I Became A New Star On The Stage
A memoir of a young actress who from childhood loved Shakespeare and longed for the stage. After years as a minor player and understudy a chance arose when Mme. G refused a lead. the author read lines, impressed the playwright, and earned the Joan of Arc role amid applause, proving a new star emerged while Mme. G faded.
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Tom
Sree
Juliet
Catherine
Rosalind
Joan of Arc
Joan
Mwc. G
Maich
Orleans
Mme. G
Ada
Jon of Arc
Wheatage
Mme. A
Mme. G. da
Mme
Maid of Orleans
Was He Really a Hero
A wounded discharged Belgian soldier returns to his old home across a sprawling estate. He requests hospitality from the girl who runs the house, boasting of Trevellion’s cross and bravado while revealing his own self-doubt and desire for rest. The scene contrasts heroism with doubt as war’s shadows linger after the front.
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Belgium
Trevel- Hon
Trevellion
Ariug
Trevillion
Mamma
Blood Transfusion and Bravery at the Front
A London enlisted man George Dobbins goes to the front in World War I and is grievously wounded. His sister Amelia volunteers blood to save him, and the tale expands into a controversial mixed-blood theory by Dr. Blake. George returns, faces a court martial for cowardice, is saved, and eventually proves his courage in combat.
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George ‘Dobbins
London
Belgium
Dagland
Amelia Dobbins
George
British Institution
Blake
Bike
Nool
Grate Dobbins
Vas
Miss Dobbins
Fis
Miss Dobkins
Chariie Topkins
Trans Union Artis
Miss Dobbing
Dobbins
Martin
England
Amelia
George Dobbina
Fred
George Dobbins
Giltait
Morkortang
Gearas Dobbhis
Bone
Ruthven Youths Stage A Daughter of the Desert at Graettinger
Ruthven young men and ladies present A Daughter of the Desert at the Iawkeye theater in Graettinger on Monday evening March 27. The play promises to be exceptionally good. The Graettinger people should give the visitors a crowded house.
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Ruthven
Iawkeye Theater
Graettinger
Hope and North Vernon Notes Summary Card
Hope and North Vernon notes detail social visits and local news. Families such as Lippold Oaks Wahicieck Griffen and Bilis appear along with Dr. Lindsey the Graettinger veterinarian visiting for a sick horse. Several residents travel to Emmetsburg Ringsted Lake City Rolfe and Illinois.
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Lewis Lippold
J. W. Oaks
Michel Resh
Harry Resh
Harry Wahicieck
Graettinger
Harry Rowe
Emmetsburg
Lindsey
Long
Jay Sipereal
Illinois
Ernest Wahlscieck
Local Social Roundup at Estherville and Graettinger
Barr Oak Mr and Mrs O Refsell attended the barr old Johnson farewell at Estherville Tuesday. Clara Rockne Leta and Blanch Young called on Manda Egge land Sunday. Conrad Refsell spent Saturday night with Wallingford friends. The Oak Smut lecture at O O Refsells was not well attended but reported proud. Mr and Mrs L A Larson spent Sunday at Mrs Andrew Guristensen west of Graettinger. Mr and Mrs Albert Christiansen accompanied them home. Mr and Mrs Sam Petersen visited in the vicinity Sunday. Mrs L A Larson spent Thu and Fri at Esthville attending teachers institute. Spring Grove Country club program lists songs readings and remarks by Merle Misner Magnus Walden Archie Soeth Glenn Young Alice Ressell Fred Walden and others with a business meeting and officers election.
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Refsell
Estherville
Clara Rockne
Leta
Blanch Young
Manda Eggeland
Conrad Refsell
Wallingford
O. O
Albert Christensen
Sam Petersen
L. A. Larson
Teachers’ Institute
Spring Grove Country Club
Merle Misner
Magnus Walden
Archie Soeth
Sarah Nelson
Glenn Young
Alice Ressell
Wbolo Levee Eee
Fred Walden
Lost Island Social Roundup From Graettinger Visits
Lost Island locals share visits and calls with Graettinger friends. S. Sheffield and family return from Story City Iowa. C Miles and Martin Roseland visit Graettinger. John Bondhus and Sandvig families host gatherings. Ethel Sheffield returns from Story City. Nels Matsen and Albert Thorson host callers. Elsie Knutson visits Matsen home. Hannah Roseland comes back from Rierson.
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TY. S. Sheffield
Story City
Iowa
C. ©. Miles
Lewis Sandvig
John Bondhus
Lewis Thorson
Lost Island Ladies Aid
Martin Roseland
F. S. Sheffield
Ethel
Nels Matsen
Lost Island Farmers' Club Voting Program
The Lost Island Farmers' Club outlines the voting program for a meeting to be held on Wednesday. The brief notice lists the order of business and key activities guiding member participation and decision making.
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Lost Island Club
Lost Island Farmers’ Club
Marsch 29 Recitation and Music Program
A short program lists Clara Hermanson Martina Hilton Arthur Simonson Ruth Hiltton Mabel Thorson Florence Sandvig Theodore Hermanson and Florence Sandvig performing recitations piano pieces and a duet with a social basket to follow. The Local Paper in the Home emphasizes reading local papers to build lifelong interest and literacy among children.
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Marsch
Clara Hermanson
Martina Hilton
Arthur Simonson
Ruth Hiltton
Mabel Thorson
Florence Sandvig
Theodore Hermanson
Small Town Life Outshines the Big City
The piece argues that small towns offer wholesome, honest living with outdoor winter sports and fewer luxuries like boulevards grand operas cabarets or skat ing rinks, contrasting it with big city excess and costs. It extols the simplicity and virtue of rural life as preferable for good people.
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Bronio-Seltzer
Easy splinter removal with hot water bottle method
An old remedy suggests using a wide mouthed bottle filled with water as hot as safely possible. Place the injured finger over the bottle mouth and press lightly to trap steam. The steam draws the splinter out within a minute and reduces inflammation.
Things Gentlemen Don’t Do
A compact reflection on gentlemanly restraint and restraint from cruelty. The speaker lists harsh acts a gentleman could commit but vows not to do, contrasting sharp bargaining, abuse, cynicism, and cruelty with steadfast conduct. The passage frames honor as a deliberate, principled choice.
Silo design questions answered by Iowa State engineers
Farmers asked which silo type to build and what makes a good silo. Reports note clay block silos test well, hollow tile silos stay warmer, cement stave silos corrode and bands can be replaced. A good silo must be airtight smooth and durable and withstand silage bursting pressure. Silage has no major harm to well made concrete and sand should be hard enough to resist scratching.
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Agricultural Engineers
Iowa State College
Germ Army exhibit shows grippe germ and other bacteria
The grippe germ from last winter’s epidemic will be exhibited to Iowa communities. Dr. Henry Albert’s collection includes twenty five bacteria on stereoptican slides, ranging from beneficial soil microbes to disease agents like pneumonia and typhoid. Extension division aims to display them at farmers’ institutes, food conventions, and health meetings.
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Towa
Henry Albert
Stere
University of Iowa
Sand and clay content in concrete mixing
Clean sand for concrete describes a method using four inches of sand in a fruit jar filled with water, shaking five minutes, settling, and measuring a clay layer to estimate clay percentage by volume not exceeding 12 percent for ordinary work. It also covers weight-based estimates and limits for reinforced concrete eight percent, and mass concrete five percent by weight.
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Hero
Firl
Bry
Hoping
North Vernon
Barr Oak
Germ Army
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