Local notes from Stringtown area include church, visits, and weather
Regular choir rehearsal at the parsonage with good attendance. Residents Ruth and Carroll Morgan travel to Malcolm Iowa to visit Mr and Mrs Hugh Meacham and daughter Alice. Several townsfolk plan ball game visits and threshing season starts amid drought warnings and fears for corn and oats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Clay
Ruth
Carroll Morgan
Malcolm
Iowa
Hugh Meacham
Alice
Karl Dearing
Harry Hamilton
Warren Morgan
C. D. Robinson
Koda
Pear
P. B. Johnson
Messrs
C. B. Robinson
Bruce Bottorff
W. O. Morgan
Winfield
Mediapolis
Local residents visit and travel notes in Stringtown
P L Nickaious and family visited the P R Schantz home Monday evening. The Kerzogs joined a family outing to Burlington on Wednesday. Elia Schantz returned from Cedar Falls where she attended the Iowa State Teachers College for six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stringtown
P. L. Nickaious
P. R. Schantz
J. H. Witting
George Kerzog
Burlington
Elia Schantz
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers College
West Chester Notes and Local Tidbits
The week reports quiet church union meetings with Rev Anderson delivering a fine sermon. Miss Soville of Indiana visits the Coffers. Local stock and hog prices rise near 14 dollars per bushel of corn. West Chester and Pleasant Plain played ball at Pleasant Plains. Washington band pleased crowds in the park. Mrs Dell Foriash shows signs of improvement amid very hot, dry weather. Illinois to save 40000 on auto plates next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Anderson
United Presbyterian Church
Union
Soville
Indiana
Coffer
Pleasant Plain
Pleasant Plains
Washington
Dell Foriash
Chicago
Illinois
Figures cut to three inches to save costs
The proposal suggests reducing figure sizes to three inches to save about $40,000, with a question of whether two inches could save $80,000 and be adopted by each state. It notes potential allowance of the Bonus bill with less red tape and compares oats prices to gasoline for leisure driving.
Little Mother Happy Again After Mayr Remedy Course
A woman narrates chronic bloating and constipation since childhood eased by Mayr's Wonderful Remedy after two years with no issues. The ad claims the preparation clears catarrhal mucus and intestinal inflammation linked to stomach and liver ailments including appendicitis. Money-back guarantee. Lemmon's Pharmacy promotes the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayr
Lemmon's
Youth Loses Sliver Through Calf in Barn Accident
Leonard Eckhardt, 15, son of A C Eckhardt of Sweetland Township, suffered a three inch splinter wound when a loose ladder beam pierced his left calf while sliding down the hay mow ladder during threshing time. He was sent to the hay mow for something and the injury occurred as he hurried to the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Leonard Eckhardt
A. C. Eckhardt
Sweetland Township
Young Eckhardt
Fireproofing of Old Capitol Will Be Done This Year
The Old Capitol at the University of Iowa will be remodeled and fireproofed during the summer. A $50 000 state appropriation funds the work which includes a new gilded dome and a west portico. The project also involves removing a brick carpenter shop and band room and grading the campus for a greatly improved appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Iowa
University
Territory
State of
Iowa
Old Capitol
University of Iowa Offers Four Year Physical Education Course
A four year program for men to specialize in physical education will be offered at the University of Iowa next year. Completing the work leads to a bachelor of arts in physical education. The first two years align with liberal arts requirements. the last two years focus on athletic and gymnasium pedagogy and related sports and methods. Director E G Schroeder announces the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Iowa
College of Liberal Arts
E. G. Schroeder
University adds new gymnasium course for physical education directors
The university outlines a gymnasium course aimed at training directors of physical education rather than athletic coaches. Students must participate in regular varsity practices, but the program does not expand the university’s existing offerings, as coaching courses have been taught in summers and gym classes have long been available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schroeder
Hay wagon accident saves a man with a broken leg
Joseph Kutcher survived a 20 foot fall after a hay fork on the John McCabe farm in Cosgrove led to a near crush. A broken leg, caused by the fall, is described as having saved his life during the mid summer accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Joseph Kutcher
John McCabe
Cosgrove
Dr Samuel Zwemer to Speak at Monmouth Conference
Dr Samuel M Zwemer of Cairo Egypt will appear on the Monmouth Christian Workers Conference program in Monmouth Illinois July 30 to August 7 He is noted as a leading authority on the Moslem world with decades of Mohammedan country experience and numerous publications including The Moslem World and Arabia the Cradle of Islam He gained renown at the Des Moines International Student Volunteer Convention as an outstanding speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel M. Zwemer
Cairo
Egypt
Monmouth Christian Workers Conference
Monmouth
Zwemer
Reformed Church In
America
Lished
New York
Arabia
Camel Countries
Mohammed
Chinst
Des Moines
Dr. Zwemer
Children in Iowa Hospital enjoy summer play program
Sick and crippled patients at the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital are entertained daily by summer session students in a course for practice teaching in the department of physical education for women. Outdoor evening sessions aim to involve children in games and story play to promote muscular development and aid deformity treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children's Hospital
University of Iowa
Department of Physical Education
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Yale Tires
YALE
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