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DeWitt Chronicle: bans Elmer Gantry and town events
Local pastors denounce Sinclair Lewis Elmer Gantry as unfit for public circulation. The DeWitt Observer reports a windstorm wrecking streets, arrests of an out of town promoter, and plans for new buildings and services as the city recovers.
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Sinclair Lewis
Elmer Gantry
Justice of Peace
DeWitt
M. L. Farrell
DeWitt Observer
Harrington Building
Lincoln Highway
Clinton County
Spring Brook
Olive Township
Norwegian Lutheran Church
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
J.H. DeMean
L.N. Williams
Lambertson
Clinton County Fair Association
L. F. Clifford
Legion Post
Morton Lyon
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
J. S. Harrington
Dennison
Harrington
St. Joseph’s Church
Baptist Pilgrim Hall
Schlabach’s
Carl J. Smith
Lincoln Way Hatchery
Triangle Hatcheries
Dubuque
Mockridge Land Agency
Christensen’s
Mockridge
Iowa Mutual
Bill Drew
Commercial Club
Milwaukee Railroad
8Th Street
7Th Avenue
Crossroads
Clinton Advertiser
Clinton Herald
Calamus
DeWitt Muskrat Farm
Dedfcan Fur Farm
G. H. Christensen
Wasen
Congregational Church
G. & M. Chain
DeWitt Community
St. Joe’s School
Crystal Lake
Iowa
Wasen Manufacturing Company
Bettendorf
Calamus Methodists
Graf Zeppelin
Trans-Continental
Newmarch
DeWitt D. A
Peter’s Shoe Store
Blackhawk Basketball League
N. F
McGinnis
William Blocker
American Legion
Drum
W. E. Beard
DeWitt Bottling
J. J. Nelson
St. Joe’s
Crossroad Club