Marion Tailor Engstrom recalls early life in Sweden
John Engstrom born 1853 Vormland Sweden recalls working as a tailor's apprentice from 5 am to 10 pm with crude lighting, no machines, and $9 yearly board. He emigrated to the United States in 1883, settled in Marion after stints in Chicago and Storm Lake, built a home at 1160 Fourteenth Street, raised eight children, and later retired after eye surgeries.
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John Engstrom
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Vormland
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U. S
Chicago
Storm Lake
Christa Magnuson
Vermland
Bert Rodgers
Braska
Myr
Fourteenth Street
Deerfield
Mark Fitzgerald
Stevensville
Mont
Gus
Bozeman
Harry Emerson
Cedar Rapids
Ruth Engstrom
Starbuck Couple Celebrate 55th Anniversary at Davenport Home
Mr and Mrs W S Starbuck mark fifty five years of marriage with a family dinner at 463 Seventh Street. Guests include Mrs John Burch sister of Mrs Starbuck Mrs L H Benitema and children Betty Jack and Mrs W A Rousey of Davenport Mr and Mrs L M Phelps of Marion John Burch Mr and Mrs W Drake and Phyllis Faye of Blairstown Mr and Mrs Harold Travis and son Gene of Cedar Rapids. Mrs Starbuck also celebrates her eightieth birthday.
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Seventh Street
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L. H. Benitema
Betty
Jack
W. A. Rousey
Mr. Rousey
Davenport
L. M. Phelps
Marion
Ww. A. Drake
Phyllis Faye
Blairstown
Harold Travis
Gene
Cedar Rapids
Birthday party honors Jo Marie Peck with costumed guests
Mrs. Harold B. Peck entertained Friday for her daughter Jo Marie's ninth birthday with a Halloween party. Guests in costume included Sydney Cornell Joan Drew Margaret Ann Wallace Mar garet Ham Jin Joan Nickeson Beverly Walker Eleanor Bogart and Jane Anne Grayston of Cedar Rapids. Jane Carrier and Patricia Peck assisted in serving.
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Harold B. Peck
Sydney Cornell
Joan Drew
Margaret Ann Wallace
Marjorie Ham Jin
Joan Nickeson
Beverly Walker
Eleanor Bogart
Jane Anne Grayston
Cedar Rapids
Jane Carrier
Patricia Peck
Mrs. Peck
Huth Swerdes Wedding at Presbyterian Parsonage
Miss Ethel Huth daughter of Mr and Mrs F J Huth and Harold E Swerdes of Marion wed Saturday at 1 30 p m at the Presbyterian parsonage by Rev C V R DeJong The bride wore powder blue silk crepe They will reside with the bride s parents east of Marion A shower for Mrs Swordes was hosted by the Martin s Creek Community club with refreshments for eighteen members and guests.
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Ethel Huth
F. J. Huth
Harold E. Swerdes
Marion
Presbyterian Parsonage
C. V. R. DeJong
Martin's Creek
Marion High Band Debuts New Uniforms At Lincoln Concert
Marion residents glimpse the new band uniforms at a 3 p.m. Lincoln auditorium concert. G. L. Lyman directs the program featuring Ruth Ostrander on cornet and a varied selection including Beaton Commanders and In a Persian Market. Sixty uniforms, maroon with grey and gold trim, white pants, were purchased.
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Anniversary notices and community events in Marion area
Obituary notes Mrs. Frank S. Fairley dies after lingering illness at 2410 Tenth Avenue. Anniversary greetings for Mr. and Mrs. E V Carey mark 25 years with a family dinner and upcoming ten day trip. Farm Bureau and club activities include Wildcat school meeting, Child Study party, and various gatherings in Marion with local hosts and visiting guests.
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Marcel Dupre, Organist, To Appear At Cornell
Marcel Dupre, famed organist who once learned Bach from memory, will perform at Cornell college on November 1 in Mount Vernon. The concert enhances his American tour toward completion as professor at the Paris National Conservatory. He will include Bach, Schubert, Widor, Liszt works and pieces from his own repertoire.
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Scaffold Collapse Injures Two at Carl Santman Farm
In Dysart William Wurtzel and O C Bonesteel were hurt when a scaffold collapsed dropping them eight feet to a concrete floor. both suffered sprains and bruises.
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Iowa Schools Plan New Activities Assn Formation
Iowa schools discuss forming a state activities association with a proposed constitution. Delegates from eight districts are listed and a responses-based plan from last summer shows 350 schools favored combining activities among the nation’s 850 Iowa high schools.
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OWA
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Southeast
Iowa veterans and dependents receive 1937 federal benefits total
Washington AP reports Iowa veterans and dependents received 6,565,179 in compensation and pension from the federal government for the 1937 fiscal year. Living veterans got 4,392,996 and survivors 2,172,183, with total including related costs rising to 10,172,398. Civil War veterans and their dependents received 375,061 and 1,385,406 respectively for pensions and survivor payments.
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Washington
Iowa
Colesburg High Presents Up at Minty's Play
Colesburg junior class stages Up at Minty's in the school auditorium on November 17. Cast includes Wilma Ku hl man Virginia Dittmer Ruth Lee Donald Stone Ada Every Arvin Woeste and Virginia Nebel. Miss Wilma Smith directs.
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Minty’s
Wilma Kuhlman
Virginia Dittmer
Ruth Lee
Donald Stone
Ada Every
Arvin Woeste
Virginia Nebel
Wilma Smith
Joyce Kilmer Library Dedicated at Campion College
The Joyce Kilmer library at Campion College is completed as the first permanent memorial to the poet and patriot. Father Claude Pernin funded the project through a legacy begun after Kilmer’s 1918 death in France, with support from Kilmer’s family and admirers. A bronze plaque honors Kilmer and Rupert Brooke, linking the memorial to the poet’s legacy and campion faculty ties.
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Catholic Magazine of America
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American Legion
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Allen Earth
Iowa State College Reports High Demand for Graduates
Iowa State College reports record demand for its graduates with about 97 percent of 703 spring and summer graduates placed. Engineering and industrial science grads found work quickly, home economics teachers remain scarce, agriculture grads largely employed in field, veterinary medicine hardest to fill. Most grads went into private practice or federal and commercial roles.
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Iowa State College
M. D. Helser
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Mary Elva Sather
R. M. Visquain
H. V. Gaskill
Veterinary Medicine
Methodist Women Convene At La Porte City
The forty seventh Cedar Rapids district convention of Methodist church home missionary societies will meet Tuesday at La Porte City Methodist Church. The program includes devotionals by Rev. G. D. Gaide, welcomes by Mrs. C. W. Bard, multiple talks and reports, a playlet, and installation of officers led by Mrs. Earl Baker.
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Reinbeck
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LA Porte City
Cedar Rapids
the Home Missionary Societies of the Methodist Church
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DeRosa
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National
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Florence Barrett
Cora Browns Stevens
Freida Schmitkle
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F. A. Cohagan
Earl Baker
Funeral services for Matthew White held at St Marys
Funeral services are planned for Monday at 9 am at St Marys Catholic church for Matthew White a 48 year old unmarried man who died of a heart attack at his brother Peters home near Conroy. He was a native of Ireland and is survived by two brothers in the United States Peter and Andrew and one brother in Ireland.
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St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Matthew White
Peter
Conroy
Ireland
United States
Ane Drew
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