Sharon Theatre Installs Talkie Machine For New Sharon
The Sharon Theatre in New Sharon installs a Talk-A-Phone machine to showcase first run films from Fox Pathe Universal Metro Goldwyn Paramount and others. Manager Elmo Hoffmen announced Crazy That Way as the opening week feature on April 11 and 12. The move marks a modernization in the town’s motion picture scene and Hoffmen is praised for keeping up with times. In other news, memorial notices report Underwood's death with survivors and biographical notes from Moulton.
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Sharon
Moving Picture World
Elmo. Hoffmen
Sharon Theatre
Hoffman
New Sharon
The
Fox
Pathe
Universal
Metro Goldwyn
Paramount
Columbia
New
Stroke strikes visitor from church in Otley area
Mrs. John DeGoey a 59 year old visitor from Otley suffered a paralytic stroke Sunday evening while returning from Monroe Baptist church with her son Conrad Muilenberg. They were a mile east of Monroe when the incident occurred. she was treated at Monroe then transported by ambulance to Skiff Hospital in Newton.
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John DeGoey
Conrad Muilenberg
Otley
Monroe Baptist Church
Conrad
Monroe
Skift Hospital
Newton
Monroe Mirror
Moulton Man Killed In Highway 32 Crash
Malcolm Underwood age 41 of Moulton was killed in an Interstate 32 collision nine miles east of Des Moines. He was driving east in a light roadster when he tried to pass a truck driven by W G Anderson of Bondurant. The truck door opened, the cars collided, and Underwood lost control, the roadster struck a transmission line pole guy wire and somersaulted. Anderson assisted After the crash.
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Malcolm Underwood
Moulton
Des Moines
Underwood
W. G. Anderson
Bondurant
Anderson
Lovilia man held after coroner's jury findings
Andy Clair 27 Lovilia was held without charge after a coroner's jury said Harry Gowdy 24 miner died from being struck on the head by a bottle in Clair's hands. Gowdy died Wednesday and was buried today. Clair admitted a quarrel at a Lovilia restaurant and refused to disclose the fight's cause or whether he knew Gowdy before Tuesday night.
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Andy Clair
Lovilia
Harry Gowdy
Miner
Gowdy
Clair
Lovilix
Oskaloosa Herald
Minister Cedric Peterson Delivers JCofC Talk at Maytag
Cedric Peterson, resident pastor of Colfax Baptist Church and former preacher to President Coolidge, headlined the Junior Chamber of Commerce meeting on March 26 at the Hotel Maytag. The program featured Earl Parks on the concertina, readings by Robert Lizzard, and songs by Carroll Morrow and Elmer Watkins. Arthur Shepherd and Louie Edwards led the organizing committee as Peterson opened his remarks.
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Cedric Peterson
Baptist Church of
Personality theme drives progress in civic work
The speaker, in a President focused address, outlined two types of personalities the positive or plus type that advances civic and social betterment and the negative or minus type that retards progress, praising the regional workers and their collaborators in Jasper County.
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Jasper County Record
Dies in Office of Sigourney Chiro
John Lutz aged 48, longtime Keokuk county resident, died Friday afternoon in the waiting room of Dru Kruger chiropractic on the south side of the square. He lived with his brother George south of South English and had been troubled by an aortic aneurysm for nearly a year. Born near Keota in 1882, he never married and had spent much of his life in Keokuk county, with later years in Waterloo. The death occurred shortly after his 4:10 p.m. entry to the office, according to Dr. John Kray who attended.
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John Lutz
George Lutz
Dru. Kruger
John Kray
Chiropractic Office
Luts
Lute Ade
Focal’ Chiropractic
Mr. Lutz
Keota
Frank Lutz
John
Waterloo
Keokuk County
Sharon Editor Enjoys Visit in Florida
Mrs Ellatene Clements returned Saturday night from a pleasant two weeks visit with her son George Schlegel and family in St Petersburg Florida. She reports that she found the trip enjoyable and plans to visit again.
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Ellatene Clements
George Schlegel
St. Petersburg
Florida
Clements
Florida’s winter draw for northern visitors and settlers
The North’s age old belief in Florida’s rough climate is challenged by a New Sharon Star report. Mrs Clements cites Royal palm landscapes and hibiscus blooms as signs of a thriving winter scene. She notes beauty in homes hotels and business blocks, with Silver Springs Singing Tower a highlight and Walter Graham N Robert Doze among former residents praising Florida.
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Clements
Ae St. Peterabur
Penante
Florida
Pere
Amens Sliver Springs
Walter Graham
N. Robert Doze Homes
Wei
Sharon Star
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Illness and Death
Expressing gratitude for acts of kindness and help from friends and neighbors during the illness and death of our husband and father.
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Illeas
Proof of Will Notice for Mrs E Hoekseman and Children
Notice states there is a will on file in the office of the appropriate authority. Names include Mrs E Hoekseman and her children. The notice seeks to inform interested parties and may indicate executor details and deadlines.
Will and Testament Hearing Set for May Term
Clerk announces hearing on the will and testament of Leone Popma in the District Court of Knoxville, Iowa. The May term convenes on the sixth at 3:00 PM, with all interested parties invited to be heard. Walter Kester, Clerk. April 7, 1980.
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District Court of Laws
Inna Et
Leone
Popma
Walter Kester
Knoxville
Towa
Market Quotations for Wheat and Oats at Pella
The Pella markets report quotations for wheat oats and corn with cream and seconds priced at £5 by the sack or bushel under the Soest change. Prices range from 8.15 to 9.6 in the visible listings reflecting regional trading.
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Co-operative Wheat
Pella
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