Mississippi Valley League standings and results update
In the 40 Mississippi Valley League table Marshalltown leads with .451, Burlington .442. recent results show Marshalltown 6 Waterloo 1, Ottumwa 7 Burlington 0, Cedar Rapids 5 Rock Island 0, Dubuque 2 Moline 0. Upcoming games: Marshalltown at Waterloo, Rock Island at Cedar Rapids, Burlington at Ottumwa, Dubuque at Moline.
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Mississippi Valley League
L. Gedar Rapids
Rock Island
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Ottumwa
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Moline
Baseball Standings and Results From Yesterday
National League standings show New York leading with a .615 mark at 40 wins and 96 losses, followed by Pittsburgh 32 32 .500 and Cincinnati 32 32 .500. Yesterday’s results include St. Louis 8 Detroit 2, Chicago 8 Cleveland 4, Washington 6 Philadelphia 1. Tomorrow’s games: New York at Boston, Chicago at St. Louis, Philadelphia at Washington, Detroit at Cleveland.
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New York
Boston
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Pet
Cintinnati
Eeks Aid So Coserves
Detroit St. Louis
Creston Visit Notes From Local Families
Mrs Elizabeth Hall of Chicago arrived in Creston Sunday evening to spend a month with her brother Leon Morrison and family at 911 West Montgomery. Mr and Mrs Clifford Huhn returned to Burlington after visiting Mrs Huhns mother Mrs Katherine Huhn of 601 North Oak. Mr and Mrs C H Baker Ottumwa arrived Saturday to visit Mrs Bakers parents Mr and Mrs J R Snoderly. Mr Baker returned home Sunday while Mrs Baker stays a few more days.
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Elizabeth Hall
Chicago
Creston
Leon Morrison
West
Montgomery Street
Clifford Huhn
Burlington
Mr. Huhn
Katherine Huhn
North Oak Street
C. H. Baker
Ottumwa
Air mail era begins in Des Moines with July 1 launch
Des Moines prepares for a historic air mail start on July 1 marking a shift from trains to planes. Postmaster Frisk outlines routing options to destinations beyond the direct air line and a first day celebration aims to mail about one hundred thousand letters. A fleet of planes and local officials will participate in the event.
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Des Moines
Fort Des Moines
Pony Express
Frisk
Milwaukee
Chicago
New Orleans
San Francisco
Flag and Brotherhood Theme Echoes in Veteran Address
J. W. Stratton reflects on the American flag as a symbol of liberty and national unity. He notes rain disrupting a dress parade and comments on the aging G. A. R. color guard, praising semi military training and patriotic duties.
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America
J. W. Stratton
Stepping High at Strand in two night road show
The Strand Theatre hosts Stepping High a 25 person musical review with its own jazz orchestra and a strong cast led by Hazel Myers. Duke Thomas and Billie Pierson provide comedy while the program pairs with the Warner Brothers feature Recompense for a high quality evening.
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Metzger
Strand Theatre
Hazel Myers
Hazel
Mamma
Duke Thomas
Billie Pierson
Warner Brothers
Hold Your Breath shines in Christie comedy at Strand
Dorothy Devore leads an all star Christie cast in Hold Your Breath a full length comedy at the Strand Walter Hiers Burt Marshall Jimmie Adams Jay Belasco and others provide rapid fire humor as Devore endures dizzy peril to win her plot finale. The company mirrors the two reel style with a logical story and bright gags creating lively entertainment tonight.
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al Christie
Strand
Christe
Christie
Allstar
Dorothy Devore
Miss Devore
Walter Hiers
Walter
Dorothy
Tully Marshall
Jimmie Harrison
Priscilla Bonner
Jimmie Adams
Jay Belasco
Eddie Baker
Bud Fine
Lincoln Plumer
Patricia Gore
George Pierce
Douglas Carter
Chicago Visitors and Local Weekend Guests
Robert Griffen of Chicago arrived in Creston from Kansas City for a visit at the W. H. Brady home on West Montgomery. Charles Micks returned to Chicago after a short visit with friends. Mrs. E. B. Beatty and daughter Mary Lou and Miss Isabelle Connley of Greenfield spent the weekend at the R. G. Harriss home on South Lincoln Street.
