Marion High School Home Music Program in Lincoln Auditorium
Marion high school presents a mixed vocal and instrumental program as a prelude to the sub-district contest, to be held March 24 at Monticello. Miss Rose Wilcax and Paul E Popejoy head the departments. admission is charged. The program features glee club numbers, vocal solos, instrumental solos and ensembles, with works by Mendelssohn, Purcell, Weber, and others, including an Urbana Overture and The Fingale's Cave, with accompanists Elinor Kendall, Mary Lockwood, and Verle Breed.
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Marion High School
Lincoln Auditorium
Rose Wilcax
Paul E Popejoy
Monticello
Marton
Rovers
Treharne
Mendelssohn
Roger
Mary Lockwood
Bernice Peterson
Sole Mio
Bonnie Dean
Raymona Smith
Siecel Fleisher
Helen Pyle
Lawrence Gordon
Robert Titus Clarrinets
Harriet Clark
Sheldon Rahn
T Reineckes
Donald Brneg
Atlantic Zephyrs
Simons
Boys
Trevelin White
Robert Smith
Winfred Davis
Howard Miller
Boys of the Old Brigade
Parks
Girls Glee Club
Cook
Amana artist Carl Uck exhibits paintings today
The Reading Circle presents Carl Uck's exhibit at the public library auditorium from 2 to 6 pm with Frick in attendance. Notable works include The Red Geralaum and The Green Door at the Bakers along with Amana interiors and yard scenes. Mrs Cesford and Mrs English hosted tea after Saturday's viewing. public admission is free.
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Carl Uck Amana
Pubhe Biary Auditorum
Reading Circle
Federa On
Voonens
Frick
Mos
Mailers
West Amana
Bapps
Robert Cesford
Charles Blinks
Mars English
George Kindler Jr
L A’ Levasseur
Geoge Kindler Jr
Letter From 1861 Describes Life In Marion Iowa
A letter dated December 19, 1861 from W H Curtis of Marion to his father in Groveland Mass details Marion Linn County life. He notes young people drive local business, compares New England Clerks, praises Marion as growing, predicts railroad impact on trade to Chicago via Dubuque and Freeport, comments on weather and a wartime market panic, and mentions a Farmers Holiday meeting at Memorial.
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W H Curtis
Marion
BE. T Curtis
Groveland
Mass
Linn County
Ray
Roy Lawrence
Anamosa
Vermont
Moong
Ins
East
America
New England
Court House Square
Merrimac Street
Haverhall
Chicago
Dubuque
Freeport
Marion couple wed in Rock Island ceremony
Announcement of the marriage of Nylene Kramer and Edgar Harville of Marion occurred March 4 in Rock Island. The couple, accompanied by Harold Harville and Mrs. Harville, plan to reside in Marion. Harville is a member of the Harville dance orchestra and was a 1925 Marion High School graduate.
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Nylene Kramer
Edgar Harville
Marion
Rock Island
Harold Harville
Will Kramer
E. R. Harville
Marion High School
Kramer
Harville
Harville Dance Orchestra
Local club and lodge notices from Cedar Falls events
Reports from state and national conventions will be given. Mrs Harriet Stinger aged 87. Chapter CS PE meeting Tuesday at 230 at Mrs C Vernon home. Marion lodge AF and AM meets Tuesday 730 PM Masonic Temple. Miss Gwendolyn Newlin to Cedar Falls after visit with parents. Priscilla Guild picnic luncheon at Mrs Karl Kendall home Wednesday 1 PM. Centennial Encampment 91 OC F meets Monday 730 OOF hall. Marion Post 298 American Legion and Auxiliary meet Monday 630 PM after joint supper chaired by Mrs Joe Boyle.
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Marion Post No
American Legion
Win Memorial Hall Bridge
Elmer Kudrie
H N_ Strader
A E Crew
C. Vernon
Priscilla Guild
The
Congregational Church
Karl Kendall
Marion Post
Joe Boyle
Bridge Club Meets and Awards Night at Mrs RoE Nill Home
The Bridge club gathered Monday evening at Mrs RoE Nill’s home for a prize presentation. Winners included Mrs GJ Beestars and Mrs John Stohr, with Mrs De L Shedek traveling. Birthday honors were noted for Johnie Stohr as the eighth anniversary. The Royal Neighbor Line group hosted a party Tuesday evening at their lodge rooms. Committee on arrangements featured MISS Margaret Chambers as chair and several volunteers.
