Hospital in community urged by letter writer
The letter to the American Legion urges continuing pressure to build a local hospital. Fred Lautenbach argues residents should avoid leaving for care and keep funds in the community, calling the hospital project a tremendous asset and a lasting benefit. The writer thanks the Legion and hopes for its success.
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American Legion
Legion
Dear Chronicle
van Veen-Van Hemert
Fred Lautenbach
How Safe Is a Safety Razor A Reader Letter
A Chronicle reader recalls safety razors and safety in hand with humorous anecdotes about shaving mishaps. He shares experiences from old straight razors to modern blades, notes price changes, and recounts a burglary that ended with a youth in reform school.
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Chronicle
Dad
Binghamton
N. Y
Mr. Good
Pelia
Des Moines
Elma
Reform School
Parolee pleads guilty as theft echoes in letters from Elma
A 1937 letter from Elma Washington describes a parolee who robbed a landlady using a skeleton key, with a judge urging for no prosecution. The writer laments razor blade prices and shares personal poems about peace and faith, ending with a signature from Co. M. Moore on October 25, 1937.
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Flaca
Superior Court
de Lamb
Tam
M. Moore
Elma
Washington
Plans Revealed for Central College Chapel
Central extension campaign focuses on a new brick chapel in colonial style. Plans arriving at the president's office show a 113 ft 10 in by 46 ft 10 in building with brick pilasters a four square pillar entrance and a belfry. The 538 seat auditorium slopes toward the rostrum inscribed In deo spes nostra et refugium. Two side rooms will serve as study and historical room housing heirlooms.
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Central Bay
Central College
Greater Central
Central
Scholte
Dominic Scholte
Des Moines Museum Holds Described Pulpit for Central Chapel
The pulpit of Dominic Schulte can be obtained from the Des Moines museum where it has rested for years. Plans include a chapel with an organ, a rear stairway to a balcony seating 116 total capacity 654, for chapel exercises lectures commencements music recitals and entertainments. Central students will gain a spiritual center as President Lubbers departs for the East to advance extension work with committees forming for rapid campaign progress.
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Dominic Schulte
Des Moines
Lubbers
Pi Kappa Delta Banquet and Theater Party
Pi Kappa Delta held a formal banquet with a newspapers theme. Howard Mckee toasted, and remarks critiqued modern journalism while Romeo and Juliet provided a capstone to the evening. guests included Dr. Lubbers and Dean Pietenpol as the program closed with a theater visit.
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Pi Kappa Delta
Howard Mckee
Gould
Frank Smit
Charles Wessland
Pi Kappa Delta Chapter
Lubbers
Dean
Pietenpol
Miss Gillard
Rs.m. Meulpalder
Dan Meulpalder
Library notes I ve been to London by Temple Bailey
A collage of book blurbs features Peggy and Pamela Pierce, Gerry and Fergus McHugh, plus a slice of life tale with romantic ideals and personal growth. The notes highlight novels from Kathleen Norris and Zane Grey, Westerns, biographies, and Pearl Buck, signaling a busy catalog of fiction and literary works.
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London
Temple Bailey
Percy
Pamela Pierce
Peggy
Itchell
Gerry
NEIGHBOR TO THE SKY AND A FARMER'S DREAM TALE
Luke Gilman lives on a farm until falling for Mar a Lee the new teacher. Hunger for security leads them to a world of teaching at a technical high school and later college. Their struggles and ultimate solution embody candor and American ideals.
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Carrol
Luke Gilman
Mara Lee
Cess
Luke
Margery
Falsenes
Child Eckleberry Found Dead In Martinsburg
Francis Arvene Eckleberry aged one year and a half, son of Ni and Mrs Cecil Eckleberry of Martinsburg, died last Sunday. He had spinal meningitis a year ago and was crippled, but appeared to have only a cold Saturday. Funeral Monday at Reynolds Funeral chapel by Rev Orville Smith of Ottumwa. burial in Mount Zion cemetery. Local obituary notice from Keokuk County News.
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Francis Arvene Eckleberry
Cecil Eckleberry
Martinsburg
Reynolds Funeral Chapel
Orville Smith
Ottumwa
Mount Zion
Keokuk County
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Nebraska Penitentiary
John Byrl
Oma
O'Grady
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Fergus McHugh
Fergus
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Montgome
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Max Brand
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Jasper Valley
Pecos
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Col. Lambeth
Terrill
Loring
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Joan Crofton
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Elizard
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Relaion
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Mr. Callen
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Terry Duquesne
Fighting Angel
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