07 Jul 1922
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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1922
Page
1
Miscreants entered the LeGrand Elevator office, ransacked the safe, and absconded with stamped envelopes, an adding machine, and a protector worth about 260 dollars. Sheriff Meekins investigated with no clues or arrests. Nearby notes mention local social news and travel, with community updates from LeGrand.
In Marshall County Iowa a petition filed seeks 75 dollars with 8 percent interest from October 14 1921 plus costs and attorney fees. If Warren Shrock fails to appear by the second day of the September 1922 term in Marshalltown default will be entered and judgment granted.
Financial report lists district tax receipts and disbursements for general and school house funds. Secretary W. W. Sourniviex documents salaries for male and female teachers, secretary and supplies, fuel, repairs, insurance, janitor and general supplies, records and apparatus, transportation, and bond interest.
A brief religious excerpt quotes Jesus from John 13 34 35 urging love among followers to prove they are his disciples. The passage emphasizes mutual care and brotherly kindness as the defining sign of Christian belief.
Rev. R. W. Pirrstan pastor. Sunday School at 10 a.m. Mrs. Grace Collar superintendent. Preaching at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. A cordial welcome extended to all.
Rev Gor W Harvey pastors Friends Church. Prayer Meeting at 8 o clock Wednesday. Sunday School at 10 a m led by Wa Hoover. Morning Service at 11 a m. Senior Endeavor at 7 p m. Evening Service at 8 o clock.
Strand Lutheran Dunbar invites for Sunday July 16 forenoon services at 10 30 in the Norwegian Bible class before the service and Bible instruction for children after the sermon all instruction in English Rev Ovaus Qualey pastor extends a cordial welcome
A colored boy enters a drug store and uses the telephone to report to Mistah Johnson that he works for him and is checking up on himself. The druggist asks about a job, but the boy says he is not seeking work. He claims to work for Mistah Johnson.
The Teton Mountain Route from Lander to Yellowstone opens July 1 with large motor buses passing through Shoshone Reservation and Wind River to Brooks Lake offering trout fishing and views of the Teton Mountains. A booklet Teton Mountain Route to Yellowstone National Park is available. Contact Chicago and North Western Ry for fares and schedules. Prof Howard Fawcett of Riverside, California, stopped in LeGrand en route to join a relief mission heading to Russia starting July 8 from New York.
John G. Wolken and family George Brennick and family D W Humphrey 2nd family and Fred Gummert visited Herman Wolken. A rain Wednesday night and Thursday broke a dry spell with two inches reported and another inch likely. The Fourth was celebrated with family picnics and a Dunbar Dillon versus LeGrand game drew a good crowd, LeGrand winning 16 to 3, amid crowds traveling to Tama Gilman Ferguson and Gilman after the game.
The article recalls why the central panel of Van Eyck’s Adoration of the Lamb was hidden by Belgians during war to prevent German seizure. It notes the six Ghent shutters, once in Berlin, were restored after Versailles. Germans initially paid 500,000 thalers, later demanding 75,000,000 francs, then deducted from reparations, seen as a costly bargaining outcome.
A photographer shows a tinted oil portrait to a fair young woman who had paid twenty dollars for the colorized print. She notes the hair shade is too bright and suggests darkening it to match the picture, but then decides she likes the current shade as is.
In a witty exchange, a writer seeks two stories of genius from film, listing quirky measurements like 9 feet of a fireman's parade and 150 feet of bathing girls at Long Beach, plus 300 feet of the Hele Harvard game. The dialogue hints at playful cinematic storytelling challenges.
The University of Georgia finishes a war memorial fund of 31 million to finance new buildings and complete alumni memorial hall as a student center honoring 45 university men who died in World War I.
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