Gridiron Club Satirizes Campaign In Roaring Banquet
The Gridiron Club staged satirical sketches lampooning political figures at a Washington banquet. Roosevelt is depicted arriving to buy Manhattan from Chief Curry and his Indians, while an auction lampoons the late Republican party. Hoover attends as guest of honor as humor skewers the 1928 campaign season.
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Washington
Gridiron Club
Roosevelt
Hoover
Franklin van Roosevelt
Chief Curry
Charlies D Hilles
New York
Brown
Flng and
Bell
South
Garner
Farley
Tariffa
Pat Harrison
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Shylock
Santa Claus
South Side Club Captains Lead 16th Annual Rabbit Hunt
Leo Shultz and John F Dedic head rival teams from the South Side Commercial Club for the 16th annual game supper hunt. Today the hunt runs daylight to dark with about 200 rabbits needed. All game must be in by 8 pm and examined by a veterinarian for health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Shultz
John F Dedic
South Side Commercial Club
Dee 15
Gridiron toast recalls Hoover era memories at dinner
Reporters were barred as The Gridironers toasted Mr Hoover with a bronze grid iron. Jim Watson recalled early years in Congress while guests included acting Mayor McKee, Maryland Governor Ritchie, Minnesota Governor Olson, Owen D Young, Alice Pomerene, Pierre Du Pont, the cabinet and numerous senators and representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Watson
Indiana
Hoover
Jim” Watson
Moscow
Smoot
Fess
Coolidge
McKee
New York
Ritchie
Maryland
Olson
Minnesota
Owen D Young
Alice Pomerene
RFC
Pierre du Pont
Cedar Rapids Chamber to Meet December Fourthteen
Closing week of Bungalow Cooking schools runs until January 16. The industrial bureau executive committee of Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce will meet at 7 30 p.m. on Dec. 14. All mortgage payments, farm rentals, and city rentals are due at the Co H Foy estate room 63 Higley Building Dial 2 4298. F Paar executor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industrial Bureau of the
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Co. H Foy
Higley
F. Paar
Judge H C Ring hears motion in Hopp Construction case
In district court Saturday morning Judge H C Ring heard a motion for rehearing on J W Hopp Construction's application for a mechanic's lien in the receivership of Packer Products. The judge had recently denied the construction company's claim. MITVALSKY'S FUR FACTORY advertisement appears amid the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H C Ring
J. W. Hopp Construction Company
Packer Products Company
Ring
Cedar Rapids Sees Teen Temperatures and Snow Forecast
Temperatures in Cedar Rapids cooled to the teens late Saturday with 16 readings at 1 30 p m and still reached near 7 p m. Skies remained overcast and threatening with another snow chance forecast.
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Cedar Rapids
Armory social after drill and optometrists meeting
Members and friends of Head quarters company First battalion Town national guard and Company C will join M C Udson at the armory skating rink Monday evening after a joint drill Refreshments will be served by the armory board. The Southeast Central district Town State Association of Optometrists meets at the Hotel Montrose Tuesday night with an educational session after 630 pm dinner Speakers include Doctors Baker Lndenberger Copeland and Seidel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Headquarters Company
First Battalion
Town National Guard
Company C
M C. Udson
Armory
Armory Board
State Association of Optometrists
Montrose
W M Baker
J C Landenberger
E J Copeland
Cedar Rapids
E. L. Seidel
Marengo
O F Lodge Elects Cedar Rapids Noble Grand
Cedar Rapids lodge No.14110 O F named Eldon B Rohn noble grand after an officers election on Tuesday evening. W Sweeney became vice-grand and M P Maliy recording secretary. other officers include J S Graham financial secretary, George McCreedy treasurer, W T Rowell trustee, and A V Cox degree captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Lodge
Eldon B Rohn
W Sweeney
M P Maliy
J S Graham
George McCreedy
W T Rowell
A V. Cox
Births and Wyoming Woman Dies After Operation
Born to Edward Zvacek and wife Ely on December 5 a 73 pound son named Donald Edward. Also a daughter born December 8 to Louis Pisney and wife RR No 4 Otis Road. Mrs Henry W Behnke 58 of Wyoming dies Saturday in Monticello hospital after an operation. surviving husband four children and two brothers Ed and James of Monticello.
