Damaged Goods at Fox Theater
A damaged goods film at the Fox Theater adapts Eugene Brieux and Upton Sinclair. It advocates virtue while exposing ignorance and prudery and ties to Roosevelt era anti vice campaigns. The drama follows a young man who succumbs to the Scarlet Scourge weeks before his wedding, affecting his future wife and child.
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América
Fox Theater
Phil Goldstone
Eugene Brieux
Upton Snclair
Damaged Goode
Roosevelt
Congress
Messis x and Sinclair
Boy Hurts Jaw Then Plays Ball In Riverside
Arden Bell ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Alva Bell was taken to the Iowa City hospital with lockjaw after stepping on a rusty nail days earlier. A shortball team forms in Riverside with Edward Sushek as manager and Delbert Flynn to handle most pitching. Riverside school band concert features H W C Borup directing with members listed across brass woodwinds and percussion.
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Estelle Crtz
Riverside
Arden Bell
Alva Bell
Iowa City
Rusty Na
Edward Sushek Mé
Nager
Kalona
Delbert Flynn
HW. C. Borup
Junior Marner
John Souk P, Jr
Richard Buchwalter
Martha Dautremont
Constance Pailforet
Richard Kalaus
Kenneth Muller
Leon Karel
Wibert Kinsey
Phylis Sirula
Mary Bates
Mary Helen Swift
William Kallaus
Esta
Wilma Swift
Cletug Kinsey
Donald Meeks
LaVonne Karel
Ottumwa Scouts Lead Western Group At National Jamboree
Thirty five Ottumwa scouts marched into Potomac park in Washington DC as the first group from a six state western region to arrive for the National Boy Scout jamboree. Twelve hundred more scouts from Colorado Iowa Kansas Missouri Nebraska and Wyoming were due by Tuesday. They planned to swap items such as Kansas tax tokens miniature sacks of flour and gold ore from Cripple Creek mining region.
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Ottumwa
Potomac Park
Washington, D. C
Colorado
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Wyoming
Cripple Creek
Poultry Mediterranean breeds feather age notching others
Mediterranean poultry breeds and smaller chicken types show a notable difference in the age they feather out compared with other breeds. This variation affects growth and development timelines across these birds.
Statue of Freedom hoisted atop Capitol in 1863
The Statue of Freedom by Thomas Crawford was raised onto the Capitol dome in Washington on December 2, 1863, amid a 35 gun salute marking the historic placement.
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Capitol
Washington
America
Thomas Crawford
Will Harper Remembered As Popular Crawfordsville Resident
Will Harper, 63, who died in Berbank California, had long ties to Crawfordsville. He arrived with his parents from Mediapolis, attended local school, and worked in several businesses before marrying Jessie Adams in 1902. A Spanish American War veteran, he left a wife, five children, and a brother in California, with many local friends mourning his passing.
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Crawfordsville
Will Harper
Burbank
Calif
Mediapolis
Jessie Adams
J. F. Thompson
G. W. Nickolaus
Texas
Wellington
Kansas
Kenneth Harner
Washington
Iowa
California
Clofield Cotton
Carroll
William
Donald
Margaret Harper
Ed Harper
Harvey Harper
Carrie
Fannie
Lola Harper
John Harper
McCleary
Bruce McCleary
Jimmy
Des Moines
J. S. McCleary
Lisse Anwyl
American Institute of Commercce of
American Institute of Business of
Illinois
Kenneth Kilpatrick
Burlington
E. L. Clark
Delores Hazen
Ainsworth
Lois Hanna
Leigh Soule
United Presbyterian Church
Weather Outlook for Central Plains and Valleys
Des Moines reports a weather briefing for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central Great Plains. The week starts with fair air, then showers midweek, with moderate temperatures early and warmer conditions later in the period.
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Des Moines
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Strength of the Horse Compared to Engine Power
Collier's Weekly notes hourly work by horses, averaging two thirds of one horse power, with emergency spurts reaching 21 horsepower. The comparison highlights horse strength and limits in normal versus emergency conditions.
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Collier's Weekly
Elections and debt notes from 19th century Ohio campaign
Abner Link Oakey cites a cousin in the union. The piece argues the national debt is the ultimate consumer of taxpayer funds. It notes betting on elections began in Ohio during the 1840 hard cider campaign ending with General Harrison’s victory and mentions straw votes on steamships taverns and workshops.
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Link Oakey
Ohio
General Harrison
Colors of Rice Kernels in Unmilled Grains
Brown, red and purple kernels occur in unmilled rice. Brown kernels do not turn red. Red rice often appears in commercial fields across Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. The most troublesome red rice type in these states is a mixture within grown varieties.
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Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Iowa Pupils Cost Varies Across 108 Districts
Iowa taxpayers association reports 108 districts spent a total of 15 111 159 for educating students in the year ending June 30 1936. Des Moines area averages 75 36 per pupil with Dubuque highest at 102 07 and Mystic lowest at 45 37. City by city figures list Dubuque Davenport Tipton Iowa City Cedar Rapids Stuart Osage Iowa Falls Emmetsburg and Washington among high costs, Hawarden Albia Valley Junction Glenwood Missouri Valley Leon Bedford Eldon Knoxville among lower. Average daily attendance ranges from 669 Seymour to 27 607 Des Moines.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Iowa State Taxpayers Association
Dubuque
Mystic
Davenport
Tipton
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Stuart
Osage
Iowa Falls
Emmetsburg
Washington
Hawarden
Albia
Valley Junction
Glenwood
Missouri Valley
Leon
Bedford
Eldon
Knoxville
Elders
Seymour
Churches Gain Across Denominations in 1936
New York reports religious bodies overall increased 7 percent from 1935 to 1936, reaching 63,493,036 members. Catholic, Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, Evangelical and other groups show varied gains with Church of Christ Scientist and Jewish bodies reported unchanged.
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New York
The
Christian Herald
Baptist
Episcopal
Evangelical
Adventist
Mennonite
Foup Square
Moravian
Unites Brethren
Church of Christ, Scientist
Enroll Students From 45 States and 14 Countries
University of Iowa summer session reports a record 45 states and 15 foreign countries represented in the latest roll call, with outstate students totaling 1,027 as part of the 38 year history.
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Iowa City
University of
Iowa
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Stan, McKeown
Hebner
Myrna Loy
Gable
Jayne
Jaynes
GEO. L. McDaniel Druggist
East End
Kraft’s
San Francisco
Clark Gable
Nellie Menners
Wehather
WEBEK
Baptists
Cc. V
Crall Insurance
East Side Square
Albert Orcutt, Mgr
Piggly Wiggly
OPAL
Ioc
HEINZ
Jets
Quarts
South End
Kirk
Castile
Liccart & Myans Tosacco Co
Utsiipild
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