Ramblings and Remnants Savings & Loan Improves Room for Its Guests
A temporary rear storage space at the Essase Way Savings and Loan is being renovated for winter use by the bank next door. Hammers and saws accompany heated rooms and plastering to create a comfortable area for bank guests while the new building is prepared.
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Savings & Loan
Dr. M
Loan Association
Washington State Bank
Ralph Bauer
Mr. Jayers Association
Bank Vault Renovation Shows Modern Interior Changes
Workers removed front glass and prepared east and south walls for demolition to make space for a new vault. Buff brick samples were shown as the design features update the banking rooms. Logan Heilman runs the vault desk with a Washington portrait and gladioli bouquet. a new street entrance is added. Day guard Earl Steele and night guard Harold Putnam oversee security.
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Logan Heilman
George Washington
Logan
Remnants of Chautauqua Fair Bring Youth Show to County Park
The county hosts its annual farm youth fair reflecting a bygone Chautauqua influence. The article notes W. D. Townsley’s bequest of park land, praises the venue’s ongoing use, and includes a personal musing about a five dollar bill marked with 1848 New York.
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W. D. Townsley
Notes From 1848 New York Cause Curious Speculation
A reader recalls a cryptic note from 1848 New York and wonders if it was an address or an ad jotting. The writer recounts two risky railroad crossings in the country, Rock Island southeast of town and Milwaukee northeast, where obscured views in cuts nearly caused accidents, noting locals likely take precautions on these non main routes.
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New York
Rock Island
Town
Milwaukee
Rocky Plays Marshal in New Republic Western
Allan Rocky Lane stars as a hard hitting U S deputy marshal in the new western film portraying frontier justice and frontier action. The veteran actor brings grit and rugged resolve to the role amid tense showdowns and clear moral lines.
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Rocky
NEW Republic Western
Allan
Rocky’’ Lane Portrays
U. S
Salt Lake Raiders opens at Fox Theatre with escapee prisoner
The Republic western Salt Lake Raiders debuts Thursday at the Fox Theatre. Eddy Waller Roy Barcroft and Martha Hyer lead as the escapee prisoner is pursued in this action packed outdoor film with Clifton Young in a chief supporting role.
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Republic
Salt Lake
Fox Theatre
Eddy Waller
Roy Barcroft
Martha Hyer
Clifton Young
Nancy Goes to Rio A Technicolor Musical Romance
Hollywood highlights describe MG M's Nancy Goes to Rio a gay Technicolor musical with Jane Powell and Ann Sothern set in Rio and New York. The article notes Powell's rising stardom through Holiday in Mexico Three Daring Daughters and A Date With Judy as the teen falls in love with love.
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Hollywood
MGM
Rio
Jane Powell
Ann Sothern
New York
Mexico
Judy
Nancy
Ann Sothern Stars in MGM Musical Return
Ann Sothern returns to an M G M musical after Words and Music playing a Broadway star and performing songs and dance numbers. Her romantic solo Time and Time Again headlines the musical set, which marks her strongest box office promise to date.
Barry Sullivan Leads In Nancy Goes to Rio Cast
Barry Sullivan stars with Carmen Miranda and Louis Calhern in Nancy Goes to Rio while also featuring Scotty Beckett and Jane Powell. Carmen Miranda performs two new numbers Yipsee I O and Caroom Fa Pa. Beckett and Miranda paired with Powell in A Date With Judy.
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Barry Sullivan
Rio
Carmen Miranda
Louis Calhern
Scotty Beckett
Miss Miranda
Jane Powell
Judy
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Bruce Cowden
Washington
Fred Motts
Fred
Motts
Meyer
the Savings and Loan Association
State Bank
Smithway
Iowa
Martha Groben
Columbus Junction
Magic Chef General Mills
Groben
E. G. Hamm
Cherry Avenue
K. E. Bell
Keota
Omer Klett
Washington Junior Chamber of Commerce
E.G. Humm
Hotel Washington
Earl Steele
Harold Putnam
T. W. Harwood
General Insurance Agency
Sorina
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