Local News Then and Now from Rock Island to Ionia
Merie Simpson and brother Ray of Manchester visited Rock Island yesterday on business. Rev Joe Clyde, former pastor of Ionia and Nashua churches, sent a photo of the Congregational church ruins at Ionia, following a recent tornado. he is linked to Nashua and the Little Brown Church in the Vale nearby.
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Merie Simpson
Brother Ray
Manchester
Rock Island
Washington
Joe Clyde
Ionia
Iowa
Nashua
Little Brown
The
Vale
Mr. Clyde
Crawfordsville High to Present Bertha the Beautiful Typewriter Girl
Crawfordsville senior class will stage Bertha the Beautiful Typewriter Girl Friday at 8 PM in the high school auditorium. The farce features a banker, his secretary, and a happy ending with the boss’s son. cast includes Jack Howard Rex Huston Doris Blanchard and others. Tickets are 25 and 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville High School
Jack Howard
Daniel Desboro Desmond
Richard Holmes
David Desmond
Donald Monson
Glenwood Garfield
Rex Huston
Skeets” Skinner
Arthur Whiting
Boswell Bancroft
Viola Hering
Maxine Fulton
Doris Blanchard
Clarice Claybourne
Janice White
Sally Silverthorne
Orlin Reachly
Bridget O’casey
Duane McArtor
Leering Looie
Daniel
Hospital Admissions and Discharges Report
Yesterday Carroll Vorhees of Lockridge admitted for surgical care and Mrs Herb Osincup at 614 East Jefferson. Today Mrs Dale Cole route 4 and Mrs Ronald Horn route 3 admitted for surgical care. Discharged yesterday Mrs Mary Schell. Today Mrs Ralph Howell and daughter of Keota discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Vorhees
Lockridge
Surgical
Herb Osincup
E. Jefferson
Dale Cole
Ronald Horn
Mary Schell
Ralph Howell
Keota
Meyers and Edmondson Lead City Bowling Scores
Art Edmondson edged in first for single game with 227 and T Meyers led three game series with 546 pins. Edmondson totaled 643 pins overall while Sidters topped team scoring with 2331 pins in three games.
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Art Edmondson
T. Meyers
Edmondson
Meyer
Meyers
Boer War Began and Ended in a Century of Conflict
The Boer War began on October 11, 1499 as 250000 British forces seized major cities from 40000 Boers. The Boers pursued guerilla warfare until peace was signed on May 31, 1962.
FBI Ants Raid Nearby Nurseries Allegedly
In a startling claim, authorities report that FBI ants have raided nurseries near several ant hills. The reports characterize the incidents as organized kidnappings, with ongoing investigations into motive and scope.
Victory For a Moment Victory For a Moment
M. J. Collins is highlighted in a feature about a brief triumph and the lasting impact of a single performance. The piece profiles the athlete’s moment of glory and the lasting memory it left in the community.
Groundhog drama ends in field clash with dog and boy
In a sunlit clover field an old groundhog defends her brood from a barking dog while Tad and his pup chase a groundhog toward a rock-strewn burrow. The attack escalates as the groundhog bites back and the dog sustains a severe wound, forcing both to retreat.
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Tad
Tippy
Tip
Mercy hospital patient Mrs Mangold and local notices
Mrs Leo Mangold of Washing ton entered Mercy hospital in Iowa City yesterday for an indefinite stay as a medical patient and is in room 214. A 50 piece concert band event at St Ambrose college will be held May 5 at 8:00 pm in the High school auditorium with admission 75 cents and children 50 cents. Mr and Mrs A J Gilpin are the parents of a daughter born Sunday at Mercy hospital in Iowa City. Mary Helen Huber is at home during a between terms vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs D A Huber. she attends Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. A group of Washington women from the Wesleyan Service Guild traveled to Fort Madison Sunday for a district meeting at Santa Fe Methodist church. members include Mrs E K Barham, Mrs Paul Shearer, Mrs John Yousling, Mrs Milo Steele Jr, and Louise Wasson.
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Leo Mangold
Washington
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Mancold
St. Ambrose College
Mary Helen Huber
D. A. Huber
Miss Huber
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Wesleyan Service Guild
Fort Madison
Guild
Santa Fe Methodist Church
E. K. Barham
Paul Shearer
John Yousling
Milo Steele, Jr
Louise Wasson
Search resumes for missing Mississippi river fisherman in Clinton
In Clinton Iowa on April 27 search teams resumed for the body of a second fisherman after a boat with four men capsized on the Mississippi River Sunday. Rescue crews recovered Henry Hosp 53 from above the dam while winds and high waves halted further work on William Conley.
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Clinton
Iowa
Mississippi River
William Conley
Henry Hosp
Henry Wallace Campaigning in Iowa Draws Protests
Henry A. Wallace arrives in Moline for his third party presidential bid with a press conference private luncheon and afternoon talks with labor leaders student delegations. About 6 000 tickets were sold for a Wharton Field House speech despite protests by American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He flies from Chicago to Des Moines for another speech tomorrow then Oskaloosa Thursday.
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Moline
Henry A. Wallace
Wal
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Wallace
Chicago
Des Moines
Oskaloosa
Hyde and Vernon Fick Rescue After Four Hours Adrift
Hyde and Vernon Fick, who were in the boat with others, clung to the overturned craft for four hours before rescue, surviving a perilous drift at sea.
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Hyde
Vernon Fick
Motorized industry leads in motor usage
Food manufacturing requires more electric motors than any other sector with 732000 units, about 14 percent of motors used across all manufacturing industries.
Weighing Fingerprints In Jet Engine Materials Study
Scientists at an electrical manufacturing company use a device so sensitive it can weigh a fingerprint to conduct metals tests aimed at improving jet engines.
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Alice McDaniel
Miriam Cain
Miriam
George Iq McDaniel
Wolf’s Flower Shop
Col
Mrs
D. A. Morris
Catherine Morris
Morning Sun
Hugh Morris
Ainsworth
Tom Duncan
Ina Schaffer
Wendell Schaffer
Lloyd Gray
Helen Benell
Carla
Davenport
Benell
Dan Moriarty
Harry Payne
Moriarty’s
Texas
Tom Duncan’s
Hour of Charm
Fred Waring
Harold Arlen
Rus Case
America
Tommy Dorsey
Tchaikovsky
Sorden Music Co
East Side Square
Nn Secadee San Soetee
Sorrell Snert. Tao
Pee Ai de Stewart & Crone
American P. B. Co
Lu Sitters
Bankers
Et Mills
New Timers
See Ee
Tucker Bentece
Phillips
I Carson
Freshwaters
Me-Cumming
Big Ten
C. Neill
B. Sitler
Co. Custer
A. Edmondson
H. Monroe
L. Little
G . Stewart
L. Gilmore
L . Holland
T. Meyer
F.B.I
la Ee Ete
Western Auto Store
Washington, Iowa
M. J. Collins
WIN Peatures
Bishop Manning
New York
William T. Manning
Grand Priory
Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem
New York City
Lord Inverchapel
United States
International
A. J. Gilpin
Hosp
Conley
Earl
Henry Wallace
Wharton Fieldhouse
Atchison Shoe Store
North Side Square
Nicola & Harmeant
Spalding
Rawlings
Paul E. Brown
B. Rawlings
Chas. Gehringer
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