Bobby Burns Wins Part in Hold Your Man At State
Hollywood sought a child with Clark Gable’s smile and Jean Harlow’s hair to play the son of their stars in Hold Your Man. Bobby Burns prevailed after a call drew over fifty hopefuls, earning the role amid a mothers’ scramble outside Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Cast also includes Stuart Irwin Dorothy Burgess Muriel Kirkland Garry Owen Barbara Barondess Paul Hurst Elizabeth Patterson Theresa Harris Blanche Friderici George Reed.
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Bobby Burns
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Hold Your
Man
Stuart Irwin
Dorothy Burgess
Muriel Kirkland
Garry Owen
Barbara Barondess
Paul Hurst
Elizabeth Patterson
Theresa Harris
Blanche Friderici
George Reed
Coleridge's Kubla Khan Poem Found in Sleep Memorandum
Coleridge reportedly conceived the poem Kubla Khan in a dream and awoke to write it down exactly as he had received it. The anecdote highlights the dream origin of the work and its immediate transcription upon waking.
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Coleridge
Kubla Khan
County Officials and Officers Noted in Local Roster
A roster lists county roles and names including County Attorney George Morrison County Auditor Ethel Grecian Treasurer Vater R. Brown County Ag t W J Roudabush Commander Vice Commander Adjutant Finance Officer Historian Chaplain Sergeant at Arms Jay O Brown Chas Kennedy Clyde Putnam Ted Crone William Graf Preston Wolf Publicity Officer Ralph Moothart Executive Committee Past Commander Vic Crone A E K Baldrige Sam Muresa President Mrs Orville Elder Vice President Miss Althea Montgomery Secretary Mrs A B Atchison Treasurer Miss Etha Dawson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay O. Brown
Chas
Kennedy Clyde Putnam
Ted Crone
William Graf Preston Wolf
Ralph Moothart
Vic Crone
A. E K. Baldrige
Sam Muresa
Orville Elder
Althea Montgomery
A. EB
Atchison
Etha Dawson
Summer outfits for tennis wear pattern No. 5274
Fashion note promotes an easy to make tennis wardrobe with a supportive brassiere top and bias or straight cut skirt. Linen and French crepe fabrics suggested for cooling comfort with sizes from 12 to 44 bust and pattern No. 5274. Copyright 1933 United Feature Syndicate.
Homestead Farm notes honor James Selement memory in rock inscription
The Homestead Farm community recalls James F E Selement a Bohemian youth of Richmond Iowa who died young. A stone wall bears his initials cut in 1874 by Selement and Son commemorating his memory and lasting as a reminder to local residents.
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Selement and Son
James EE
Selement
James FE
Richmond
Iowa
Shalla Dros
Red Radda
Old tales of care, supper woes, and wells from the past
The piece reflects on women's toil in infant care, social hardship, and hunger, interwoven with colonial attitudes. It recalls Albert Hassen’s long Richmond wagon trade and a July 1850 well dug on the Homestead Farm supplying water for stock and home use, asking which well dates earlier.
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Plenty
Garden of Eden
Albert Hassen
Richmond
Waters
Bethlehem
Jacobs
Abraham
Washington County
Billy Willson
Wisie Long
Growth of Christmas Trees by Age and Region
The average Christmas tree is five to ten years old, with growth about 10 inches per year. Growth varies among different species and regions.
Letting Him Down Lightly
A witty line from Table Talk Melbourne expresses a playful bid to avoid harming a marriage as a hat in a shop becomes a prop for a faux confession about catching a husband in a kiss.
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Him
Melbourne
English Stilton Cheese From Leicestershire and Rutland
The Stilton cheese, akin to Roquefort, is produced only in Leicestershire and Rutland England. It is among the most expensive cheeses and highly favored by connoisseurs.
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Leicestershire
Rutland
England
Cavanaugh and Leni Find Shelter in a Quiet Truce
Mulrooney orders every officer to seek Lucky Cavanaugh dead or alive after a tense pursuit. Leni confronts the sudden reunion with Lucky as they share a calm, intimate moment away from danger, pondering love and a future beyond peril.
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Mulrooney
Lucky Cavanaugh
Leni
Lucky
Cavanaugh
Leni Luneska
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Frances L. McCoy
Lemley & Yard
Washington National Bank
K. Matin
Ralph W. Thompson
V. Crull Temple
Washington, Ia
W.D. Hanna Ang
O. F. Larkin
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Complete Investment Service
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L. B. Lupton
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A. J. Franzen
Iowa Avenue
General Electric
BK. Bassler
Ainsworth
John W. Applegate
E. Jefferson
George Morrison
Ethel Grecian
Edna Purvis
Hendricks
W. P. Rawn
Hilkea Jacobs
Whnnie
Palmer County
R. BK. Brown
Boyd Foster
Roy Mapel
Officers
Lloyd Lytle
W. S. Eldridge
COX Motor Company
Firestone Batteries
Goodrich Tires
Fenn's Auto & Tractor
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W. G. Conner
Henry Bailey
Vmeidninaimtts
Mobland
B. J. Holmes
C. C. Reister Assessor Co
E. Lemley Park Commission
Marian
Halley
J. F. Simpson
Lemmon
W. J. Morrow
Dr. Oo. F. Boller
J. H. Squire
Will Dupuis
W. Carl Hedges
Fred Reid
Farm Bureau Officers
E. P. Hayes
Richard L. Stephen
Arthur Duensing
Vater R. Brown County Agt
W. J. Roudabush
American Legion
Aaron Stafford
Jane A
Chilcote Prublic
Eva Denny
Blair Law
Helen Wilson
Ab Anderson
Frank Wilson
E. D. Morrison
Fort Sherman
J. H Peet
C. W. McLaughlin
Washington Independent School District
J. H. Peet
Harland W. Mean
Della Patton
Ethel McCreedy
P. L. Etter
C. W. Tucker
T. J. Pease
George Breitenbach
A. BE. Atchison
D. D. Sherman
Orville Elder Recording
Fred L. Stewart
Leslie Dunlap
Leigh W. Soule
Ream & Carson
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East
Jeff
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Fifth Avenue Fashions
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
The
Evening Journal
L. C. Willets General Auto Repairing
Kendall
2Nd St
DR. W. Db. Dwyer
Bailey
Pr. Cc. FP
Boller
State Dank Corner
West
Washington St
Jones Funeral Home
East Main St
Sherman's Funeral Home
West Main St
Court House
Ambulance Service
Livingston & Eicher S. W. Livingston and
E. C. Eicher
Chiropractors
Dr, Chas, C. Brown
R.A. Hender
East Side Square
Sandy Hook
Patseveet Corre
Ira Stout
Archie Farrier
Wis
Frank Lamansky
DeKalb
H. W. Minearts
Chicago
Taylor Stout
Veramella
Jessie
Christine Mineart
Paul McClintic
Keith Barner
Ben
R. L. Dunbar
Wellman
Dale Jones
Guy Hall
Ira Hege
Pittsburgh
Penn
Wi Dunbar
Dan Guy
Dan Hesseltine
D. W. Nicker
Methodist Church
Roy Hinson
C. E. Farrier
Joe Rich
Moline
Ed Vinton
Washbonton
Mt. Pleasant
Fomestead Farm
Alvin ¢ Lusty
Lal
Clymnasts
Dare Devyila
Cir
Midwest
Tair Viswters
Ar UN Alana
Asdaan Arsla Shannon
Leni Lueneska
Robert Terry Shanes
Bing Ventures Syndicate
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