Martha J Stephens Not Well In Dayton Grove Note
Martha Jean daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Stephens has been ill for several days. Clarence Johnson and family visited Charlie Thrapp home. Blumenstein family of Gary Indiana visiting at Charlie Thrapp home. So and Sew club members met Mrs Ernest Crawford. others could not attend. Several locals helped with wood sawing and relatives visited Wellman and Ainsworth areas.
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J. B. Moore
Dayton Grove
Martha Jean
Robert Stephens
Clarence Johnson
Charlie Thrapp
Robert Blumenstein
Gary Ind
Walter Leet
Wm Carr
Ernest Crawford
Harry Dusenberry
Chas. Thrann
Raymond Hammen
Dale Lance
Swiss farmers share cheese and butter with peasants
Swiss farmers give thousands of poor peasants large amounts of cheese and butter after the grazing season on the mountains. In return they ask only a prayer for the cattle and pasture.
Penitentiary Blazing Drama at Fox Theatre
A lurid crime melodrama unfolds in Columbia's Penitentiary at the Fox Theatre with Walter Connolly John Howard Jean Parker and Robert Barrat in perilous roles. Love in the Big House and the merciless convict code drive a tale of vengeance and doomed romance amid prison fire and tension.
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Columbia
Fox Theatre
Walter Connolly
John Howard
Jean Parker
Robert Barrat
Connolly
Howard
Miss Parker
Barrat
Marc Lawrence
Dick Curtis
Ann Doran
Arthur Hol
John Brahm
Fred Niblo, Jr
Seton
Miller
Bassler Tours with Monmouth College Chapel Choir
Carl Bassler, a member of Monmouth College chapel choir, spent a week on tour with the college group. They performed at several Illinois venues and traveled as far north as Milwaukee Wisconsin. Mrs Charles Richards and Mrs Lee Thompson visited Davenport for a brief afternoon. Mr and Mrs John Woodside and family of Burlington visited at the mother Mrs Mary Woodside’s home.
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Ruth Norris
Ainsworth
Carl Bassler
Monmouth College
Illinois
Milwaukee
Wis
Charles Richards
Lee Thompson
Davenport
John Woodside
Burlington
Mary Woodside
Tung Oil from Tungyin Tree Gains U.S. Use
The tungyin tree native to China, Aleurites fordii and Aleurites montana, yields tung oil known as China wood oil. Its use in paints varnishes linoleum and water proofing fabrics has risen as the oil dries faster and resists water better than linseed oil.
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China
Students broadcast play at Washington High School
Washington high school students traveled to Iowa City to broadcast The Pink Dress. They respected nerves, joked during pauses, and prepared by practicing. Prof. Geneva Fisher and staff from Iowa State college lead sections in Home Economics and Physical Education.
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Washington High School
Iowa City
Martha Ann Mace
Mary Atchison
Mary Westphal
John Killian
Rob Anderson
Andersons
Robert Anderson
Anna Plummer
Conference Secures Noted Speakers for Meetings
The conference has booked speakers including Co. A. Davis of Davenport Iowa personnel supervisor at Standard Oil K A Hills of Davenport Iowa personnel supervisor at General Electric Prof Harry Newburn College of Education University of Iowa and University High School Principal Prof Clyde Tull of Cornell Journalism and Creative Writing Prof Henry H Kildee Dean of Agriculture Iowa State College to conduct sessions.
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Co. A. Davis
Davenport
Standard Oil Co
K. A. Hills
General Electric Co
Harry Newburn
College of Education
University of Iowa
University
Clyde Tull
Cornel College
Henry H. Kildee
Division of Agriculture
Iowa State College
Principal Fields Visits Washington to Assume West Waterloo Role
Assistant principal George Fields of West Waterloo high school visited Washington last Friday and will succeed Miss Della Pat ton as principal at the end of the current school year.
