Weekly Letter From Washington on Politics and Voter Clubs
Elizabeth Wheeler organizes a voter training club with Democratic ties while Robert H. Lucas advocates young Republican clubs. The piece discusses a floating law school on the French Line Steamer France with prominent faculty and a broad international itinerary. It also covers wartime spending, patent history, and congressional expense rules.
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Elizabeth Wheeler
Wheeler
Montana
National Committee
Robert H. Lucas
Republican National Committee
Sons of the Wild Jackass
France
United States
Floating College
Sam Roy Ballance
State Department
Fenton Whitlock Booth
United States Court of Claims
James M. Beck
Pennsylvania
Bar
Old Baily
Law Courts
Scotland Yard
Tower of London
British Museum
Inns of Court
London
Peace Palace
Hagu Bonn
Heidelberg
Germany
Bologna
Medieval Law University
Italy
Geneva
Switzerland
Palais de Justice
Hotel de Ville
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
A and P Reports April Sales and Tonnage Change
A and P sales for the four week period ending April 25 totaled 85,160,278 dollars, down 977,015 dollars from 1930. April tonnage reached 454,479 tons, up 55,268 from 1930, a 13.84 percent gain. Average weekly sales fell to 21,290,070 dollars from 21,534,823, while weekly tonnage rose to 113,620 from 99,803.
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Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Ills and Hospital News From Local Homes
The notice reports Mrs J H H Van Spanker en still ill with heart trouble while Al Clark remains quite ill at home on South street. William Breuklander is seriously ill across the river. Mrs B H Sack had surgery last Wednesday at the hospital in Iowa City and is improving at the latest report.
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Theer
J. H. H. van Spankeren
al Clark
South Street
William Breuklander
B. H. Sack
Iowa City
Central Wins First Baseball Game
Central opens spring baseball with a 3 0 victory over Pershing Independents on a home diamond. Pitcher Barney Niefert worked six innings with seven strikeouts and three walks, while Giles and Schnack led the offense with three-base hits. Luke Anderson pitched in relief and the crowd, growing from a small start, cheered as Central mounted late-inning runs.
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Central
Pershing Independents
Dick” Giles
Mit
Barney” Niefert
Barney
Babe” Tysseling
Luke” Anderson
Andy
Giles
Schnack
Warren
Ray
Alphabet of Life: a list of virtues and reminders
A compact, period voice admonishes readers with an alphabet of life guiding virtues. It urges courtesy, frugality, forgiveness, faith, discipline, and self respect while weaving in a light humorous thread with Doctor and Kregel exchanges about health and control.
Penn College Wins State Peace Oratorical Contest
John Paulson of Penn College won first place earning sixty dollars in the state peace oratorical contest at Central College Chapel. Battalda Mahler of Drake University took second with forty dollars. Contestants from Drake, Simpson, Luther and Penn presented speeches on world peace and antiwar themes.
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Central College
Robert Wick
Iowa State Teachers College
Germany
Italy
Mussolini
France
Europe
Central
Spencer de Jong
Russia
Battalda Mahler
Drake University
Simpson College
Clovis Meyers
John Paulson
Penn College
Olaf Palm
Luther College
Drake U
Agricultural Sideshows at Florida Fairs
The Department of Agriculture used theatrical displays at recent southern Florida agricultural fairs to popularize poultry raising and nutrition. A seven foot tall mechanical hen delivered scripted words on poultry. another exhibit compared per capita dairy consumption at a world powers banquet. The department aims to improve its information delivery through action lighting sound and visual appeal while emphasizing child-friendly messages about varied foods and appetizing presentation to encourage healthy eating habits.
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Department of Agriculture
Florida
Department
Uncle Sam
Europe
Church Services and Sermon Topics Across Local Churches
Baptist Church lists Sunday School at 9 45 Morning Worship at 10 45 with Sermon The Bible's Message To Young People Young People's service at 6 30 Evening Worship at 7 30 Sermon Quicken Me First Reformed Church May 17 1931 Morning The works of Grace IV Conversion Afternoon Joseph and His Brethren Evening Elmer Barr Wes tern Theological Seminary Third Reformed Church next Sunday morning Acts 1 9 11 Christ's Glorification H J Pietenpol
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Baptist Church
First Reformed Church
Joseph
Elmer Barr
Western Theological Seminary
Third Reformed Church
H. J. Pietenpol
Second Reformed Church Service Schedule
The church offers a 9:30 a m Sunday school session and a 10:45 a m sermon titled Our Ascended Lord. Evening activities include a 6:30 p m Christian Endeavor meeting and a 7:30 p m program The Four Leprous Beggars.
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Second Reformed Church
Christian Endeavor
Watermelon Wilt Wilt-Resistant Seed Spreads Across Iowa
Marion county growers secure five pounds of wilt resistant seed for five acres. About 1,200 pounds of seed, enough for 1,200 acres, has been distributed in 47 counties, with Muscatine Lee Louisa Wapello and Black Hawk leading purchases. Iowa State College reports seed supply remains adequate and notes wiltable fields may recover with future melon growth on sandy loam land.
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Iowa
Marion Couty
Duke V. Layton
Iowa State College
Iowa Melon Growers’ Association
Marion County
George Buttrey
Cordova
Muscatine
Lee
Louisa
Wapello
Black Hawk
Towa
Layton
The
State College
Pride of Muscatine
Florida
Georgia
Texas
Arkansas
Mid-Western
Seed sale opens new market for Iowa wilt resistant crop
The report notes a potential new market for Iowa growers as certified wilt resistant seed enters commerce. This development could broaden grower opportunities and diversify crop offerings across the state.
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Iowa
Central College Men's Glee Club Home Concert Recital
The Central College concert last Tuesday featured a varied program of sea, love, hunting, and sacred songs. Strong basses led, with tenors rising in sacred pieces, and a notable closing hunting number. A quartet including Willard Langerak and John Wesselink performed between sections alongside violin solos by Earl Van Rees. Edward Van Ploeg gave a fine reading of The Other One, a Ketchum piece about two ex convicts and a Christ figure, ending with Van Ploeg's memorable delivery.
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Central College
Willard Langerak
John Wesselink
Edward Vander Ploeg
Christ
Stage Mascots Shine At Club Program And Thistle Control
The program closed with mascots the white dormitory rabbit and a red wooden shoe on stage as the audience sang. Miss Helen Hackemack earns praise for guiding the club through practiced, successful routines. The U S Department of Agriculture advises farmers to combat Canada thistle using shade crops like alfalfa, thorough cultivation, and continual tillage of infested land, with small patches smothered by covering light-blocking materials, and regular cutting to prevent seed production.
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United States
George Washington
Congress
Sameus Hopkins
Patent Office
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Thomas Moore
Maryland
Helen Hackemack
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Reacing Second Childs Hood Or Mere Spring In Fact
The fragment questions whether a budding phase is a true second child’s mood or just a spring movement among golfers, presenting an enigmatic note on behavior and sport. It hints at preparations or changes in demeanor without clear names, places, or dates.
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Washington
Mars
Great Britain
Japan
Samapepe
General Accounting Office
Panama
Porto Rico
Philippines
Alaska
Foreign Relations Committee
Moses
New Hampshire
Nye
Accounting Office
PENN
Vandermeide
Blacksmith
Franklin and
East First Street
College Men's Glee Club
GIVE
John Wynberg
Main
del Monte
A&p
Aia
del Monte Bartlett
Campbell’s Beans
Santa Clara
Idaho
Lifebuoy
Pacific
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