Mrs. Erskine Praises American Humor Panel
Mrs. Arthur W. Erskine spoke to American Association of University Women members and Coe College seniors at the public library art room. She traced humor from Greek origins to modern writers and noted cracker barrel philosophy shaping early American humor.
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Arthur W. Erskine
American Association of University Women
Coe College
Public Library
Erskine
Aristotle
Plato
Gracie Allen
Theophrastus
Artemus Ward
Mark Twain
George Ade
Irvin S. Cobb
F P. A
B L. T
Don Marquis
Ring Lardner
Frank Sullivan
Ogden NASA
Dorothy Parker
Mary Bell
Arthur L. Bye
Gladys Kiefer
W. Lawrence
Edna Erickson
Joanna Hagey
Cultus Club Meets With Mrs Canfield on Thursday
The Cultus club will meet with Mrs. Jessie Y Canfield at 1434 First Avenue East on Thursday at 2 30 p.m.
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Cultus Club
Jessie Y Canfield
First Avenue E
Bridge tourneys near end at Hotel Roosevelt
Five events sponsored by Mrs George E Battie will wind up Friday with the fourth round starting at 7 45 pm The fifth event moved to April 6 from March 30 due to Good Friday scheduling
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Hotel Roosevelt
George E. Beattie
Ida Mansfield Circle Holds Meeting and Plans Sale
Mrs E C Hoover hosted the Ida Mansfield Circle of Kings Daughters with seventeen members and four visiting guests from Nevada and Des Moines. A luncheon followed and a sale of handmade gift articles is set for March 28 at the Bungalow to benefit the circle's milk fund for undernourished city children. The March 27 meeting will be with Mrs D M Hall at 2259 Meadowbrook Drive SE.
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E C Hoover
Eighth Avenue
P. F Keehn
G H Tellier
Ida Mansfield
Kings Daughters
Philp Shive
George Kosek
H F Andersen
Nevada
H J Bishop
Des Moines
W. W. Purcell
W Paul Engel
Circle
D. M. Hall
Meadowbrook Drive
Greta Rosendahl Shower Schedule Highlights Wedding Week
Miss Greta Rosendahl, soon to wed, was hosted at the Butterfly tea shop by Miss Mildred Wolderidge with office staff from Cher ry-Burrell. Frances Rompoti Martha Rompoti and Edith Smith plan a miscellaneous shower at 393 Eighteenth Street SE. Wanda Montz to host a dinner at the Mad Hatter tea room in Town City Thursday evening.
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Greta Rosendahl
Butterfly
Mildred Wolderidge
Cherry-Burrell Company
Miss Rosendahl
Frances
Martha Rompoti
Edith Smith
Rompoti
Eighteenth Street
Bridge
Wanda Montz
Mad Hatter Tea Room
Town City
Rosendahl
Garden Club to Host Mrs. Preston Rice Lectures in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Garden Club sponsors two lectures by Mrs. Preston Rice of Grand Rapids at the Hotel Roosevelt. A luncheon for Mrs. Rice precedes Friday’s afternoon talk. Lectures cover The Spring and Fall Gardens and The House and Garden Adorned with slides. A round table Q&A follows Friday’s session with light admission charged.
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Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Fashionable Easter Hats Sweep With Windy Lines
The piece surveys spring fashion with wind blown hat silhouettes matching Easter coats. It highlights brim directions from front to back and side drifts, features berets and a Napoleonic bicorne, and notes harmony with wind-swept coats. Tomorrow covers blouses and sweaters.
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York
Confesses Sale Of Stolen Cars In Jones County
Raymond Clancy of Dubuque admitted involvement in an automobile theft ring that disposed of more than 200 stolen Chicago cars in Dubuque and Jones counties. He, his brother Dorence, and Frank Specht were arrested in Elmhurst, Illinois, and charged with mutilating serial and motor numbers on stolen vehicles.