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West Waterloo High School
George Fields
Washington
Della Patton
Bad Weather Keeps Track Team Inside
The track team trained indoors most days due to bad weather. The relay squad suffered with Jack Trotman and Don Bealer sidelined by illness and injuries. Coach Fred Maasham led ten athletes to the State Indoor meet in Iowa City last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Trotman
Don Bealer
Fred Maasham
Iowa City
N Wilson Tops J C Honor Roll List
Mid semester Honor Roll includes Naomi Wilson 4.00 GPA from 16 hours and several peers: Samuel Wittmer 3.49 from 15 hours, Marguerite Hardy 3.25 from 16 hours, Catherine Hardy 3.20 from 15 hours, Doris Klepfer 3.00 from 17 hours, Vincent Krabill 3.00 from 16 hours, Betty Hamil 3.00 from 15 hours, and Kittie Mae Maddock 3.00 from 15 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naomi Wilson
Samuel Wittmer
Marguerite Hardy
Catherine Hardy
Doris Klepfer
Vincent Krabill
Betty Hamil
Kittie Mae Maddock
Honorable mention and honor roll qualifiers named
The list acknowledges students with reduced schedules who produced high quality work Paul Campbell Charles Morris and Virginia Kephart. It also names students who needed one more grade point Ruth DuPuis Bertha Mae Reinert and Anna Plummer to qualify for the honor roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Campbell
Charles Morris
Virginia Kephart
Ruth DuPuis
Bertha Mae Reinert
Anna Plummer
B H Shearer Named to Iowa Centennial Committee
B H Shearer editor of the Columbus Junction Gazette was named a member of the Iowa Centennial observance committee by Gov Kraschel. C E Pierce sold forty head of hogs in Chicago this week for 210 and 875 a hundredweight. The Conesville Parent Teacher Association elected officers including Mrs Clarence Coffin as president and Mrs Arthur Buckman as vice president. Mr and Mrs C J Bollenbach P F Benson and AMI Gilkey visited at Keosauqua Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
B. H. Shearer
Kraschel
C. E. Pierce
Chicago
Parent-Teacher Association
Conesville
Clarence Coffin
Arthur Buckman
Russell Crist
C. J. Bollenbach
P. F. Benson
Ami Gilkey
Keosauqua
18 Year Old Kills Father Over Disciplining Brother
Waverly Bernard O'Tool confessed to shooting his father Charles Barney O'Tool 38 in the Mat at Tripoli after an afternoon of whisky and beer. The clash followed a threat to beat a younger brother for stealing as relatives including Mrs. O'Tool and five children witnessed the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly
Bernard O'Tool
Charles
Barney) O'Tool
Tripoli
Robert
O’tool
Donald
Leonard
Shirley
Mary Jean
HaHa Bay Named by French Explorers in Saguenay Discovery
French explorers named HaHa Bay in Saguenay after their exclamation of laughter upon discovering the bay, initially mistaking it for a northwest passage to China. The nickname reflects early explorers reaction to the new waterway.
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HaHa Bay
Saguenay River
HaHa
China
Iowa City Extempore Winner Marvin Chapman Named
Marvin Chapman of Iowa City high school won first place in the extemporaneous speaking contest at the southeastern district meet held at the high school. Mary Towne of Burlington placed second and will represent the district at the state contest in Town City on April 21 to 23. Townes topic was The Armament Race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Marvin Chap
Marvin
Mary Towne
Burlington
Town City
Townes Tople
Marriage Custom: Scotland Allows Plain Consent to Marry
The article notes England requires official recognition or ceremony for a valid marriage, while Scotland adheres to the rule that mere exchange of consent suffices for a binding union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Camel cigarettes praised by tobacco planters in 1908
Remarks from planter Mr George Crumbaugh and Cecil White of Danville Kentucky claim Camel cigarettes attract high quality tobacco and offer top prices. Crumbaugh reports selling choice lots to Camel and White notes he has grown over 87000 pounds in five years with Camel purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Crumbaugh
Cecil White
Danville
Kentucky
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