Modernization Of Elks Clubrooms In Cedar Rapids Under Way
Cedar Rapids lodge No. 251 of the Elks advances a $10,000 modernization after a management shift this spring. Exalted Ruler David G. Bleakley leads an expanded house committee overseeing a full club renovation including a new card room, acoustically treated spaces, redecorated lobby and offices, and planned air conditioning for the dining room. Membership grows from 470 to about 600 with a large new class expected in October.
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Elks
Cedar Rapids Lodge No. 251
The
David G. Bleakley
Bleakley
House Committee
I. B. McGladrey
Frank Katterjohn
Emil Levsen
A. R. Menary
C. J. Bundy
Lial D. Ross
Ross
Willard J. Chadima
Lodge
Merly
Elks Club
Thumbnail History. Hayes and Til den in tight electoral race
The piece recalls Rutherford B. Hayes winning the presidency by one electoral vote amid an 8 to 7 commission split. It notes debates over Jonathan Edwards as a great theologian, then hints at his later struggles to support his family before making a comeback.
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Rutherford Birchard Hayes
White House
United States
Samuel J. Tilden
Special Electoral Commission
Famous preacher and Princeton president linked to Burr
The passage notes a renowned preacher who became president of the College of New Jersey at Princeton and mentions that he was the father-in-law of Aaron Burr.
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College of New Jersey
Princeton
Aaron Burr
Birthday anniversaries of Jenny Lind and Albert Beveridge
October 6 marks the birth anniversaries of the soprano Jenny Lind born 1820 famed as the nightingale and Indiana senator Albert Beveridge born 1862 esteemed as a top political orator of his era.
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Jenny Lind
Alberbert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Bronson Howard Remembered On 94th Birthday
New York Tribune reporter Bronson Howard, author of Sara toga The Henrietta Shenandoah and other plays, would have turned 94 today if he were alive His early hit making career marked a high point in American dramatic writing
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Bronson Howard
New York Tribune
Saratoga
Anniversary of Edgar Saltus Birth Noted in New York
The note marks the 1858 birth of Edgar Saltus in New York City. It recalls his reputation as bizarre in his era and his prolific literary output, while acknowledging he is now less read. The mention also compares his situation to that of John Milton.
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New York City
Edgar Saltus
John Milton
Leonard Wood and Roosevelt among Rough Riders linked to presidential runs
The text notes Leonard Wood, born 1860, as a Rough Rider with ambitions beyond the presidency. It recalls his failure to gain Army generalship, a role Pershing received, and mentions Theodore Roosevelt and Col. Frank Knox who pursued higher office.
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Leonard Wood
Warren Harding
A.E.F
Pershing
Rough Riders
Wood
Theodore Roosevelt
Col
Frank Knox
Alfred M. Landon
WOODBURY CRACKS UP ON RACE TRACK
Cliff Woodbury once a racing star now runs a repair shop after a 1929 Altoona crash ended his career. He spent months recovering from a fractured skull and burns, then chose a quieter path, still recalling his early speed days and the danger that came with them.
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Chicago
Cliff Woodbury
America
Woodbury
Altoona
History of our country spans time, places honor to Niles founder
The text notes the true foundation extant of the history of our country for the period over which it extends and mentions the people of Niles Ohio and Nile Mich who valued him enough to name their communities after him.
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Niles
Ohio
Nile Mich
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