Lusitania wreck search narrows to Orphir area with diver plans
Archives recount Captain Turner fixing the Lusitania’s 8 30 west 51 25 north position and estimate wreck location near Brow Head Baltimore bay Galley head and Cape Clear. Captain Russell of the Orphir marks buoyed possible sites while awaiting safer seas to mount diving expeditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphir
Bestic
Lusitania
Turner
Brow Head
Baltimore Bay
Galley Head
Cape Clear
Luitania
Russell
London
Kinsale
Vinton Motorcyclist Injured Near La Porte
LA PORTE CITY William Mc Kinley of Vinton was thrown in a ditch when his new motorcycle left the pavement driving north on 218 near La Porte. He was treated by a local physician and then at Presbyterian Hospital Waterloo. Washington Milburn McKay, longtime director of the Washington high school instrumental organizations and municipal band, resigns to join Oskaloosa schools next year. He leaves a 50 piece high school band and 65 piece high school orchestra behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Porte
William McKinley
Vinton
Presbyterian
Washington
Milburn McKay
Washington Municipal Band
Oskaloosa
McKay
Cedar Falls
Notable 1925 Gazette items recall cold cedar Rapids and local events
In 1925 Cedar Rapids endures a cold snap with 44 degrees after a heat wave. A barge picnic tragedy claims Miss Tillie Vondracek who died dancing onboard. Other items note Miss Ellen Douglas heading to a Waterloo tournament, students at Ames, speeders urged to be jailed, travels of Edward C. Clark Jr., a new march for Iowa guards, and local business moves including a storage plant and organ bench factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Tillie Vondracek
Fair
Ellen Douglas
Douglas
Charlevoix
Mich
Edward C. Clark, Jr
Seattle
Charles H. Clark
Long Beach
Charles Fraser
Iowa National Guard
A. J. Ramsay
Balcom Luberger
Nichols, Minn
Ramsay
Mrs. Luberger
C. L. Sherwood
John Nye
Six Local Men Join Fort Des Moines CMTC Contingent
Cedar Rapids and Center Point residents form Linn county group at the Citizens Military Training Camp Fort Des Moines July 10 to August 8. Cadet Sergeant James R Woodruff of 412 Nineteenth Street SE leads a six man local unit including Maurice Barker Robert R Clark Frederik George Raymond W Dahms and Harold W Heckart with Charles E Neighbor from Center Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Center Point
Linn County
Citizens Military Training Camp
Fort Des Moines
James R. Woodruff
Nineteenth Street
Woodruff
Maurice Barker
C Avenue
Robert R. Clark
B Avenue
Frederik George
Sixth Street
Raymond W. Dahms
Harold W. Heckart
Charles E. Neighbor
Keeper of Bees at Iowa Tuesday
Gene Stratton Porter's Keeper of Bees screens at the Iowa theater on a twin feature program with Neil Hamilton and Betty Furness in the leads. The California coastal backdrop sets a faithful port of the Porter novel adapted from a work selling over 1.5 million copies. Also shown is Nancy Carroll and George Murphy in After the Dance with a nightclub murder plot and a masked dancer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Stratton Porter
Neil Hamilton
Betty Furness
Iowa
California
Porter
Edith Fellowes
Hobart Bosworth
Helen Jerome Eddy
Marion Shilling
Nancy Carroll
George Murphy
Murphy
Miss Carroll
Movie theater listings for Paramount Palace Rialto Olympic
Theaters show Shirley Temple in Curly Top with John Boles and Rochelle Hudson at Paramount. Boris Karloff in The Black Room and School for Girls starring Anne Shirley and Paul Kelly play in Iowa. Gary Cooper, Walter Huston, Mary Brian star in The Virginian. Ruggles of Red Gap with Charles Laughton and Mary Boland. Pursued with Rosemary Ames and Victor Jory. Kay Francis and Warren William in Living on Velvet at Rialto Buck Jones in The Texas Ranger at Olympic. The Whole Towns Talking with Edward G Robinson and Jean Arthur and One More River with Diana Wynyard and Colin Clive.