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Bridge Club
Roe Nill
GJ Beestars
John Stohr
de L Shedek
Johnie Stohr
Amena Hunwardser
G J Bees
Marie Mulvihil
Oakdale Moonéaw Evening Card Party at St Patrick’s
Melvin Brewer entertained with pinochle as a progressive game. High scorers were Mr and Mrs McNamara, low were Charles Christy and M. Brewer. Attendees included Dr and Mrs D R Webb, Mr and Mrs George McNamara, Mr and Mrs C Ford Haines, Mr and Mrs Ralph Rohlin, Mrs O'Hara, Ivan Kepler, Ethe Freese, Lucy Bruty, Miss Francis, Roger Cooper, Thomas Brummer, Don Farrans, Arthur Graham, G West Phall, Ferrell Humphries, and George Collingwood. The patients hosted the St Patrick's card party on Wednesday at the main.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moonéaw
Melvin Brewer
Ferrell Humphries
George Collingwood
St. Patrick's
Unclear OCR: scattered numbers and names across a page
Fragmented text lists weights, dates, locations, and amounts with numerous OCR errors. Readable items reference sheep receipts, cattle weights, farm quotes, and a few place names, interspersed with figures like 2750 and 358. Overall content is incoherent but centers on livestock, weights, and prices.
Markets CHICAGO PRODUCE SUMMARY AP
Live poultry receipts six trucks with steady prices, dressed turkeys unchanged. Potatoes receipts 66 on track 239 total US shipments 1.648, weaker demand and slow trading. Wisconsin round whites 50q 75c, Idaho russets 1 122K lists mostly 1.15, Michigan russets 70 175c. Florida Bliss crates 175. Butter receipts 8.580 unsettled. eggs receipts 19.536 unsettled. Chicago Produce Futures: Egg futures March 12 1/2 cents, April 14 1/2, Oct storage 16 3/4. Butter futures June 11 7/8, March 17 3/4, November 18 7/8.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Idaho
Michigan
Florida
Bliss
Wheat prices tumble on Saturday market
Chicago AP reports wheat fell about 4 percent from Friday highs amid anxiety over proposed Washington measures. Traders say confidence in wheat values eroded by expected legislation as prices moved lower through the session. Corn, oats, and provisions also shifted with mixed moves and occasional rallies as supply and demand factors influenced trading.
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Chicago
Washington
Grain Movement Chicago Cash Grain Report
AP wire grain pricing list shows whtes and cereals across grades for corn and wheat near Chicago. No 2 northern spring wheat at 244 cents, No 2 yellow 26 26 Ar, barley at 235, timothy seed around 2.25 to 2.50 per bushel, and clover seed at 6.00 to 6.50 per cut, with large seed lots noted.
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Chicago
Ulan
Prime Porkers Rise on Local Market Report
Prime hogs advance on incal market with all prime grades up. Top price reaches 340 while ranges suggest 130-190 lb hogs at about 250. Market notes show varying bids for other grades by quality amid a generally firmer market.
Auxiliary hostesses and social gathering noted in Walker area
Monday afternoon the auxiliary to Ray past No. 3% was hosted by Mrs John Sand and Mrs Frank Takes with attendees including Mrs Ralph Minehart Miss Lena Wintringer Mrs Thomas Whey Mrs Guy Whitson Mrs Andrew Kuhn Mrs Peter Wilson and several others. The R R E club met Tuesday at the home of Mrs Alex Zimmerman with guests Miss Anna Bargary Mrs Odette Silver from Cedar Rapids Mrs Mary Woodfin of Walker and additional members including Mrs Fred Davis Mrs Ralph Minehart Mrs William Donnelly and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sand
Frank Takes
Ray
Ralph Minehart
Lena Wintringer
Thomas Whey
Guy Whitson
Andrew Kuhn
Peter Wilson
E. G Fisher
Elmer Bare
Donald McKee
David Hyde
R . R E Club
Alex Zimmerman
Anna Bargary
Odette Silver
Cedar Rapids
Mary Woodfin
Walker
Fred Davis
William Donnelly
Roy Heefner
John Houwlahan
Myrtle Toomey
Jean Agnew
Frank Carnes
Marion Carnes
Earlville Silver Wedding Anniversary Celebrated
Relatives gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs Robert McDowell north of Earlville Sunday to celebrate their silver wedding anniversary. In the evening they were surprised by neighbors and friends. Almoral Social club members were entertained at Mrs George Kuehnle home Thursday. Present were Mesdames Charles Carpenter Ernest Carpenter Reuben Carpenter Everson Hunt Fred Parkin Orpha Miller Lyle Parkin John Diesch Burt Bishop Frank Diesch Frank Faust and daughter Lorraine. The Legion and Auxiliary will hold their monthly picnic supper and meeting Tuesday evening March 28. Mrs Glen Carty hosted the E O T at her home Thursday afternoon.
