Princess Chrysanthemum Operetta Presented by Johnson Pupils
Johnson school pupils staged Princess Chrysanthemum in McKinley auditorium with 150 fifth and sixth graders in choruses and a large cast. Jean White starred as the princess. Perry Woodward and Herbert Penningroth played princes. Director was Miss Arensa Bodholdt. Verne Jeffrey led the piano accompaniments.
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Johnson School
McKinley Auditorium
Jean White
Saucer Eyes
Billy Graham
Prince So-Tru
Perry Woodward
Prince
Sir
Herbert Penningroth
Chrysanthemum
Inky Night
Fairy Moonbeam
Jean Files
Emperor What-for-Who
Bill Nolas
Kathleen Victorine
Margaret Barngrover
Bob Taylor
Mary Lou Rice
Janice Owens
Sprite
Marvin Berg
Dick Lynch
Verne Lehman
Bill Kennedy
Joseph Klaszen
Walter Bugenstein
Bobby Jones
Sterling Delzell
Allen Taylor
Waler Wise
Edward Young
James Thomas
Ted Fluegel
Billy Cottingham
Richard Ferguson
Joe Tiep
Billy Moore
Donald Bennett
Arlo Bates
Sidney McCray
Frank Stepanek
Richard Selvie
David Battin
Jimmie Nolas
Gail Rhoads
Welcome Meyers
George Ross
Jack Munn
Jack Benesh
N. J. Markey
John Saul
Robert Killian
Billy Joe Rogers
Billy Tighe
Harold Simmonds
Donald Giltrap
Jimmie Battin
Kenneth Knous
Marvin Larimer
Bobby Sanborn
Fairies
Patricia Smith
Marion Relff
Shirley Mae Reesink
Mildred Matteson
Muriel Lowe
Kathryn Wandell
Shirley Kelley
Charles Knox
Kenneth Linkey
Bruce McCullough
Hugh White
James Barnett
Donald Nelson
Richard Walker
Jack Hall
A. J. Coburn
Jim Lightner
Leonard Meierkord
Mary Vetter
Virginia Hendrickson
Rosemary Victorine
Miriam Rosenbaum
Marian Rubins
Frances Bucknell
Kathleen McGladrey
Joan Jeffrey
Mary Louise Protzman
Winif
Unclaimed Stolen Car Made Available for Relief Use
Linn county poor relief department gained a two door Chevrolet sedan for transportation after Judge H C Ring authorized County Treasurer Frank L Williams to assign new plates to a stolen car whose owner was never found. The car, held since a year ago after T E Carroll was arrested, had no identifying marks and was ordered to county use. Carroll received a ten year sentence at Fort Madison state penitentiary.
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Linn County
Poor Relief Department
H. C. Ring
Frank L. Williams
Joseph A. Petrus
T. E. Carroll
Carroll
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
Highway Worker Crushed In Slide At Fort Dodge
George Hottman 43, a CWA employee, died when a six ton rock and clay slide buried him late Friday. Two coworkers escaped as they crawled away. Hottman, on a state highway project, is survived by his widow and eight children. In Clayton county politics, Democrat Charles Wilcox seeks a board of supervisors seat for term starting Jan 2 1939, while Republican F E Sharp, former county attorney, vies for county attorney.
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Fort Dodge
George Hottman
CWA
T Hottman
State Highway Commission
Hottman
Eleader
Clayton County
Charles Wilcox
Board of Supervisors
F. E. Sharp
Sharp
Back Yard Garden No 6 Cutting Plot A Practical Layout
Donald Gray explains a curved row layout for a backyard cutting garden. A central path guides circular bed lines, with varying row spacing to keep dirt out of sight and create a pleasing view. The method emphasizes practicality, economy of space, and hand cultivation for high plant quantity. Next: cultivation of plants.
Candle Island Returns Bring Courvoisier Reunion
Rafe Courvoisier, thought drowned, returns to northern town of Cheteraw where Candle Island is restored for him by Miss Kendall. In Jenkyns law office, the aged lawyer recalls debts and the late grandmother as Rafe vows to avoid disinheritance and pursue Candle Island, while Aunt Dam watches. The chapter ends with Jenkyns hinting Bettine Dare's fate as unresolved.
