Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-08-26

The annual excursion OF the Ceda,
!, Fails Commercial Club starts August
26.
John 8. Fiske of Des Moines, ha,
purchased the ]. r. Reeves lumber
yard at Hampton.
The state Teachers college summer
term at Cedar Falls closed when lO7
received their diplomas.
The First Iowa Cavalry troop has
been organized at Iowa City with
William ]. Hayek, captain.
The twenty-eighth triennial con
vention OF the Lutheran synod OF
Iowa will be held at Waverly.
Five divisions of the Iowa State
College will have exhibits Of exper
mental work at the State Fair.
Miss Anna Lawther of Dubuque will
give the opening address at the Cox
and Roosevelt campaign at Cascade,
Walter B. Luke has been appointed
postmaster of Hampton, after 22
years service in the Office as assist
ant.
Francis M. Bates, 8s, civil war vet.
eran and pioneer resident of Fon-
tenelle. Is dead at his home in Iowa
City.
The consolidated school building
erected at West Liberty IL years ago
will be opened this year for the first
time.
While learning to drive a Ford,
Frank Daphin of Chicago was killed
near Keota when he ran the car into
q ditch Is.
Oxford citizens are planning the
erection OF stock pavilion to be
used by farmers in conducting sales
Of fine stock.
Walter Williams Of Shenandoah has
been selected to go to Hong Kong,
China. to have charge of an American
Express Office there.
Bert Hitchings, farmer, was badly
cut above the right Seye when the
cap on the radiator OF tractor blew
ON while he was removing 1t.
I Andrew Iverson, "a, Of Roland, died
as the result Of cerebral hemorrhage
caused by fall down the cellar stairs
when he was seized with an epileptic
at.
Marion Peterson, -, son of P. J..
i 80 n~1~
down and run over by an automobile
in the street there. His leg was brok-
On.
While four persons we're slightly in
tured when their automobile turned
turtle down an embankment near
Williamsburg, a baby in the car was
not awakened.
James Cole. Des Moines boy. on
vacation with his mother at Clear
Lake broke his neck attempting to
turn two flfp-hops from a diving
board at Bayside.
Rev. T. F. Gullixson of Minot, 8.
D.. a former Iowa man, has been
called to the pastorate Of Bergen Lu-
theran Church at Roland, to succeed
Rev. G. Smedal who is to be the ex-
ecutive secretary of the Church's
Pension Fund.
AT special election the Sioux City
street car company was granted the
right to charge 6 cent fares. 1t is
understood the increased revenues
are to apply in increased wages paid
carmen. The vote was more than
three to one in favor.
Pushing Deputy Sheriff Reece Of
Wapello off the running board of the
car. knocking his assistant in the
head and throwing him out at the
side Of the road two bootleggers
whom the deputy sheriff had arrest
ed at Columbus Junction escaped from
arrest.
Rabies continues to be prevalent
over the state, reports to the state
board of health show. The board has
received q statement from the labora-
tories at Iowa City to the effect that
an examination of the dogs head for
warded from Delmar showed the dog
had rabies. The dog was killed after
Il had bitten child. Health authori-
ties are using the pasteur treatment
promptly.
Three reports of planted" bombs
which have been called to their at
tentton during the last three days set
Des Moines police on the trial of
gang Of organized bombsters. In one
instance the explosive was accom-
panied by threatening note with an
mixed picture Of a "black hand"
scrawled out on the bottom This
leads to the conclusion that the work
10 by persons with blackmailing in
The waters Of the Iowa river claim
ed another victim at Eldora when
Henry Weichman lost his life. With
his family Mr.. Weichman had driven
from the farm home southwest OF
Hubbard to Eldora for a picnic on the
banks Of the river. Some time dur
ing the afternoon Mr.. Weichman re-
moved a portion of his clothing and
was wading in the waters at point
on the river short distance north of
Eldora when he got beyond his depth
Dy stepping into q hole and being un-
4bie to swim fell victim to the We
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