Diana Brooks Abduction Thriller Continues at City News Desk
In 1927 Diana Brooks daughter of Roger Brooks, publisher of the Catawba City Times, is abducted and later released as Roger Brooks vanishes. Don Keene and Teddy Harrill pursue leads in a perilous plot involving John Walden and a manipulated stock. Don is wounded in a sub cellar rescue and then proposes to Teddy, who must decide if his feelings are real.
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Diana Brooks
Roger Brooks
Catawba City Times
Brooks
Donald Keene
the Times
John W. Walden
Teddy Farrell
Don
Teddy
Bilt
Bill Canfield
Dinney
Dinny
Bill
Teddy Girl
Bino
Charley
Charley Costello
Franny Blake
Franny
Marieubson
Don — Lola
State Street
Canfield
Woman's Farm Bureau meeting held for township leaders
The Woman's department of the farm bureau met at Letts school with twelve leaders from Concord and Grandview townships. Miss Gannon led a meal planning lesson, a noon pot luck followed, and a future session on goals in home making was announced for April 19. D. W. Paine underwent hospital surgery in Muscatine while Roy Paine rushed home. Junior class play A Path Across the Hill drew poor weather turnout but earned praise, with a repeat performance planned.
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Letts
Woman's Department
The
Farm Bureau
Concord
Grandview
D. W. Paine
Bellevue Hospital
Muscatine
Roy Paine
Rock Island
Mae Shomberg
George Chown
Columbus Junction
Lambert Estle
Ten Schools Entered in Wapello Declamatory Contest
Wapello Ia March 19 ten high schools will be represented in the pre district declamatory contest of the state series to be held in the high school auditorium Monday evening March 28. Schools listed by division include Humorous Lyons Washington DeWitt and Wapello in Humorous. Tipton Burlington Kalona and Hedrick in Dramatic. Lyons Lone Tree and Fairfield in Oratorical. Merry Beth Black, the local representative, has won first honors in three contests this season including the Wapello preliminary Cotter sub state and Mediapolis sub district. Subscribe for the Journal.
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Wapello
Lyons
Washington
DeWitt
Tipton
Burlington
Kalona
Hedrick
Lone Tree
Fairfield
Merry Beth Black
Cotter
Substate
Mediapolis
Columbus Junction social notes and local visits
Colu mbus Junction reports a day of visits and errands with residents traveling to Morning Sun Muscatine Tiffin Riverside Letts and Columbus City. Notable items include G C Neiswanger spending time in Chicago, a carload of farm horses for sale by W L McElroy March 19, and updates on fair division supervision.
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Columbus Junction
Ed Liverly
L. C. Hill
G. C. Neiswanger
Chicago
Milton Wolfe
Tiffin
Mr. Wolfe
John
Alice Wolfe
George Masonholder
Riverside
Wilma Rummelhart
Vivian Aronholt
Winfield
Allen Brook
Columbus City
Dale Nichols
Esther Shellabarger
St. Louis
Fred Cutkamp
W. L. McElroy
Link’s
Ralph Newton
Cedar Rapids
Webster Newton
Walter Newton
Muscatine
E. F. Davis
R. J. Reaney
Columbus Junction Fair
J. D. Darrow
Floral Hall
C. E. Pierce
Anna Cuthamp
M. R.wilson
Sioux City
Elizabeth MecCormick
Letts
Ralph Green
T. N. O'Neill
New Grammar and Normal School Planned in Chihuahua
A new school building is planned in Chihuahua Mexico to house a grammar and normal school where future teachers will gain practical training by instructing pupils.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
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Iowa Avenue
Journal
Dale
General Contractors Builders
Second St
Scholl
Ag Delicious
LEU & Son
Lalo
Chevrolet
Flint, Mich
M. & W. Chevrolet Co
Mulberry Avenue
Third St
Anna
Fanford Gentzier
Date Gentzier
Gentzier
Sarah Rinehart
Frank Isett
Dale Edmondson
W. F. Edmondson
Orville Sparrow
Doris
Sparrow
Hershey Hospital
National Surety Co
Bond Department American
American Savings Bank
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
Upson
Muscatine Lumber & Coal Co. “Builders’ Information Bureau
East 2Nd Street
Fred M. Ziegler
Hershey Bidg
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