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Paramount
Shirley Temple
Curly Top
John Boles
Rochelle Hudson
Iowa
Boris Karloff
Anne Shirley
Paul Kelly
School For Girls
STATE
Gary Cooper
Walter Huston
Mary Brian
Palace
The
Texas Ranger
Edward G. Robinson
Jean Arthur
Diana Wynyard
Colin Clive
Notice of Appointment and Executor Details
Notice announces executor appointments in Linn County Iowa with dates July 27 1935. It lists The Peoples Savings Bank Cedar Rapids as executor and attorney G F Linville with claims procedures and payment instructions for the estates of Linn Vogt and John L Goble. It also covers related legal actions in Cedar Rapids involving Mary Harcourt and J M Harcourt and a mortgage foreclosure petition seeking judgment and a Receiver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town
Linn County
Linn Vogt
Iowa
Peoples Savings Bank of
Cedar Rapids
Laws
G. FP
Linville
State of Iowa
D. W. Bates
Cedar Rapids Savings Bank and Trilat Company
H. E. Hagelund
Hagelund
Clark Engh
Louise Hoffman
Eleanor Wallace
Ruth Rydberg
John M
District Court of
State of
Mary Harcourt
J. M. Harcourt
Cedar Rapids Savings Bank and Trust Company
Cedar
John M. Harcourt
Towa
Will Rogers Flies Over Canyon Country
Will Rogers notes towns like people proud of their heritage with Durango as a scenic, thriving base. He describes Wiley’s flyover of Bryce Canyon Zion Canyon Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam and observes Americans spending on travel as reading declines.
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Editor Gazette
Durango
Trinidad
Colo
North Pole
Wiley
Bryce Canyon
Zion Canyon
Grand Canyon
Hoover Dams
New Lake
Notice of Appointment of Ancillary Administrator in Linn County
State of Iowa Linn County An ancillary administrator with the will annexed appointed and qualified July 20 1935 for the estate of Jane M Wiley late of Multnomah County Oregon deceased. Creditors must file claims with Linn County District Court John T Wiley ancillary administrator co W Meck attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Iowa
Linn County
John L. Goble
Iowa
Joseph. F. Pavlis
M. O. Hanzlik
State of
Jane M Wiley
Multnomah County
Oregon
John T. Wiley
Co. W. Meck
Curly Top Dimensional Run Holds Cedar Rapids
Paramount keeps Curly Top with Shirley Temple over at the Paramount through Thursday to give all ages a chance to see it. The program features Mickeys Band Concert, a four star cartoon, and the four day Broadway Gondolier run opens Friday with Dick Powell Joan Blondell Mills Brothers Menjou Fazenda Ficrita orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Temple
Cedar Rapids
Paramount Theater
Mickey
Paramount
Dick Powell
Joan Blondell
Mills Brothers
Adolphe Menjou
Louise Fazenda
Ted Ficrita
New York Daily Mirror
Warner
New York Evening Journal
New York
Four Women Hurt In 3 Car Accident Near City Limits
George T. Stewart reports a three car crash on Highway 161 Saturday evening near the south city limits. Mrs. R. S. Gilchrist suffered a small cut, Mrs. Stewart bruises and a sprained wrist. Two Iowa City women riding with Mrs. James Long were injured when Stewart’s car sideswiped George Riley’s, but none suffered serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Stewart
Fifth Avenue SE
Stewart
R. S. Gilchrist
Highland Drive
James Long
Iowa City
George Riley
Eighth Street
Riley
Maquoketa Man William Frederickson Dies at Home
William Frederickson, about 50, died at his Maquoketa home Sunday morning from an apoplectic stroke after returning from a local grocery. He had suffered several strokes in recent years. Survived by widow and four daughters Anna Brown Gladys Heide Meta Nelson Beulah Rigby. and four sons Andrew Alfred Fremont Donald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
William Frederickson
Anna Brown
Gladys Heide
Janesville
Wis
Meta Nelson
Cedar Rapids
Beulah Rigby
Pontiac
Mich
Andrew
California
Alfred
DeWitt
Fremont
Donald
Pontiac, Mich
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Virginian
Richard Arlen
Betty Boop
Sterling Holloway
Imel
United Feature Syndicate
Captain Russell
A. A. Bestic
Robert Chisholm
Chisholm
Waterloo
Mary Alice Minor
Ames
Iowa State College
Japan
Russia
Roosevelt
Baron Komura
Oyster Bay
Lloyd C. Grout
Typewriter Exchange
Central Park
Lee F. Mott Manufacturing Company
Henry Smulekoff
May’s Island
Charles Laughton
Mary Boland
Charles Ruggles
Zasu Pitts
Rosemary Ames
Victor Jory
Kay Francis Warren William George Brent
Buck Jones
Texas Ranger Cats
Comedy Matineelle Incl
Tax
Danceland
Davenport
W. Dunsworth
Met
Isham Jones
Brunswick
Columbia Broadcasting System
Glen Gray
Cataloma Orchestra
Singer Theater
Karloff
Edith Fellows
Wito Thelma Todd
Arthur Hohl, Jack LA Rue
CMTC
Keeper OF Bees
Wayne Boland
Plaintiff
Tore
Empie Curly, Top
Joan Bowes Hudson
Ny. Ie
Aly
Joan Dro
Edgewater
Duncan Phyfe
L.E.S
E.S
Killian
Killian’s
Will Rogers
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