Iowa Observes Memorial Day Tribute to Civil War Dead
Des Moines AP reports Memorial day ceremonies in Iowa mark 74 years since the Civil War ended. Many veterans remain but living Union veterans are few as the state honors old graves and parades now feature younger service members in khaki.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Boys In Blue
Silliman Speech Highlights Dividends of War in Toledo and Lisbon
Cedar Rapids veteran and former Han ford post commander B. D. Silliman spoke on Memorial Day in Toledo and Lisbon. He warned that sacrifices for war produced dividends revealing the fragility of democracy as dictators rise in 20 nations.
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D. Silliman
Cedar Rapids
Hanford
American Legion
Toledo
Lisbon
Silliman
Oklahoma Indians Claim Land Near Amana
Don Whistler chief of the Sac and Fox in Oklahoma asks Iowa county records chief Roy Faas about a tribal land claim. The story says land near Amana was reserved and leased for 99 years and not included in U S government sales, possibly within Mesquaki reservation in Tama. If true the deed records may be in Washington.
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Marengo
Roy Faas
Iowa
Don Whistler
Oklahoma
Iowa County
U. S
Amana
Office of Records and Patents
Washington
Tama
Belle Plaine Couple Marries Fifty Years Golden Anniversary
Belle Plaine Mrs. W. M. Chown and her husband mark fifty years of marriage with an open house at their home on May 31 1889 wedding date listed. The couple aged 67 and 70 hosted guests in two sessions. They have five daughters two of whom live in California and three in Iowa with twenty grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren.
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Belle Plaine
W. M. Chown
Chown
Mr. Chown
John
Lydia Chown
Pennsylvania
Calif
Dell Hannen
Victor
Henry Roggentine
Oakland
Chelsea
Joseph Benesh
Ravenna
Neb
Frank J. Benesh
Frank Benesh
Mary
Frank
William
Vinton
Fry
Floyd A. Weed
Methodist Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Jenkins
Cedar Rapids
Whiteside County
Ill
T. F. Wyman
Blairstown
W. H. Jenkins
Benton County
Minnesota
Mabel Johnson
Lola Greenwalt
William Greenwalt
Des Moines
Vinton Methodist Church
Savannah
Grace Farris
W. B. Rood
Clearfield
W. R. Farris
Northwest
Vinton High School
Rood
Cornell College
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Pi Theta Pi
Empire
Mich
Laurel
Giles Rice
A. M. Sandsom
Joseph O’connell
P. J. McCavick
Iowa School For the Blind
Rice
James Rice
Monticello
Velma Tobiason
Hayo Tobiason
Ronald Bronemann
Samuel Bronemann
Hopkinton
Wayne Zion Lutheran’ Church
H. F. Kehren
Elda Stahlberg
Loren Bronemann
Bronemann
St. Patrick’s Rectory
P. J. Behan
Virgil Miller
Martelle
Joseph Judge
Clinton
Miss Corwin
Anamosa School
Northwestern Telephone Company
Langdon
Clarence Langdon
Washington
Etta Stewart
J. M. Stewart
Ainsworth
Everett A. Stewart
Mable _ Stites
Omaha
Myrtle Stites
Keota
B. M. O’briend
I. L. Colthurst
Mary Louise
Chosen Cornell Beauty Queen Crowned in Royal Purple
Eleanor Gough of Marion was named beauty queen of Cornell college in this year’s Royal Purple edited by Gleb Fedorin. Five attendants were picked by stars Tyrone Power Clark Gable Don Ameche Robert Taylor Boyer and Ameche. Fedorin drew portraits of 140 juniors for the annual.
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Mount Vernon
Eleanor Gough
E. T. Gough
Marion
Cornell College
Gleb Fedorin
Jessie McKerrow
River Forest
Ill
Tyrone Power
Sarah Jane Hubbard
Bloomington
Clark Gable
Lois Campbell
Emmetsburg
Charles Boyer
Jean Beauchamp
Cedar Rapids
Don Ameche
Corrine Anderson
Lake Forest
Robert Taylor
Fedorin
Ben Hoover
Chicago
Harold Soper
Gwyneth Young
June Marie Pitkanen
Chisholm
Minn
Ruth Mason
Blencoe
Marjorie Bates
Oak Park
Miles Knight
Clinton
George Young
Des Moines
Elaine Ball
Highland Park
Dorothy Courson
Belmond
Max Miller
Algona
Louise Miller
Elgin, Ill
Mercy hospital nurses to receive diplomas at commencement
Eight senior nurses at Mercy hospital in Iowa City will receive diplomas at Saturday morning commencement. The graduates are Dorothy Singmaster Amelia Lipsius Gertrude Hiebing Mildred O Connor Gertrude Billick Regina Pfeiffer Elaine Griffin and Winifred Meade. The Rev P J O Reilly will officiate at the mass.
