Ringling Bros show augments with five elephant troupes
Des Moines booking July 28 headline the Greatest Show on Earth expands for 1924. Five elephant troupes replace three with two baby herds on steel stages, plus famed riders and aerial stars. Big cats, clowns, pageant, and a thousand animals fill the giant big top. Local notes report arrivals, visits, and a missing Leyden boy found miles away.
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Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey
Des Moines
May Wirth
Wirth
Hurricane
Phil
the Marvel
Rieffenach
Berta Beeson
Lily Leitzel
Lillian Kincaid
Jenny Rooney
Nelsons
Lilbon
Siegrist
Oskaloosa Family and Friends Visit At Sedrel Home
Mr and Mrs John Stienkamp of Palla visited Wednesday at the Sedrel home with their daughter and son in law Mrs Art Sedrel. Mrs Sam Sedrel and children spent Tuesday at the parental Sedrel home in Leighton. Shirley Binns delivered hogs to Leighton Friday evening. Gerrit Beekhuizen near Tracy spent Sunday evening with his mother Mrs Hal. Gerrit Laughlin spent Sunday at the John Woody home. Henry Kreeling delivered hogs to daughter Ia and Lucretia Sunday with H J Sedrel near Busse. Mr and Mrs with Mrs Tandy Thoma Dan been a work Mr and Mrs Wilbur Barnes and family spent Sunday at the parental Matrician home east of Oskaloosa.
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Otley
Nancy Renaud
Des Moines
R. van Dyke
John Klein
Pella
Ira Vriezolaar
John Vanden Baard
Prairie City
R. Leyden
Matt Leyden
Sully
Leyden
Summit Four H. Club
Kommer
Vande Kieft
John Stienkamp
Palla
Art Sedrel
Sam Sedrel
Sedrel
Leighton
Shirley Binns
Gerrit Beekhuizen
Tracy
Hal
Gerrit Laughlin
John Woody
Henry Kreeling
Lucretia
H. J. Sedrel
Busse
Tandy Thoma
Dan
Wilbur Barnes
Oskaloosa
Otley and Monroe Friends Spread Across Weekend
Otley residents visit Des Moines and Monroe friends while Diana Bricker family plans Colorado trip Fortunes share picnic river outings as community mourns a Des Moines river drowning near Red Rock Mr Carter presumed drowned but later recovered body. sheriff's arrest rumor stirs town as rum runners feared.
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Jack Kester
Des Moines
Dad Atkins
Helen Stirneman
Monroe
Tiny Otley
Saturda
Clarence Bricker
Colorado
Fifield
Joe Vande Kieft
Pella Mo
Dick Ver Dught
Newton
Win
Kester Van Oostrum Wedding at Second Reformed Church
Frank Kester and Mrs. Cora Van Oostrum, both of Pella, were married July 17 at the Second Reformed church parsonage with Rev. H. M. Bruins officiating. The Chronicle extends congratulations and best wishes.
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Kester-Van Oostrum
Frank Kester
Cora van Oostrum
Pella
Second Reformed Church
H. M. Bruins
the Chronicle
Plan for Religious Pageant at Iowa State Fair
A statewide effort unites Sunday school workers to stage a monster pageant at the upcoming Iowa State Fair on Sunday August 24. The event is billed as the greatest religious demonstration in the state with more than 10,000 Sunday School children from various counties expected to participate. Religious truths will be shown in graphic form highlighting the church and Sunday School in community life. A prominent director has been hired to lead the staging of the mammoth production.
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Iowa
Iowa State Fair to Feature Wildlife Exhibit and Film
Practically every species of fish and wild game native to Iowa will be on display in real life for visitors at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines from August 20 to 29. The state Fish and Game department is preparing the unique exhibit, which will also include a continuous motion picture showing fish and game in their native haunts.
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Iowa
Des Moines
State Fish and Game Department
Noted Band Leader Patrick Corway Returns to Iowa State Fair
Noted band leader Patrick Corway and his ensemble, acclaimed after their Iowa State Fair appearance, are brought back for a return engagement. They join seven bands orchestras and drum corps at the fair and will feature nationally famous soloists both vocal and instrumental.
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Patrick Corway
Iowa
Conway
Counties In Big Contest Des Moines Iowa State Fair
The champion grain raising county in Iowa will be selected again this year at the Iowa State Fair from Aug 20 to 29. More than $6,000 in cash prizes will be offered for winning county exhibits of grain, farm and garden products, and 2,500 is offered for exhibits of produce from individual farms. It is expected that over thirty counties will participate, with agricultural exhibits covering about 200 acres at the state fair.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Largest floral show to debut at Iowa State Fair
Prizes totaling about 1500 dollars will accompany thousands of gladiolas from Midwest gardens at the Iowa State Fair in August 1929. The display is billed as the largest floral show ever held at a fair west of the Mississippi. The item includes quotations from Joseph Parker and a stanza praising true identity before God.
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Midwest
Mississippi
Hammill Nominated by Republicans for Governor in Des Moines
The Des Moines Republican convention on Tuesday named Lt. Gov. John Hammill of Britt as gubernatorial candidate on the first ballot after a split primary produced no 35 percent winner. Hammill led the field in the informal vote, with Haynes and Anderson trailing. Burbank withdrew before ballots. Auditor nomination went to J. C. McClune of Mahaska County.
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Des Moines
John Hammill
Britt
Hammill
E. R. Moore
N. E. Kendall
Burbank
Haynes
Anderson
J. C. McClune
Mahaska County
Convention Nominates Thornburg for Secretary of Agriculture
In a six candidate field none won the primary. Acting Secretary Mark G Thornburg was nominated for secretary of agriculture after the primary winner died suddenly weeks earlier, prompting the convention to act.
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Mark G. Thornburg
8000 Head of Cattle Enter Iowa State Fair
The 70th Anniversary Iowa State Fair in Des Moines in August 2029 will showcase about 8000 cattle from across the United States, the largest entry in fair history. Premiums total over 23,000 for horses and 34,384 for cattle with substantial sums for swine sheep and poultry, plus 11,000+ in boys and girls club divisions. Attendance is expected to set a new record.
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United States
Iowa
Des Moines
Towns champion speller chosen at Jubilee State Fair
The 70th Anniversary Jubilee State Fair slated for Aug 20 to 29 will select the county winning speller to compete in an old fashioned spelling bee during the event. Each county will send its top spelling contestant to determine the overall winner.
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Gil
Fai
Prio
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