Marion High Girls' Sextet to Perform Thursday Evening
Marion high School announces a Thursday 7 30 p m program in Lincoln School auditorium directed by Miss Rose Wilcox. The event features the girls sextet with two piano numbers readings vocal solos flute and tuba solos plus other musical acts. The public is invited free of charge and the program replaces the usual operetta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion High ‘School
Rose Wilcox
Lincoln School
Mountains
The
Sextet
Moszkowski
Frank Plack
Anna Helen Martin
Lois Stitzel
Verle Breed
Edna Roberts
Stuart
Robert Smith
Blatt
Ruth Murphey
Lawrence Gordon
Robert Titus
Reading
Eileen Ferreter
Pomposo
Hayes
Melvin Oldfather
MacDowell
Mmell
Brahms
Banjo
Dichmont
Holloway
Mary Lockwood
Elinor Kendall
Ruth Engstrom
Virgin
Roger
Strickland
Wilson
Elizabeth Sloss
Janet Lothian
Margaret Carson
Loraine Cruise
Ruth Stanton
Man who feared being placed on spot is sentenced
Elmer Mc Donald confessed to three Des Moines robberies after fearing a Chicago bootlegger would put him on the spot for an unpaid $8 liquor bill. He pled guilty to robbing a grocery store and was sentenced to ten years in the state penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Elmer McDonald
Chicago
State
McDonald
Iowa
High Wind Blamed For Plane Crash Kills Iowa Pilot
A plane crash near Freeman killed H C Davis of Winner and his brother Vernon Davis of Onawa Iowa. Reported by AP the cause was high wind. The two were returning from Sioux Falls after Christmas when the ship in excellent condition spun down six miles north of Freeman. H C Davis held a private pilot license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winner
S. D
H C Davis
Vernon Davis
Onawa
Davis
Sioux Falls
Freeman
Winner Flyer
West Liberty services for Ernest Carr named
Funeral services set for Ernest Carr in West Liberty at 2 30 p.m. Monday. Carr, 46, died Saturday after a six month illness. He was born June 5 1886 at Riverside and married Rita Long in 1911. they had son Forrest. He later married Bella Lybarger in 1925 and survives include two brothers H E Carr of West Liberty and E T Carr of Manhattan Kan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Ernest Carr
Riverside
Rita Long
Mohr Kan
Forrest Carr
Mr. Carr
Bella Lybarger
Cedar Rapids
H E. Carr
E. T Carr
Manhattan
Kan Edgewood
Woodman Lodge
Fred Sherman
A. J Eaton
R. C. Wheeler
George S Jones
Stanley Elliot
William Kramer
Arthur Barton
R. C. Cocking
Vinton
Benton County District Court
Clarence Nichols
Washington
William Thomas Eckels
Merle Eckels
Ohio
James
Emma Ross Eckels
Iowa
Alice Saville
Merle
Nora Engle
Zion
H E. Bruce
Fort Hall
Idaho
W. Hardwick
Pierre
Charles
John
Atlantic
Wade Meyers
Thomas Simpson
Charles Cherry
Mary Eckels
Anita Eckels
Jones Funeral Home
FP. W. Eastwood
Seven Steps for Economic Recovery from Murphy Speech
Murphy urges drastic remedies to revive agriculture facing foreign competition. He calls for government backed acreage reduction, excise on imported oils, tariff safeguards against currency depreciation, mortgage relief, tax cuts on farms, war debt settlements, and repurposing surplus land into industrial raw materials. Industry collaboration boosts agricultural contributions to recovery.
