Pioneer Iowa Couple Celebrates 66th Wedding Anniversary Today
Orvin Kent Frink and Lucinda Johnston Frink mark their sixty six years married with a family dinner at 521 Ninth Street SW Cedar Rapids hosted by A A Johnson. They wed December 15, 1870 after driving mules to Tipton and later farmed near Lisbon before settling in Cedar Rapids. Family includes eight children twenty four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Frink
Fort Mitchell
Ind
Lucinda Johnston
Lisbon
Kansas
Cedar Rapids
Cedar County
J S. Wentworth
E E Stephen
Prentice Frink
Johnson
B C Frink
Marble Ark
E. O. Slocum
Rudd
Roland Frink
Orin Frink
Des Moines
E. O Slocum
Orvin Frink
Reichs Students Made to Wear Brown on Festive Occasions
Germanys formerly colorful student groups are ordered to dress in brown shirts on festive occasions by Bernhard Rust the Reich minister of education. The decree comes after voluntary dissolution of most old student corps and fraternities once giving universities their distinctive traditional character.
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Berlin
INS
Germany
Bernhard Rust
Reich
Graveyard Nudists Arouse Protests in Dalmatia
Belgrade faces a clash as Dalmatian clergy urge an anti nudist campaign against seaside visitors. They accuse locals and foreigners of shameless behavior and reveal that nude visits even occur in cemeteries. Officials fear censorship could deter tourists amid Adriatic coast tensions.
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Belgrade
INS
Dalmatia
Adriatic
Chiefs Shun Candidate Fights Over Delegates At Large
Reporters describe a Republican committee dispute on granting extra delegates to states voting for Hoover in 1928. The group favors harmony and information gathering ahead of selecting a convention city and date to nominate a candidate to oppose Roosevelt. Debate touches on party platform timing, Farm Bureau policy, and Townsend plans influencing the race.
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Pennsylvania
Delaware
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Connecticut
Hilles
Roosevelt
New Jersey
One Tor
France
Rob Creager
Texas
Oeaver Borah
AAA
Supreme Court
GOP
American Farm Bureau Federation
Townsend
Fancy Gift Guide for Men’s Clothing and Accessories
New York shoppers explore a broad Yuletide gift guide covering gloves belts and purses leather cases and jewelry ideas. Highlights include two in one gloves with muskrat back and capeskin palms, dress gloves in cork brown pigskin, jewelry wardrobes, stickpins and modern hair brushes, plus lounge wear pajamas slippers and shirts with smart leather cases and gift-ready packaging.
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New York
Scotland
Papa
New Winter Wear Adds Style to Outdoor Pursuits
A shining white shooting coat for upland bird stalkers stores lunch and a covey of quail in its pockets. Duck hunters gain a fleece muff at the waist, and snow sports benefit from bright wool gloves and matching hose. New mufflers include an Ascot style, string-knit options, and suede-textured silk rayon. A dual-sided muffler blends foulard silk and cashmere. Reed residence visit notes wife Caroline and surviving children Florence, Inez, and Albert.
Cedar Rapids native George Carpenter dies in Nashville at 74
George Pierce Carpenter, son of early Cedar Rapids pioneers Mr and Mrs Gabriel Carpenter, died in Nashville Tennessee on November 22 after a long illness. He was 74, survived by his wife and five children including Dr George K Carpenter and John G Carpenter of Nashville, Reed L Carpenter of Chattanooga, Mrs Alfred Bullman of Memphis, and Mrs Phillip May of Chattanooga. He was born in Cedar Rapids, a Braun and Jones veteran, later with American Thread Company as a traveling salesman before retiring five years ago. Burial was in Nashville.
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George Pierce Carpenter
Gabriel Carpenter
Cedar Rapids
Nashville
Tenn
Taylor Carpenter
Mr Carpenter
Braun and Jones
American Thread Company
George K Carpenter
John G Carpenter
Reed L. Carpenter
Chattanooga
Alfred Bullman
Memphis
Phillip May
Infant Barbara Pruett rites held at Beatty chapel
Barbara Joan Pruett infant daughter of Mr and Mrs John Pruett of 333 Second Avenue SW died Wednesday. Services were held Friday at Beatty chapel. Irvin Childs aged 89 of Third Street NW, Cedar Rapids resident for nearly five decades, died Saturday at 1 p.m. at his daughter Mrs Forrest C Reed’s home in Marshalltown. Funeral services for him will be at Rohn West Side Funeral Home when time is announced. he had been ill about two weeks.
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Barbara Joan Pruett
John Pruett
Second Avenue SW
Beatty Chapel
Irvin Childs
Third Street
Cedar Rapids
Forrest C Reed
Marshalltown
Rohn West Side
Childs
Glass Co Employes To Get Wage Boost
The Libbey Owens Ford Glass company will raise wages for 6000 workers in Toledo and three other states, boosting the payroll by about 1 million dollars annually. The contracts, valid one year, end regional pay disparities and raise pay by roughly five cents an hour. Affected plants include Toledo Ottawa Illinois Charleston West Virginia and Shreveport Louisiana.
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Toledo, Ohio
INS
Libbey- Owens-Ford Glass Company
Toledo
Glen W. McCabe
Ottawa, Ill
Charleston
W. Va
Shreveport
Grade Crossing Is This Man's Nemesis
Boston area report details Ernest W. Dullea’s cross street safety campaign after his 8 year old daughter Katherine was injured at a Roxbury grade crossing. His 18 year old daughter Virginia is now hospitalized with a broken arm and multiple injuries from a separate crossing accident.
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Boston
INS
Ernest W. Dullea
Roxbury
Dullea
House of Representatives
Blue Hill Avenue
Dudley Street
Katherine
Virginia
City Hospital
New Deal Welcomes Cotton Export Rise
Exports in November reached 1,134,874 bales, over double November 1934, with total four month shipments rising to 2,574,786 bales. Commerce and Agriculture reports show export gains surpassing ten year averages, amid AAA optimism and political implications.
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Commerce Department
Wallace
Agriculture
AAA
Board of Strategy
New Deal
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Agriculture Department
Births: two sons born to Savage and June families
Born to Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Savage at 43 Circle Drive NE a son David Lynn on December 13. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. June at 1263 Twentieth Avenue SW a son Ronald Arthur on December 14.
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W. L. Savage
Circle Drive
David Lynn
Paul M. June
Twentieth Avenue
Ronald Arthur
Buried With Books Told For Luck In Yunnan
In Yunnan province, some locals practice burial with favorite books to bring luck and entertainment on the journey to the celestial paradise, reflecting enduring superstition among communities about the afterlife.
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Yunnan
China
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Iowa
Mrs. O. K. Frink
Tipton
Surrey
Orvin Kent Frink
Herbert Hoover
William E. Borah
Hoover
Borah
Republican High Command
Michigan
Verner W Main
Sahara
Cedar Rapids Fuel Co
Soboda
Trek
Jersey
Hauptmann
Bruno Hauptmann
Emma Gloeckner
Los Angeles
Vincent A. Marco
Reed Residence
Caroline
Florence
Inez Childs
Albert
Thorp, Wis
Barbara Pruett
FOX DE Luxe
Davis Distributing Company
U. S. Navy
E. A. Kriz & Son
1St St. SE
Emil G. Kriz
Washington
Ais
Gorham
Sloyson Jewelry, Co
Killian’s
Elgin
Dad
Boyson’s
Groyson
Third Ave
Killian
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