Roosevelt as a man of money values and public life
A columnist reflects on Franklin D. Roosevelt evaluating his view of money and values. He compares wealth, upbringing, and character, citing Roosevelt’s modest finances, real estate holdings, and early openness versus later guarded political rhetoric. The piece recalls their 1924 Madison Square Garden meeting and praises Roosevelt’s openness then.
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Mallon
Ashington
Roosevelt
Africa
North Pole
Mr. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Vanderbilts
Astors
Ogden Mills
Duchess County
Mrs. Roosevelt
Emil Ludwig
Ludwig
Madison Square Garden
al Smith
New York
White House
The Poet of the People on Golfing Clergy
Edgar A. Guest laments clergy golf woes and worldly rivals in verse. He notes clergy miss the ball while merchants and bakers excel, and ponders why ministers are the forgotten players in a playful moral vignette. The piece mocks self importance and rewards in sport with light satire.
Multiple Local Accidents and a Clerical Move
Robert Earl Reese, five, was knocked to the pavement by a car while crossing First avenue and Third street yesterday suffering severe injuries. Vernie Smith was buried under a wall at the North Twelfth street waterworks excavation and sustained a fractured elbow and bruises. The Rev. J O Simon pastor of the First English Lutheran church and Iowa synod president has accepted a call to Memorial Lutheran church in Nevada Indiana. Helen L Burton money order clerk at Cedar Rapids post office issued to herself the one millionth money order, a one cent order with a five cent fee.
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Robert Earl Reese
First Avenue
Third Street
Vernie Smith
North Twelfth Street
J. O. Simon
First English Lutheran Church
Iowa Synod
Memorial Lutheran Church
Nevada
Helen L. Burton
Cedar Rapids
Pioneer Iowa railroad builder John E. Murray dies at 78
John E. Murray, 78, a pioneer builder of Iowa railroads, died at his home yesterday. A. C. Cherry of Cedar Rapids was elected treasurer of the State County Treasurers association at the Muscatine meeting. The French Croix de Guerre awarded posthumously to Sergeant N Mobley of Cedar Rapids was received yesterday by his closest relative Mrs. R A Page.
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John E. Murray
Iowa
A. C. Cherry
Cedar Rapids
State County Treasurers Association
Muscatine
N. Mobley
R. A. Page
Grace Bryan joins Trousdale Brothers in Cedar Rapids production
Miss Grace Bryan niece of William Jennings Bryan arrived in Cedar Rapids to join the Trousdale Brothers production of The Man on the Box which begins rehearsals this week. George Farrell suffered injuries in a fall at the Cedar Rapids Candy company building this morning. Kenyon W the black stallion owned by Charles E Wheeler and George K Barton won the 2 11 trot at Davenport yesterday with a record of 2 1144. Elizabeth Marsh left today for Boston and Hartford to visit friends.
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Grace Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
Cedar Rapids
Trousdale Brothers
George Farrell
Cedar Rapids Candy Company
Kenyon W
Charles E. Wheeler
George K. Barton
Davenport
Elizabeth Marsh
Boston
Hartford
Conn
Strife Is Topic Of Mennonites World Conclave
Allensville Pennsylvania hosts a Mennonite General Conference gathering with delegates from the United States Canada South America Africa and India. The conference opens with discussion on peace and industrial strife as about two thousand attendees arrive for a week of sober talks under tented facilities led by moderator Rev Abner G Yoder of Parnell Iowa.
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Allensville
General Conference
the Mennonite Church
United States
Canada
South America
Africa
India
Germany
Abner G. Yoder
Parnell
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Frank
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the Poet of
the People
Sala
Ftee
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Armstrong
Coat & Suit Shop
Armstrong’s
Siikfit
Durable School
Mrs. Sale
DuPont
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