Social card party notes from Edgewood gatherings
Edgewood society items report the Five Hundred club's Wednesday event with Henry May and F H Stalnaker winning first and second prizes. A Happy Circle party followed at James Corre home with members, spouses, and families attending cards recitations and games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Hansel
Five Hundred Club
Henry May
F. H. Stalnaker
Charles Peters
Ralph Pilgrim
Veryl Madison
Theo. W. Lichter
Bess Arthur
Happy Circle Club
E. G. Battin
Dewey Beddow
Fred Sherman
Bryan Sherman
Correll
Agnes Amling
Clair Sherman
John Lucey
Oelwein
Births and a Whitman note from early Wells Minnesota page
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Polaschek of Wells Minnesota welcomed a daughter Jeannine Clara born December 19 in Wells. Formerly of Kenwood Park the Polascheks now reside here. Also born a daughter Joan Marie to Frank J L Miller Jr at 1225 Fourth Street SE on January 7. A son Jack Wilbert was born January 6 to M W Roray of Waveland Drive NW. Walt Whitman served as Treasury clerk from 1865 to 1873 after being dismissed from the Interior Department for Leaves of Grass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Polaschek
Wells, Minn
Jeannine Clara
Polascheks
Kenwood Park
Frank J L. Miller
Fourth Street
Joan Marie
M. W. Rowray
Waveland Drive
Jack Wilbert
Walt Whitman
Treasury Department
Interior Department
Knapp Fairbanks Nuptials Held at Bertram Home
The marriage of Oma Winnifred Knapp to William A. Fairbanks took place at the Bertram home of her parents with Rev. E T Gough performing the ceremony. Attendants were Roy Morning and his wife. Out of town guests arrived from Anamosa Cedar Rapids Mount Vernon Central City and Iowa City. A wedding feast followed and a later shower honored several relatives at the Mount Vernon Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertram
Perry Knapp
Oma Winnifred Knapp
William A. Fairbanks
Ray Fairbanks
Anamosa
E. T. Gough
Mount Vernon
Roy Morning
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa High School
J. W. Blaine
Mary Harman
Evelyn Harman
Margaret Knapp
Robert
Margaret
Ruth
Sara Weaver
Marvin
Albert Comley
Jeanette
Helen Comley
Central City
Thames Sizer
Clarence Hayes
Fairbanks
Ladies Aid Society
Methodist Church
Gerald Butterfield
Ruth Hayes
Marguerite Knapp
Martelle
William Fairbanks
Oma Knapp
Local Social News and Marriages in Arlington Area
A shower and reception honored Doris daughter of R C Smith for her marriage to Wallace Nelson of Strawberry Point on December 24 at Manchester. The couple will reside with Doris’s parents. Will King hosted the South Side Community club with new officer slate. Fairfield township farm bureau met at the Opera house then held a benefit dance. L I C elected officers at Mrs C F Welsh home with Mrs Harry Crawford as president and others serving. Lyle Hetzel and wife plan Cedar Rapids move as Hetzel directs a service station. Mary Neelans, prior Galena IL marriage, is his wife in the new household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Smith
Doris
Wallace Nelson
Strawberry Point
Manchester
Will King
South Side Community Club
Will Anderson
George Bales
George Lickiss
Harley Carnes
Rube Paul
Cedar Rapids
Hetzel
Montour Women Honored At Marshalltown Gathering
Montour residents attended a miscellaneous show er hosted by Mrs. George Sturtz in Marshalltown. Attendees included Mrs. Frank Sturtz Mrs. J W Cronk Mrs. J M Buchanan and many other local women. Frank Vana Jr celebrated Mrs. Frank Vana Jr s sixty eighth birthday with a family dinner at her home in Montour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Sturtz
George Sturtz
Marshalltown
Montour
Frank Sturtz
J. W. Cronk
J. M. Buchanan
A. J. Banks
R. M. Collar
J. M. Cooper
Arthur Hoskey
J. D. Collar
A. D. Paxton
Donovan Hines
Orval Paxton
Greenfield
Rudolph Vana
Des Moines
Riverside Lodge Installations and Social Cards Highlights