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Iowa City
Mercy Hospital
Dorothy Singmaster
Amelia Lipsius
Gertrude Hiebing
Mildred O’connor
Gertrude Billick
Regina Pfeiffer
Elaine Griffin
Winifred Meade
P. J. O'Reilly
St. Patrick’s Church
Winfred T. Root
University of Iowa History Department
Rebekahs District 92 Convention Opens in Wellman
The thirteenth annual convention of district No. 92 Rebekahs will be held in Wellman on Thursday. The program starts at 9 30 with registration and introductions of state officers. Mrs Ina Jones will give the address of welcome.
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Wellman
Rebekahs
Ina Jones
Decorah
Det Norske Selskab
Ole Haugen
Howard Owen
Nadine Fischer
Lila Grindeland
T. A. Hoff
Community Daily Vacation Bible School
W. A. Bloomquist
Kenneth Woodruff
Maryella Duncan
Loris Green
Joyce Gilkey
Ruth Wiegner
Clutier
Clutier State Bank
Farmers Savings
Gilmore speaks at U S A exercises Fayette
University of Iowa President Eugene Gilmore spoke at Upper Iowa University commencement. Degrees awarded include Bachelor of Arts to multiple graduates such as Anthony Andrusyk and Richard Guynsham, and Bachelor of Science to George J. Atchison and others. Two-year normal and business program graduates listed with names and towns. Prizes announced: Fawcett, Welch, Dickman, Meyer, and others naming recipients and amounts.
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Fayette
Eugene Gilmore
University of Iowa
Upper Iowa University
Anthony Andrusyk
Richard Guynsham
Lester Bass
Earl Bellis
John Burke
Margaret Jean Campbell
Norman Allen Gunnison
Donald Hunt
Amber Knox
Kenneth Paul Kuhn
Emma Meiners
Lester George Meyer
Norman George Mike
Forrest G. Moore
Jasper S. Moore
Ethel Helen O’berfell
Zada Pritchard
Paul Shafer, Jr
Howard Strong
Robert Faye Tate
Robert Virgil Tate
Ralph B. Wells
George J. Atchison
Eugene Allen Carter
Carlton Verne Cole
Marian Eleanor Deming
Irma Ann Fruechte
Lorna Jean Gassett
Wanda Johnson
Helen E. Moyer
Kenneth Evans
Lois Fargusson
Robert Graham
Robert Hamilton, Jr
Stanley Hanson
Laverne Kehoe
Monona
Iva Klusmeier
Latimer
Geneva Lantz
Janesville
Caroyl Morgan
Stanley
Helen Muehlethaler
Elgin
Evelyn Nieman
Sumner
Verlin Odell
Ruth Pleggenkuhle
Lucile Popenhagen
Elizabeth Pritchard
Virginia Robinson
Virginia Robinson, Hawkeye; Helen Sandbach, Sheffield; Elinora Sherbon
Center Point
Gladys Smothers
McGregor
Ruth Arthur
Randalia
Thelma Heritage
Ashton
Erma Hulsebus
Buck Grove
Martha Johnson
School of Business
Arlette Baker
Betty Baker
Harry Mangold
Florence Page
Panesville
Frances Wood
Sarah Houghton Fawcett
George Caswell
Maynard
Claude Welch
John William Dickman
Lorna Gassett
Cresca
Ralph Wells
Oelwein
Herz
Margaret Meyer
Eilyen
Minn
Clarke Craig
Pi Rho Zeta
Margaret Campbell
Fayette Girl and Oelwein Man Wed
Mrs Rademaker of Fayette announces the marriage of her daughter Eleanore to Robert C Elliott of Oelwein. The ceremony was in the Oelwein Methodist Church with Rev F C Witzigman officiating. The couple will reside in Oelwein with a dinner at the Brown room following.
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Oelwein
Memorial Day Observed in Dysart and Surrounding Notices
Memorial day services were held in Dysart with a 2 p.m. program at the Community building hosted by the Myers-Gordy-Pippert post of the American Legion. The Dysart school band, led by Karl Schmidt with arrangements by Robert Gleim, performed in new uniforms during the parade and ceremony.
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Dysart
Myers-Gordy-Pippert Post
American Legion
Legion
Karl Schmidt
Robert Gleim
Memorial day address at Scotch Grove by L. E. Tull
L. E. Tull of Monticello delivered the Memorial day address in Scotch Grove on Tuesday. The Scotch Grove concert band played briefly before the address and the Wyoming Legion conducted the services at the Scotch Grove cemetery.
