South County Line notes from Our Special Correspondent
Mr and Mrs Delmar Latham and family drove to Newton Tuesday. Threshing is completed in this neighborhood with yields from 40 to 65 bushels. Miss Mabel Mitchem visited Chicago over the weekend. Mrs C L Hadsall and daughter Margaret of Canada are guests of Mr and Mrs John Latham. Miss Ames Buchanan returned to Des Moines after vacation with her parents. Seventy five to eighty young people gathered at Kernal Thompson home for Edna Thompson birthday surprise.
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Mabel Mitchem
Chicago
Dorothy
C. L. Hadsall
Margaret
Canada
John Latham
Miss Ames Buchanan
Mrs
Sherman Buchanan
Des Moines
Kernal Thompson
Edna Thompson
LeGrand
Grand Opera at State Fair Exhibition Note
Iowa State Fair will present a full evening of grand opera for the first time featuring Mendelssohn Elijah on Sunday, August 30 with a 300 voice chorus Thavin and his Band and four soloists. Clarence Whitehill stars as Elijah alongside Chicago and Metropolitan Opera company singers. The event stands as a landmark in state fair entertainment and marks a shift toward major musical productions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendelssohn
Elijah
Thavin
Clarence Whitehill
Metropolitan Grand Opera Company
New York
Hag
Chicago
Metropolitan Grand Opera
Iowa
Catarrhal Deafness Ad Claim for Hall's Medicine
An old advertisement explains catarrhal deafness results from inflamed Eustachian tubes and promises Hall's Catarrh Medicine will rid the system of catarrh and deafness caused by it. It notes the remedy has been sold by druggists for over four years by J Cheney & Co Toledo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
J, Cheney & Co
Toledo_ 0
First National Roundup at Grant Park Stadium
Low excursion fares via Chicago and North Western Ry invite hundreds of cowboys and cowgirls to a western roundup. Lariat throwing, roping events, relay races, and bull activities highlight a thrilling show at Grant Park Stadium on the Lake Front. Information on excursion fares and train service available from any Ticket agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago & North
Middle West
Chicago
North Western Ry
Local Notes Include Family Visits and Scout Game
Mrs H C Hanson of Marshalltown spent last Thursday with her parents Mr and Mrs GC Herbert Milton had been visiting and returned home with his mother JG MacGowan of Chicago arrived for a two week visit at G C Ggier’s home His wife and baby have been there since early July A Newton Scout camp game defeated by LeGrand Scouts 9 to 6 A stranger found Redfield dark at night after the moonlit lamps were off prompting a joke about watering the city during rain
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H.C. Hanson
Marshalltown
GC. Herbert
Milton
J.G. MacGowan
Chicago
G. C. Ggier
Newton Camp
Newton
LeGrand
Present Great Oratorio Des Moines Iowa State Fair Elijah
Three hundred singers including Metropolitan Opera stars will perform Mendelssohn Elijah as the headlining Sunday feature at the Iowa State Fair on August 30. A 100 by 60 foot stage will stand before the omni theater with elaborate scenery and effects. George Whitehill, a renowned baritone, will sing Elijah with Thavins' band providing the accompaniment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Metropolitan Opera
Mendelssohn
Elijah
Iowa State Fair
Omnitheater
Towa
George Whitehill
Metropolitan
Chicago Opera
Thavins
Stars Are Coming Des Moines Hippodrama Free Attrac tions
Fifteen of the greatest hippodrama acts will perform as free attractions at the Iowa State Fair this year. The lineup includes trapeze performers gymnasts jugglers and educated animals with death-defying stunts. A 100 foot dive into a tank of burning gasoline by Captain Dare Devil Payne tops the acts shown daily in front of the amphitheater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Midwest
Dare Devil" Payne
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E. W. Dunham & Son
LE Grand
LeGrand Savings Bank
Cream of
Minnesota
Montour Brown & Olson
West Main Street
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Friends Church
LeGrand End
J. R
W. W. Southwick
le Grand Reporter
Corwin G'Nral
LeGrand Ypestorics
Grant Park Stadium
Hoot Gibson
Comedy-News
Sun
Glaire Windsor
Pat O’malley
Bagdad
Simkins & Estel
Maershalitown
Lowna
Max M. Mills
East Main St
Smalltown
Owa
Masonic Temple
Lows
Redfield
Tirgus
Stove
Holland & Holland
West Virginia
Illinois
Kentucky
Indiana
Cronk Bros
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