War Denounced by Rev Gardner in Flag Day Address
Rev. W S Gardner of Park Avenue M E church condemned war as humanity’s worst catastrophe. He urged rejecting compulsory military training and urged education to prioritize peace over athletics. The program at Mackabee Hall featured singalongs, readings, dances, and a luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S&s. Gardner
Park Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Maccabee Hall
Women's Relief Corps
Grand Army of the Republic
Daughters of the Union Veterans and
Spanish-American War Veterans Auxiliary
Sunny Seven Orchestra
Fern Sharp
Charles Richard
Thelma Henderson
Queenie Rolfe
Mr. Gardner
Yes
Gardner
A S Smith to Speak at Columbus Junction Flag Day
A S Smith of Fairfield will give the Flag Day address at Columbus Junction with a 6:45 p m banquet in Central Presbyterian parlors. The Woman's Relief corps will present a program and the event highlights local civic life with community attendees from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Smith
Columbus Junction
Central Presbyterian Church
Woman's Relief Corps
Fairfield
Carl Giffey
Burle Ruston
Ames
Town State College
Doris Garner
Cedar Rapids
W. E. Ruston
R. G. Keil
Charles M
Ollie Shearer
R. F Duncan
Irene Alsip
Champaign
P. C. Ross
Perth and South
Rock Island
Ferris Colberg
Muscatine
Lea Campbell
F. M. Mossberry
J. R. Hammond
John C. Wheeler
Richie Hardware Store
C. C. Stapp
Cotter
Burlington
Paul Amith
Sarah Richards
Ed Jarrard
Los Angeles
Lew Westerman
Wapello
Glenn Hankins
Muscatine Mondar
Hankins
Filsie Lord
Clarence Wahn
Clarence Alloway
Chaster Ogier
Satturcar Nicht
Detroit
Mich
Tra Oats
Rorfinder
Parrenport
Reuben Oats
John s Notes on Country Life
Albert Koeppen and Thomas Nugent run an 80 acre farm four miles south of Wilton with 45 acres in corn and 63 sows. Henry A. Martz owns a 169 acre farm six miles southeast of Wilton with 79 acres in corn and 40 in oats. Fred Angel's 169 acre farm near Durant includes 45 acres in corn and 79 spring pigs. The article lists multiple families, farms, crops, and children in the Illinois City and Fulton Township area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Koeppen
Thomas Nugent
Wilton
Duroes
Koeppen
Marie
Marvin
Henry A. Martz
Mrs. Martz
Weldon
Fred Angel
Durant
Mrs. Angel
Jeanette S
Arlene
Charles C. Boettger
Boettger
Maxine
Crabapple
Fulton Township
S. M. Powell
Ilinois City
Powell
Vaughn
Allen
Pernice
Jeanette
Wm. Monroe
Rock Island
Eva
Sherman M
Odette
Roscoe
L. F. Danner
Illinois City
Danner Brothers
Mr. Danner
Carroll
Ralph
Grace
Elma
Jean Evelyn
Habr Beef and
The Pioneer Scout at Palace Theatre Friday and Saturday
Fred Thomson stars in The Pioneer Scout a Fourth of July era staged at the Palace. The dramatic sequence features four horse wagons racing across a dried lake bed with crashes and a leap by Thomson while Nora Wayne plays Mary Baxter alongside a rugged pioneer setting in California circa 1859.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Thomson
Palace Theater
Lake Chance
California
Thomson
Handy Anderseen Villain Highlighted by Wilson in Play
Wilson stars as Handy Anderseen the villain with William Courtright portraying Old Bill in a period dramatic production. The cast underscores the play's conflict and character dynamics.
Belle Bennett Stars in The Sporting Age at A Muse U
Belle Bennett delivers a powerful performance in Columbia at the A Muse U theater where The Sporting Age follows a middle aged woman discovering happiness through mature love. Holmes Herbert shines as a sportsman applying track rules to marriage and winning back his wife. Caroll Nye and Josephine Roro share a youthful romance and a wedding sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Bennett
Columbia
Miss Bennett
Holmes Herbert
Herbert
Caroll Nye
Josephine Roro
United Brethren Lose to Baptists in Key YMCA Tilt
The first Baptist Sunday school baseball team beat United Brethren 9 to 1 at Weed Park. Henry Sineksema hit a bases loaded homer in the first inning to set the tone. Batteries: Baptists Van Zyle Krueger United Brethren Petersen Elliott and Elliott Lease. In the Factory league Roach Musser and Iowa Pearl tied 3 to 3 at League Field.
