Ainsworth Church Choir Delivers Summer Program
Ainsworth Methodist Church hosted an evening choir program directed by Miss Hope Huston. A large crowd filled the church for a forty minute concert of solos quartets and choruses followed by a sermon by Rev. Theodore White now stationed in Kansas. Next Sunday features another varied summer program with a surprise act planned.
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Ainsworth
Crawfordsville
Methodist Church
Aingworth
Bethel Church
Marion Anderson
Clinton
Murray Smylie
Helen
Washington
W. S. Anderson
Forest Shermer
Aileen
Maxine
Mt. Pleasant
Evelyn McGraw
Matt McGraws
Keota
Maynard Hites
Des Moines
J. A. Marsh
Margaret, Kathryn
Agnes Dea
Lincoln
Macy Wiles Big
Hadd
Margaret Nicols
Minneapolis
Robert Ites
Juno
Gritchen
Marsh Joy Baste
Davenport
Pat ‘Tobin
Chicago
Jesse Marr
Town City
Origin of Flag's Star Debated in Washington Fancyry
Conflicting claims arise over the five pointed stars seen in the armas of the Washington fanciry with some scholars insisting they symbolize the stars in the In of the flag while others dispute this interpretation.
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Washington
Konjola claims relief for stomach trouble and neuritis
An advertisement touts Konjola as a remedy made from 82 ingredients including 22 roots and herbs. A Cedar Rapids customer, Mrs. George Walden, says three weeks of use cured her neuritis and indigestion after years of failed treatments, with Konjola sold by McDaniels Drugsist and others across the region.
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Kotola
George Walden
M Avenue
Cedar Rapids
McDaniels
French Prisoners in Silent Regime at Fres hesles Stungis
In France’s Fres hesles Stungis prison, 1250 white masked inmates live in absolute silence. Each prisoner wears a white hood when leaving his cell and may not speak to others. Guards are the only faces seen. prisoners work eight hours daily, with options to shorten to six through skill, earning money that funds small comforts. Government payments to contractors and partial fund sharing with prisoners reflect the harsh system while some inmates seek the confinement for sentence reductions.
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France
Fres hesles-Stungis
Think Straight to End Mental Conflict
Grove Patters argues that most nervous disorders stem from inner conflict between competing desires. By admitting mistakes, quitting harmful habits, and choosing intelligent paths, individuals reduce mental energy spent on excuses. Use straight thinking to end ongoing inner struggles.
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Grove Patters
Mobile Register
Primitive Sea Cookery Revealed In TV Broadcast Notes
A historical TV piece describes aboard ships cooking setups with a metal slab on deck and a tripod cauldron over a coal or wood fire. Salt pork is boiled to feed sailors at all hours, while water is boiled with tea leaves in a corked bottle to make hot tea, easing thirst and staving off scurvy.
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Ulan
Hutchinson
Chesterton finds cauliflower image apt in sea metaphor
A reader recounts Chesterton comparing a sea to a cauliflower. Initially doubting the simile, the essayist later agrees the image suited the scene as waves broke and curled, with the flowering form of branches echoing the sea’s movement.
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
Lr. Chesterton
Tetrazzini Incident Reveals Stage Humor From Youth
The line recalls a young Tetrazzini touring with her sister. After a landlord’s kindness, the singer recalls the landlady remarking that she is always good to theatricals I never know what my own children may come to. Public Ledger note highlights a musing moment from her early days.
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Tetrazzini
Tetraz Tink
Philadelphia
Public Ledge
Reverent Youth on Scots Course Impresses Aide and Wows
A youth on a Scots golf course tries to impress his aid by insisting he once played much better. After a dreadful hole he protests that his third shot deserved a win, while the aide and onlookers react with disbelief at the odd boast and misplay.
Be Ciary of Judgment Quote on Government
Fragmentary quote warns judgment of government reflects citizens. Rhetorical note cites collective national achievements depend on people. Contains archaic phrasing and misspellings, suggesting a reflective aside rather than a news report.
Condolences Pour In For Victor Berger In Milwaukee
Milwaukee mourns Victor L Berger a socialist leader and editor whose wartime espionage trial boosted his standing with labor. messages of sympathy pour in from across the United States and Great Britain. Funeral plans tentative for Friday at Forest Home Chapel with possible reinterment in City Hall. Wisconsin officials pause in respect as socialists and others express regret over Berger's death.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Victor L. Berger
United States
Great Britain
Statesman
Forest Home Chapel
Ity Hall
Wisconsin
Berger
Malin Barnes
Socialist Party
Milwkee
Walter Kohler
Soci
Keota Sigourney Circles Hold Joint Picnic and Meeting
Keota and Sigourney circles met at the 10.0. F. hall for a Tuesday picnic hampered by rain. Attendees from Sigourney included Mesdames Heninger Pose Hakenbers Brannan Klein Schmidt Goeldner Terrill Turner Bal lensky Bell and others. They discussed future PN G circle plans and accepted Sigourney's invitation for next year. County W U T U convention at Sigourney elected Nellie McKeon president Richland vice president Lydia Hunt and W Lyons from Richland.
