St Marys Hall to Stage Annual Student Play Night
Riverside reports St Marys Hall hosts an April 21 program directed by the Sisters of Charity with multi grade ensembles. The evening includes choruses, two one act plays Spooky Cabin and Fan n y, solos Daisies and Adeline s Antics, a drill and a Penrod and Sam scene, followed by a lunch and church treasury proceeds.
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Estelle Critz
Riverside
St. Mary's
St. Mary's Hal
O'Clok
Sisters of Charity
Thomas McEwen
Adeline
Penrod
Sam
Wayland P T A installs officers and reports
Wayland Illinois community notes a small crowd at the final P T A meeting of the year followed by volleyball and pie and coffee. Local families attend district convention in Burlington and funeral attendance for Frank Rittler in Libertyville. Relations, arrivals, and school events fill the weekly Wayland page.
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Wayland
Burlington
Grace Methodist Church
EF. J. Shook
Orus Boshart
Omer Boshart
Clara Wenger
M. M. Sinclair
H. J. Goldsmith
CC. K. Schantz
Millard Schlatter
Salome Bare
Harper
Kansas
Foster
Stockade Built to House Cheaters in Election
In Indianapolis on May 3 the stockade on the courthouse lawn will expose anyone caught cheating or stealing votes in the primary. Sheriff Otto Ray, candidate for mayor, vows arrest and public display and accuses city bosses of graft and corrupt methods.
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Indianapolis
Otto Ray
Ray
Hoosier
Dafoe Holidaying in New York with Dionne Quintuplets
Dr Allan R Dafoe, guardian of the Dionne quintuplets, is in New York for a spring shopping trip. He spent part of his time selecting outfits for the five children during the vacation period.
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New York
Allan R. Dafoe
the Dionne Quintuplets
Vene Crammond of Junction Dies
Vene Crammond 68 died Monday at Mercy Hospital Burlington after ten days of treatment. Born January 26, 1879 to J. B. and his wife in Wapello, he leaves three daughters Francesa Lalu Columbus Junction and Mrs Arthur Hall Wapello, two sisters and a brother. Funeral Wednesday at J. F. Zion home with Rev W A Bloomquist presiding. Burial in Wapello cemetery.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Vene Crammond
Mercy Hospital
Burlington
J. B. Crammond
Wapello
Nancy Cowles
Dauesters
Francesa
Lalu
Arthur Hall
J. F. Zion
W. A. Bloomquist
Methodist Church
Wapello Cemetery
Wayland Hi-Y Boys and Glee Club to Washington
Wayland Hi Y boys and the Glee Club travel to Washington for a joint meeting with Fair field and Washington groups. Wirel Graber will give a short talk on What the Wayland Hi Y Has Done This Year. Winfield Wolves beat Wayland 15 to 1 in baseball Wednesday.
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School Nesworters
Wayland
Hi-Y
Washington
Fairfield
Washington Rroupe
Donald
Winfield
Sodergren
Willis Ebner
Navy Department
Arthur Jones
Avery
D B Jones
Jones
Iowa City
John C. Ellis
Pleasant
Romance in the Dark at the Fox Theatre Finds Sparkling Talent
A light hearted comedy romance features Gladys Swarthout as an ambitious country girl turned maid who sings her way into notice. John Barrymore stars opposite, with John Boles transforming himself into a glamorous princess to win the heart of the opera star.
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John Barrymore
Gladys Swarthout
John Boles
Fox Theater
Miss Swarthont
Miss Swarthout
Claire Dodd
Roles
Boles
Barrymore
Mineral Springs at Banff in Canadian Rockies
The discovery of Banff’s mineral springs is dated to 1883 with their value clearly established. The waters resemble those of Bath England in composition and reputed health benefits.
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Tant
Banff Im
Canadian Rockies
Bath
England
Niggest Building Belgium Claims Largest European Edifice
Niggest Building Belgium asserts control of the Palace of Justice at Brussels as the continent’s biggest structure. The claim notes the complex covers an area about 12 percent larger than St. Peter’s in Rome.
