Iowan Grotto Association Holds First Picnic Event
About 1,100 people attended the Iowa State Grotto association’s first annual picnic at Ellis park. Otto Puls was elected president, with WN J Versteeg of Des Moines as former leader. Officers named include Claude Sparks, Matthew Merrill, Thomas Hardiman, George Evans, and Frank Andrews. Contests, sports, and a band concert accompanied the day.
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Otto FL Puls
Dubuque
Iowa State Grotto Association
Ellis Park
Puls
WN. J. Versteeg
Des Moines
Claudes. Sparks
Council Bluffs
Matthew G. Merrill
Davenport
Thomas Hardiman
Cedar Rapids
George S. Evans
Frank M. Andrews
Ollie
Grotto
Iowa
Ottumwa
Joliet
Belle Plaine
Crossword Clue Puzzle Teases Readers with Names
Amy and Judy confront a family note puzzle ending with a line about new sister in law and invitations for a dinner to introduce the latest Mrs. Carter as the week closes. The exchange hints at a social calendar and a growing wedding connection.
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Amy
Carter
Judy
Vera
Stan
Judith
Mrs. Carter
Amy Excha
Lana
Vera Carter
Judy Carter Prepares for Dinner Party Amid Family Tensions
Judy steps into Stan Carter's world as she is fitted for a debut dress by Madame Esmee and readies for a high society dinner. Stan battles mood swings while Judy faces Vera and Amy's scrutiny and Nick's return.
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Judy
Vera
Madame Esmee
Amy
Stan
Martha
Madame Carter
Mr. Stanley
Miss Judy
Journey Begins in a Turbulent California Wedding
Judith Denning, an easterner, marries Stanley Carter the son of a wealthy California family. On the wedding night a drunken Stan reveals a darker side and calls himself a man in hell, then shows remorse. In Stan’s home Jody meets a cold reception and spots a silver framed portrait of Eunice Wilson, a married friend of his sister.
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Judith Denning
Stanley Carter
California
Stan
Judy
Hell
Jody
Eunice Wilson
Meeting with the old autocrat’s quarters shock Judy
Willie Willis climbs to the third story and enters the private rooms of the autocrat. Martha escorts Judy to a barred invitation only space where Madame Carter sits enthroned and a mysterious man, Stan’s half brother Nick, sits nearby.
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Martha
Madame Carter
Judy
Stan
Nick
Rock Island shopmen strike grows to six hundred twelve
Forty stationary engineers, fire men and oilers joined the Rock Island strike yesterday, bringing total strikers to 612. Work resumed behind barbed wire entanglements with workers fed in dining cars. Ohio relations, not applicable, details remain unclear.
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Rock Island
Helen V. Tufts
Eugene Schenefelt
H. F. Milligan
William C. Carpenter
Rock Island Railroad
Greene
John B. Northcott
Local Injuries and Obituaries Mention Community Figures
Henry F. Brecht suffered a deep head cut from a sidewalk fall at First Avenue and Fourth Street. Mrs. W. G. Crowder learned of her father Judge L. E. Fellows’s death in Lansing. he was a renowned Iowa attorney. Miss Margaret Warren departed for Rapids City Manitoba for a several weeks visit. Fred Stark, injured on a Fourth Avenue residence project, was struck on the head by a timber fragment.
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Joe Dvorak
Paul Machovsky
Packing Brothers
James Gallagher
North Western
First Avenue West Cross
Iowa Homeopathic Society
C. H. Cogswell
Cedar Rapids
Fremont
San Francisco
Miss Madelle
Atlantic City
N. J
Henry F. Brecht
First Avenue
Fourth Street
W. G. Crowder
L. E. Fellows
Lansing
Iowa
Margaret Warren
Rapids City
Manitoba
Fred Stark
Fourth Avenue
Stark kin returns from California fruit ranch task
Robert Stark, son of Mr and Mrs Theodore Stark, has come back from California where he managed a fruit ranch owned by his father.
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Robert Stark
Theodore Stark
California
Just Folks The Work Of Summer
Poem fragment describes summer as a worker delivering seeds and grain, its task fulfilled by autumn. It compares summer to a father completing duties and leaving treasures for those loved ones. The text reflects seasonal labor and quiet pride in effort.
New Group of Boys at Camp Wapsie Opens Cedar Rapids Cedar
More than 100 boys occupy Camp Wapsie on the Wapsie river for the Cedar Rapids camp’s sixth season. The camp will welcome Pioneers and younger boys with instruction from leaders including Biderman Bonsib Blahnik Coffman and many others listed among the junior and senior staff.
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Wapsie-Y
Wapsie River
Cedar Rapids
Ole
Taeanleae
Biderman
Bonsib
Bob Blahnik
Irge
Coffman
Bud Capron
Drahovzal
Donald Durland
Sonny Darling
Donald Dunbar
Richard Hale
Grant Hale
Walter Hale
Thomas Herbeck
Mathew Herebeck
Jack Ham
Clayten Ee
Calvin Jenkins
Sam Jackson
Clark Jennings
Robert Jensen
Carl Koehn
William Kirn
William Kelsey
Adolph Kobylak
LaVerne Kuehl
Billy Lattner
Curtis Layton
Junior Lentz
John Lentz
John Linsley
Kenneth Lindsay
Charles McCrory
William Moehler
Charles Moehiler
Don Mackay
Richard Mackay
Fred Miller
LaVerne McNiel
Billy Mills
Lawrence Moel
Eugene Smith
James Holmes
Bill Holmes
Hubert Miller
Max McArthur
Franklin McConkey
Greer McCrory
Louis Edward Nelson
Harold Orr
John Pickford
David Pickford
Louis Pecek
George Ruffin
Duane Ruffin
Robert Suchomel
LeRoy Swiser
Bob Scriven
Craig Seeley
Bill Scri
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W. H. Stepanek
Duck Pond
Davenport Patrol
Monarch L. W. Herdlicka
R. J. Hurka
Earl Davis
Ambar
Paramount
Lionel Barrymore
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STATE
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Wynne Gibson
Pat O’brien
Rialto
Buck Jones
Rio Grande
North Pole
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Jewel
Mexico
Flowers of
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Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
Rex Research
Rex Res
Tommyrot
Stan Carter
Lockwood
Summerfield
Aunt Hetty
Rosamond
Glass
Judy Denning
Albert Dorwe
Gill
Willie Willis
Babe Ruth
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Vitaphone
Wellman
Ted Price
Wiini
R. K
Oakwood Pavilion
Sharon
Wellman Rock Road
Washington Masquerade
Karen Morley
Nils Asther
Mickey Mouse
Ethel Merman
DR. Harmon
Minneapolis
Dr. W. KR. Harmon
Killian
Edgar A. Guest
Camp Wapsie
Nape
Viking
Swisher Pavilion
Electric Park Ballroom
Waterloo
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