Mannheimer Draws Pianos Students To Mount Vernon
London pianist Frank Mannheimer attracts students from across the United States to Mount Vernon for Cornell College Conservatory piano classes. He teaches Tobias Matthay method emphasizing weight over force, with weekly sessions detailing musical structure and expressive dynamics.
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Mount Vernon
Frank Mannheimer
London
England
Cornell College Conservatory
Mannheimer
Tobias Matthay
Meat Exports Rise While Imports Drop Across Six Months
The six month period shows pork exports at 62,021,369 pounds versus 46,751,743 last year while beef and veal imports total 43,172,276 pounds, and pork and lard imports drop to lower June totals. Beef exports reach 1,114,025 pounds in June, the best month this year but still below last year.
Mount Vernon Couple Plans WPA Park Landscaping
Mt. Vernon residents E. E. Moots and wife drew a $2,002 WPA grant with $1,158 local match for a new park landscaping project. The plan includes an amphitheater slope for band concerts and Camp Fire and Boy Scout gatherings, with work slated to begin around Aug. 20.
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Mt. Vernon
Gazette
Mount Vernon
WPA
Des Moines
Burns
Cedar Rapids
Washington
E. E. Moots
Cornell College
Mr. Moots
Mount Vernon Park
Olin farewell for Barrigar music instructor ends evening
IO WA news brief notes a farewell supper at the Olin public school for Mr and Mrs Roger Barrigar soon moving to Johnson City Tennessee Barrigar has been the Olin music instructor for three years Monona forms two Girl Scout troops under Legion auxiliary sponsorship Decorah plans France trip if peace holds Independence reports the death of 79 year old Henry H Meyer resident of Independence for 30 years
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Olin
Roger Barrigar
Johnson City
Tenn
Barrigar
Monona
J. F. Rogers
Reva Schwab
American Legion Auxiliary
Julia Rogers
Shirley Snyder
Aldys Jane Schwab
Eileen Marting
Gloria Garrs
Betty Hamann
Marjorie Lang
Dolores Peters
Mila Mae Scholl
Betty Luster
Norma Bernhard
Eileen Keppler
Georgine Bernhard
Shirley Klinkel
Betty Jean Orr
Patricia Rogers
Betty Wickler
Pearl de Sotos
Virginia Rittenhouse
Donna Mae Pape
Barbara Klotzbach
Donna Marie Kolbe
Jeanne Wiethorn
Viola Bernehard
Emelyn Pape
Peggy Kinsley
Doris Briar
Donna Mae Collins
Decorah
Europe
Lillian Turnbull
John
France
New York City
W. F. Macaulay
Angus
Funeral Held For Maynard Man Suffering Hip Injury
Funeral services were held at Immanuel Lutheran for a Maynard resident who died after a fall that caused a broken hip. Survived by Emma Nehls and four children from his first marriage, plus two brothers and a daughter-in-law. He was a member of the Odd Fellows and Lutheran church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Gerhard Bunge
Meyer
Odd Fellows and Lutheran Church
Maynard
Catherine Beechler
Emma Nehls
Charles J
Alfred J
Herbert T
Henry W
J. F. Norbohm
Sumner
John of
William
Long Beach
Calif
Independence
Buchanan County
Board of Supervisors
Alburnett
Lloyd Kratzer
Coggon
Kelley
Kratzer
Smith Hughes
Iowa State College
Laporte City
Green
Champion Corn Grower To Test His Plowing Skill
Sigourney hosts the district plowing match at the Glenn Noller farm on Aug. 4 with J. H. Greiner of Keota, 1938 Iowa champion, leading entrants Cap Jacobs John Harras Lloyd White Henry Klett Elena Parkhill Leonard Hammen Francis Linnenkamp Otis Taylor and Jack Hamilton from nearby towns. The Sigourney meet serves as a preliminary to the corn belt plowing championship on Sept. 23 at an undetermined site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
Glenn Noller
J. H. Greiner
Keota
Iowa
Cap Jacobs
John Harras
Lloyd White
Henry Klett
Elena Parkhill
Leonard Hammen
Francis Linnenkamp
Harper
Otis Taylor
Jack Hamilton
Delta
Iowa Grange Convention Set for Grinnell October 10 12
The seventeenth annual Iowa Grange state convention will be held in Grinnell October 10 11 and 12. The executive committee is planning sessions with business meetings speeches by farm leaders and membership work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Iowa Grange
Hail Damages Corn On Twenty Farms In West Union Vicinity
A hailstorm damaged corn on about twenty farms near West Union. The event disrupted early harvest plans as farmers assess losses and repair fields. A separate note mentions construction on a main building superstructure to raise grading and sorting machinery about twelve feet.
