Look Alikes Cause Campus Mixups at Coe College
Coe College students and faculty struggle to tell twins and look alikes apart, from Edwards brothers Fred and Charles to Sigmund sisters Jane and Mary Lou and McGregor twins Robert and Bruce. The campus scenes include greetings, class notes, and humorous observations from students and Dean Myron Koe ning, capturing a lighthearted Cedar Rapids moment.
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Bill McLaughlin
OE College
Coe
Charles
Fred Edwards
Charles F. Edwards
Park Avenue SE
Fred
Coe College
Bruce
Robert McGregor
Jane
Mary Lou Sigmund
Charles Edwards
Cedar Rapids
Edwards
Quaker Oats Company
Edwards Twins
Jane Sigmund
Jay G. Sigmund
Fourth Avenue SE
Mary Lou
Robert
Bruce McGregor
A. W. McGregor
Avenue
Franklin High School
College
McGregors
Myron L. Koenig
There's Always Tomorrow in a New Gallic Casino
Toni Goddard faces ruin after her fiancé Brock Milbank elopes with Jessica Bayne. A fisherman’s hope guides her to New York where she lands a showgirl job at the New Gallic Casino. At a dinner show she meets a mysterious dark stranger as the story continues.
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Toni Goddard
Brock Milbank
Jessica Bayne
Toni
New York
Bridget
Rew Gallo
Assie
Cassie
Cincinnati
Embarcadero
Puller-in Nuisance of Bowery Declared Vanquished
The piece recalls the Bowery puller-in of lower East Side clothing shops, a bold door to door operator earning by commission who dragged strangers inside. Police promise action to curb this nuisance, as he sparked fights and forced sales amid a thriving, rough trade.
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Snoddy
Lower East Side
Pullerin
City Market Plans With No Cash for Improvements
Public Safety Commissioner W. C. Benesh outlines a 264 foot long market rebuild with 66 booths under a corrugated iron roof and a vented roof over the central sidewalk. He proposes raising booth rents to 20 dollars per season to cover a little over two thousand dollars in cost, with bonds or certificates not currently available.
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Public Safety
W. C. Benesh
Benesh
O. L. Leefers
Enesh
Bargains in Used Electric Re refrigerators in Want Ads
A Want Ads classified advertisement highlights numerous bargains on used electric refrigerators under classification 29 offering affordable appliances to buyers seeking value.
Marian Anderson to Sing Tomorrow Night at Cornell College
Marian Anderson the renowned Negro contralto will perform at Cornell College Monday at 8 p.m. The Philadelphia native’s humble beginnings and rise through church concerts and community support led to prestigious engagements in New York and Europe.
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Marian Anderson
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Miss Anderson
Philadelphia
Lynchburg
Guiseppe Boghetti
Roland Hayes
Lewisohn Stadium
New York
Joseph Pasternack
Philadelphia Philharmonic Orchestra
Carl Diton
Two Men Freed In False Pretenses Floor Covering Case
William Silver and Jack Steinberg both of St Louis were arrested on a cheating by false pretenses charge and released after charges were dismissed in Justice Reed's court on the recommendation of complainant Mrs Lucille Gillilan. The case involved a supposed inlaid floor covering bought for eight and eighteen dollars. Police had received several similar complaints Friday. Silver held a peddler license to operate. Steinberg said he was the delivery driver. The city council would decide on revoking the licenses.
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William Silver
Jack Steinberg
St. Louis
Justice A
William A. Miller
Fifth Avenue SE
Steinberg
Jan Hus Lodge to Confer First Degree at Iowa City Meeting
About sixty members of Jan Hus lodge No 51 I O O F travel to Iowa City to confer the first degree on a large class before the Eastern Iowa district association which holds its annual meeting.
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Jan Hus Lodge
East Iowa
I.O.O.F
Jan Hus Lodge No
Iowa City
Eastern
Iowa
I. O. GO. F. District Association
England Arms Growth and Public Mood: Muzzy’s View
Mr Muzzy reports England expands armament output and propaganda while taxes rise to support the program. He notes higher wages but slower mass production, strong public unity, and coronation preparations with American visitors. The Duke of Windsor faces public disgust.
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Defense Ministry
England
Europe
Muzzy
United States
Mr. Muzzy
Mall
Hyde Park
Duke of Windsor
Jan Hus Lodge confers degrees in Iowa and Vinton
The Jan Hus lodge held a gathering in Iowa City with thirteen members receiving initiatory degrees on April 21 in the lodge hall. Last Monday the degree staff visited Vinton to confer on candidates from La Porte City and Vinton and staged a flag drill demonstration. Ramon Navarro was born Ramon Gil Samoniegos and later had his name legally changed by a Los Angeles court.
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Iowa City
Vinton
la Porte City
Ramon Navarro
Ramon Gil Samoniegos
Los Angeles
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Dubinus
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DuBois
EDI
Hanes
Pacacts
3 SON Pharmacy
SWMAN
O.omintyre
Bowery
Jevery
Duluth
Armistead Grady
Peg
Trred
Blue
Chuck
Peggy
Texas
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Second Avenue
Martin Senour
J. E. Dameron
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First Street
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