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Newspaper
Sioux City Register
Location
Sioux City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1924
Page
10
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Bronx City police and their families will gather at the Interstate fair grounds for the fourteenth annual picnic of the Sioux City Police Officers association. The program includes entertainment and events to showcase officers, with Mayor Stewart Gliman and Councilman Charles E. Wilcox on the lineup. A policemen’s feast will follow, ending with a dance.
Riverside and nearby residents attended picnics at Grabbe's park and Riverside park. Numerous visits, dinners, and showers mark social life with families like Steinstra Weddle and Verstegen hosting others. Local clubs and church groups held socials and meetings on military road Nash street and 1214 Whitcher avenue.
Nineteen hopefuls contend to be named Miss Sioux City and win a trip to Atlantic City for the national pageant. The top ten finishers on Saturday advance to the August 3–9 theater event with voting continuing, and the overall winner earns a chance to compete for Miss America and a $5,000 prize. Organizers from Skull Post VFW announce delegates Milam and Boughey will present Miss Sioux City at the national convention.
First National is producing The Lost World and struggles to obtain dinosaurs and other mammoth reptiles from the stone age for the production.
A fragment lists Mrs Dewey Weddel at 1214 Whitcher Avenue and the J Christianson property on a sixth street. The text is partial and lacks context for full event or action details.
City council reviewed the proposed street car franchise with a service company after agreeing to public discussion. Interests and organizations were urged to present objections as council and company officials reported on plans. Opposition to reopening a second barn and free transport for retired firefighters and policemen was noted.
A V Bargey and Mrs. Owen Stokes petitioned council against baseball on Floyd school grounds citing disturbances by grown boys. The council referred the complaints to the school board. Bargey’s request to ban bicycle riding on sidewalks was dismissed as the meeting adjourned.
The council approved a contract with Automatic Signal of Minneapolis for traffic signal installation. Plan calls for five stop and go signals and eight flash signals.
Dr. C. B. Knowles of 2020 Court Street challenged the installation of an oil filling station at Twenty first and Court streets. He cited danger from deep holes near water mains and asked permit rescission, but no action was taken.
A library display lists varied new titles spanning poetry and fiction from Midwest Portraits to Stephen Crane and The Art Spirit. Notable works include Economics of the Household by B R Andrews and The Petroleum and Allied Industries by James Kewley, with biographies, art criticism, and musical memoirs.
Twenty actors and actresses form a permanent stock company for Metro Goldwyn Mayer pictures. The nucleus includes Adoree Busch Connolly Frazer Gordon Hopper Lester Nagel Pringle Walsh Bourdeman Cody de Brulier Gilbert Haines Key Myers Olmstead Shearer Windsor. Tom Moore to support Laurette Taylor in One Night in Rome and costs for stars will be drawn from this group.
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Cheyenne Wy July 26 Paddy Ryan Miles City Mont led Yakima Canute Hollywood Cal by 80 points at half in the Roosevelt hotel trophy rodeo for the world championship at Cheyenne frontier days. Ryan had 120 points Canute 90 with a second half set for Pendleton Oregon roundup in September.
Lawmakers in the senate and house of representatives explore the discovery of prehistoric specimens. The prompt explores potential research funding and museum collaborations.
New York state leads all others in the amount of water power development, highlighted as a major energy advances report. The data ranks states by capacity, noting New York's lead amid growing hydroelectric projects and investments.
Mayor Stewart Gilman issued a statement detailing the streetcar franchise proposal. He notes the city may permit bus lines or buy the Service company's property, guarantees 15 hours daily service, and allows fare adjustments tied to company earnings. He urges voters to decide based on their judgment.
Sunday broadcasts include WEAF and WCAP programs with Roxy theater in New York and a New York Philharmonic Orchestra concert in Schenectady. Monday features WBZ mock trial WLW municipal orchestra and other regional music and service programs across several stations.
Five generations in one family line are today living in Sioux City. The infant, born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred DeLap at 400 Bluff Street last Thursday, is the great great grandson of Mrs. O. E. Smith of 1701 Center Street. Mrs. Smith has ten living children, except one daughter who died recently. One daughter, Mrs. C. W. Richardson of 1701 Center Street, is the baby’s great great aunt. The baby’s grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Dixon of 1709 Clinton Street. The great great grandmother is reported to be a sturdy nine years old.
About 125 plumbers, steam fitters and architects from Sioux City and nearby areas are set to attend a motion picture in the Chamber of Commerce lobby on Tuesday evening July 29 at 7 30. The Omaha branch of the American Radiator company, for Crane company of Sioux City, will present films on foundations boilers radiators and testing with a company representative to explain manufacturing operations.
The fourth annual picnic of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and its ladies auxiliary is set for tomorrow at Riverside Park. Women bring basket dinners and races a horseshoe contest and a ball game are planned with prizes. All trainmen and families invited.
The municipal market had one of its strongest weeks, says market master C. F. Hood. On Friday morning 22 loads of produce arrived by truck gardeners and were sold by 10 am at good prices.
A compendium of area church services with listings for Adventist Baptist Catholic Lutheran and Protestant congregations. It includes service times Sunday school morning worship evening programs and noted pastors and locations across Sioux City North Riverside and nearby parishes.
The Register announces accredited correspondents in all city sections and South Sioux City Nebraska to receive news notices and information. Names listed include Vera Hansen Morningside Edith Whitman Smiths Vila and J C Malloy Leeds, with street addresses and phone numbers for contact.
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