Keota Camp Fire Girls Present Sunny South Minstrel Show
Keota Camp Fire Girls with local aid staged The Sunny South Minstrel Show at Keota high school auditorium. The three part program featured a Sun ny South Minstrels act with Mary Louise Stewart and Marjorie Russell in leading roles, and a plantation scene with the full cast. A one act Negro farce Alexander Ables In starred Dwight Simmer man and Vivian Barton among others. Music by a seven piece orchestra under Prof. Ald Bell. The performance was directed by Mrs. Lom bert, Camp Fire guardian.
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Keota Camp
Ast
Sunny South Minstrel Show
High School
Sunny South Minstrels
Mary Louise Stewart
Spirit of Minstrels
Marjori Russell
Dr. J. Mendmen
Sheldon — Morris
Glen Huston
Fred Ralston
Dwight Sherman
Mary
Honise Stewart
Sheldon Morris
Palmer
Keith Mound
Sundy South
Alexander
Alo
Bell of
Boy Steals Car To Reach Home After Whippings
Richard Wells, 14, stole a car to escape allegedly harsh beating by his father. In municipal court Judge Shes han sentenced him to the attic training school at Eldora, but parole was granted to his father W C Wells after the father admitted strictness and said past whippings may have driven the boy to hurry home.
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Council Bluffs
Richard Wells
Sheshan
Eldora
W.C. Wes
Michard
Funeral for Marine John C Pump Held in Denison
Funeral services are set for Marine John C Pump killed February 27 1928 in Nicaragua. His parents Mr and Mrs Emil A Pump reside in Denison and will host the service at the family home. American Legion members will oversee the burial following the transport bearing Pumps body docked in New York. Pump belonged to a marine patrol ambushed by Nicaraguan rebels leaving two other marines dead and eight wounded.
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John C. Pump
Nicaragua
Denison
Emil A. Pump
Pump
New York
American Legion
Motor Vehicle Tax in States Reported as Mounting
The Automobile Association reports rising state motor vehicle taxes in 1928 with a US registration up 6.9 percent and car taxes up 12 percent across 48 states plus DC. Average per-vehicle tax rose from 19 19 to 22.78, special taxes totaled 624,225,670, gasoline tax revenue reached 319,908,417, and several states crossed the million-vehicle mark including New York with 2,051,469 registrations. Highest per-vehicle taxes seen in Florida, Oregon, Arkansas, and Virginia. Illinois posted the lowest.
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Washington
Automobile Association
United States
District of Columb
Commonweatta
New York
Califo
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Minots
Michigan
Texas
Massachusetts
California
Florida
Oregon
Arkansas
Virginia
Sinois
Many Ventures Lead Mc Bren Wane in Blockade Show
Mc Bren Wane nee MacDynal joined the Graham theatre cast for Blockade tonight and Tuesday opposite Anna Q Nilsson, their first joint film appearance since the all star Snailers cut. He once ran a neighborhood theater in Los Angeles and built savings from stock camp work in Canada, San Francisco, and Phoenix. He led in Mack Sennett comedies, appeared with Mae Minter and Constance Talmac, and last year directed five pictures while starring in his first talking film Fancy Bag o pre Perris.
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Bren Wane
MacDynal
FBO
Graham Theatre
Anna Q. Nilsson
H Macdonald
Motion Picure Theatre
Los Angeles
Stock Camp Center
Canada
San Franciaso
Phoenix
Mack Sennett
Lievestone
Latirdl
Vary Mites Minter
Mae Marsh
Madge Kennedy
Anita Stewart
Constance Talmac
Orma Talmadge
Poli Negril
Betty Compson
Fancy Bag Oprey Perris
Divine Lady sails via Vitaphone first Griffiths film at Fox
The Divine Lady stars Miss Grisfish as Lady Haw tot in a naval drama framed by grand maritime scenes. Filming stretched over months with substantial backing from Victor Var ford Nelson He B Warn and other noted actors in a major production at Fox Theatre and Vitaphone.
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Inne Griffith
Fox Theatre
Lady Hawtot
Lord Nelson
Mies
Miss Grisfish
Victor Varford Nelson
He B. Warn
Lord
Remembrance Of Frank Lloyd And Cast In Film Note
Jan Keith Montagu Lave Conklin Marie Dressler Cummings Michael Yaviten and others are listed in a notice honoring director Frank Lloyd. The tribute recalls his M Sea Hawk and expresses enduring gratitude for his work and influence in cinema.
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Jan Keith
Montagu Lave
Conklin
Marie Dressler
Cummings
Michael Yaviten
Frank Lloyd
Lawlessness Tied to Religious Laxity
Des Moines April 29 A Bethany Lutheran Church sermon warned that lawlessness grows from modern rebellion against church and Bible The speaker cited decline in biblical faith and orthodoxy as key factors and criticized politics and societal trends as fueling a perilous civilizational shift.
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United States
Maul H. Anderson
Bethany Lutheran Shurch
University Receives Gorilla Specimen at Iowa Museum
In Iowa City on April 24 a new gorilla specimen arrived as a companion to a prior gift. Dr Frank R. Senska, an Iowa graduate, donated the skin and skeleton of an African male gorilla. The specimen completes the fauna sample for the university collection despite fragmented phrasing in the source.
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Iowa City
Iowa Museum
Frank R. Senska
Iowa
Docter
Uncommon Gorilla Specimens Prepared for Exhibition
A report notes an unusual orangutan like pair, a taller male and a smaller female, with pristine skins and skeletons prepared for mounting. The animals were killed in West Africa, and the male specimen will join the museum alongside the female already housed there.
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Absen
Mr. Dill
Cameron Gion
Africa
Doctor
Soybeans Urged to Replace Oats in Ames Iowa
Weather delays oats seeding in Ames Iowa pushing crops experts to urge planting soybeans instead. Specialists Dyas and Boatman say many farmers may switch plans, with soybean yields of 2 to 2 1/2 tons per acre and feeding value near alfalfa, which sells high in Iowa.
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Ames
Iowa
Towa
J. J. Boatman
New Baby Disturbs Tired Office Worker
A weary office worker recalls caring for a newborn with constipation. After a doctor's guidance, the infant improved and began bowel movements normally, reducing daytime disruptions. The passage promotes Castoria as a gentle, plant based remedy commonly advised for babies and children.
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