Four Cedar Rapids Doughboys Recall World War I Front Memories
Exchange stories recount four Cedar Rapids buddies in Company C 168th Infantry sharing Feb 22 1918 horror and courage in northern France. They remember gas attacks, prisoner tales, rescues, letters home, and kinship forged by war, ending with a wish to never repeat its brutality.
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Cedar Rapids
168Th Infantry
France
Ageatn
Wilburt Matus
Company C
Madamoiselle
Linn Republican Women Luncheon And Organization Meeting
Linn county Republican women plan a Dutch treat luncheon Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the Montrose hotel coffee shop followed by an organization meeting to name officers and committee members. All Republican women in the county invited. For more information call Mrs. O. J. Elsenbast at 29869.
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Linn County
Montrose Hotel
O. J. Elsenbast
Coe Alumni Dinner Highlights West Coast Campaign Event
Coe College alumni and friends gathered in Los Angeles for a campaign dinner with Dr. Harry M. Gage as principal speaker. The event featured color films of campus life and honored Southern California alumni officers led by Lester E. Hitchcock. A San Francisco dinner is planned for March 1 with Robert Duckworth presiding.
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Coe
Los Angeles
West Coast
L. K. Gundrum
Harry M. Gage
F. G. Murray
John S. Ely
Herbert Stamats
Cedar Rapids
John Hanson
Waterloo
E. M. Eriksson
Risser Patty
C. O. Bates
H. M. Ward
Ward
S. R. Ferguson
Thomas Scotton
Southern California Coe Alumni Association
Lester E. Hitchcock
Pasadena
Mildred Abil Tucker
Marion C. Hanson
Ben E. Schiller
Gatha Baughn
Palace Hotel
San Francisco
Robert Duckworth
Bay Area
Industrial League Plans April 26 Barn Dance Frolic
The Allied Industrial league unveils its spring show a Barn Dance Frolic on April 26 at Memorial Coliseum with Uncle Ezra as master of ceremonies. A hayloft hayrack scene and There ll be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight headline the stage. Nine committee members including Miss Marianna Sackett and A C Topinka organize costumes and staging. first tryouts March 15 with industrial talent urged to sign up via bulletins or J Wilfrid Lattner at 23121.
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Allied Industrial League
Memorial Coliseum
Social and Dramatic Committee
Ezra
Old Town
Marianna Sackett
Quarker Oats Company
J. Wilfrid Lattner
National Archery Champ To Be At McKinley Monday
Russ Hoogerhyde national archery champion will lecture on The Romance of Archery at McKinley Senior High School at 10 45 a m Monday He is a five time national champion and called the greatest living bowman He will describe longbow days Robin Hood and modern big game bow hunts and then perform a demonstration indoors he shoots from far ends of auditoriums balloons from an assistant's hands two arrows at once from behind his back left handed and an upside down shot.
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Russ Hoogerhyde
McKinley
Hoogerhyde
Robin Hood
Cedar Rapids Airway Gun Club Votes to Dissolve
On February 15, 1940 a special meeting of Cedar Rapids Airway Gun Club Inc. was held after due notice. By a majority of stockholders, the corporation was voted to dissolve. Dr. E. I. Copeland served as secretary-treasurer.
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Cedar Rapids Airway Gun Club, Inc
Lemmon Juice Recipe Claims Fast Rheumatic Pain Relief
Simple home remedy promotes Ru Ex Compound mixed with water and lemon juice as a fast remedy for rheumatic arthritis and neuritis. The ad promises relief within 48 hours, with a money back guarantee if no improvement, and lists May Drug Company and local drug stores as retailers.
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May Drug Company
Good Drug
Three Coe Students Enter Davenport Music Contest
Three Coe college students will compete in the Tri City symphony orchestra contest at Davenport on March 3. Steven Barwick of Lincoln Nebraska and Mary Beth Collister of Cedar Rapids enter the piano division under Prof Max Daehler, while Fannie Paschell of Des Moines competes in violin under Prof Joseph Kitchin. Ruth Webster of Cedar Rapids previously won first place for Coe in a former contest. Barwick will give his own recital at Coe on March 7.
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Coe College
Tri-City
Davenport
Steven Barwick
Lincoln
Neb
Mary Beth Collister
N Avenue NW
Cedar Rapids
Max Daehler
Fannie Paschell
Des Moines
Joseph
First Animals Carried by Balloon in Versailles Flight
The lamb duck and rooster became the first living creatures to ride a balloon when a buoyant craft lifted at Versailles France on September 19 1783.
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Versailles
France
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