Eye wash advert and local social notes mix
An item promotes camphor eye wash Lavoptik by Progeist and warns it relieves dust and germs after long drives. It also records social notes: Rev W G McCreary and family of Lenox visited. Harry Champ returned to Savannah Missouri after a weekend with his parents Ewk and Mrs Champ of West Adams Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. York Progeist
West Montgomery Sts
Ady
Harry’ Champ
Savannah
Ewk Champ
West Adams Street
Mr Champ
Campbell Construction Company
Farm Outlook Cheerful for Farmers New Crop Season
The May 1 agricultural review from the United States Department of Agriculture notes better farmer morale and a promising crop season. Spring work is advanced with good stands in the central states and planting ahead in cotton, corn, and wheat regions. Livestock prices rise with hogs and beef cattle showing gains. dairy improves while the poultry sector weakens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Central States
Pacific Northwest
Nebraska
Corn
Music Week Program Highlights and Schedule Across Venues
The Music Week program continues with events this afternoon at multiple venues. Highlights include the Methodist church orchestra directed by Mr and Mrs Ernest Porter at 3 30, a recital by Miss Eva Wallace at Congregational church 4 15, and Creston high school glee clubs performing Once in a Blue Moon at McKinley Park Auditorium 8 o clock. Downtown band stand features trumpeters at 2, followed by more choral and instrumental numbers through Saturday May 9.
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Brown
Krisinger
Methodist Church
Ernest Porter
Congregational Church
Pva Wallace
McKinley Park
Creston High School
Harriet Goodsell
Presbyterian Church
F. EK
Agnew Congregational Church
Eva Wallace
Cromwell School
Sterling
Russell Hintz
Creston
Charles A. Hayden
A Man Must Live at Strand Theatre Tonight
Richard Dix stars in Paramount’s A Man Must Live at the Strand. Directed by Paul Sloane in his debut and adapted by James Ashmore Creelman from I A R Wylie’s Jungle Law. The new star and director promise fresh screen entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Dix
Paramount
Strand Theatre
James Ashmore Creelman
I. A. R. Wylie
Paul Sloane
Screen Entertainment
Manhattan
Dix
Iowa City Psychiatric Custody After Auto Crash Injuries
Night News Summary reports John Chopek 54 removed to psychopathic hospital after failing to recover mentally from injuries in an automobile accident. In Fairfield a windstorm toppled a tree killing Mrs. Charles Keller and injuring a four year old son. father and two other children unharmed. Ruthven reports Ronald Anderson three year old dies after taking strychnine. In Stanton two Evangelical Church missionaries Miss Elizabeth Berglund and Miss Ingeborg Nystul captured in China will not be harmed per Rev. Alfred J. Truede.
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Associated Press
Iowa City
John Chopek
Psychopathic
Fairfield
Charles Keller
Kellers
Preview of Movie Films Test of Popularity
Hollywood previews in suburban Los Angeles theaters are seen as the acid test of a film's popularity. Producers send "laugh and tear" spotters to first nights while stars attend, using audience reactions to decide if scenes need cutting or trimming for stronger impact.
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Associated Press
Hollywood
Calif
Lo Angeles
Opponents of Liquor Adopt U.S. Propaganda
Mexico City reports the health department partners with the Mexican Confederation of Labor to spread anti liquor literature highlighting the dangers of alcohol. Propaganda from the United States is adapted for Mexico and aims to influence public opinion. The legal bureau drafts restrictive, not prohibitive, anti liquor legislation.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Mexican Confederation of Labor
Federal Department of Health
John Barleycorn
Mexico
Juan Pulque
United States
Department
Legal Bureau
The
Minneapolis publisher found guilty of criminal libel
A. N. Jacobs, publisher of a Minneapolis magazine, was found guilty of criminal libel over a story accusing former Senator Magnus Johnson of disorderly conduct. The jury urged leniency, and a 10 day stay of sentence was granted by Judge Frank M. Nye.
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Minneapolis
A. N. Jacobs
Magnus Johnson
Frank M. Nye
National Music Week Sparks Community Celebration
Music lovers brace for a week of programs as Ames Town Symphony Orchestra, led by Ralston Ponton and Bernard Main, broadcasts and public performances unfold. Local figures Alva Bryant and the Crosley show move on, while Rotary and Kiwanis clubs plan tributes during National Music Week.
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Ames
Ralston Ponton
Bernard Main
Henry Boyd
Creston
Chatanqua
American Federation of Musicians
Niagara Falls
Alva Bryant
Crosley Broadcasting
Radio Frolics
Michigan
Omaha
Moon Rotary
Kiwanis
Outdoor Sports Flourish in Brazilian Sun
Rio de Janeiro May 4. South American soccer and track attract wide interest as Brazil dominates regional play. The city hosts a premier private athletic club costing 38 million dollars with a 40 000 seat stadium offering football basketball tennis volleyball water polo swimming shooting boxing fencing and gymnastics for members.
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Rio de Janeiro
Europe
Brazil
United States
Uruguay
Argentina
Paris
South America
Welch Miners Face Tax and Competition Plight
In Merythr Wales on May 4 the coal mining sector is described as in a grave condition due to high taxes German competition and the national wages agreement said to raise production costs. Of 80000 district residents only about 20000 are wage earners with many on dole. Dowlais pits near Merthyr have been abandoned due to high costs.
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Merythr
Wales
Dole
Dowlais
Merthyr
Aban
Coal output in South Wales drops amid strikes says union
Finlay Gibbon, secretary of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners' Association, warns 6,000 men laid off and 100000 dollars weekly wage losses, cutting district coal output by 15000 tons per week. Over eight months total output down 5,000,000 tons. He notes the slump in South Wales is the worst yet.
London cafes banish dull meals with music filled menus
In London May 4 diners dine to music as menus are matched to tunes to keep pace with dancing. Rest aurators say dancing between courses whets appetite and tones the system, a trend once seen in Barbary Coast halls. Diners may enjoy one course after another without missing a saxophone beat signaling the dance floor.
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London
San Francisco
Workers Speed Up Because They Love Sports
Berlin May 4 Dr Riebensahn professor in the Berlin Technical college declares no European work men can compete with American workmen in speed and intensity of labor. Basing his statement on observations in the United States last year the professor attributes the superiority of American workers to the American devotion to sports. Even where there is no boss to supervise them he says the American workers keep up a stiff pace and this speed is general throughout America. American sports give men the disposition to work with delight buoyancy and rhythm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Berlin
Riebensahn
Berlin Technical College
United States
America
England Lacks Its Quota of Marriageable Males
In Cowes on May 4 Dr. Schofield a noted Taondon nerve specialist lectured on marriage noting thousands of English girls wish to marry but men are scarce. He claimed no other place shows such a shortage and cited London families with five or six eligible daughters.
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Cowes
England
Eens Schofield
Taondon
Schofield
London
Woman Denied Marriage Over Lack of Legitimate Opportunity
A mother's statement reflects societal constraint as she explains her inability to marry due to the absence of a socially acceptable path, highlighting pressures of legitimacy and suitability in unions during the period.
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Jeff
France
Farnell
Jacqueline Logan
Edna Murphy
George Nash
Charles Beyer
William Richhardi
Music Week
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Anderson
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