More than 100 attended the joint installation of Rebekah and Odd Fellow lodges with Deputy Grand Master C. L. Green and Deputy President Mrs. Ruth Bull presiding. Officers in both lodges were named, with visitors from Washington and Wellman. Other society items include Delta Delt bridge club hosting guests and Rosary Society card party events at St. Mary’s parish hall featuring multiple prize winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah
Odd Fellow
C. L. Green
Ruth Bull
Wellman
Washington
Odd Fellows Lodge
Noble Grand
Alva Workman
C. W. Ingram
G. W. Godlove
Harold Younkin
Roy Flynn
Allen Younkin
V. G
Mollie Hahn
L. S
Elizabeth Florang
Mary Walton
Gladys Bates
John L. Deutsch
Delta
Rosary Society
St. Mary's Parish
Gerald Welte
John Ricopfer
Gilbert Schneider
William GriMin
Cacre
Robert Beatch
R. A. Knittel
Fred C. Kron
E. F. Wheelan
Leo Linder
Hazel Workman
Local Society and Lodge Elections Reported
Mount Auburn Ladies Aid elected President Mrs Nel lie Rice and officers at a church meeting. Cemetery Association chose Irene Coots as president and Lizzie Hill as vice president. I C O F and Rebekah lodges installed new officers led by Glenn Corbett and Effie Cleckner respectively. The American Legion and Auxil iary plan a Tuesday supper meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church
Nellie Rice
Bernice Healy
Letha Peterson
Edna Healy
Cemetery Association
Irene Coots
Lizzie Hill
Cora Preston
Gott
Rebekah
Glenn Corbett
Vinton
Frank Greenwalt
Noble Grand
George Call
George Schnoon
Ivan Gingrich
Walter Swalley
Rebekahs
Effie Cleckner
Belle Plaine
Helen Struve
Ella Smalley
Stella Welton
Mae Lormor
Lulu Hams
The
American Legion and Auxiliary
Two Slightly Hurt In Auto Accident
Two people were slightly injured in a 4:30 p m Saturday auto crash at Third Street and Eighth Avenue SW. Thomas Smith suffered a cut to his right leg, while Mrs. Andrew Lorenzen bruised her leg. Each blamed the other, with Smith alleging Lorenzen ran the curb after hitting a tree and Lorenzen claiming he was through the intersection and forced to the curb to avoid the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Street
Eighth Avenue
Thomas Smith
Twelfth Avenue
Andrew Lorenzen
Smith
Lorenzen
Playwriting Winners To Be Announced January Fifteenth
The Community Players will name three winning plays from a December 31 contest. Judges are Harry Boyd Sister Mary Josephine and Prof. W H Ogburn. Fifty manuscripts came from seventeen towns including Mount Vernon Ames Des Moines Cedar Rapids and Seattle with cash prizes of 25 10 and 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Boyd
The
Gazette
Mary Josephine
Mount Mercy Junior College
W. H. Ogburn
Coe College
Mount Vernon
Bellevue
Dubuque
Martelle
Elkader
Belle Plaine
Center Point
Iowa City
Ames
Des Moines
Centerville
Seattle
Wash
Marion
Cedar Falls
Cedar Rapids
Edward Sheehy
Rush Of False Alarms Break Four Easy Fire Days
After four quiet days with no alarms the fire department answered several calls. At 1:35 p.m. Saturday Company 4 responded to a false alarm on Twelfth avenue and Tenth street SE, followed by a second false alarm for Company 5 on the same blocks. At 2:04 p.m. Company 6 fought a grass fire on Meadowbrook drive and Thirtieth street SE for about an hour. A still alarm to corn stalks on Mount Vernon avenue SE came at 2:35 p.m. by Company 4, then Company 5 tackled a grass fire half a mile south on highway 161.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twelfth Avenue
Tenth Street
Meadowbrook Drive
Thirtieth Street
Company No. 4
Mount Vernon Avenue
Thirty-first Street
Company No. 5
Iowa Alumni Association Plans Election by Mail
The University of Iowa alumni association prepares a mail ballot election with 21 000 ballots to go out Feb 1. Two nominees for each office will appear on the ballot. Election results and new officers including a president two vice presidents and eleven nominating committee members will be announced by May 1 and take office at the June 3 annual meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa Alumni Association
F. G. Higbee
Robert J. Bannister
Des Moines
Swallowing Fish Bone Causes Farmer Peter Ramsey’s Death
Peter E. Ramsey 59 a local farmer died Friday night after an infection from a swallowed fish bone. Ramsey lived in the area and his death is attributed to complications from the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter E. Ramsey
