Session Opens for 61st Eastern Star Year in Iowa
The sixty first annual grand chapter session of the Order of Eastern Star opens in the Shrine temple Iowa with grand officers exemplifying degrees tonight. Colorful pages in colonial dress assist as a Beethoven club chorus performs and notable guests from Masonic and Rainbow groups attend a day of ceremonies and memory hour.
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Order of Eastern Star
Iowa
Shrine Temple
Rowena Johnson
Boone
Cedar and
Malta
Cedar Rapids
John Burianek
Sarah Bachman
Yatron
Theodore Hawkinson
Knights Templar
Cyrus McCailey
Benny Pinsky
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Offer Constipation Relief
Columbus Ohio report on Dr F M Edwards famous Olive Tablets claim gentle bowel movements and bile flow aid for constipation and energy, with 15 30 60 cent pricing noted. Awards and public health benefit language emphasize a long history of treatment by a widely known physician.
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Columbus
Ohio
F. M. Edwards
Dr. Edwards
Roosevelt School To Present Galahad Jones on Nov 23
Miss Roberta D Sheets heads the Roosevelt dramatic department with a three act comedy Galahad Jones chosen for the all school fall production. The play follows a young high school boy inspired by Idylls of the King as he seeks a fair damsel and faces comic difficulties before a happy ending.
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Roosevelt School
Galahad Jones
Roberta D Sheets
Roosevelt Dramatic Department
Souvenir Letter From Burning Plane After Incident Near Montgomery
A charred letter from Mrs. A. C. Meakins of New Orleans arrives in Winfield, Iowa, via Miss Mary Meakins. The note, burned at the edges in the October 18 Montgomery crash, accompanied by a postal explanation, honors pilot Dave Hissong who landed the burning aircraft and saved passengers and crew.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dave Hissong
Winfield
Mary Meakins
First Avenue
A. C. Meakins
New Orleans
Time varieties exclude daylight saving across nations
A survey notes sixty three distinct time systems used worldwide, with daylight saving time omitted from the count. The finding highlights global differences in timekeeping practices and potential scheduling complexities for international coordination.
Gernert Given Deed To Old Biggs Hotel In Linn County
Earl Gernert, president of the Gernert company, received a deed to the old Biggs hotel at Sixth avenue and Eleventh street from the Linn county board of supervisors on Wednesday. He plans about 3500 remodeling dollars, 350 cold storage lockers, future expansion to 1000, and upper floor manufacturing and distributing operations. The building, over seventy years old, was built by John Mentzer and later expanded by E. W. Biggs who ran the hotel for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Gernert
Gernert
John Mentzer
B. F Mentzer
E. W. Biggs
Luncheon Guests Connected to Cornell College Visit
Luncheon guests in the Hamms home include Mary Gail Hall from Mount Vernon Erma Lincoln from Wyoming Mildred Winslow from Grundy Center Charla Mae Warner from Fort Dodge Gladys Zabilka from Klemme Neva Sweet from Polo 111 Helen Melville and Gertrude Hargreaves from Chicago and Blanche Hamm all students at Cornell college members of the education class that visited Marion public schools Tuesday. Mrs Simon ONeil has erysipelas and was taken to a hospital in Iowa City for treatment. Miss Nettie White of Long Beach Calif will return home Thursday. Mr and Mrs Vincent Hart of Iowa City were guests of Mrs Hart's parents Mr and Mrs Michael Cira Monday night. Gordon Grocery advertises Corn King bacon 23c lb creamery butter 25c lb. Dickeys Foods advertises.
