Valley Ladies Aid Serves Threshers 272 Meals
Threshing finished in Valley and White Oak areas as Edd Pfeifer J Fred Altenbernd and Howard Altenbernd Will Reinert and Leo Reinert all combined grain. Ladies Aid served 272 meals over eight days with dinners in church basement and donors supplying meat pies cakes vegetables and bread.
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Ladies Aid At
Valley
Chas. Churchill
Edd J. Pfeifer
Ladies Aid Society
Valley Threshers
White Oak
Valley Threshing Ying
White Oak Ring
Home
Washington
Klein
Carl W. Klein
Ruth Klein
Ruth Sheets
Cecfille Mayer
Hollywood Crowd Scribbles on Celeb Night at Coliseum
Hollywood notes recall a police show at the Coliseum where Nelson Eddy drew cheers and a mystery girl slipped past guards. Billy Halep, 17, plans early retirement from radio riches. Ray Bolger wins praise after a timid start. Chester Morris tops magician contest in 4,009 audience. Jean Harlow’s memory still stirs fans, with Bill Gargan seeking privacy at Harlow home as crowds press in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Carroll
King Features Syndicate
Hollywood
Ecolliseum
Nelson Eddy
Colliseum
Eddy
Robert Taylor
New York
Jean Harlow
Bill Gargans
Harlow
Gargan
Stamp collecting craze hits Freddie Bardolo Meow
A prior report noted Freddie Bardolo Meow turning to stamp collecting. Fans subsequently flooded him with thousands of stamps, with collectors and philatelists in the film colony highlighting Menjou's collection as a notable example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freddie Bardolomew
Menjou
Star gossip and Hollywood chatter on George Raft and co stars
A Chicago letter notes George Raft attended a North Side christening for George Raft Rossichini and gave a bicycle. Alice Faye reportedly has two dressing rooms on set in By the Dawn's Early Light. Elisha Cook laments his split from his wife as plans for a government lightship retreat emerge.
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Mack Gray
Chicago
George Raft
North Side
George Raft Rossichini
Alice Faye
Gregory Ratoff
Elisha Cook
Geraldine Spreckels
Bud Ernst
Tropics
Ernst
Lyda Roberts
Whitney Bourne
George Trowan
Pasadena
Wayne Morris
Edith Wright
Tommy Dorsey
Priscilla Lane
Waring
Reston Foster
J. Farrell McDonald
Oregon
George Murphy
Hollywood
Mickey Rooney
Sylvester
Cecil
Hollywood Stars Bond Beyond the Screen
Child star Freddie Bartholomew extends backline support to stand-in Ray Sperry as they plan for college funding. Sperry, who could have pursued acting, remains loyal, while the pair share on set plans and a long friendship amid Hollywood propinquity.
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Hollywoopdp
David Copperfield
Freddie Bartholomew
Freddie
Ray Sperry
Cissy
Sperry
Pound
Hollywood Talent Scoop on Cagney Lookalike Leads to Big Break
Brooklyn boy Frank Vaselle, a dead ringer for James Cagney, is set to star in a Warner Bros film after a long search and a lucking sighting by scout Sally Baiano. Warners signs him to a seven year contract as the youth plays Cagney, while John Barrymore contemplates London plans and other Hollywood Moviemakers chase roles and premieres across the scene.
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Spencer Tracy
John
Spence
Mrs. Tracy
Suzy
Tracy
Warners
Mme
Carrie Damimery
Ysaye Daumery
Mme. Jeaumery
Hollywood
Danmery
Pat O’brien
Warner Players
James Cagney
Frank Vaselle
Brooklyn
Cagney
Las Vegas
Apache Hotel
Los Angeles
Eighth
San Pedro
Sally Baiano
Warner
John Barrymore
New York
Elaine Barrie
London
Barrymore
Flynn
John Garfield
Barbara LaMarre
Paul Bern
Florence Lake
Louis Calhern
Maxie Rosenblooms
Gloria Stuart
Arthur Sheekman
Sally Rand Cast as Detectives Role in Hirliman Picture
Hollywood reports Sally Rand will wear wardrobe befitting a woman detective in a George Hirliman independent production. Rand known for bubble dancing joins the cast as the lead investigator in the untitled film.
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Sunset Boulevard
Rand
Sally
Hollywood
Sally Rand
George Hirliman
Mys
Passengers Hurt In Head-On Car Collision Near Wayland
A Buick driven by Pat McGuire collided head on with a car driven by Mrs. Birt Morehouse near Olds at the mile corner east of Wayland Tuesday about 5 30 PM. Mary Ellen Payne riding with Morehouse suffered cuts. McGuire also cut. All were treated by a local doctor and suffered only minor injuries.
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Ezra Wittmer
Wayland
Pat'’ McGuire
Birt Morehouse
Near Olds
Mile Corner
Mary Ellen Payne
Morehouse
McGuire
Salem
Jane Berkshire
Marie Ingraham
Sue Kaufman
Harold Kaufman
Joyce
Everette Hileman
Joan Kaufman
Edith Hileman
Leonard Martin
Burlington
Marjorie
Burlington Hospital
Burlington Hospital Sept. 12. Mrs. Martin’s Sister, Mrs. John Hollingsworth
Joan
Tommy
American Legion Auxiliary
Waterloo
J. R. McKirahan
Sadie Henss
Clair Sodergren
Edd Alliman
Emma Bain
White striped Magdefran corn field near town
People in the valley view a Magdefran hybrid corn field with tassels left every fifth row creating a white stripe among dark green plants. Lynn Wellington bought a bicycle Monday in Mt Pleasant and his three younger brothers enjoy rides. The Prairie Edge threshing crew near town finished their season at the Henry Graber farm, threshing 10626 bushels oats, 1404 wheat, 89 barley and 24 timothy, before returning home in Town City Thursday after weeks with grandmother Mrs Margaret Gosling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magdefran
Lynn Wellington
Mt. Pleasant
Prairie Edge
Henry Graber
Mary Ruth Pressly to Enter Hospital as Student Nurse
Mrs J B Pressly and daughters Mary Ruth and Mildred visited Burlington and Mary Ruth will begin nurses training at Burlington hospital on September 12. Martha and John Lins return.
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Mary Ruth Pressly
Ainsworth
J. B. Pressly
Mary Ruth
Mildred
Burlington
Burlington Hospital
Martha
John Lins
Railroad and lodge notices across westbound lines
Westbound Washington Lodge No. 26 meets first Friday monthly led by W M William Mohland with A W Yard as secretary. Rail schedules list Golden State Limited arrivals and California sleepers with regular stops at Washington. Davenport local trains depart Davenport and Kansas City. Knoxville Branch No. 430 operates daily except Sunday with Depart No. 429. Agent W C Bell and L Goodlander noted.
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Washington Lodge No
A.F
A. M
Wilam Mohland
W. M
A. W. Yard
Washington
Ccedurean Henshe Eee Ok
Golden State Limited
Celie Jnemaddeneneenn
California
Knoxville
A. Iy
O.mast
Speed of Flys Wing Beat Compared to Bees
The flys wing vibrates 330 times per second while the bees wing vibrates 190 times per second highlighting differences in insect wing frequency.
Black Bread of the Peasants and Its Dense Rye Dough
A rough dough called black bread is described as the 80 calorie staple of German and Russian peasants. It is made from coarse unbolted rye and forms a heavy, dense loaf in traditional peasant baking.
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