Parsons College Girls Glee Club Concert Praised
The Girls Glee Club of Parsons College performed at the high school auditorium despite bad weather. The audience enjoyed singing and acting, with notable praise for Mr. Robert Israel's violin solo and the overall lively program. The show concluded with a strong reception and anticipation for another production.
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Parsons College
Robert Israel
Glee Club
Lords
Gayatta Testan Vahet Mathews
Thorah Courtney
Marion Scothorn
McDermid
Verdi Liszt
Gladys Goff
Weinxtemp
Robert
Israel
Eden
Pauline Case
Ruth Gonterman
No word from Joseph Feldman in Chicago hospital
Relatives in the city report no word from Chicago about Joseph Feldman who was taken there last week with a blood clot on the brain. His condition has been critical from the start and little hope for recovery has been entertained.
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Chicago
Feldman
Famous Actor John Barrymore at Orpheum
John Barrymore, famed actor, appears at the Orpheum tonight in On the Quiet a splendid Paramount photoplay marking his return to motion pictures after extensive stage work in Peter Ibbetson. He comes from a noted acting family with father a renowned star and mother Georgia Drew of the Drew theatrical lineage.
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John Barrymore
Tor
Orpheum Theatre
Paramount
Peter Ibbeteen
Georgia Drew
Drew
Mr. Barrymore
Transport Sinks Freighter After Harbor Collision
The troop transport Aquitania collided with the freighter Lord Defferin in New York Harbor. The freighter immediately began to sink as crew members battled to abandon ship amid rising danger.
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New York
March le
Lord Defferin
Excellent talk on hard road costs by Iowa expert Joe Long
A fair audience including farmers heard Joe Long, Iowa good roads expert, outline a road policy praising private initiative over law, propose Florida style bond bidding, and urge counties to seek bids before voter approval. He warned against overruns, argued for bonded financing, and contrasted paved versus graded dirt roads with cost estimates. He urged legislators to grant bid first and bond after.
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Joe Long
Iowa
Armory
Dillon Turney
Mr. Long
Long
Florida
St. Augustine
Board of Supervisors
State Highway Department
Board of Supervisors of County
Illinois
Community Club Dinner Set For March 13
The Community Club plans a March 13 dinner with a big program. Claude R. Porter cannot confirm attendance. Judge Wade of Iowa City or an Ottumwa speaker may fill in. St Mary’s church ladies supply a menu including mashed potatoes gravy salad baked beans bread and butter sandwiches ice cream coffee. Tickets sold by committee members. no tickets after noon March 13.
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Claude R. Porter
Porter
Iowa
United States
Washington, D. C
Wade
Iowa City
Ottumwa
St. Mary’s Church
Christian Church Buys Prime Fairfield Site for Edifice
The Christian church of Fairfield acquired a premier city lot at 201 West Broadway, corner of Broadway and Second, opposite the planned Federal post office. The purchase from Mrs. Etta Clarke, arranged via J. P. Starr, cost 6750 dollars. Church officials offered no comment, but expect to build a new structure soon.
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The
Christian Church of
Fairfield
J. P. Starr
Etta Clarke
West Broadway
Broadway
Second Street
Federal Post Office
Bruce R Rankin Dies in France Marine Sixth Regiment
Mrs Elizabeth Rankin received a brief message that her son Bruce Rankin is dead in France. He served in the Sixth Regiment Marines and was wounded in July of last year, but no further condition details had reached the family before the notification.
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Elizabeth Rankin
Bruce
Sixth Regiment, Marines
Antwerp Yanks to Use Supply Base in Belgium
Brussels reports the Belgian government is pressing negotiations to have Antwerp used as the supply base for the American army of occupation instead of Rotterdam. Premier Delacroix told the chamber of deputies that he hopes new restrictions will be concluded soon in reply to Deputy Roger of Antwerp.
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Antwerp
Ameriaa
Rotterdam
Holland
Delacroix
Chamber of Deputies
Roger
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M. J. Kinnary
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