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Sigourney
Nellie McKeon
Keota
Clarinda Coppock
Richland
Lydia Hunt
W. Lyons
Rich
Riverside needlework day draws twenty guests at Mrs Lafourek home
Riverside Aug 7 Twenty women attended a reguli ator Needlework day hosted by Mrs Frank Lafourek with guests from Selem Salem Oregon Boone Iowa and Iowa City. Refreshments followed a pleasant afternoon with out of town guests including Mrs O B Fo Yale Oklahoma Mrs Billie Craft Salem Oregon and others. News of Robert Knebel’s serious burn reached his parents from Phoenix Arizona.
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Riverside
Frank Lafourek
Clyde Yount
John Woodburn
Selem
Oregon
Rose Heaton
Boone
Iowa
William Pohler
Iowa City
Ed Godlove
Joseph
Linsley Fernoon
Fannie Hardy
Emma Fesler
Arkansas City
Kansas
0. B. Fo
Yale
Oklahoma
Bille Craft
Salem
Emma Hawthorn
John Lingo
Lene ‘Tree
James Knebel
Phoenix
Arizona
Robert
Floyd Steele
Lola
Oma
Forbert -Kephart
William Poller
Town City
Ford
Stairs of Sand introduces Jean Arthur in Weste thriller debut
Jean Arthur stars in Stairs of Sand, a Fox theater debut this Friday and Saturday, adapted from a Zane Grey novel. The film follows an ambitious Arizona girl blocked from leaving her town by two villains amid intrigue gunfights and romance, with strong previews earning praise from critics. The bill also features Charlie Chase in The Big Squawker and Vitaphone acts, including a first talking comedy.
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Jean Arthur
Zane Grey
Fox
Miss Arthur
Crites
Richard Dix
Sand
Dr. Fu: Manchu
Arizona
Appe
Charlie Chase
Women Seek Support as Some Marry Out of Weariness
Rushville Republican notes a shift with women showing more independence yet a segment still marries to avoid constant labor. The piece highlights varied attitudes toward work and marriage, reflecting social tensions of the era.
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Rushville
Thru Different Eyes stage story probes murder case view
Milton St droppet thar and Sherry present Thru Different Eyes, a Fox production at the inn theatre. Gropper notes the daily murder-trial buzz fuels audience interest while the play aims to capture suspense without morbidity, through the defense attorney’s perspective and courtroom mystery.
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Milton St. Droppet Thar
Inn Theatre
Gropper
Law Halts Enuiren’s Rise Amid Legal Tangles
A tangled transcript outlines how legal obstacles pause a notable case. Key figures referenced include judges and advocates shaping the stalled proceedings. The document hints at stalled progress, calendar pressures, and pending rulings impacting the involved parties.
Brighton Route Onr- wh Marjorie Parcell Visit Norfolk
Brighton route notes a Fairfield visitor Marjorie Parcell visiting at the home of Clarence Brown. Local residents Loyd Jones and family and Ray Parcel and family are Fairfield callers. S.M. Brinton and others spent Sunday at East Pleasant Plain. A light turnout Sunday morning. Chicago visitors Geo Duke and family dined with old neighbors. Threshing finished on the Black Hawk front with a few jobs south Woolson. Late rains improve corn fields. local reports of a man from Kansas wintering here.
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Brighton
Marjorie Parcell
Fairfield
Clarence Brown
Win Slattery
Lloyd Jones
Ray Parcel
Loyd Jones
S.M. Brinton
Helle Brinton
Maynard Crumley
Lenard Pickerd
East Pleasant Plain
Prody Borkoski
Harry Clark
Wayland
Mable Price
Lake Park
Whitacre
Geo
Duke
Donald
Chicago
Clay Threshing Machine Co
Woodford farm notes show drought risk and family visits
The log notes a failing crop due to scarce rain threatening fodder for 1 orn. Miss Phyllis Woodford stays at the Woodford Statler home aiding a relative. Donald Wool ford needs maternal care, affecting growth. Local news lists visits, cattle deliveries, and social events including a threshing crew gathering at Jim Robertson's with forty attendees.
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Clark Pelters
South Street
Jim Robertson
Mardeni and Company at the August 2011 Mystery Show
Mardeni presents a program featuring the famed prestidigitator Marion Itlone and his mystifying escapes. The event includes illusion, sleight of hand, and a theatrical display of magic to astonish the audience.
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Mi Ame Mardon
Marion Itlonte
Miysters
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