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Rafe Courvoisier
Cheteraw
Mercasim City
Madrene
Candle Isla
Chetteraw
Candle Island
Shade
Mr. Courvoisier
Hortense Kendall
Chatteraw
Kendall
Rafe
Benjamin Jenkyns
Magnolia Lane
Caroline Ardelia Arden
Jenkyns
Miss Arden
Mr. Jenkyns
Saint Xavier's
Cam
Ben Jenkyns
Courvoisiers
Thapsark
Courvoisier
Bettine Dare
McCormick Estate Sells Byzantine Manuscript to Chicago U
Trustees won permission to sell a 13th century Byzantine New Testament manuscript for 14000 to the University of Chicago but the university declined the purchase citing higher needs. Mrs. McCormick bought the manuscript in 1928 for 25000 and the estate required probate permission to offer it at the reduced price.
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Chicago
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Dickering
University of Chicago
Kray Pleads Not Guilty To Liquor Nuisance Charge
Herman Kray of 112 Seventh Street SW pled not guilty before Judge F O Ellison in district court on a liquor nuisance charge after deputies and detectives served a search warrant around 3 PM and found three gallon cans three quart bottles and a pitcher of alleged alcohol in the basement. The search team included Deputy Sheriffs Roy Radebaugh Jay Davis and Detectives Marshall and Bailey. Kray posted a $600 bond and was released.
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Herman Kray
Seventh Street
F. O. Ellison
Roy Radebaugh
Jay Davis
Marshall and Bailey
Kray
Mind and Morality in a Dialog on Evil and Society
An author notes science can explain traits but not moral choices. A debate questions whether the third generation resembles the first, rejects simple absolutes, and weighs grades of evil by motive and outcome. A humorous aside discusses marriage between a champion thinker and corn husker, stressing pedigrees and compatibility.
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Belence
Habits You Desire Formed Through Calm Practices
Readers are urged to request guidance on forming desired habits. The note mentions stamps to cover actual costs and directs inquiries to Dr Albert Wiggam care of the newspaper.
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Albert Wiggam
Hold Rites For Monona Settler, 102
Special to The Gasette. Monona funeral services were held Friday for Jacob Sherbonda who died March 7 at age 102 in the log cabin home near Monona where he lived most of his life. He came here ninety nine years ago with his parents. Indians once pitched tepees near the cabin to dig ginseng. Stage coaches passed the door daily. Sherbonda and his wife, who died several years ago, reared thirteen children in the log cabin. all are living.
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Monona
Jacob Sherbonda
Sherbonda
Iowa State Signs Corn Hog Contract for 2200 Acres
Iowa State College signed a corn hog reduction contract for its 2200 acres, with estimated total benefits of 3800 dollars. Dean H. H. Kildee and business manager H. C. Gregg represented the college, reducing corn acreage from 355 to 284 and hog production from 727 to 545. Two Bran don girls received emergency care at Vinton Hospital for a severed arm artery from a broken window and for appendicitis.
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Ames
Iowa State College
H. H. Kildee
H. C. Gregg
College Ofcials
Vinton
Brandon
Vinton Hospital
Clara Mae Elliott
Merritt Elliott
Helen Broeffle
C. W. Broeffle
Will Rogers Shines in David Harum Screen Version
Will Rogers dominates the Paramount comedy David Harum with flawless horse trading scenes and warm Midwestern humor. Louise Dresser as Aunt Polly and Evelyn Venable plus Kent Taylor supply romance while Stepin Fetchit excels as the horse trainer. The film builds to a thrilling trotting race with lively supporting shorts including The Ants and The Grasshopper.