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Robert McDowell
Earlville
Almoral
George Kuehnle
Mesdames
Charles Carpenter
Ernest Carpenter
Reuben Carpenter
Eveson Hunt
Fred Parkin
Orpha Miller
Lyle Parkin
John Diesch
Burt Bishop
Frank Diesch
Frank
Hopkinton Bridge Club entertained by Mr and Mrs Marshall Neil
Hopkinton the Fortnightly Bridge club was entertained by Mr and Mrs Marshall Neil on Monday Mrs F M Wheeless hosted Embroidery club on Thursday All but two members attended with guests Miss Letha Rizer Edna Marley Evelyn Spears Mrs Ethel Morton Miss Sara Littlefield Mrs J D Smith Mrs C Demaree and Mrs N E Loomis Also Kill Kare club met that afternoon at Mrs W J Kirkwood home
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Marshall Neil
F M Wheeless
Embroidery Club
Letha Rizer
Edna Marley
Evelyn Spears
Ethel Morton
Sara Littlefield
J. D. Smith
C. Demaree
N E. Loomis
Kill Kare
W J Kirkwood
Birthday surprise for C H Burr and local social news
About fifty relatives and friends surprised C H Burr on his birthday at his home Tuesday evening. The IOOF and Rebekahs held their fourth card party at the IOOF hall with Charles Hotz winning first, Frank Ficke first consolation, and Mrs Frank Fiecke consolation. Miss Bess Raynor hosted guests in honor of Mrs A G Bonie of Chelan Falls, Wash. Also noted are marriage of Genevieve Horn to Arthur Rieland performed at St Patrick parsonage by Rev J P O Rilley, and election of Women’s Missionary society officers with Mable Burr as president and R Toland as vice-president.
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C H Burr
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
IOOF
Charles Hotz
George Johnson
Frank Ficke
Frank Fiecke
Bess Raynor
A. G Bonie
Chelan Falls
R. L. Brown
W EB Shoquist
W. R. Brewster
George Raynor
Lloyd Magruder
Frank Sherburne
Ernest Horn
Genevieve
Arthur Rieland
J P O'Rilley
St. Patrick Parsonage
Iowa City
Women’s club studies Iowa authors at Center Point
Center Point The Woman's club met at Mrs. Clara Alyea's home on Wednesday for a study of Iowa authors. Miss Irma Sanford presented a talk and Mrs Meta Prahm reviewed Grandmother Brown's One Hundred Years by Harriet Connor Brown. The program featured two quartet numbers by Mrs Samara Smith, and the Misses Pauline Burmeister Wilma Jackson and Pauline Prahm.
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Woman's Club
Clara Alyea
Iowa
Irma Sanford
Meta Prahm
Grandmother Brown
Harriet Connor Brown
Samara Smith
Pauline Burmeister
Wilma Jackson
Pauline Prahm
Deaths David Wiley Services for infant son of Wiley family
Funeral services for David J Wiley six month old son of Mr and Mrs William B Wiley of 1016 Eleventh Street NE will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Turner Chapel. The National Physical Laboratory in Teddington England has unveiled a new 670 by 30 foot tank for testing scale models of ships to study speed and seaworthiness.
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David J Wiley
William B Wiley
Eleventh Street
Turner Chapel
National Physical Laboratory
Teddington
England
Tarsan the Highland collie dies saving sheep
The famed Auchamore farm dog Tarsan, trained by Sandy Gilmour, earns renown in Scotland’s sheep trials. While guiding sheep to a lowland field, a runaway group darted onto a railway. Tarsan herded them back but was struck and killed by an express train, saving the flock. Archie Gilmour cradled the injured hero, and Sandy mourned as for family.
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Au‘ Chamore Tarsan
Sandy Gilmour
Auchamore
Scottish West Highlands
Ballochyle
Hector
Ballochyle Missie
Tarsan
Gilmour
Sandy
William Bulloch
Bulloch
Collie
Highlands
Scotland
Archie Gilmour
Archie
Ladt
Ames Co-Operates With Relief Groups On Garden Project
Ames works with Extension Service and Iowa State College horticulture department to revive old-fashioned vegetable gardens. County farm bureaus and relief committees, clubs, PTA, Red Cross, churches will distribute seed and organize plots. Training schools and county committees will guide planting, fertilizing, storage, and garden campaigns statewide.