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Edward Zvacek
Ely
Donald Edward
Louis Pisney
Otis Road
Wyoming
Henry W. Behnke
Monticello
Behnke
Eastern Star
Just-A
Roa
Methodist ‘Haurch
James
Bonded Debt of Linn Taxing Units Totals $8,860,000
The article analyzes Linn county and city debt including road water and school bonds. It details maturities interest outlays and per capita burden for Cedar Rapids residents and county residents outside city limits. It notes sinking funds and upcoming refinancings plus reliance on automobile and gasoline taxes for repayments.
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LINN
Cedar Rapids
First Avenue Bridge
Debt History in Linn County Governing Units
The county court house and jail accounts dominate Linn County debt with the jail at 50000 retired and the court house at 700000. Other debt stems from last year’s 70000 poor relief issue and 95000 this year, plus county road bonds exceeding 800000. The city’s projects include a memorial Coliseum water works sewers fire equipment and bridges. Interest over twenty years will average 90171.50 and 1920 totals show a shift from 1920 debt of 1625794 to today’s higher burden.
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Court House
Linn County
Firemen Repairing Used Toys For Needy This Christmas
Firemen in Cedar Rapids repair and repaint used toys for distribution by the Lions Club to poor and needy families. Chief E P Kohout urges families with old toys to call 20769 for pickup. A special work room and machinery at the Central fire station enable handling more donations.
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E. P Kohout
Lions Club
Cedar Rapids
Central Fire Station
Gypsy Story Tellers Of Coe Bring Joy To Iowa City Children
Santa Clauses from Coe college visited the Children’s Hospital in Iowa City delivering cheer to warded youngsters. Gypsy St Nicks in bright dresses and carols entertained patients and staff, presenting wreaths and gifts as storytellers and singers visited bedsides.
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Coe
Iowa City
Santa Clauses
Coe College
Children’s Hospital
Laura Pearle Stewart
Gypsy St
University Hospital
Girl 11 Wins First Follow Santa Trail Contest
Dolores Chehak, 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Chehak of 395 Twenty-sixth St SE, won $10 in last Sunday's Follow Santa's Trail contest. Second prize went to Mrs. Harold Brammer, with eight more contestants receiving two Paramount Theater tickets each. The same prizes are offered in today and next Sunday's papers.
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Dolores Chehak
L. E. Chehak
Twenty-sixth Street
Gazette
Santa
Harold Brammer
Meadowbrook Drive
Paramount Theater
Marie Gleason
Fourth Avenue
Marion
J. C. Quaid
First Avenue
Charlotte Roggensack
Fourteenth Street
Margaret Batten
Ninth Street
Guy Wright
Oakland Road
Charles M Winters
Ninth
Chris H. Tichy
Seventeenth Street
Merlwyn Pollins
Bever Avenue
Funeral for Mrs Harris to be held Monday
Mrs Emma Jones 51 wife of Tom M Jones died at University hospital in Iowa City. She was married in 1925 at Eldorado Kansas and formerly lived on Ellis boulevard. Survived by husband daughter Ola Parent and three sons Kenneth Floyd and Clifford. Funeral and burial in Charles City.
