Landmark Week At Legion Theatre Alta Iowa
Weekly cinema lineup features Richard Arlen and Fay Wray in The Sea God on Jan first. The Marx Brothers Animal Crackers show Jan second and third. All Quiet on the Western Front screens Jan fourth through sixth. William Collier and Pauline Starke star in A Royal Romance Jan seventh and eighth. Adventure serials Anybody's War Amos and Andy teased for upcoming programs.
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Richard Arlen
Fay Wray
the Sea God
Newspaper masthead and notice excerpt
A fragmented era notice from Aurelia Iowa addresses subscription policies and rates. The text mentions paper continuation beyond expiration, payment obligation, and regional rates plus a seasonal quip about peace and prosperity. The excerpt ends with an alibi joke and references to readers.
Wealth, Propriety and Prohibition Parables
The piece contrasts financial prudence with extravagant living, citing Elbert Hubbard about youth maturity and humor about a flapper as a playful analogy. It notes that even if luck shines, the stomach needs substance and jokes about liquor quality and colonial trades, referencing Manhattan’s bargain in 1626.
Rocky Mount murder suspect identity mystery boggles cops
In Franklin county a man jailed is claimed as two men Ira J. Turner and Edward D. Saul. Saul, accused murder, vanished in 1907 after a Henry county woods shooting. Turner's exact identity remains disputed amid contrasting family ties and aging photos.
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Rocky Mount
Franklin County
Ira J. Turner
Edward D. Saul
Saul
Turner
Henry
Marshall King
Hattie Ramsey
King
Jigsaw of Names Shrouds Wartime Draft Claim
A prisoner disputes a long family history claiming Ira J. Turner was born in 1888 and died in France after a 1918 draft. Authorities note multiple contradictory stories about his life from Harrisonburg to Logan and Kentucky, with roles as a jockey and possible wartime survivor.
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Turner
Harrisonburg
Rocky Mount
Virginia
France
Ira J. Turner
Ashland
Lola Philpot Walker
Plan London to Paris Seaplane Service
Authorities study seaplane stations at Le Touquet and on the Seine to join London Thames air travel with Paris heart. The system would reduce the hour and a half lost moving travelers to Croydon and Le Bourget airports.
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London
Paris
le Touquet
Seine
Thames
Alr
Croydon
le Bourget
Police Sergeant Reunites With Long Lost Brother
In Haverhill Massachusetts Desk Sergt Cyrus Bruce questioned a stranger who arrived at police headquarters. The man declared he was the sergeant's brother and produced proof that he had been separated from the family for 21 years.
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Haverhill
Mass
Cyrus Bruce
Police
Donald M. Bruce
Perfect Butler Dream Fades As Table Talk Turns
James Wellington Crandall boasts of a flawless new butler Hawkins with American charm, while Christine laments the disappearance of a remembered captain and the gala dinner turns into a comical hunt for the servant with a cocktail twist.
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James Wellington Crandall
Sally Mariette
Stu
Hawkins
Hawks
Hawking
Chris
Jimmie
Tim
Crandall
Cullen
France
Mrs. Adair
K. P
Miriam Bedell
Omwha
Sam Browne
Buck
Millain
Christine
Scotty
Paris
Hawking Hawks
Perth
Mr Crandall
Jimmie Crandall
Jimmile
Jimmie Crandail
Jimie
Christmas Gatherings In Aurelia Area From Local Families
Residents and relatives in Aurelia and nearby areas shared Christmas visits and meals. Families including Booth, Hines, Kolpin, Ammons, Matzdorff, and Sexton hosted relatives from Des Moines, Storm Lake, Alta, Meriden, LeMars, and Battle Creek. A wedding notice notes Craig Newcomb and Mildred Lindlief’s October marriage in Battle Creek.
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Madalyne
Bobbie
Jerry Booth
M. Hines
George Booth Sr
Ray Hines
Aurelia
Carl Ammons
Max
O. B. East
Jay Petton
Wisconsin
Bill Booth
George Booth
Bernice Kolpin
Des Moines
George Kolpin
Fred Kolpin
Quentin Anderson
Fort Dodge
Bill Ruebsam
Roy Matzdorff
Charlie Hammond
Henry Sansen
George Glawe
Alta
Blanche Kolpin
Crystal
Berniece Kolpin
Bill Buebsam
la Merne
Toby Buebsam
Storm Lake
Harlen Sexton
Meriden
Ammon Sexton
Albert Waldo
Ray Matzdorff
Aurelian
Art Matzdorff
Walter Kolpin
LeRoy Goettsch
George Fouts
Galva
Frank Sexton
Alva Ammons
Craig Newcomb
Mildred Lindlief
Battle Creek
Iowa
W. S. Ammons
Ed Dooley
John Booth
Lois
Elaine
Brangwin
LeMars
Clayton Mitchell
Ina Tigges
Peterson
Louis Fox
Floyd Sexton
Deep Drilling Milestone in California Claim
The report notes Oscar Howard’s HMathaway No 7 drilled to WAM feet in Santa Fe Springs California, hailed as a world record until Standard CAI’s Mageot No 1 near Tyft California surpassed it by 0.0 feet.
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Oscar Howard
Santa Fe Springs
California
Standard Cai Company
Tyft
Calif
Polug
Lesser Evil in Movie Choice Noted by Neighbors
A humorous exchange captures a neighbor remarking on frequent cinema trips and Henry Peck's joking preference for going out to hear a talkie instead of staying home.
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Henry Peck
Cineinnit Enquirer
Human Memorials and Self-Mo t h Confers Thoughtful Tribute
Quote-driven piece reflecting Hazlitt on memory and monuments, arguing that true honors come from inner esteem rather than erected stones. It frames the idea that individuals who inspire in minds endure beyond any statue.
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William Hazlitt
Joseph Wedgwood and the rise of Queen’s Ware
Joseph Wedgwood, English potter and pioneer of steam turning, began in a family potworks at age nine and started his own manufactory about 1740. He introduced engine turning, produced the first engine-turned wares, gained royal favour with a tea service for the queen, and sent cream colored vases to the palace later named Queen’s Ware.
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Joseph Wedgwood
Wedgwood
Charlotte
Mainz Rhine Tales Rich With Romance And History
The article recalls Mainz as the birthplace of printing with Gutenberg and a city rich in legends from Roman legions under Agricola to the cathedral and Mainz archbishops. It notes the starving Addler’s moment in the cathedral and Becker locating Shakespeare’s death mask once owned by the Kesselstudt family.
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Rhine
Mainz
Gutenberg
Agricola
Holy Roman Empire
Becker
Kesselstudt
Ending of no serial story aids girl's recovery told by Sir Bruce Bruce
London physician Porter relates a novelist once wrote no serial ends with the heroine dying. A girl with a grave disease read it and improved mentally. her recovery followed. He persuaded the writer to allow the heroine to recover to save his patient’s life.
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Sir Bruce Bruce
Porter
London
Tongue Tie Defined and Effects on Speech
The term tongue tied describes impeded tongue movement from a short frenum or gum adhesion. It notes division of the frenum as a remedy and explains figurative use for embarrassment or fright.
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J. W. Turner
L. A. Downs
Illinois Central System
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East Afton and Elk
Antiknock
Ethyl Gasoline Corporation
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Marie Dressler
Wallace Beery
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