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First Baptist
Weed Park
United Brethren Outfit
Henry Sineksema
The
Baptists
van Zyle
Krueger
United Brethren
Petersen
Elliott
Lease
Roach & Musser
Iowa Pearl
Children's Day Program Planned at Island Church
Children's day exercises at the Island Methodist Episcopal church Sunday will be in charge of the Sunday school. The program features multiple songs, recitations, solos, and duets led by Mrs. Maude Fort, Leona Fowler, Ruth Fowler, Duane Curtis, and several others, concluding with a final choir performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Island Church
Island Methodist Episcopal Church
Maude Fort
Cleda Curtis
Dorothy Folk
Farris Strouse
Leona Fowler
Ruth Fowler
Alfred Knott
God
Lois Fowler
Nellie Miller
Duane Curtis
Myrtle Greiner
Zola Graham
Dora Bartenhagen
Helen Thomas
Leota Kemp
Annual Ad Club Outing Draws 49 Members at Cedar River Cottage
Muscatine Ad club hosted its annual picnic at John Fuller cottage on Cedar River. About 49 members attended with informal baseball and horseshoe events in the afternoon. Lady Boston and Clyde Gray won the club championship as players rejected umpire A. J. Magnus. A fish fry followed by bridge, with R. L. Roach achieving high score.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine Ad Club
John Fuller
Cedar River
Lady Boston
Clyde Gray
A. J. Magnus
Bridge
R. L. Roach
Funeral notices mark Telford and Bergen tributes in Lone Tree
Funeral services for William Franklin Telford and John Milton Bergen were held in Lone Tree Iowa with local clergy officiating. Telford died in Iowa City hospital aged 74 after a Illinois birth and marriage to Mary Alice Kincaid, survived by wife Cynthia Loehr and several children and stepchildren. Bergen, born Morning Sun 1877, died June 9 at 59, survived by his wife Elizabeth Hinkley and five children, burial in Lone Tree. Additional notes mention guests visiting from Des Moines, Masonic sessions in Cedar Rapids, and local church activities with granddaughter events and a newborn daughter for Mr and Mrs Richard Baker.
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Lone Tree
William Franklin Telford
Iowa City
S. P. Telford
Fort Madison
C. C. Goltry
Mr. Telford
Illnois
Louisa County
Columbus Junction
Mary Alice Kincaid
W. F. Telford
Washington
Ada Purcell
Detroit
Mich
Cynthia Loehr
John F Loehler
Burlington
Belle Brown
Guy Fountain
Becker
Minn
Cloyce
Ft. Madison
R W. Kiphart
Fredonia Cemetery
Bergen
John Milton Bergen
Methodist Episcopal Church
C. (. Goltry
Elizabeth Hinkley
Christian Church
Woodman Imdge
Dorothy Molestad
Lamberton Minn
Merna Stock
Herbert
Irvin
Akron
Ohio
Vira Endfield
Letcher, S. D
Gertrude Thompson
Gustave Herring
Gertrude Mumm
Emma Meyer
Des Moines
Jack Sherburne
Masonic Lodge
Grand Lodge
Cedar Rapids
C. F. Holoke
Methodist
Reformed
Richard Baker
Canzoneri Beats Chabot in Featherweight Match
Canadian bout sees Tom Canzoneri defeat George Chabot in Montreal while Kansas Citys Petrolle and Grace secure decisions over Kane and Kelly respectively as boxing results note AP coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Billy Petrolle
Fargo
N. D
Jackie Kane
Chicago
Meyer Grace
Spider Kelly
Montreal
Tom Canzoneri
George Chabot
Hudkins Seeks Malone Help for Walker Fight Training
Chicago reports ace Hudkins asks veteran Jack Malone of St Paul for guidance ahead of the middleweight title bout with Mickey Walker at the White Sox Park on June 21. Malone expected to join sparring at the challenger camp, while Walker adds Mollette Hoekstra and Sherman to his team as promoter Jim Mullen says advance tickets exceed 99 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ace Hudkins
Jack Malone
St. Paul
Mickey Walker
White Sox
Malone
Walker
Jimmy Mollette
Chicago Negro
Johnny Hoekstra
Buchanan
Mich
Billy Sherman
Grand Rapids
Jim Mullen
Keota Girl Weds Iowa City Man
Merna F Fountain daughter of Nora Fountain married Ralph Shalla of Iowa City in Keota on June 6 in a single ring ceremony with 49 relatives and friends present. Fountain headed the local insurance company and works as a telephone operator. Shalla graduates in chemistry from the state university and will pursue that field. They will live with Mrs. Fountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Merna F. Fountain
Nora Fountain
Ralph Shalla
Iowa City
Dc. B. Rayhill
Merna Fountain
Cornell College
William Fountain
Shalla
State University
Dempsey and Willard Profit in Real Estate Deals
Former boxing champions Jack Dempsey and Jess Willard both reported large profits from recent property deals in California and Michigan. Dempsey sold the Barbara hotel in Los Angeles for about 659000, above his 1924 purchase by roughly 190000, and planned to acquire fruit ranches. Willard sold a Detroit corner lot for 200000, bought for 46500 six years earlier, and a second corner for 96000, bought for 82000 in 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Jack Dempsey
Ring
Dempsey
Barbara
California
Jess Willard
Willard
Detroit
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Mary Baxter
Tom
Ad Club
AOD
Lon Chaney
Telford
Associated Press
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Hudkins
James M. Leavor
J. S. Martin
H. G. Seydel
Seydel Shoe Store
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Marion Davies
Buck Jones
Emil Jannings i
Johnny Parbbell
Mack Sennett
Ion
Dily
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Pop Jenks
Palace Theatre
Beverly Hills
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