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Erma Harris
Emma B. Harris
Pioneer Funeral Home
Robert Little
Cedar Chapter
Oak Hill Cemetery
R. W. Maxon
S. A. Helebrant
A. W. Pailthorpe
Walter E. Miller
Clarence White
M. M. Smith
Emma Jones
Tom M. Jones
University Hospital
Iowa City
Jones
Eldorado
Kan
Ellis Boulevard
Ola Parent
Charles City
Kenneth Wiggins
Sioux City
Floyd Wiggins
Clifford Wiggins
Mount Vernon Announces Cornell College Varsity Debate Tour
Mount Vernon news reports the varsity debate tour for Cornell college announced by coach Prof. C F Littell. Plans include a second semester trip to Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls Carleton College Northfield Minn St Thomas College Minneapolis Lawrence College Appleton Ripon College Ripon and Wheaton College Wheaton Ill With a similar schedule expected for the varsity women's team Senior debaters listed include Wesley Burr Harold Keele Donald Tarr Arthur Crosby and Rolland Philpot
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College
C. F Littell
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Carleton College
Northfield
Minn
St. Thomas College
Minneapolis
Lawrence College
Appleton
Wis
Ripon College
Ripon
Wheaton College
Wheaton
Wesley Burr
Buffalo
N. Y
Harold Keele
Dysart
Donald Tarr
Arthur Crosby
Rockford, Il
Rolland Philpot
Chapin
Christmas Concert At Westminster Church Tonight
Westminster Presbyterian church presents a 7 30 Christmas choral concert directed by Donald E Baum with 50 voices. Soloists include Eunice Bentley Frances Sebern Margaret Sundberg and others. The program blends ancient and modern carols with Handel s The Messiah.
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Westminster Presbyterian Church
Donald E. Baum
Adris Willson
Helen Frantz
Handel
Eunice Bentley
Frances Sebern
Margaret Sundberg
E. W. Brownbridge
Arthur Troyak
Edith Blair
Marion Hepner
A. R. Menary
Jack Edwards
Janet Coquillette
Joyce Palmer
Maybeth Jeffries
Evelyn Brittell
Margaret Hayne
Mary Nelson
Josephine Althouse
Elfretta Borden
Earl B. Delzell
Dorothy Faris
Campaign Expenses in Linn County General Election
The Republican and Democratic parties filed expense and contribution records with County Auditor G. A. Senninger. Key figures include Carl Hendrickson reporting $1,427.78 in Republican campaign costs and $1,131.19 receipts, while Walter R. Hutchinson listed Democratic expenditures of $292.20 and $337 in contributions. Individual candidates listed varied expenses from $0.75 by Gertrude Speake to $234.37 by James H. Smith for sheriff, with other races including clerk, coroner, supervisor, recorder, and constable noted.
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Linn County
G. A. Senninger
Carl Hendrickson
Walter R. Hutchinson
James H. Smith
Edwin W. Lundquist
Lundquist
Frank Healy
D. B. Storck
B. G. Broghammer
Coroner’s Post
W. F. Mitchell
Frank B. Baldwin
Milo J. Sedlacek
Gertrude Speake
Grant Township
Charles Josifek
Rapids Township
Gage Urges Cutting Out Sideshow Extras in Curriculum
Dr H M Gage president of Coe College spoke at a Sioux Falls mass meeting urging economists in education. He advocated trimming extracurriculars to save taxpayers funds by shortening courses and selecting students via tests on intelligence aptitude and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Gage
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Sioux Falls
H. M. Gage
Coe College
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Joan F. Dedic
Mitvalsky
National Guard Party
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Leona Merkel
Helen Clare
Lorraine Fisher
Mary Hughes
Lois Boethel
Les Vivian
Janie Whiethorn
Betty Jenks
Betty Jacobson
Dorothy Bangs
Elizabeth Melberg
Barbara Nitz
Mary Montgomery
Virginia Turner
Edith Knox
Margaret Ulch
Phebe Sherman
Harriett Ollinger
Virginia Kuning
Jeanne Ballantyne
Ruby Knaupp
Doris Garner
Jane Bradfield
Mary Jo French
Beth Courtney
Dorothy Howe
Frances McLaughlin
Betty Kitterman
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