Iowa Literature pioneers and the Midland Monthly legacy
The piece traces Iowa's literary history from pioneer editors and Burdette’s Hawkeye columns to the Midland Monthly’s revival in Des Moines and Iowa City. It highlights Hamlin Garland and Herbert Quick, the rise of Ruth Suckow, and a flourishing of Iowa authors shaping national fiction. It calls readers to explore Iowa literature and learn about local authors.
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Iowa
Robert J. Burdette
Burlington
Hawk-Eye
West Hill
South Hill
Burdette
Happy Hollow
Bilderback
Middlerich
Bob Burdette
S. H. M. Byers
William Salter
James W. Grimes
A. R. Fulton
Midland Monthly
Des Moines
Hamlin Garland
The
Prairie
Emerson Hough
Ellis Parker Butler
Alice French
Octave Thanet
Herbert Quick
Quick
Vandermark
Garland
Middle Border
West
James Norman Hall
Colfax
Tahiti
Edward A. Steiner
Vienna
Grinnell
Sam B. Sloan
the Midland
Iowa City
State University
Middle West
Little Magazine
John T. Frederick
E. J. O’brien
Ruth Suckow
United States
Bess Streeter Aldrich
Susan‘Glaspell
Josephine ‘Herbst
MacKinley Kantor
Cornelia Meigs
Jay G. Sigmund
Carl van Vechten
Margaret Wilson
Marriage secrecy request tied to Joplin office vault case
Charles Homan of Tulsa and Miss Lorraine Thompson of Joplin sought a secret wedding. They persuaded Frank Armstrong, a justice of the peace, to perform the ceremony in his office vault.
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Joplin, Mo
Charles Homan
Tulsa
Okla
Lorraine Thompson
Joplin
Frank Armstrong
Karpis and Campbell Suspected In Chicago Bank HoldUp
Alvin (Public Enemy No 1) Karpis and Harry Campbell, last Dillinger gang members, are being hunted in the Chicago area after Oak Lawn Trust bank clerks partially identify them as two robbers who took 2500 dollars. Police note disguises and plastic surgery hinder identification. James Larsen arrested as a suspect. seven pistols, a sledge hammer, disguises and 700 dollars found in his apartment. Bank doors kept locked. robbers entered posing as a priest.
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Chicago
INS
Alvin Karpis
Harry Campbell
Dillinger
Oak Lawn Trust and Savings Bank
James Larsen
Larsen
Robbers Test Instruments After Window Break In
Three men shattered a plate glass window to enter a loop music store in Chicago. They briefly played saxo phones while a third man accompanied on an accordion before fleeing. A night watchman dismissed the sounds as wind.
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Chicago
Rose Marie Held Over At Paramount Despite Blizzard
Hundreds phoned Paramount to extend Rose Marie starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. The blizzard and cold wave kept crowds away, but the theater announced the show will run through Thursday with the grand outdoor Sierra scenes and top singing. Also screening a color cartoon Music Memories and Iowa news flashes. Splendor will return soon. Magnificent Obsession with Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor set for Friday.
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Paramount Theater
Rose Marie
Jeanette MacDonald
Nelson Eddy
Paramount
Sierra Nevada
Iowa
Irene Dunne
Robert Taylor
Warner Bros Plans A Midsummer Night's Dream Roadshow
Warner Bros backs Max Reinhardt's film with top cast including James Cagney Dick Powell Joe E Brown Jean Muir and Mickey Rooney. Cedar Rapids hosts four reserved seat screenings this week as production stages and elaborate sets are prepared with world renowned collaborators and a new screen artistry standard.
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Warner Bros
Max Reinhardt
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Theater
Jack Warner
William Dieterle
James Cagney
Paris
Felix Mendelssohn
Max Ree
Professor Reinhardt
Anton Grot
Warn
Er Bros
Reinhardt
City Hall caissons give cold benefit to workers
Workers on the new city hall foundations in Kansas City crawl into 40 foot caissons where the temperature is in the 50s while ground level stays near zero. The cool subsurface air provides a welcome break from the cold city weather.
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Kansas City
Theaters Showings Across The City
Paramount features Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy in Rose Marie. Ann Harding and Bert Marshall star in The Lady Consents, Preston Foster and Jane Wyatt in Were Only Human. The Broadway Wagon on stage, Melody Lingers On on screen with Josephine Hutchinson and George Houston. Fredric March and Merle Oberon headline The Dark Angel at Palace with Kent Taylor and Arline Judge in College Scandal. Gene Autry stars in The Sagebrush Troubadour at Rialto with George Brent and Bette Davis in Special Agent. Let Em Have It with Richard Arlen and Virginia Bruce and Hooray for Love with Ann Southern and Gene Raymond at Olympic.
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Paramount
Jeanette MacDonald
Nelson Eddy
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John L. McCreery
New York
Delhi
Delaware
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Towa
Karpis
Campbell
Robbers Toot Sax
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Prictsa
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DSSS
Song of the
Nelaos Eddy
Reginald Owen
Allan Jones
James Stewart
Alan‘ Mowbray
Gilda Gray
Metro-Goldwyn-Maeyer
Pictare
Tmau
Ata Ted
Teme T
Sam Lulle
Dark Angel
Kent Taylor-Ariine
Rialto
CourRy
Twe Star
George Brent
Betie Davis
Keen
Keen's
William
Uraro
Trafic
Murray Murdock
N.Y. Rangers
Murray
Frank Buck
B. J. Rarnclée Tob. Co
Winston-Salem, N. C
Walter O'Keefe
Deane Janis
Ted Husing
Glen Gray
Casa Loma Orchestra
Aveer
WABC
Columbia Network
Wesnee Bree
Dai
Suarespeals
Iooowa
Maddie Ees
Abe Abel
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