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Peter Purman
Dubuque Hospital
Dubuque
Scotch Grove
L. E. Tull
Monticello
Wyoming Legion
Noted Nelson Eddy hotel room notebook incident split story
Hollywood gossip dispute over three girls who allegedly entered Nelson Eddy’s Indianapolis hotel room and took a leather notebook. Marion Chronicle-Tribune believes two girls admit entry and returning the book after learning it held financial records.
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Ollywood
Nelson Eddy
Indianapolis
The
Star
C. Gayle Warnock
Marion
Indiana
Chronicle-Tribune
Eddy
Warnock
Nelson
Hollywood
Sharlie
Hollywood gossip and war news mix in magazine style
A collage of show world anecdotes and military letters from Iowa towns. Ona Munson helped George Murphy break into musical comedy while others write from Des Moines about Etta Stewart funerals and regional reunions. The district notes cover anniversaries, garden shows, and church schooling details.
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Ona" Munson
George Murphy
New York
Hollywood
Vic McLaglen
Clark Gable
Anita Louise
Waukon Boy Wins Music Honors
Eugene Brown, 16, a Waukon junior high student, won first division honors in the trombone section at both state and regional music contests. He is son of Mrs. Ardis Brown and trained for three years under S. D. Gratke in the Waukon public schools. He plays in the high school orchestra and band.
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Gazette
Waukon
Eugene Brown
Ardis Brown
S. D. Gratke
Keota Farmer Seriously Injured In Tractor Accident
Keota area farmer Richard Greiner, 35, was seriously hurt Monday afternoon when he cranked a tractor in gear and both the tractor and a corn cultivator ran over him seven miles northeast of Keota. Doctors cited rubber tires as a life saver. He had severe lacerations and a dislocated shoulder. condition Tuesday morning was reported favorable.
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Gazette
Keota
Richard Greiner
Strawberry Point Boy Missing Since Friday
No trace of George Otdoerfer son of Mr and Mrs Sigmund Otdoerfer who disappeared from his home last Friday has been found He was last seen at Osborne Saturday while eating dinner He was overcome by the heat a few days previously while working in a field
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Mildred Eileen Murray
Arthur Murray
Raymond Warner Krueger
Will Krueger
Independence
Baldwin
Jesup
Mardell Murray
William Krueger
Parnell
Martin J. Gaffey
St. Michael’s Church
Holbrook
Gaffey
Iowa City
Catherine Ford
Leo Duffy
Frances Donahoe
Alicia
Vincent
Cedar Rapids
Gerald
Leo
Paul
Kathleen
Iowa Falls
Henry Hoff
Fergus Falls
Gamble
Alburnett
Vera Marie Moore
Dallas Consolidated School
Randalia
W. T. Smith
Upper Iowa University
Methodist Church
Homer Caskey
Church of the Brethren
Earl Frantz
Grundy Center
America
Paul Ruth
Solo
George Grove
Moses
Cyril McGowan
Chicago
Baptist Quartet
Winthrop
Guild of St. Patrick’s Church
Bess Brickley
George Harris
Arthur Burns
James Carmody
Mcgregor
McGregor Council
Interstate Power Company
Interstate Company
Wyoming
H. J. Bronson
Betty Fishwild
Ina Petersen
Lillian French Buck
Onslow
Roy Conmey
Sergeants Bluff
Irene Bronwell
Ada Ames Jansen
Cedar Rap
Maynard
Lester Jennings
Oelwein
Purley Jennison
Jennings
Wadena
Addie Clark
Alden Jennings
Webster
Sorden Cemetery
John A. Logan
Fred Rugg
Gettysburg
Jean Wheeler
Keswick
Leo Pocter
Sigourney
American Legion
Olin
Olin High School Alumni Association
C. R. Houstman
D. C. Easterly
Will
Elbert Cobb
Strawberry Point
George Otdoerfer
Sigmund Otdoerfer
Osborne
Mrs. Mead of Marengo Dies in Iowa City Hospital
Mrs. R G Mead of Marengo wife of the Monarch Mutual Insurance association president died in an Iowa City hospital Tuesday morning.
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Marengo
R. G. Mead
Monarch Mutual Insurance Association
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Natex testimonial from Iowa man promotes relief claims
Lester Taylor a State Highway Commission employee from 727 Tenth Avenue SW credits Natex with ending years of constipation insomnia and nerve and digestive distress after trying many medicines. He reports improved digestion sleep and energy and says he would recommend Natex widely. A Natex representative is at Podzimek's Pharmacy 100 Second Avenue SE opposite Post Office daily. A $100 reward offers for proving any unauthentic testimonial.
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Natex
Lester Taylor
State Highway Commission
Tenth Avenue
Podzimek
Second Avenue SE
Pqdzimek
Iowa
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