Fort Madison Fortified Trade Boom and Siege History
The article recounts Fort Madison on the upper Mississippi built 1804 by US forces to fortify trading with Sauks and Foxes, the 1809 siege by Black Hawk’s band, and the 1812 attacks during the War of 1812, leading to abandonment after 1813 and the chimney ruins marking British American trade rivalry.
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United States
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Illinois
Black Hawk
Belle Vue
President Madison
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Little Fort
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Thomas Hamilton
Fort Madison
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Ginger Rogers and Charles Boyer to Team in New Romantic Comedy
Hollywood gossip notes Sam Briskin plans a Rogers Boyer pairing in Perfect Harmony a Jacques Thiery original produced by Mack Sandrich. Lubitsch eyed Colbert Cooper for Bluebeard's Eighth Wife at Paramount with other stars in December while Vivian Lubitsch cops The Gray Parrott for Paramount and Akim Tamiroff John Howard lead.
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Los Angeles
Sam Briskin
Ginger Rogers
Charles Boyer
Rogers-Boyer
Sam
Perfect Harmony
Jacques Thiery
Mack Sandrich
Boyer
Europe
Ginger
Mother Carey
Ernst Lubitsch
Claudette Colbert
Gary Cooper
Bluebeard
Alfred Savoir
Iaa Claire
Gloria Swanson
Ernst
Paramount
Marlene Dietrich
Claudette and
Gary
Maid of Salem
Plainsman
Simpatico
Herr Lubitsch
Vivian
Gray Parrott
Akim Tamiroff
John Howard
Stabbing at Brians Estate Leaves Two Dead
Bob Holbrook aids Larry Brian in solving the double murder at the Brians home. Alexander Brian is found dead in his office. Peter Brian is killed in his private office after midnight. Alibis include Miss Hunt Julian Cora Frank Lee Sen and Jean. Peter was dictating when the murder occurred. Miss Hunt heard the scream and footsteps.
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Sutton
Mark
Miss Hunt
Julian
Lockwood
Jeffers
Larry
Peter
Alexander
Peter Brian
Preston
Bob Holbrook
Jean
Brian
Bob
Lupe in London Opens Felix Ferry Revue
Hig Lupe visits London and opens in the Felix Ferry revue on September 10. Gene Towne and Graham Baker, ace stewarists, will pay for Orsatti Jean Chatburn Lon don honeymoon. Orsatti, agent for Towne and Baker, cables three originals for British film producers. Stories include Police Matron Let Em Parade and Fanny Was Her Name.
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Gene Towne
Graham Baker
Frank Orsatti
Jean Chatburn
London
Orsatti
Fanny
Towne
Baker
Wanger
England
Director Tay Garnett Offers Alan Hale Role in High Treason
After returning from an Arctic Circle cruise on his yacht Athene in London Director Tay Garnett cabled Alan Hale in Hollywood with an offer for a key role in High Treason the British starrer by Fairbanks Jr Hale rushed to New York aboard The Chief, sailing Tuesday on the Norman Die and is likely catching his breath.
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Tay Garnett
London
Alan Hale
Hollywood
Hale
Fairbanks, Jr
Hollywood Gossip Roundup of Studio Life and Dazzling Guests
Leopold Stokowski heads to his Connecticut farm with a stop at Gallup to scout Indian festival material for a film. Hollywood snapshots note Ben Crosby’s party, stars like Jean Muir Gordon Oliver and Betty Grable, and industry chatter about Lombard Tracy and Good Earth talks with China’s consul general Huang Choo Chin.
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Leopold Stokowski
Paramount
Connecticut
Gallup
Stokowski
Hollywood Bowl
Philharmonic
Hollywood
Bing Crosby
Heaven
Jean Muir
Gordon Oliver
Warner
New York
Richard Watts
Jean
Aian James
Ensenada
Lombard
Tracy
Frank Morgan
Wupperman
Frank
Twent-Cent-Fox
Ruth Chatterton
Dodsworth
John King
U's
Ace Drummond
Martha Raye
San Francisco
Bob Leonard
Catalina
Rouben Mamoulian
Anita Louise
Arpepemo Springs
Reindeer Herd in Alaska Expands to 600000
A herd imported into Alaska 42 years ago has grown to about 600000 head. Officials note steady growth and implications for local industry and wildlife management.
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Alaska
Theaters Run New Movies Across The State
At the Paramount the Texas Rangers with Fred MacMurray and Jack Oakie. in Iowa Walking on Air with Gene Raymond and Ann Sothern and The Gentleman from Louisiana with Eddie Quillan Chic Sale and Charlotte Henry. State Picadilly Jim with Robert Montgomery and Madge Evans and The Border Patrolman with George O Brien. Palace Shirley Temple with Guy Kibbee in Captain Janu ary and Brides are Like That with Ross Alexander Anita Louise. Rialto Trapped by Televis ion with Lyle Talbot Mary Astor and Sundown Saunders with Bob Steel.
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Iowa
Walking On
Gene Raymond
Ann Sothern
the Gentleman
Louisiana
Eddie Quillan
Chic Sale
Charlotte Henry
Jim
Robert Montgomery
Madge Evans
Border Patrolman
George O’brien
Palace
Shirley Temple
Guy Kibbee
January
Ross Alexander
Anita Louise
Rialto
Lyle Talbot
Mary Astor
Bob Steel
Sundown Saunders
Maquoketa Man Sues Rail Company Over 1935 Wreck
Mike Mueller of near Lamotte files an $11 140.35 damage suit against the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway after a August 22 1935 collision at a grade crossing two miles north of Bellevue. His car struck a freight car on a curve. occupants suffered burns. The suit alleges the train was stalled and no warnings or flares were placed.
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Maquoketa
Mike Mueller
Lamotte
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company
Mueller
Bellevue
Oxford Independent School Opens With New Faculty
The Oxford independent school opened Monday with W. M. Harsha as superintendent and Hazel Jones as principal. High school duties are held by Miss Mary Ruess and James Lapitz. Seventh and eighth grades are led by Fred Rapp Jr with fifth and sixth grades by Kenneth Boots. Third and fourth grades are headed by Ruth Linkhart and Elizabeth Shannahan leads second and third grades.
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Oxford
Oxford Independent School
W. M. Harsha
Hazel Jones
Mary Ruess
James Lapitz
Fred Rapp, Jr
Kenneth Boots
Ruth Linkhart
Elizabeth Shannahan
Notice of Executrix Appointment in Iowa Case 14054
The undersigned Mary Elizabeth Barger was appointed and qualified August 29 1936 as executrix of the estate of George H Barger late of Linn County Iowa deceased. All debts should be paid to the executrix and all claims filed with the Linn County District Court Clerk Iowa through attorney J A Yessler.
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State of Iowa
Linn County
George H. Barger
Iowa
Mary Elizabeth Barger
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