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David Harum
Will Rogers
Paramount
Will
the Deacon
Louise Dresser
Aunt Polly
Evelyn Venable
Kent Taylor
Stepin Fetchit
Fetchit
Main Street
Harum
Homeville
The Laceys Host Green St Patrick Party Invitations
Nancy Page describes the Lacey family hosting a 1934 St Patrick's Day gathering for their circle of school friends. Invitations arrive rolled inside a raw Irish potato, presented in a green themed berry basket, with a green ink illustration of the Lacey home.
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Lacey
Mr. Lacey
Laceys
Lacey Home
Will Rogers Columns On Flight, Jail Break, And Deaths
Will Rogers cites a memory of an army flyer named Wienecke. He notes the blizzard flight into Newark with mail and mocks the jail break. A guard is reported as 84 years old, and he jokes about Baby LeRoy as the turnkey in a satirical letter from 1934.
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Rditer Gasette
Beverly Hills
Notre Dame
Wienecke
Newark
Baby LeRoy
Will
Green Cellophane Invites A Clever Engagement
A dated line drawing hidden under green cellophane reveals a girl welcoming a guest, the green absorbing green hues to reveal red outlines in black. Nancy calls it a clever engagement announcement in a 1934 setting.
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Nancy
Copsright
Theaters Listings Include Several 1930s Features
A cineworld update lists showings at Iowa Palace Majestic Rialto and Olympic. Ruth Chatterton Adolphe Menjou star in Journal of Crime while Dorothy Wieck Alice Brady appear in Miss Fane’s Baby is Stolen. The Palace presents Under the Tonto Rim with Stuart Erwin. Wallace Beery leads Fresh with Slim Summerville and Zasu Pitts in Her First Mate. Also on Rialto War of the Range Crime of the Century stars Jean Hersholt Wynne Gibson Stuart Erwin. Alf Jolson Harry Langdon in Hallelujah I’m a Bum plus The Devil’s In Love with Victor Jory Loretta Young. The Man Without a Pontry remains fiction.
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Iowa
Ruth Chatterton
Adolphe Menjou
Journal of Crime
Dorothes Wieck and
Alice Brady
Miss Fane
Palace
Stuart Erwin
Wallace Beery
Slim Summerville
Zasu Pitta
Rialto
Tom Tyler
Jean Hersholt
Wynne Gibson
Alf Jolson
Harry Langdon
Victor Jory
Loretta Young
Journal of Crime absorbing picture at Iowa theater
Ruth Chatterton carries Journal of Crime with a nerve tight emotional performance supported by Adolphe Menjou and Claire Dodd. The story builds to a climax though the ending relies on a conventional solution. The program includes Around the Clock, a Four Eton Boys musical short, Pathe News, a cartoon, and a sports reel.
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Journal of Crime
Iowa
Ruth Chatterton
Miss. Chatterston
Adolphe Menjou
Claire Dodd
Eton
Norma Terris
Pathe
T. C
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Donald Gray
Beggars
Katharine Newlin Burt
Copsrisht
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
By Claude Callan
Chicago U
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
Duncan
Hacker
Iowa State
Sigris
Danceland
Crosby Bichel
Gents
Rogers
Nancy Page
Florence la’ Ganke
Fou
Walt Disney
Cartoon In
Techniceler
Man Without A Oantry
Aols
Jean Hersholt Wynne
Constance Bennett
Ken Maynard
Gun Justice
Summerville
Zasu Pitts
Don Roth
Eddie Stone
Joan
Crawford
Clark Gable
Dancing Lady
Franchot Tone
May Robson
Winnie Lightner
Fred Astaire
Ted Healy
George Raft
Sylvia Sidney
Vina Delmar
World News
Palace Nite Club
Royal Entertainers Tonight
St. SE
Zane Grey
Fr. P
Fox News
Much Harmony
Bing Crosby
Jack Cable
Judith Allen
New Sparks
Orient Express
Heather As
Norman Feeter
Ralph Mersan
Borbert Mundin
Rade Tentiel
Derethes Wreck Allee Brody
Siege
Ei ZA Mert MH
Stager Theater
Chatterton
Spoct Thrill News
Hucky Béllliedey
Meedema
Plesk Devis
pQiver
George Dewey
Ella
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