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Thanksgiving grind and football trip noted in Ames
The item records Thanksgiving events with Cotton hosting a turkey dinner led by Prof. Hoffman as toast-master. Ames football team traveled to Eledo Illinois and lost to a swift squad. Prof. Hoffman preached, and local youths attended a Des Moines game. Clinton Herald reports a Wagner lecture by Prof. Sadler at the Harmonie Club, praised for clarity and musical illustration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Hoffman
Eledo
Ill
Second Reformed Church
Grace Finley
Madge Vander Zy
Guy Churchill
Carl Hillyer
Des Moines
Hoffman
Academy
Pelican Board
Atha
Roy Lewis
Clinton Herald
Harmonie Club
Clinton Library
Clinton
Sadler
Rogers
Wagner
Harmonic Club