Weekly Chats With Friends on the Farm in Sully
A three stop visit to Sully outlines local business life. C V Shipman, druggist of 25 years, notes shifts from inhouse compounding to ready meds and laments bank closings before Roosevelt era. Albert Kling, produce dealer, recalls career with Rhynsburger and Swift and Co. and comments on record low poultry prices. Bert McBride, village blacksmith, reflects on reduced horse shoeing and reduced horse work.
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C. V., Shipman Drug Store
Shipman
White Sox
Red Sox
Chicago
State University
Iowa City
Keokuk Medical College
Iowa
Valeria
Jasper County
Sully
Dieleman Hardware Store
Ir. Shipman
Security State Bank
Pella
Hoover
Roosevelt
Vis
Jacob C. de Bruin
Frances
Albert Kling
Dick Rhynsburger
Rhynsburger
Newton Produce Co
Kling
Swift and Co
Bert McBride
McBride
John Dieleman
John Dieleman Hardware Store
Case Dieleman
Netherlands
Mr. Dieleman
Wilson
Great Musical Comedy at Rivola in Oskaloosa Saturday
Readers will see a lively review of the Paramount musical College Humor touring Rivola Theatre in Oskaloosa this Saturday. The piece highlights Bing Crosby, Richard Arlen, Mary Carlisle, Jack Oakie, George Burns and Gracie Allen, with Lena Andre and Mary Kornman, and notes the Ox Road Co eds provide comic color with songs by Coslow and Johnston.
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Rivola
Oskaloosa
Paramount Studios
Bing Crosby
Richard Arlen
Mary Carlisle
Jack Oakie
George Burns
Gracie Allen
Howard Jones
University of Southern California
Lena Andre
Mary Kornman
Ox-Road
Florenz Ziegfeld
Crosby
Arlen
Whoozis
Oakie
Carlisle
Andre
Kornman
Sam Coslow
Arthur Johnston
Wesley Ruggles
Paramount
Lona Andre
Drunkard’s Disease Warns Pella Citizens
A local letter argues alcohol’s hereditary harm and social wreckage from bootleg liquor. It warns that moderation fails, urges residents to quit bootleg selling, purge homes of intoxicants, and deter youth from drinking in a small city context.
U S Officers Take Woman on Charge
A woman believed to be Glad Hall or Dorothy Sanders of Minnesota was returned to Des Moines by federal officers to face illegal narcotics possession charges. She was arrested Friday in an Alsops department store in Oakaloosa where clerks found three dresses concealed under clothing and a plum pipe was found in her car. She pleaded not guilty to shoplifting charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glad Hall
Dorothy Sanders
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Library notes urge prompt return of borrowed books
The city library asks patrons to return materials promptly to keep a small budget in circulation. It notes summer circulation is down, with possible links to unemployment, mood, and fewer new books. Library lists classic titles with brief descriptions and praise, urging use of older works while waiting for newer ones.
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Austen
Barrie
Babbie
Bennet
Cooper
Lake George
Natty Bumpo
Ficion
Deland
Ennsylvania
Dr. Lavendar
Adam Bede
Elliot
Peter Stirling
Ford
Grover Cleveland
New York
Maria Chapdelaine
Himon
Quebec
Johnston
Virginia
Lynn
Bob
Olvant
Voice of the Public The National Curse Drunkenness
A citizen denounces the liquor problem in the city, condemning bootlegging and weekly alcohol quotas. The writer urges public awareness and action, stating many have sought treatment for drunkenness and urging exposure of the issue to curb this social evil.
Local druggist laments wife’s departure and offers care items
A Shan' era note from Ella reports Smith, a druggist, lost his wife to another man. He publishes a notice to the unnamed husband offering liniment, arnica, salve, bandages, absorptive cotton, iodine, sleeping powder, and crutches at very low prices. He frames it as relief for the man who helped him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. V. Shipman
V. Shipman
Dieleman
Mr. Brom
the Chronicle
Secretary Wallace
Wallace
Ming
Mickey Mouse Cartoon
Paramount Pictor
Tom Howard
Grantland Rice
Movietone
Plutarch
U.S
Library Notes
Reade
Lecks
Aleshine
Stockton
Pacific
Farnel
Voice OF
United Paint and Phone
Ella
RADIO
Fis
USI
Standard
Ray Hoksbergen
Southwest Corner Square
Essentials
Atlas Ttres
Cope
Gals
Petbiaghtiy Elees
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