Funeral arrangements for Ole Barlow oldest Winneshiek resident
Funeral services are set for Ole Barlow 94 a Winneshiek county resident who died Friday He came here from Norway and was noted as the county s oldest resident in local reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Necorah
Ole Barlow
Winneshiek County
Norway
Warns Against Glib Stranger Who Failed To Pay Board
Mrs. Jennie Stringer of 120 Tenth Street NW warns of a glib young man who rented room and board for over a week then left without paying. About 26, light brown eyes, brown hair, 116 pounds, well dressed in a black velvet collar coat, no hat. Claiming work for a New York firm, he traveled from Peoria to Cedar Rapids by bus, awaited a check, then disappeared Thursday. He spoke convincingly and sought mail at the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Stringer
Tenth Street
Unlocked 1931 Chevrolet Stolen From Downtown Lot
Bert Puckett reports his 1931 Chevrolet coupe with license 57-18884 was stolen from Third Avenue near Third Street SE around 4:30 p.m. after leaving the car unlocked with the ignition key in place. Police note the downtown district theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Puckett
Third Avenue
Puckett
Third Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marion News
Fred C. Newlin
Seventeenth Street
Jane Helen
Virginia Fairley
Joanne Miller
Geraldine Smith
Louise Smith
Galatha White
Marian Spence
Marilyn Fontaine
Kathryn Katz
Donna McCalley
Elaine Mitchell
Jane Helen Newlin
Masonic Temple
Cedar and Malta
Mardon
Maude Keyser
Lester Scott
Martin’s Creek
R. J. Martin
Waverly
Myrtle Snyder
T. J. Davis
Emery J Miller
Tennyson Club
Delbert Pugh
A A Schenken
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Public Library
Oo O. P. and
Sorosis
Reading Circle
Frank Flack
Grove City Rebekah
F. Hall
Bertha Barnes
Rural Garden Club
Bert Gibson
St Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Picayune
George Mickel
Pleasant Grove Community Club
Harley McGowan
West Eighth Avenue
A _ pien
B. ¥. P. U. of the Baptist Church
Capella Blue Bird Group
Excelsior Agriculture and Literary Club
C. R. Creglon
Cc. E. Blinks
R. J. Williams
Henry Ford
Musical
C M. Robison
Lighth Street
Anton Heinrich
William HH. Fry
George F. Bristow
Junior Arts Association
Linn
Marion Community Club
Milwaukee Railroad Women's Club
Memorial Hall
FE. L. Sinclair
Catherine
Osage
George Barnoske
Celan H. Rollins
F J. Cleveland
Omaha
John Briggle
Methodist Sunday School
John Taylor
Ellis Boulevard
Woman's Progressive Club
Dry Creek
Robert Sloan
Eleanor Fisher
W. E. Fisher
Margaret Paul
Gary
Ind
Ann Paul
W E. Lothian
Sorosis Club
Whitman
Karl Kendall
Richard Gibson
Clinton
Dorothy Beach
Waterloo
Mr Gibson
South
Gibson
Mildred Sloan
C B Vernon
Twelfth Street
Cary Club
Harriette Clark
Marion High School
W R. Barber
525 Tenth Street
J L. Papes
Ninth Avenue
Marion Linn
B . Mentzer
A. J Taube
Prine
J E Bromwell
John Killen
Sunday
California
F. J. Cleveland
Bess Skipton
Council Bluffs
Fred Liddle
Order of DeMolay
Elmer Seevell
C. E. McCannon
G. O. Pyle
R. E. Lehdigh
L. R. Blackledge
A. R. Schenkens
Bernard Schenken
A. R. Schenken
Manila
P. I
A. R. Black
Minnie Schenken
Hugo Schenken
A. A. Schenken
Albert Warren
Eileen
Carold Roberts
Herman Koch
Will Koch
R. L. Runkle
Dorothy Drake
Winicket
Boy Scout
Cepyricht
Iowa News
Murphy
Tidewater
Argentine
New York
North Dakota
New Zealand
San Francisco
America
Philippine Islands
Tariff Commission
Sweden
Great Britain
Edgewood
Harry Nesler
E. E. Blythe
Emma Deutsch
Inez Mannion
Clement Mottet
W. H. Cress
J. P. Quinn
Harold Cress
Arlington
Mount Auburn
Ada
the Gazette
Messinger & Sons
Richards
Richards College Prim'cy
T. D. Morley
16Th Ave
Diamonds Town Loan Co
Mullin
Kissich’s
3Rd St
the Shack
C Point Road
Lillian Luchy
Vanity Beauty Salon
3Rd Ave
Alta R. Duncan
Dial
Thomassen
Helene Beauty Shop
MONA
Marcels
Paris Academy of Beauty
Hawkeye Tin Shop
Holland Furnace Company
Keline-Gregor Co
Oakwood
Russell
Ave
Kitterman's
Business College Air
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!