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Ames
Extension Service
Department of Horticulture
Iowa State College
State Emergency Relief Committee
Women's Clubs
Parent-teachers Association
Red Cross
P C Taff
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Iowa
Guard And Reserve Officers To Hold Two Day Session
DES MOINES UP A two day period in camp at Fort Des Moines May 6 and 7 is being planned for all Iowa national guard reserve and regular army officers. Membership in the Iowa Reserve Officers organization has increased 250 in the last year. The total membership was reported at approximately 400 with chapters in Waterloo Des Moines Sioux City Muscatine Cedar Rapids and Ames. Bi county chapters were reported at Corning and Bedford and a tri county chapter at Burlington. Conference and group instruction schools have been maintained at multiple cities and many members gained instruction via a correspondence course. New York has Ellis Island as its immigration station and Angel Island serves that purpose in San Francisco.
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Des Moines
Fort Des Moines
Iowa National Guard
Towa Reserve Officers
Waterloo
Sioux City
Muscatine
Cedar Rapids
Ames
Corning
Bedford
Burlington
Dubuque
Davenport
Reserve Officers Organization
Sweat Shop Probes Target Runaway Factories
Labor Department probes uncover run by girls paid one to three dollars weekly in makeshift clothing factories. Women’s bureau director Mary Anderson testified before a committee about fly-by-night shops moving into Connecticut, Massachusetts and New England from New York. Investigations expand to Arkansas at state request, tracing unregistered operations and brief employment cycles.
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Washington
Ins
Women's Bureau
Labor Department
New York
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New England
Mary Anderson
Busreau
Congressional
Bureau
Arkansas
Crime Laboratory Completes Probe In Iowa Murder Case
Northwestern University crime detection lab completed a routine check on the Evelyn Lee killing in Des Moines, examining hairs found near the scene. The review centers on two suspects already acquitted, with no expected new developments. Sheriff GC. F Keeling and State Agent Harold Gesell participated, then returned home.
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Chicago
Northwestern University Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory
Evelyn Lee
Des Moines
Leonard Keeler
Sherif GC
F Keeling
Harold Gesell
Towa
Parole Granted for Fake Holdup Perpetrator
Thomas Peacock once a Fort Dodge railroad station agent pled guilty to embezzlement after a staged holdup. He confessed theft of 1067 dollars from the ticket office safe. Judge S A Clock suspended the five year reformatory sentence during good behavior.
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Fort Dodge
Thomas Peacock
Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railroad
Anamosa Reformatory
Peacock
S. A
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Marion News
Carl Flick
Farmers Holiday Association
Ladies Aid Society
Presbyterian Church
Catherine Adams
Pergo Jes
Joh Feinan
Newhall
Miss A Fontaine
Mary English
Qwer
Ein Rapids
Jennings
Jowa
Seta
Ot W
Hotchkiss
R_ E Leilih
Sorosis Club
Pri Ec 15 Methodist Church
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Metho Church
Eas
Trevelyn White
Pauline Harvie
John Sidlinger
Allen Edwards
Helen Biddick
Iane Hanson
Theodore Silker
Martin's Creek
Forest Blackford
Dry Creek Agriculture and Literary Club
Memoral Hall
Harold Peterson
Arthur Newman
Ce E Blinks
Emma Homes
Joan Bowen
F J Dickes
Atchison Ran
Barentr Prees
Robert Metche'l
Junior Arts Association
Marion Township
Toom
Ely
Coot
Blakeye
Creda Rapids
Mo. Rob From
Petoa
Maara Jowh
Nares Ebler Hanscom
Theresa Fate James Pape
Cheeta
Warren Kelia Betts White
Robert Oaks Vo Rash Aperty
Mies Derk Broun
Cotr
Nets
Sears& Program
Waffle
Mithoedet
Res
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Gero Eo Hatton
George Bur
Chales Carrington
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
East St Louis
Cincinnati
East St. Louis
East St
Associated Press
Mason City
Ottumwa
Harriet Stinger
Masonic Temple
Gwendolkn Newlin
Cedar Falls
Mrs
Fred C. Newlin
Oxford Junction
Pulldme
Margaret Chambers
Ruth Vernant
Helen Neckenberg
Dorothy Suckle
Geraldine Barnette
Alice Stall
W Mel
Spear
Bridge
Stahl
Ralph Rohklwing
Pinechle
Kitty Porter
J. A. Edwards
D. R. Webb
Margaret Thompson
Oakdale
Chicago Livestock
Bieber
Sinclair Hog Market
David Wiley Services
Payson Terhune
Ballochlye Missie
Missie
Iron Monster
B S. Pickett
Boards of Supervisors
Ellis Island
San Francisco
Angel Island
Crime Laboratory
Gazette
Ad Department
Benton County
Ree Ward
Dial
Miessinger & Sons
Ford Band
Motor Fish Co
Emereson-Hillbrunner Music Co
1St St
Hepner’s
Bunco
Moose Hall
Richards
Richards College Primicy
Armory
Memorial Coliseum
Heinze Electric CO
Diamonds Town Loan
Mutilin
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