Gideons Report 1 204 Bibles Placed In Year In Iowa
Iowa Gideons open their thirty seventh annual state convention in Cedar Rapids. They placed 1 204 Bibles in Iowa hotels hospitals and other institutions last year. Davenport Des Moines Waterloo Cedar Rapids led with 210 317 110 and 210 respectively. 45 000 Bibles issued in 28 years with many sent to penal institutions. Memorial service planned for died Gideons. Conference features lectures banquets and public sessions.
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Iowa
Kirchbeck
Davenport
Des Moines
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
The
Gideons
Christian Commercial Men’s Association of America
Gideon Camps
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Marshalltown
Cedar Falls
Iowa Gideons
A. K. Harper
Fairfield
Gideon
Montrose Hotel
Charles Halton
S. B. Nichols
Clarksville
Wesley Johnson
University of Iowa summer enrollment rises to 3095
University of Iowa records 3095 students enrolled for the first summer term, an increase of 408 from last summer’s 2687. Assistant registrar Charles H. Maruth notes a few late registrations may raise the total slightly.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Charles H. Maruth
Maruth
Mind exploration questions prompt science based morals
An author notes science frames moral questions and cites a study where New York City college psychologists Peatman and Green span tested 14 year old pupils with 35 true and 35 false nature statements to see how belief changes as superstition fades.
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New York City College
Peatman and Greenspan
How to Improve Your Memory by Dr Henry C Link booklet
A promotional note offers a booklet How to Improve Your Memory by Dr Henry C Link. It explains memory rules tested by science and how to remember names dates lessons books. Readers can apply by sending 10 cents for costs and a stamped self addressed envelope to Dr Albert E Wiggam care this newspaper.
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Henry C. Link
Albert E. Wiggam
Driver Fined For Erratic Route From Beer Parlor
George Schrader aged 48 of 1428 Seventh Avenue SE received a $100 fine and costs in police court for reckless driving after police observed his car leave a beer parlor in an erratic course near Twelfth Avenue and Fourth Street SE. Police were at the scene arresting Billie Howe, 64, of Madison for intoxication, who was fined $10 and costs.
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George Schrader
Seventh Avenue SE
Twelfth Avenue
Fourth Street
Billie Howe
Madison
Wis
Cedar Rapids author has story in Harper's July issue
Mrs S H Dykstra of Washington DC and formerly Cedar Rapids is the author of Puryear's Hornpipe signed Leslie Dykstra. It is her first published story. The Conesville fire report follows with the Morgan farmhouse destroyed and a near-by milk shed burned while Morgan was ill in Muscatine hospital.
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S. H. Dykstra
Washington, D. C
Cedar Rapids
Conesville
Lawrence Morgan
Here
Morgan
Muscatine
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