Ed Allen Eyes Another Harness Season After Forty Years
Ed Allen a 40 year veteran of harness racing visits Marion as he eyes the upcoming season. He recalls Single G the famed pacer from Marion and his 1922 track clash with Margaret Dillon and Sir Roch while shifting focus to the Eastern Iowa Harness Horse Club revival and a larger state fair circuit. Local riders and horses wintered in Des Moines with names like Bobby Potempkin Mokins Leelike Hunter G and Lee Makins tied to a growing circuit.
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Marion
Indiana
Old Single
W. B. Barefoot
Cambridge City
Ind
Marion Track
Single G
Margaret Dillon
Sir Roch
Iron Horse
Ed Allen
Allen
Mayion
Des Moines
Eastern Iowa Harness Horse Club
E.I.H.H.C
Manchester
Independence
Central City
Monticello
Mount Pleasant
Oskaloosa
Marshalltown
Vinton
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Bobby Potempkin
Peter Potempkin
Ray Betts
Waverly
Perry Mills
Jake McCaleb
State Fair Association
Billy Direct
Napoleon Direct
Clogston
Methodist Ladies Aid divisions plan Wednesday meetings
Marion groups set 2:30 p.m. gatherings at homes on Eighth and Eighteenth streets with hostesses named. Other society notices include banquets, club meetings, and church activities with dates, addresses, and attendees listed.
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Methodist Ladies Aid Society
Comforter
L. M. Phelps
Eighth Street
D. S. Stewart
Myrtle Cunningham
Lula Toms
Rainbow
DeWitt H. Smith
Eighteenth Street
Harvey W. Gipp
Hulda Peterson
Ina Dye Minor
Sunshine
Allathea Seager
Ralph Seager
Fifth Avenue
Loyal
Charles Granger
Sixth Street
Raymond Daun
A. Yocom
George Gillmore
Gleaners
True Blue
A. E. Blinks
Eighth Avenue
Roscoe Blinks
Will Beach
Local guests to report for President's birthday ball
Marion reports requested for the birthday ball with tickets holders to present Monday morning to co chairmen E. E. Parsons or Mrs Grace C Koppen haver. Sub chairmen to meet Monday 2 to 5 p m with general chairman Mrs Anna E Lamey on the persapine floor of the Roosevelt.
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E. E. Parsons
Grace C. Koppenhaver
Marion
Anna E. Lamey
Roosevelt
Surprise housewarming picnic inflames neighbors
Mr and Mrs Howard Mack recently moved to 988 Fourteenth Street and hosted a housewarming picnic Friday with guests including Irvin L Ford Ted Heath Glenn Brooks Harvey Gipp and their children George Judith Ann and Frances Ford A chicken pie dinner was served at the Presbyterian church Thursday evening 35c A West Marion Garden club met Thursday at Mrs Charles Black s home with participants Elmer Neff Henry Gardes and Davis Gott and guest Wayne Holsinger
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Howard Mack
Fourteenth Street
Irvin L. Ford
Ted Heath
Glenn Brooks
Harvey Gipp
George and
Judith Ann
Frances Ford
West Marion
Mrs. George Eaton Hosts Lakeside School District Farm Bureau Meeting
Mrs. George Eaton presided as hostess for a Lakeside school district Farm Bureau follow up gathering on Thursday.
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George Eaton
Lakeside
Farm Bureau
Cornell Student Miss Hamm Spends Weekend with Parents
Miss Blanche Hamm a Cornell student travels with classmates Miss Mildred Winslow Grundy Center and Miss Charla Mae Warner Fort Dodge to the Hamm family home where they will spend the weekend with Mr and Mrs Ernest C Hamm.