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Dubuque
Raymond Clancy
Chicago
Jones Counties
Clancy
Elmhurst
Tfl
Dorrance
Frank Specht
Ed McAleer
Oak Park, Ill
Birthday party honors Mrs Mackey's daughter at Ely
Mrs Tom Mackey hosted a Sunday afternoon celebration at Ely for her daughter with guests including Bernice Mackey Eve lyn Lnenicka Elizabeth Blazek Dorothy Stejskal Pauline Mackey Amelia Andrie Vermita Lnenicka Helen Dostal Martha Blazek Annie Swenicka Ruth Stejskal Bobby Mackey Marvin Dostal Stanley Andrle Vernon Jiroutek Lian Swenka Adelaide Swenka and Mr and Mrs Rudolph Andrle Mr and Mrs Albert Jiroutek and Mr and Mrs John Snenicka.
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Tom Mackey
Ely
Bernice
Bernice Mackey
Evelyn Lnenicka
Elizabeth Blazek
Dorothy Stejskal
Pauline Mackey
Amelia
Andrie Vermita Lnenicka
Helen Dostal
Martha Blazek
Annie Swenicka
Ruth Stejskal
Bobby Mackey
Marvin Dostal
Stanley Andrle
Vernon Jiroutek
Lian Swenka
Adelaide Swenka
Rudolph Andrle
Albert Jiroutek
John Snenicka
Belle Plaine Vinton And Urbana Speakers Win County Contest
In Benton county high school declamatory contest top honors went to Belle Plaine Vinton and Urbana. Margeret Yavorsky Belle Plaine won Dramatic with Alice Tow Walford second. Gerald Siegel Vinton won Oratorical with Henry Burnham Belle Plaine second. Eleanor Wyckoff Urbana won Humorous with Marjorie Burkhart Blairstown second.
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Gazette
Vinton
Belle Plaine
Urbana
Benton County
Margaret Yavorsky
Alice Tow
Walford
Gerald Siegel
Henry Burnham
Eleanor Wyckoff
Marjorie Burkhart
Blairstown
Famous Actress and Word Puzzle Across the Grid
A crossword style clue set asks for the famous actress in a picture and fills a grid with terms like tiny particle and tree with hard wood. Across and down entries include animal, plant, and number themed answers.
Judge Grants Removal Of Hattons From Toledo Real Estate
In Toledo Judge B O Tankersley ruled that W A Smith and A B Cooper trustees of Solomon R Lichtenwalter estate hold judgment against James Hatton and Susie Hatton for possession of property in Toledo and ordered removal of the Hattons with plaintiffs placed in possession. The Hattons were found to be forcibly retaining the property.
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Toledo
B. O. Tankersley
W. A. Smith
A. B. Cooper
Solomon R. Lichtenwalter
James Hatton
Susie Hatton
Tame
Otter Creek
Hattons
Charles Benesh
Joseph Enegar
Chelsea
Benesh
Enegar
Julia Chamra
Garrison
Dale Flickinger
Flickinger
Sam Banse
Garrison Savings Bank
Stauffer
Riverside
John C Dautremont
J. M. Soukup
Joseph
Citizens ticket clears two remaining candidates in Troy Mills
In Troy Mills a caucus failed to name candidates for assessor or treasurer. P J Mougin and others withdrew, leaving L G Rummelhart for councilman and Edward Muller for assessor as the sole remaining citizens’ ticket nominees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Mougin
Fred Hahn
Joseph Havel
A. Lear
J. C. Dautremont
Paul Yansky
Citizens
L. G. Rummelhart
Edward Muller
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Fred Egger
Jake Wassmer
Clarence Peterson
Nathen Titler
Jordans Grove
Garden Club
Preston Rice
Directed By
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North Liberty
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H. E. Landsgard
Albert Lubke
Lou Rounds
J. C. Penney CO
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Smulekoff
Third Avenue SW
Troy Mills
Troy Mills Cemetery Association
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Wininstorfer
Pier Corn
Charles Cherry
Sarah Keller
Zella Pugh
Loyica Corn
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Josie Powell
William Shaffer
Maquoketa
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George Greenwood
Topeka
Kan
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Stieff Co
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Pau Ie
Clark
Gattney & Moore, Inc
Fim
Oral
Wrereyv Veiulce
Crematorium
First Ave. E
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