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E. C. Hamm
Mary Gail Hall
Mt. Vernon
Erma Lincoln
Wyoming
Mildred Winslow
Grundy Center
Charla Mae Warner
Fort Dodge
Gladys Zabilka
Klemme
Neva Sweet
Polo
Helen Melville
Gertrude Hargreaves
Chicago
Blanche Hamm
Cornell College
Marion Public Schools
Plans for Linn County Christmas seal sale set at luncheon
At Hallwood cafe in Cedar Rapids a Linn County Christmas seal group met for planning. Marguerite Pfeffer of Des Moines outlined the fifth annual radio speaking program for high school students. Talks will cover Koch, Trudeau, and Holboell. Publicity chair Grace Koppenhaver spoke and nurse investigator Lucille Christie discussed patient visits.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Hallwood Cafe
Marguerite Pfeffer
Des Moines
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Robert Koch
Edward Livingston Trudeau
Sara Nott
Marion
Lois Reynolds
Center Point
Edgar Neal
Mount Vernon
Nora Cogdall
O C. Hoover
Lisbon
Pearson and Guests Spend Weekend in Rockford Ill
Pearson and their guests spent the weekend in Rockford Illinois visiting relatives and enjoying family time.
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Pearson
Rockford, Ill
Halloween party date moved for Christian Endeavor group
Out-of-town guests including Mr and Mrs Fred Mosher of Central City and other Cedar Rapids visitors attended events. The intermediate Christian Endeavor of the Presbyterian church scheduled its Halloween party for November 4. Mrs Mary Hagerman of Center Point visits the Hagerman and Etzel homes. W T Jackson traveled to Rochester Minnesota to visit the Mayo clinic. Joe Biggs in Moline was promoted to manager at a shoe store. Dr A B Lake and Helena Lake attended a relative's funeral in Luxemburg.
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Ing
Fred Mosher
Central City
Dewey Alexander
Harry Lutz
al Shaffer
Bob Lowy
Cedar Rapids
Intermediate Christian Endeavor of
The
Presbyterian Church
Mary Hagerman
Center Point
D. R. Hagerman
Raymond Etzel
C. W. Biggs
Joe Biggs
Moline
A. B Lake
Helena Lake
Luxemburg
Receiver's Notice to Sell Cedar Rapids State Bank Property
D. W Bates as Receiver seeks court authority to sell Linn County Iowa real estate described as Lot 5 Fractional Block 3 Original Kingston now West Cedar Rapids and the South 20 feet of the North 24 feet of Lot 5 Fractional Block 3 West Cedar Rapids Former Kingston. Hearing set for November 5 1938 at 9:00 A.M. at the Courthouse Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids State Bank
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
District Court
Linn County
D. W Bates
Kingston
First Street
West
Ceder Rapids
Kirk to transfer to Quaker Oats Chicago office
Douglas Kirk, former Cedar Rapids package head and current St Joseph assistant superintendent, will move to Quaker Oats Chicago main office in purchasing. Word comes via Mrs Kirk visiting here. transfer date likely soon, perhaps November 1. No successor named at St Joseph. with the company since 1929.
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Douglas Kirk
Cedar Rapids
Quaker Oats Company
St. Joseph
Chicago
Kirk
Mr. Kirk
Alcoban marketed as non habit forming remedy for alcohol craving
An old advert promotes Alcoban a doctor's prescription long used for excessive drinking now sold publicly. It claims to curb liquor cravings and can be taken with any liquid with or without the user’s knowledge. Box trial offered with money back if not delighted. May's Cut Rate Drug Store and other druggists sell it.
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May
Alcoban
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William M. Robinson
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Trojan Lodge
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M. D. Brotemarkle
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St. Luke's Hospital
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R. B. Eckhart
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Sabula
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Seventh Street
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Mercy Hospital
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Chatterbox Bridge Club
Harold Rowe
Oscar French
John Larks
Jack Blessing
Betty Jane
Independence
Mrs. Blessing
Mrs. C. W. Biggs
Little Head School
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Kathleen Oxley
Gleaners
Presbyterian Sunday School
Helen
Lois Lutz
Jack Gibney
Gibney
Seventh Avenue
W. T. Jackson
Rochestar, Minn
Mayo Clinic
George Coorman
Silly Drug Company
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Quaker Oats Co
Bishop's
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Shoe Repair Dept
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Ford Hopkins
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