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Robert Griffen
Chicago
Creston
Kansas City
W. H. Brady
Montgomery Street
Charles Micks
Mr. Micks
Denison cashier to face sentence in mortgage case
L Voes of Denison, scheduled to appear in district court for sentence after conviction for mishandling mortgages entrusted to him as cashier of the Denison State Bank Berlin June 29. Dr Jacob Gould Schurman presented credentials to President von Hindenberg as ambassador to Germany in Berlin today.Fort Dodge plans Fourth of July parade rodeo and frontier celebration with seventy five cowboys and cowgirls competing for 5000 in prizes. Robbers broke into two safes in Citizens' Industrial Loan offices in Des Moines early today. authorities believe only a small amount was taken. Giants catcher Mike Devine, recently acquired from Newark, played well against the Braves. Zip Kloos named head coach at Mountaine high school, after starring at Iowa City High and two years as assistant coach.
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Sac City
L. Voes
Denison
Denison State Bank
Berlin
Jacob Gould Schurman
Peking
Germany
von Hindenberg
Fort Dodge
Des Moines
Citizens’ Industrial Loan Company
Iowa City
George R
Zip” Kloos
Muteatine High School
Kloos
Jani tor John Sidders Rescued From Courthouse Roof
Kedkuk June 29 police and firemen rescued John Sidders a grocery clerk from the roof of a three story wholesale building at the county courthouse where he had climbed yesterday in what officials call a possible suicide attempt. He is in a local hospital for treatment and is said to be mentally disturbed.
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Kedkuk
John Sidders
Damage from hail hits Iowa florists and trucks
Council Bluffs reports hail damage to florists and truck gardens estimated up to fifty thousand dollars. Waterloo notes a giant fire cracker injuring Forrest Bodell’s hand. Cedar Rapids says a robber bound and robbed H. J. Dunlap for fifty dollars. Madrid mentions Mrs Gouverneur Morris in bullfighting dress at a ranch visit. Watertown reports three men killed in a dynamite mine explosion at New Jersey Zinc in St Lawrence county.
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Madrid
Gouverneur Morrissfe
Tovar
Morris
Watertown
N. Y
New Jersey Zinc Company
Edwards
St. Lawrence County
Longtime engineer Hane Rasmussen dies in car accident
Cedar Falls Louisiana June 29 Hane P Rasmussen chief engineer at Teachers college light and heat plant for 23 years before Jan 1925 died Sunday afternoon while motoring with a daughter. He had been in failing health about six months.
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Cedar Falls
Hane P. Rasmussen
Teachers’ College
White Sox Pitcher Revived After News Of Daughter
Thurston showed renewed form against the Indians as the White Sox won in pinch situations. In the St Louis doubleheader Jimmy Bottomly collected three hits off Lefty Cooper, including a homer and a double. Bischoff stayed home with rookies due for trials at Comiskey Park.
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Associated Press
California
Hollis Thurston
White Sox
Indians
Jimmy Bottomly
Cardinals
Lefty Cooper
St. Louis
Chicago
Sheriff Blake
Jimmy
Bischoff
Com
American Standard Bible Adopted by Lutheran Augustana Synod
Minneapolis June 29 The American Standard Bible will be used in epistle and gospel lessons for the church year in the new book of worship. A 670 hymn hymnal from Lutheran Germany Sweden Norway and Denmark was adopted. The Common Service is included aiming for Lutheran unity and broader Protestant ritual uniformity. The synod reversed last year to restore hell in the Apostles Creed and sanctioned divorce for malicious and permanent desertion with remarriage allowance for the innocent party. The ministerial pension fund nears one million dollars with $44 114 paid last year to widows orphans and superannuated pastors. English is increasingly used and churches may drop the word Swedish from their official congregational names.
