold Berty
Former Resident's Funeral to Beat Ackley Thursday
Notices from Denver Indiana announce the marriage of Dr Donald Murphy formerly of the local medical area to Miss Ola Mae Rust in Los Angeles California Willard Prestien heads to Ames to join Iowa State College Bernadine Meyer travels to Denver for parochial schooling A son born Sept 14 to Mr and Mrs John Kammeyer Evangelical Sunday school picnic west of town Henry C Wente and family visiting North Dakota Wendell Schroeder visits parents before returning to Cedar Rapids for college
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Courier
Denver
Donald Murphy
Ola Mae Rust
Los Angeles
Cal
Willard Prestien
Ames
Iowa State College
Bernadine’ Meyer
John Kammeyer
Evangelical Church
Henry C. Wente
North Dakota
Wendell Schroeder
Herman Schroeder
Cedar Rapids
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Fayette
Benton
Watch
Jubilee Man
UNION
Lawn City
Mrs
Independence Girl
Littleton Man
Barclay
Raymond Grant
Carl Bluhm
Harwood
Water Streets
Hoye-Meyers Nuitials
Myrtle Meyers
Earl Hoye
Christian Parsonage
G. A. Hess
Dorothy Tobin
Herbert Schafer
Spic & Span Bakery
Hart-Parr Company
Gus Meyers
Loretta A. Miller
Emmetsburg
GC. W. van Horseman
Fort Dodge
A. T. Weatherwax
Justice of the Peace
Congregational Ladies Aid Society
la Porte
Rapids
Temperance Group
Will
Garry Thorpe
Miss Rodholm
Lydia Mortensen
Ruth Vinding
J. A. Vinding
Calvary Baptist Church
Leonard Jensen
Hawarden
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