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Walter, Cleveland
Iona Cleveland
Des Moines
Aun Cleveland
Frank J. Cleveland
Mrs. Cleveland
Blanche Hamm
Cornell
Mildred Winslow
Grundy Center
Charla Mae Warner
Fort Dodge
Ernest C. Hamm
Local University Students Visit Families and Plan Club Meeting
Robert Titus and John E. Titus, CornKell students, visit parents Mr. and Mrs. H M Titus. The Octo club meets Tuesday at 1 30 p m at Mrs John A Clay’s home 1223 Fourth Avenue for a dessert luncheon. E B Castle and son Irvin Castle plan a Decorah business trip this week. Gaylord Ward Town University student spends mid semester vacation with parents Mr. and Mrs Charles A Ward. William J Tange Town University student visits parents Mr and Mrs LR Lange.
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Book Club
M. W. Courtney
Fifth Avenue
L. R. Fitzgerald
Robert Titus
Iowa University
John E. Titus
Cornell
H. M. ‘Titus
Octo Club
John A. Clay
Fourth Avenue
E.B. Castle
Irvin Castle
Decorah
Gaylord Ward
University of Town
Mrs
Charles A. Ward
William J. Tange
Town University
Mr., Lr, Lange
Marion Post 298 to Host Etag Party Monday Night
Marion Post 298 of the American Legion will host an etag party at 7 30 p m Monday in the Legion hall. Members and their friends are invited to attend.
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Christian Aedeavor
Char
Cedar Rapids
Marion
American Legion
The
Legion Hall
Post
Oxford Club Meets for Science and Religion Discussion
The Oxford club convenes tonight at 6:30 in the church parlor with James Vernon leading the session on Science Applied to Religion. The Epworth League will join. Handicraft club meeting was postponed and Mrs Elmer Hollingsworth hosts today for a family dinner celebrating a birthday.
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Lee Dice
Intermediate League
Virginia Fairley
Oxford Club
James Vernon
Epworth League
Elmer Hollingsworth
Adeliza Daniels
Iowa City Fights Consolidation Plan
The Iowa House schedules debate on the engineering college consolidation issue citing historical context. A 1926 report argued two engineering schools better served students and warned consolidation would raise capital costs and disrupt other university departments.
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Ames
Iowa City
Edward C. Elliott
Purdue University
George F. Zook
Education
Samuel P. Capen
Bureau of Education
Nall
Chamber
Iowa
University of Iowa
House of Representatives
Engineering College
Mickey Mouse Record in Bridgeport Plastic Production
Bridgeport, Conn. reports over 20 million molded plastic products featuring Mickey Mouse and his crew have been produced in the past three years marking a major toy and novelty output milestone.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Mickey Mouse
Marengo Masons Dedicate Their New Temple Monday
The Marengo Masons dedicate a new $30,000 temple Monday, led by Grand Master Realiz Otteson of Davenport. Cedar Rapids Grand Secretary C Hunt and local officers assist as 25 neighboring chapters are invited. An opening 3:30 dinner precedes ceremony with Cedar Rapids Masonic Quartet. building is 52 by 66 feet near the old temple. Open house follows Tuesday 7 to 10 pm with tours of the lounge, dining room, and chapter spaces and a completion of dedication program details by committee.
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Marengo
Marengo Masons
Realiz Otteson
Davenport
C. Hunt
Cedar Rapids
Grand Santretary
Eastern Star
Cedar ‘Rapids
Masonic
Atk
Masons
Eastern
Becker
Ole
Olson
Bacon Leib
cEe T8
Lolis
Robert Scindridge
Henry L. ‘Fisk
Robert Scott :Company
Albert “Len. Minn4
L. M
Colbornson
Lon Bigbee
Paul “Wandling
Douglas
Waddell
Mount Vernon College Girl Builds Foreign Doll Collection
Harriet Lowe Cornell freshman and Mount Vernon resident collects dolls from around the world. Her growing set includes items from Greece Egypt England the Philippines Scotland Mexico and the United States with a thistledown doll the smallest at one inch.