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Minneapolis
Lutheran Augustana Synod
Germany
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Synod
Lutheran Church and
Synodical Conference
Trapshooters to Meet At Vandalia In August
Vandalia Ohio will host the Grand American Handicap in the last week of August drawing hundreds of amateur trapshooters from 48 states and five zones. The event marks a national championship among states with a field expected to exceed 1,000 shooters. Previous winner H C Deck a Plymouth Colorado carpenter won in 1924 with a 24 of 26 score.
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Dayton
Ohio
Vandalia
Amateur Trapshooting Association of America
H. C. Deck
Plymouth
Deck
Marksmen from US and Canada Compete at 16 Yard Line
The event features the class marksmen of the United States and Canada shooting from the 16 yard mark. Each state will cover the expense of its champion to the tournament.
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United States
Canada
Ancient Indian Graveyard Found Near Purissima Mission
June 29 Santa Barbara California report of an ancient Indian graveyard near Purissima Mission in the Santa Ynez Valley uncovered by Don Meadows and Ray Gruwell. Excavation yielded 40 skeletons skulls beads and arrowheads in a multi-layer burial site. Skeletons lay facing west with limestone slabs marking each grave.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Purissima Mission
Santa Ynez Valley
Here
Don Mewhows
Ray Gruwell
Orange
Meadows
Music News Highlights Local Concerts and Recitals
June brings four rainy Sundays and four well attended band concerts. Ernest Porter and Paul Huntington receive praise for clarify the clarinet. a downtown program on the high school lawn is planned for Thursday at 7 30 pm to shape future concerts. Evelyn Heessel will perform at Geo F Ogden’s studio with the Ogden Male Quartet Wednesday night. Roland Hayes earns the Spingarin medal and tours Europe. Fred L Sowash now leads the Willits Community Orchestra with wife Freda Warren Sowash as concertmaster. Creston hires Selma Lane to direct music in grade schools. A New York City high school aims to combine music and industrial arts.
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Ernest Porter
Paul Huntington
Evelyn Heessel
Geo. F. Ogden
Des Moines
Ogden
Miss Heessel
Bach
Wagner
Chopin
Debussy
Alkan
Moskowski
Lisst
Roland Hayes
Fred L. Sowash
Creseton
Willits
Calif
Freda Warren Sowash
New York City
Creston Board of Education
Selma Lane
Miss Lane
Graceland College
Lamont
New York visitors return home after weekend in Greenfield
Miss Matilda Fredericks of New York City will return Tuesday after a visit with her brother E Fredericks and family of West Adams Street. Miss Edna Gibbs and Miss Zara Spitz of Greenfield spent the weekend with Miss Gibbs’ sister Mrs Merion Shiffer and family at 62 West Montgomery Street.
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Matilda Fredericks
New York City
E. Fredericks
Fameily
West Adams Street
Edna Gibbs
Zara Spitz
Greenfield
Miss Gibbs
Merion Shiffer
West Montgomery Street
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Sweet Daddy
Dorothy Devore Walter Heirs
Priscilla Banner
Jimmie Harrison Lincoln Plumer
Scott
Sidney
Kaja Christie Pie
THE
Hodkinson
Story
Frank Roland Conklin
Norris - Smith Cleaning CO
Denver
St. Joe
Oklahoma City
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Omaha
Lincoln
Tulsa
Wichita
Hood’s
Amene
THURS
Dorothy Mackaill
Gladys Brockwell
Hobart Bosworth
Myrtle Stedman
Olive Tell
John Bowers
John Francis Dillon
Earl Hudson
Advertiser
Grand Commandry of
Iowa
Templar Park
Spirit Lake
Grand Commandry
Commonwealth
Creston Gas Company
Ow ‘Olled J
Isky Park
Mike Devine
Giants
Newark
Braves
Dean
Huntzinger
Council Bluffs
Forrest Bodell
H. J. Dunlap
Chas. A. Hayden
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