Gazette Employees Dine With Paramount Manager At Grand Hotel
Ted Emerson, Paramount theater manager, hosted Cedar Rapids Gazette employees and their wives for an evening showing of Grand Hotel at the Paramount. About 125 from The Gazette plant attended, enjoying the film with Greta Garbo Lionel Barrymore Joan Crawford and Wallace Beery in a star filled program.
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Ted Emerson
Paramount Theater
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Grand Hotel
Paramount
Gazette
Greta Garbo
Lionel
John Barrymore
Joan Crawford
Wallace Beery
Falconer Joins Florida Morgans for a Smuggling Fishing Life
Falconer, an aviator with a shady past, lands near Henry Morgan and daughter Florida on a remote key. He befriends the pair, learns they are bootleggers, and agrees to join a fishing expedition while plotting his next move and enjoying Florida’s allure. The scene shifts to their dockside world of smugglers and possible danger as a machine gunner is asked to join.
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Henry Morgan
Plorida
Tahoe
Fioerrie
Falconer
Falcon— Falconer
Palm Beach
Morgans
Florida
Morgan
Joe
Pappy
Havana
Oeeres
Coast Guards
Fi Baldy
Baldy
Nancy Page Polka-Dot Quilt tale by Florence La Ganke
In this Nancy Page column Florence La Ganke recalls grandma advice about a polka-dot quilt. The piece blends family memory with craft lore and gentle practical tips for mending and matching patterns.
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Florence la Ganke
Polka Dot Quilt Pattern and Notes From Nancy Page
A 1932 Nancy Page quilt item describes a polka dot design with white or black material, pink blue green or yellow accents for girls, and a note on safe curved seams and pattern finishing. It explains pattern size, color fast fabrics, and how to obtain the pattern by mail, ending with copyright details. It then shifts to a noir scene about a rum baron’s daughter and the vivid world of bootleggers, memorably described with a George Bellows style vigor.
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Nancy
Nancy Page
Grinnell defines campus politics and marriage notice
Grinnell college president states the school does not endorse political views despite a lecturer running for governor on the socialist ticket. In Wapello the marriage announcement of Traverse City, Michigan native to Charles Wagg is noted with bride and groom backgrounds.
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Grinnell
Grinnell College
Lettia M. Conrad
John S. Nollen
Nollen
Wapello
Traverse City
Mich
Charles Wagg
Henry Wage
Traverse City High School
University of Michigan
Wagg
Wapello High School
University of Iowa
Ernment
Michigan
Now Science Explains Bran Health Benefits and Use
Kellogg’s Alt-Bran claimed to relieve constipation and headaches by “bulk” similar to lettuce, gently clearing wastes and helping iron intake. Two tablespoons daily touted as enough, with notes on flavor and versatile use in cereals and baking.
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Kelle
Battle Creek
Fraternity Meeting Refreshments Planned for Evening
A list of refreshments including ham and relish sandwiches coffee date nut cookies and apples prepared for a fraternity meeting.
Picnic for veterans planned by VFW in Vinton
All former service men in the area are invited to a Friday evening VFW sponsored picnic under canvas at the White House Inn. Posts in the district indicate strong representation at the event.
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Vinton
Shotwell-Smith Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
White House Inn
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