Old Stone Bridge Near Keota Remains Through Time
A sturdy 1870 stone bridge spans Clear Creek six and one half miles southwest of Keota. Built by Keifer and Frederick, it linked Washington and Keokuk counties on the old state road. Once a bustling route for stage coaches and mail, today cars and the No 92 highway bypass the site yet the bridge endures toward a century of service.
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Keota
Clear Creek
Washington
Keokuk
Keifer
Frederick
Clear Creek Township
Stone Bridge
Goldenrod
Talleyrand
Marion High Plans Comedy Play Night at Lincoln Building
Marion junior class under Miss Winifred Schrubbe begins work on the three act comedy Early to Bed Early to Rise by William F Davidson to be staged Friday November 24 in the Lincoln building auditorium. The Fullers story centers on an all American family with Abbie Fuller and the household cast listed and involved in stage preparations.
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Marion High School
Winifred Schrubbe
William F. Davidson
Lincoln Building
Fullers
Abbie Fuller
Martha Ann Young
Bobby Fuller
John Miller
Marion Fuller
Zella Mae Fenlon
Everitt Fuller
Robert Vernon
Spanky Minuti
Zoe Clemens
Jim Griggs
Dale Bebee
Patsy Fuller
Arlene Tow
Daisy Fairfax
Betty Jewell Moore
Otto Kirschmeier
Bob Fiedler
Mr. Conkle
Charles Birmingham
Laura Montgomery
Virginia Jackson
Ralph Morgan
La Porte City Juniore to Present Play Friday
La Porte City junior class presents the play Skidding Friday at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium with Darlene Larson and Dick De Neut in leading roles. Cast includes Edith Gardner La Verne Thomas Duane Goudy Marcheta Moore Bill Pearson Velda Brust Lloyd Turner. Directed by Miss Hyla Beroen. Production staff lists many students and staff names.
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Beedal
The
Gazette
LA Porte City
Darlene Larson
Marion Clubs Report Busy Week of Socials and Visits
The notice lists upcoming events from several groups including the Child Study club visiting Cedar Rapids plants, the Ivanhoe club meeting, and multiple church and civic gatherings. Members and guests are named, with details on committees, homecomings, picnics, and Halloween plans across Marion and surrounding areas.
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Child Study Club
Cedar Rapids
Wheatland Couple Will Marry Today
Wheatland Miss Ruth Harriet Wiebner daughter of Mr and Mrs Harriet Wiebner will wed Kenneth Hoffman son of Mr and Mrs George Hoffman at St Pauls Reformed church at 2 30 pm The Rev Clarence Koehler will officiate Miss Wilma Riedesel will sing and Betty Malsteadt Ruth Bicknese will also sing Attendants Verna Mae Hoffman and Warren Hoffman A wedding dinner will follow at the bride s home with Ione Endorf Marjory Witte and Louise Hommeg hausen assisting
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Wheatland
Ruth Harriet Wiebner
Harriet Wiebner
Kenneth Hoffman
George Hoffman
St Paul’s Reformed Church
Clarence Koehler
Wilma Riedesel
Betty Malsteadt
Ruth Bicknese
Dixon
Verna
High Court To Hear Lee County Securities Appeal
Iowa supreme court will hear the appeal of Marcus J. Dunley convicted in Lee County of violating the Iowa securities law. Court Clerk B. W. Garrett said the action overruled dismissal and affirmed the court will review the case.
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High Court
Lee County Securities Appeal
DES Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Marcus J. Dunley
Lee County
B. W. Garrett
Upper Iowa to inaugurate new president October 28
Dr. Vivian Thomas Smith will become president of Upper Iowa University succeeding Dr. Arthur E. Bennett. Aged 53, Smith has been dean at Kansas Wesleyan University and a professor at Huron College. He holds a PhD from Illinois with a focus on higher education administration and has published extensively on college governance.
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Fayette
Vivian Thomas Smith
Upper Iowa University
Arthur E. Bennett
Smith
Kansas Wesleyan University
Huron College
Huron
Litchfield
Greenville College
Greenville
University of Illinois
Bureau of Educational Research of
Illinois
United States
Lexington
Ill
Dog Hero Dies Saving Mistress In Fire Tragedy
In Shenandoah, a dog that lived with crippled Mrs. Phillip Nies, 72, ran into a burning two mile south home to guide firefighters to her location. The dog did not reappear and both woman and house were lost to the blaze.
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Shenandoah
Phillip Nies
Here
Legion Will Assemble for Wheatland Conference Thursday
The 2nd District American Legion and Auxiliary meet in Wheatland with V Riedesel and Mrs Riedesel presiding. A banquet will feature speakers including Frank Miles and department leaders. over 500 expected. Auxiliary program participants include Wheatland leaders and county presidents, with reports by committee chairs.
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Legion
Wheatland
the Gazette
E. V. Riedesel
Emil Drexler
Dyersville
Barney McPartland
Cedar Rapids
Glen McLaughlin
Anamosa
Mott Peters
DeWitt
Charles Jennings
Maquoketa
Albert Burrichter
Walter Fox
Gus Horstmann
Charles Beach
CIO Head Sues for Divorce in Des Moines
Dorothy Helen Harris filed for divorce from Don Harris regional CIO director in Des Moines charges cruel and inhuman treatment they wed February 6 1938 in Des Moines prior to filing this petition
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Des Moines
Dorothy Helen -Harris
Don Harris
CIO
Iowans Reflect on 1929 Crash to 1939 Reforms
The piece traces Iowa’s shift from the 1929 stock market crash to New Deal policies. It notes GOP gains in 1938, liquor business expansion, and a state tax system with homestead refunds. It lists rising higher education enrollment and a table comparing 1928 and 1939 university enrollments: University of Iowa, Iowa State College, Iowa State Teachers, Drake University.
