Fort Madison Midget Band to Perform Saturday in Central Park
Fort Madison’s famous Midget Band, ages 10 to 17, comes to Central Park Saturday at 4 PM with high quality music and a ventriloquist act. The event, arranged by the Chamber of Commerce, offers free tickets and free coffee and Dutch cookies for attendees. The band plans further stops including Storm Lake for a four day camp on their second annual tour.
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Central Park
Fort Madison
Chamber of Commerce
Pella
Storm Lake
Buick Introduces The New Marquette Car
Buick unveils the New Marquette a medium priced model built in unit units at Flint Michigan. The car uses a gravity carrier system in its motor assembly line and draws on Buick’s global distribution and service network. Cars will be on display nationwide Saturday June 1.
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Buick Motor Company
Buick
Flint
Michigan
Bit
Eps
Buick Distributing and Service Organization
Marquette Motor Assembly
Salesman Byrum Crawford Leaves for Elgin and Youngstown
Byrum Crawford of the Rosscreen company, who has been in the factory for several days on special work, departed Tuesday to go to Elgin Illinois to continue his sales duties and then proceed to Youngstown Ohio.
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Byrum Crawford
Rosscreen Company
Elgin, ML
Youngstown
Ohio
Al Jolson Shines In The Singing Fool At Rivola Theatre
Warner Bros presents Al Jolson in The Singing Fool at Rivola Theatre Oska igniteete. Jolson shifts from comic singing waiter to a sorrowful tragic figure, portraying love jealousy and the death of a child with emotional depth. Betty Bronson Josephine Dunn Davey Lee co star along with Reed Howes and others. Lloyd Bacon directed.
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al Jolson
Warner Bros
Rivola Theatre
Oskaigniteete -Hivonleds
New York
Jolson
Davey Lee
Sonny Boy
Betty Bronson
Josephine Dunn
Reed Howes
Arthur Housman
David Lee
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Edward Martindel
C. Graham Baker
Leslie S. Barrows
Lloyd Bacon
What Is This Golf
An opinionated take on golf as a costly, spectacle laden pursuit for the rich. The piece mocks clubhouses, ball costs, and paraphernalia while describing the course, holes, and scoring routine with sharp humor and social critique.
Lad Drowns In English Creek Near Knoxville Iowa
Donald Beaver, unable to swim, drowned in English Creek near Knox le noon while crossing a deep stretch with companions Tommie Holdsworth and Wayne Masteller. Friends raised alarm. farmers searched but failed to locate the body until Deputy Sheriff J L Collins arrived. Beaver was recovered in about nine feet of water and pronounced dead. Coroner F M Roberts had not decided on an inquest by Monday evening.
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Knoxville
Iowa
Donald Beaver
Enoe
Knoxle
Beaver
English Creek
Tommie Holdsworth
Wayne Masteller
F. L. van Benthuysen
J. L. Collins
Jay
F. M. Roberts
Pioneer Exhibits at Iowa State Fair Move Eyed
Des Moines officials issued a statewide call for pioneer day exhibits for the Diamond Jubilee at the Iowa State Fair this summer. Old wagons, ox carts, buggies, early autos, farm implements, dresses, and furnishings are sought to illustrate life of Iowa’s early settlers and compare with present days. Public cooperation is urged, with displays planned across nearly all fair buildings and related events. Interested individuals should write to Secretary A. R. Conrey, Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Lowe's
State Historical Department
Towans
A. R. Conrey
Annual Social and Bazaar at Otley church lawn
The Banner Bearers of the Re formed church Otley host an annual social and bazaar on the church lawn Tuesday evening June 11 1929 Monroe band provides music all invited to enjoy the evening with us
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Reformed Church
Otley
New Manager For Farmers Store Takes Over
On June 15 Peter De Cook, linked with the Farmers Cooperative Exchange store at Leighton for two years, will assume leadership of the local Farmers Store, succeeding Andrew Van Drimmelin who has served five years. Van Drimmelin plans a rest and is weighing a business proposition with details still undeveloped.
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Peter de Cook
Farmers Co-operative Exchange
Leighton
Andrew van Drimmelin
van Drimmelin
You buy not paper but news and vision, security
An insurance sales pitch promises shelter and security by selling lifestyle benefits. The ad urges readers to assess family needs and future risks, presenting education, income, mortgage payoff, and a pension as essential outcomes, attributed to 23 Federal Life Insurance Company.
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Federal Life Insurance Company
E. Hollebrands
Dist. Mgr
Pella Not Slated For Poor Farm
A county auditor report shows total moneys and credits in the county at 7,157,210 with half, 3,279,709, belonging to Pella. The piece notes residents living comfortably while others struggle and jokes about a thousand dollars in hand. It lauds Pella’s reputation for solid checks and security.
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Pella
Fred C. Hall
Berry prices and local notes from Pella market page
The item notes strawberries and berry prices from the Farmers Co operative Exchange in Pella Iowa. It mentions Miss Minnie Gezel returning to Prairie City after visiting her parents and urges asking merchants for Kaldenborg grown berries. Senator Dunlap Michigan berries are advertised at low prices.
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Farmers Co-operative Exchange
Pella
Iowa
Minnie Gezel
Prairie City
T. H. Kaldenborg
Senator Dunlap
Michigan
Pella High baseball team earns county title then loses district final
Pella High School nine, mainly seniors led by Prof. Marsh, posted four wins and four losses finishing the season with a Marion County championship after defeating New Sharon Knoxville Sully Lynnville and Oskaloosa. They lost to Ferguson two to one in the Colfax district tournament where Ferguson went on to win the title.
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Pella High School
Prof
Marsh
Lester Jessma
Willard Langerak
Edward Vander Ploeg
Edward Vanden Oever
Herman Dowstra
Robert Renaud
Orville Dykstra
Verle Ver Dught
Amidon
Pell High
New Sharon
Knoxville
Sully
Oskaloosa
Lynnville
Marion County
Colfax
Pella
Ferguson
Otley Gun Club Hosts Social Dinner at Central Park Cafe
Members of Otley Gun Club enjoyed a social dinner at Central Park cafe on Friday evening with twenty attendees. The gathering, postponed by weather and bad roads two to three weeks earlier, marked a pleasant club outing amid June hardware and feed stock clearance at Farmers' Co op Exchange.
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Otley Gun Club
Central Park Cafe
Farmers’ Co-op
Exchange
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Prison City Band
Fila W.n.od
A. Bulletin
Lad
Coach Marsh
Verlo Ver Dught
Lester Jelsma
Edward Vander Dever
Gérald van Arkel
Clarence Int Veld
Leo Vander Kolk
Gun Club
Westinghouse Electric
Westinghouse
van den Berg Berg Electric CO
Temfi
SCI Anklin
Frigidaire
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