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Belgium
Palace of Justice
Brussels
Europe
St. Peter's
Rome
Henry County Schoolmasters Plan Music Festival
Wayland will send the brass sextet to the Henry county music festival at Mt. Pleasant High School auditorium on April 29 afternoon and evening. The PTA landscaping committee planted trees to replace last year’s losses due to dry weather though Emery Elgsni and Ed Witting are not on the committee.
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Henry County
Illness and community notes from Lexington
Sickness runs through Lexington with measles whooping cough and flu cases among families such as the Anderson, Perrin, Pence, Patterson, Oldfield, Gardner, and Freed households. Easter visits from Chicago residents Arden Freed and Harve Frees noted. Oats crop revival after ice storm and ongoing power and telephone outages highlighted.
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Wade Gardner
Lexington
Ted Anderson
Perrin
James Pence
Junior Patterson
Delmar Oldfield
Richard
Jerry Gardner
Arden Freed
Chicago
Arnold Pence
Harve Frees
Floyd Paul
Cédar Rapids
Wellman
Washington
Meredith Bishop
California
Meredith
West
Terman Schultz
Ruby Sharp
John Gardner
W J. Roudabush
Earl Smith
Mice that eat each other found near Clanwilliam South Africa
Government workers uncover cannibal mice living under stones near Clanwilliam and send them to Capetown's South Africa Museum. On transport three survive. A dormouse found near Worcester with a long bushy tail and tree nesting habits is also sent to the museum.
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South Africa
Clanwilliam
Capetown
Worcester
Museum
Salmon's odyssey from river to sea and home to spawn
The Pacific salmon spends three to six years living largely at sea after hatching in fresh water. It migrates far from its birthplace, guided by strong instinct, to return to its natal streams and lakes to spawn and die.
Vincent Krabill to Teach Stringtown School Next Year
Vincent Krabill of Washington will teach Stringtown school the coming year. Dale Nebel, who has taught there the last three years, will teach near Iowa City. A soil conservation meeting is scheduled for Monday afternoon at Prairie Flower.
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Esther Sears
Hazel Rohrer
Lester Tschantz
Ross Lane
Merrimac
Joe Ross
John Kauffman
H BB. England
Bloomfield
Max Garret
Burlington
L. Heater
Gall
Lockridge
W. L. Kauffman
Jane
Rob Green
Ervin Rich
Donnie
Lacey
Frank Rich
Ervin
Omaha
Wayland
Vincent Krabill
Sugar Creek
Iowa City Mission
Kalona
Hesston College
Peter L. Bicher
Town City
Grandma Barrin
Mrs. Lockett
Ainsworth
Stringtown
J. J. Rich
Washington
Dale Nebel
Iowa City
Harm Westen
J J. Rich
Lloyd Roth
Ivan Wyse
Elmer Freyenbergers
Noah Widmer
Norma
Mil
Grandma Rich
D. S. Graber
Ethan Brooks
Madge
George
Donald
Bride
Chicago
Tra Brooks
Cedar Rapids
Bill
Nellie Brooks
Harlan Cummings
Mary Martin
Axel Norman
Swedesburg
Long Creek
L. W. Turnipseed
Dorothy
Merle
Prairie Flower High School
Joe Knotek
June Arlene
Martha Thrasher
Joseph Shalla
Bar Smith
Edd Stump
Columbus Junction
L. W
Prairie Flower News Briefer Event Notes
Prairie Flower column by Martha Thrasher records social visits during a weekend. Mr and Mrs Roy Finke and family visited the William Finke family of Washington. Dorothy Humston stayed with Martha Turnipseed. Other callers included Kermit Spera Jack Wilson Clarence Van Meter and William Perdock.
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Martha Thrasher
Roy Finke
Famly
William Finke
Washington
Dorothy Humston
Martha
Oldest President Andrew Jackson Retires from White House
Andrew Jackson was the oldest U S president to occupy the White House. He retired on March 4 1837 at almost seventy years old, ending his term as the nation’s leader.
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Andrew Jackson
White House
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