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West Union
Oats Threshed Quickly as Harvest Rushes In Elgin
Farmers rush threshing as oats from shock are cut. Yields reported from 30 to 70 bushels per acre. Garden sweet corn is in roasting ear stage. Canning factory contracts indicate operations may begin in the third week of August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte City
Iowa Canning Company
Gazette
Elgin
Rain Shortage Threatens Widespread Corn Crop
Special to The Gazette reports farmers in Waukon area face very small chances for a bumper corn crop due to lack of rain. Oats yields reach 45 to 50 bushels per acre in some Allamakee county locales.
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Waukon
Allamakee
Rain Stops Threshing in Traer Area
Heavy rain in the Traer vicinity Thursday night halted threshing activities. Oats yields had been running from 20 to 50 bushels per acre.
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Traer
Millersburg reports rain boosts corn crop near town
Rain Friday benefited the corn crop around Millersburg where threshing is nearly complete. A crew of 14 men has been detasseling corn at the S. R. Humphrey farm southwest of Millersburg as work winds down.
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Millersburg
S. R. Humphrey
Millersurg
Hopkinton Detasseling In Hybrid Seed Field
Detasseling work in a 37 acre hybrid seed corn field on Clyde Thompson farm near Hopkinton has used four to 21 laborers over the last two weeks.
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Hopkinton
Clyde Thompson
Good Quality Oats Report in Quasqueton Area
Oats in the Quasqueton neighborhood are described as good quality with yields ranging from 35 to 50 bushels per acre. A new combine is being operated by Mort Matteson around Quasqueton this season.
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Mort Matteson
Monona Creamery Pays 25c For Top Butterfat
Monona Creamery paid 25 cents a pound for top butterfat in June per secretary Elwin Drahn. The No 1 butterfat price was 24 cents. A total of 84,419 pounds of butterfat were manufactured from 68,087 pounds received during the month.
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Monona
Monona Farmers Cooperative Creamery
Elwin Drahn
Four Townships Prepare Booth Exhibits For Fayette Fair
Fayette county fair at West Union runs August 21 to 25. Township Farm Bureaus from Union Harlan Jefferson and Scott organize exhibits with leaders Harry L Olesen W E Pace Mrs E F F Heise and Mr Mrs E D James coordinating for their townships.
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Fayette—Union
Harlan, Jefferson
Scott Township
Booth
Fayette County
West Union
Harry L. Olesen
W. E. Pace
Maynard
Harlan
E. F. F. Heise
Oelwein, Jefferson
E. D. James
Stanley, Scott
Farmers slow in selling new cats become market shift
Test weights in Cedar Rapids ran up to 33 1 3 pounds to the bushel while Chicago reports 28 to 24 3 4 for Iowa and Illinois corn. Elevator bids top 8 to 10 cents premium. A Cedar County sale moved corn at 43 cents. a Jones County deal covered 5 000 bushels at 47 cents. Factors include Missouri Kansas hauling demand and a July hog-corn ratio.