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Mt. Vernon
Mount Vernon
Harriet Lowe
Cornell
R. H. Lowe
Harriet
Mason
Philippine Islands
Rome
Jerusalem
Greece
Egypt
England
Philippines
Scotland
Mexico
United States
Miss Lowe
South China
Baxter
Winifred Lupton
Lowe
Iowa Capitol Faces Farm Legislation Push Amid Fresh Fronts
At the Iowa Capitol a legislator notes bills shaping farm relief, including tax exemptions for horses and mules, restricted landlord liens, and mortgage foreclosures reform. A farm-market road bill and farm tenancy committee action are awaited as air and tech upgrades mix with historic surroundings.
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Supreme Court
Iowa
Board of Assessment and Review
Senator Berg Often Answers Here Then Switches to Aye
The Cedar Falls Republican senator John P. Berg sometimes replies Here during roll calls and quickly changes to Aye or No to ease peers' sour looks amid a heated legislative session with constant milling around.
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John P. Berg
Cedar Falls
Senate Power Touted Amid Trope of Concentration
In a debate on rules Senator Edward Breen notes how the term concentration camp is used to describe the upper chamber. He argues the senate mirrors the house in power but is concentrated in 50 members versus 107 men and one woman in the house.
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Edward Breen
Senate
House
Senators Endorse Rules Reform Despite Private Dissent
Several senate members who voted for the rules committee report admitted privately they were not enthusiastic about the changes. They disliked being bound by a caucus, but went along for the sake of party harmony.
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Senate
Rules Committee
Senate and House Pages Eye Coat Color Cost Debate
Senate pages wear red coats and House pages wear blue. Lawmakers fear a balk on paying for coats, a issue last seen two years ago when members covered the purple sweaters worn by pages in 1937.
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Senate
House
Reformatory’s Underground System Cuts Coal Use and Expands Heat
Warden Frazer backs a tunnel network connecting major buildings at the Iowa Reformatory. The new high vacuum heating system reduces coal consumption, lowers steam pressure needs, and supports a broader distribution network. Inmates gain skills as welders electricians and machine tenders while canning operations serve 15 state institutions and process thousands of pounds of produce annually.
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Frazier
T. J. Powers
Reformatory
Frazer
State of
Iowa
Hawkeye
Aste To & Run
H. W. Zeigler
What Cheer and Muscating
Canning Factory
Iowa Car Dealers Report Record December Sales Since 1937
Iowa tax board reports December new car sales exceeded 7.8 million dollars the best since April 1937 aided by the use tax. The use tax yielded 157 461 dollars in the auto division. First Christmas quarter sales tax returns show merchants average 71 17 on 25 211 returns for the three months ending December 31.
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Iowa
Hughes To Speak At Cornell Commencement
Bishop Hughes of Washington DC will deliver the commencement address at Cornell college on June 5. The speaker, a former Cornell guest in 1932, holds degrees from Ohio Wesleyan Boston University Syracuse and DePauw and is the author of several books including Are You An Evangelist.
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Earl E. Harper
Methodist Brotherhood
Harper
School of Fine Arts
University of Iowa
Simpson College
Indianola
General Aid Society
Bradley Orchestra
C. A. Bradley
Dan Cory
Anna Webber
Edna Roberts
Floyd Robson
R. C. Booth
Mount Vernon
Edewin Holt Hughes
Washington, D. C
Cornell College
H. J. Burgstahler
Bishop Hughes
Ohio Wesleyan
Boston University
Syracuse
de Pauw
Cornell
Evangelist
Farmers Market Ad Sells Cow and Calf in Three-Day Run
A January 24 25 and 26 want ad for a cow and calf attracted fifteen prospective buyers. The Farmers Market listing drew quick inquiries as buyers sought the livestock pair.
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Gazette
Towa
Tama
Renton
Laws
Jobson
Cedar
Jones, Linn
Dela
Buchanan
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Picayune District
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Twelfth Street
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Tenth Street
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