Perry Personal News Roundup Highlights Local Visits
Perry residents and visitors pass through the city with social calls and travel notes. Miss Mildre McCampbell returns from holidays to Muscatine, J. F. Briggs visits from Gibson City, and Miss Bernice McCampbell returns from Des Moines millinery work.
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Mildre McCampbell
Muscatine
J. F. Briggs
Gibson City, I
J. F. Bogardus
Bernice McCampbell
Wilkins
Dés Moines
L A C Orchestra Delights at Parsons College Lecture
Despite heavy weather a sizable crowd filled Barhydt chapel for Parsons College Lecture Course. The L A C Orchestra with eight women performed readings and instrumental solos to enthusiastic encores, joined by trap drummer Miss Beulah Truitt and soprano Miss Maryin Thorpe.
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Parsons College
Barhydt Chapel
A. G
Beulah Truitt
Maryin Thorpe
Former Resident Heard From After Fourteen Years
Relatives report Andrew Chandler, a former Jefferson county resident, has reappeared after fourteen years. About 56, he now lives in Phoenix Arizona. His parents Mr and Mrs Lewis Chandler, long deceased, had believed him dead. His mother died over six years ago and others had shared that belief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Chandler
Mr. Chandler
Phoenix
Arizona
Lewis Chandler
Jefferson County
Japanese Actor Ses Sue Hayakawa at the Orpheum Tomorrow
Ses Sue Hayakawa stars in The Soul of Kura San at the Orpheum tomorrow. Myrtle Stedman and Pallas Morosco co star in this Jesse L. Lassky production by Francis Guihan. The drama follows two Japanese lovers who face shinju unless he wins success in America and returns for his bride.
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Sessue Hayakawa
Myrtle Stedman
Pallas-Morosco
Orpheum
Jesse L. Lasky
Kura-San
Francis Guihan
Paramount
Charles Sarver
Hayakawa
America
College notes on Parsons Prison Relief drive total
Dean Wirtz announced at Chapel that Parsons for Prison Relief in Europe raised 548483 dollars with most already paid. He praised student generosity for the cause as Rev Morton of First Presbyterian Church Centerville delivered an excellent talk in Chapel.
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Dean Wirtz
Parsons
Europe
Morton
First Presbyterian “Church
Centerville
Fire damages residence on West Madison street
The fire department was summoned to the A. D. Long residence on West Madison street about nine o’clock last night. A passerby reported a bathroom fire and quick department work prevented great damage. Gaumer Bros. advertises Goeke's Boot and Shoe Hospital nearby.
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A. D. Long
West Madison Street
Coal Sales Ad From S A Power
Hard coal on track for delivery. We have another car of good hard coal available while it lasts. Furnish what you want. Contact S A Power by phone 6 2 71.
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S. A
Lyon and Healy Piano Sale in 1924 with Free Music Cabinet
An advertisement offers a Lyon and Healy piano for sale at $400 with full size keyboard and beautiful case lines. Available in mahogany or walnut finishes. A free matching music cabinet bench is included with each Playd or Player Piano. Sale date noted as 2-1924.
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Ringwall’s
Comgoleum
Learance
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King
Washington
Mertie
Mary Sears
Brookville
Joseph Burke
Stockport
Alice Stever
J. A. Huglin
Glenwood
E. E. Rorick
Shirley
Downey
Iowa City
Red
Lewis
W. S. Shaw
Independence
Kan
Edna Schlief
Jefferson County Hospital
John Harper
J. M. Harper
Hillsboro
Jacob Beckley
Pauline Bowermaster
Otto Macy
Beckwith
George W. Ball
Nellie Julian
Libertyville
Margaret Parrett
Elizabeth Angstead
Ottumwa
Charles R. Conlee
A. W. Jaques
Evan Valentine
Cedar Rapids
Mrs
Joseph Valentine
John Cochran
Board of Supervisors
John Liming
Marshall Chilcott
Rollie Stewart
Chicago
Ill
John H. Bowermaster
Jefferson County Board of Supervisors
Shan Campbell
Glendale
Mike Damm
C. B. & Q. Railroad
Damm
L. A. C. Orchestra
College
Long Home
Gaumer Bros
Goeke’s Boot & Shoe Hospital
Axminster
Whittall
Vernis- Martin
Itd
Lyon and Healy
H. P. McClaughlin
Fairfield’s
South Court Street
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