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Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Iowa
Illinois
Cedar County
Jones County
Missouri
Kansas
Harrington Attacks Swanson Election Evidence in Contest
Representative Vincent Harrington filed a brief with the House clerk asking the elections committee to strike Swanson’s testimony in the Iowa Ninth district contest. He seeks a resolution declaring Harrington elected after a 46 705 to 46 366 vote and accuses Swanson of improper depositions and late activity. Swanson will be allowed to reply before the record goes to the speaker and committee for action.
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Washington
Vincent Harrington
House
House Elections Committee
Albert F. Swanson
Swanson
Harrington
Iowa
Sioux City
Spirit Lake
George P. Woods
E. E. Heldridge
WPA
Okoboji
Dinner Party To Observe Birthday Of B F Mentzer
The ninety second birthday of B F Mentzer will be observed with a family dinner at the Mentzer home today. Attending are relatives from Denver Chicago Marion Cedar Rapids Des Moines Minneapolis Long Beach and other locations plus local clergy and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Mentzer
Mentzer
Mary C. Gunnison
Denver
Colo
John Mentzer
Chicago
Elmer Hollingsworth
Marion
Joseph G. B
Harvey Gipp
Elmer Stanek
Cedar Rapids
Noble Grands Association
Corda Lewis
Independence
Ella Harding
Harold Ballard
August Bride Engagement for Agnes Carey and Clifford Johnson
Mr and Mrs E V Carey announce the engagement of their eldest daughter Agnes Carey to Clifford O Johnson son of Mrs Peter Munson of Lehigh. The wedding will take place August 16.
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E. V. Carey
Fourteenth Street
Agnes Carey
Clifford O. Johnson
Peter Munson
Lehigh
Methodist Ladies Aid divisions hold varied meetings and picnics
Numerous divisions plan meetings at members homes and parks this week. Loyal Sun shine Gleaners True Blue and Keystone hosts set times 2 30 or 12 30 with rain plans and joint hostesses. Members attend devotions and family picnics across Marion and Cedar Rapids areas.
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Methodist Ladies Aid Society
Loyal
C. W Sutliff
Tenth Street
H. G. Stitzel
F. G Holsinger
Sunshine
Thomas Park
Frank Zuhike
Twentieth Street
Gleaners
Ed C. Kemnitz
Marion Boulevard
True Blue
Irving Finger
East Twelfth Avenue
George Self
Etta Murphy
Endeavor Division
Keystone
E. C. Ainley
Twelfth Street
Comforter
Lula Toms
Seventh Avenue
Sam Bear
Florence Easterday
E. W. Griffiths
Hattie Frager
To Tour West and Local Social Updates
A group led by the Rev and Mrs C G Ellinger will tour the west starting Monday with about thirty Iowans including Lowell Parks and Carol Ellinger visiting Black Hills Yellowstone and Rocky Mountain National Park. Weekend notes cover visits to Peoria Marion Ottumwa Madison and local club meetings and guest arrivals from Chicago and Long Beach California.
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West
C. G. Ellinger
Carol
Iowa
Lowell Parks
Lagrisha Gerrans
Billy and
Barbara Armstrong
Robert Mitchell
Black Hills
Yellowstone Park
Rocky Mountain National Park
N E Iowa Pastors Open 18th Cedar Falls Bible Conference
Clergy and laymen from across northeast Iowa gather in Cedar Falls to open the 18th interdenominational Bible conference. Scheduled speakers include Mrs Ida B Wise Smith Bishop Victor O Weidler Edgar DeWit Jones Dr Seth W Slaughter and other notable religious leaders. The conference runs through August 6.
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Cedar Falls
INS
Iowa
Ida B. Wise Smith
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Victor O. Weidler
Unite Brethren of Christ
Edgar DeWit Jones
Central Woodward Christian Church of
Detroit
Seth W. Slaughter
College of Bible
Drake University
M. Earle Collins
Tarkio College
Tarkio
Willi Jefferson King
Gammon Theological Seminary
Atlanta
Edwin F. Lee
Malaya
Philippin
The
Methods Church
Fairfax Hey-Dey Set For August 9
Fairfax Hey-Dey celebration by the Young Men's club will be Tuesday August 8 at Fairfax six miles southwest of Cedar Rapids on highway 149. A horse-pulling contest starts at 1 pm, a softball game at 4 pm, free acts from 3:30 to 7, wrestling and boxing in the arena, and a dance at 9 with Herbi Westrom.