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Republican Party
New Deal
G.O.P
Iowa Universities and Colleges
State Board of Education
University of Iowa
Iowa State College
Iowa State
Drake University
State cuts label costs with public bids and decalcomania use
Government records show a shift from gummed paper labels at 1.50 per 1,000 to decalcomanias at 0.68 per 1,000, saving $8, Milestones include 600,000 containers at 0.485 each and 750,000 at 0.27 each after bidding reforms. Gov. Wilson ordered public bids, ending the practice of telephone bidding.
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Wilson
Publicaion
Executive Council of
Iowa
Assault With Intent Charges On Cedar Rapids Men
Ben and Orville Trimble father and son of Cedar Rapids face assault with intent to do great bodily harm charges after a Cascade stabbing Friday night. Victims George Pettit of Waterloo and Walter Trimble of Cedar Rapids were hospitalized with knife wounds. Sheriff Eisbach said Orville claimed the clash stemmed from a dispute over a truck used in a cistern and chimney cleaning business.
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Dubuque
Ben
Orville Trimble
Cedar Rapids
Cascade
John L. Duffy
George Pettit
Waterloo
Walter Trimble
Mercy Hospital
L. J. Eisbach
Epworth League elects new officers at annual meeting
Ivan Mader was elected president of the Epworth League at the annual meeting held recently. Other officers are Leona Redmond first vice president, Alice Redmond second vice president, and Geraldine Mader secretary treasurer.
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Irving Drake
Excelsior A. and L. Club
K. O. Knudsen
Knudsen
Russell Singleton
Ralph Hoskins
Wyoming
Ivan Mader
Epworth League
Leona Redmond
Alice Redmond
Geraldine Mader
International Doll Display at TIFFIN features Deloris Reynolds
Miss Deloris Reynolds 14 daughter of Mr. and Mrs Clif ford Reynolds hosts an international doll collection. She owns 44 dolls including American bride and bridegroom Shirley Temple Quintuplets of Canada Snow White and Dopey Patsy Negro Indian Japanese Chinese Arab French American twins Dutch water boy and girl from Pella a Mexican boy and girl dancer. Santa Claus, her mother’s doll, stands nearby in original clothes and is 38 years old.
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Virginia Margaret Wehrend
Grace Wehrend
Seventh Avenue
Marion
Fred L. Kromminga
A. Kromminga
Monticello
James D. Pope
Twenty-sixth Street
C. L. Fuller
Alburnett
Hattie Pope
Alburnett High School
Cedar Rapids Business College
Kromminga
Deloris Reynolds
Clifford Reynolds
Shirley Temple
Canada
Snow White
Dopey
Patsy
Pella
Santa Claus
Iowa Governor Seeks Open Door On 1940 Plans Amid Housing Debate
Capitol Currents notes Governor Wilson withholds 1940 plans while the statehouse shows a vacant display case and discusses leasing Mulberry building at $20,000 yearly. Banking chief Bates fights post reform holdings as questions rise over receiverships and a 1941 building solution drifts to 1943. Iowa’s centennial in 1948 looms as a possible housing fix.
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Des Moines
Wilson
State Banking Department
Iowa City
Bates
Statehouse
Johnson County
P. S
Illinois
Springfield
Iowa
Olin Couple Mark 50 Years in Anniversary Home Event
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Blayney celebrate a fiftieth wedding anniversary with an open house in Olin from 2 to 8 PM and a family dinner at their daughter’s home. The couple married Oct 23 1880 and have deep community ties through church, Masons, and the American Legion.
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Olin
Gilbert Blayney
C. L. Brainard
Mr. Blayney
John
Polly Blayney
Hiawatha
Blayney
American Legion Auxiliary
Masonic Lodge
Iowa
O.E.S
Vinton Couple Marks Fifty Years in Tama Home
Mr and Mrs Walter G Ridge of Vinton celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a family dinner at Tama hosted by daughter Mrs Frank Thill and family The couple married October 21 1889 in Vinton and have seven grandchildren Both members helped in Presbyterian church circles and Mr Ridge once served in YMCA welfare work in WWI and after in Chicago and Maquoketa Paraguay
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Vinton
Walter G. Ridge
Frank Thill
Tama
W. W. Gilmore
Gilmore
Chicago
Vincent
Santa Monica
Calif
Ridge
Eugene Avery
Anna Niermeyer
Simon Niemeyer
Pella
G. W. Ridge
France
Germany
Coblenz
Maquoketa
Capper and Capper
Presbyterian Church
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Moline, Ill
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Roy Larson
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Danville, Ill
Mrs. Castle
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Alexander
Rose of
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St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids
Blanche Hamm
Helen Biddick
Roy Schroeder
Beloit
Wis
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Mary
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Clinton
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R. Lee Taylor
Rockford
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South Bend, Ind
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Jackson
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Mrs. D. S. Stewart
Howard Lyman
Wilfred Stickey
Davenport
Earl Beadle
Hazel van Gorkom
John van Gorkom
Charles D. Roberts
Peoria
J. W. Bowman
Eighth Avenue
Musical Literary Club
Mabel Kearns
Earl Welsher
Knoxville
Grove City
Rebekah Lodge No. 35
Kensington
George Fullerton
Judson J. Calkins
West Marion
Mildred Teeter
Emerson School
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Wyoma
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S. N. Kingsbury
Ames
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Robert Mitchell
W. R. C. No. 126
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Upper Iowa
DR. Vivian Smith
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Riedesel
CIO Head
CCC
Deloris
Capitol Currents
John H. Chapman
Iowa Farms and Mills
Thomas L. Curran
Curran
Liquor and Conservation Commissions
Mulberry
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