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Gnazetter Fairfax
Young Men's Club
Fairfax
Ceda Rapids
Highway 149
Norwa
Herbi Westrom
Adamic Speaks At Iowa City Monday
Iowa City Adams American author will address a writers workshop roundtable at the University of Iowa Monday at 4 pm. He wrote Laughing in the Jungle Native's Return and Dynamite. The meeting is set in the senate chamber of Old Capitol.
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Iowa City
Louis Adams
Writers’ Workshop
University of Iowa
Senate
Old Capitol
Appeal Small Fines Jolted By Big One
Manchester Howa Schneider and Leo Parker of Dibuque appeal a district court ruling after 1938 arrest for license violations. A July hearing set fines of 10 dollars with most suspended pending payment. Judge Wood later increased the fine to 50 dollars with 10 on balance due, suspending the rest. Total amounts due were 24.30 for Schneider and 23 for Parker plus attorney fees.
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Manchester
Howa Schneider
Leo Parker
Dibuque
J. M. Brayt
District Court
James J. Murphy
Brayton
George W. Wood
Watloo
Wood
Schneider
Parker
Baby Beef Sale Date Adjusted at Buchanan County Fair
The 4 H baby beeves sale at the Buchanan County Fair will be held Thursday August 17, delaying from Friday August 30 to avoid conflict with the All Iowa exposition at Cod Rapids on August 18. Dale Irwin announced the change.
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Independence
Buchanan County Fair
Cod Rapids
Agi iDale Irwin
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Harold W. Baltz
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Hanover
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N. H
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Tulsa
Okla
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Novata
June Mathison
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Tipton
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Vinton
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Lisbon
Gazette Photo
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Moots
Shekels
Fred Travis
Iowa News
Monona Creamery
Leslie M. Carl
Carl
Marion News
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Gwen Knight
Bill Conley
Dick Starry
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Hastings, Neb
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Garden
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Clarence
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Saginaw
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Minnie
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Los Angeles
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Centerville
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Tucson
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Alta
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R. H. Beatty
Kankakee, Il
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N. J. Gorman
Roy Montagne
Snow Bank Lake, Minn
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John Beeson, Jr
Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society
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Fourth Street
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Walker
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Roy Johnston
New Bridge
Here
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Templeman Implement Company
Lasswell
Methodist Society
Riddick Lumber Company
James Logan of
O. J. Gerwig
Jefferson
Donald
Bobbie
Mary Levasseur
Gerwigs
Dickey’s Foods
C. V.R de Jong
Betty Anne
Orange City
Mr. de Jong
Carl Gruis
Rossie
Jennie Rose Decker
Athens, Q
Norman J. Waffle
Mr. Gruis
Tommie
Sixth Avenue
George Busby
University Hospital
Townsend Club No
Bert Dean
Kenaya Camp
the Guardian
W. H. Booze
Christian Endeavor of the
Christian Church
M. G. Linkletter
Fifth Avenue
Jean Leidigh
Charles Reinheimer, Jr
Rapids School of Welding
D. W. Evans
Oakland
Jesse Scott
H. B
C. L. Berry
Walther League of
H. F. Lockwood
Charles D. Roberts
Lois Lockwood
Mark Tilton
Ottumwa
F. E. Williams
Grace H. Starr
Rose Ostrander
Madison, Wis
Federation of Women's Clubs
Public Library
Charles Lamb
Carl McCalley
George Quackenbusch
John and
David Rorick
N. E. Iowa
Fairfax Hey-Dey
Adamic
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