New Grand Stand and Educational Building At State Fair
Construction starts this week on Iowa's new state fair grand stand and educational building at Des Moines. The structure, due August 17, will have 12 000 seating and 8240 sq ft of exhibit space for 4H, school, university, and welfare displays. J E Lovejoy holds the contract. Keffer and Jones the architects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State University
Iowa State College
State Teachers’ College
State Board of Control
Iowa
J. E. Lovejoy
Keffer & Jones
Wellman Local News Roundup Chiefly Roads and Visits
Wellman entries note Mrs. Eardley Bell reports a healthier return from Arizona and California. Community members travel to Iowa City for R F D carrier exams, road conditions improve, and motorists again use the passable routes.
Rural Route Notes From Washington May Day Visits
May 2 report from Rural Route 4 notes visits by Mr. and Mrs. John May and son Orin to Enoch Linder’s home on Sunday evening April 24. Ed Simmering family visited John Simmering’s home and Roy Kephart family visited Cal Been Blossom home. Chas Kephart and grandson Howard John Simmering visited Saturday afternoon at the Simmering residence.
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Wellman
G. M. Struble
Riverside
Ctitford Curl
Stonebreaker
Cedar Rapids
J. B. Carl
Lone Tree
Iowa City
Darwin Hicks
Geo. Morrow
Dee Moines
Drake
F.C. Schroeder
Helen
Washington
John May
Orin
Enoch Linder
Ed Simmering
John Simmering
Community Visits Highlight Weekend in Washington
Robert Kephart home in Washington hosts visitors. Mr and Mrs George Gobel and family of Ainsworth visited Sunday evening at Enoch Linder. Mr and Mrs Harry Bishop and daughter Helen and son Donald visited Sunday evening at Chas Kephart and Ed Simmering homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Kephart
Washington
George Gobel
Ainsworth
Enoch Linder
Harry Bishop
Helen
Donald
Chas
Kephart
Ed Simmering
Crawford Community News Highlights Local Visits and School Picnic
Mrs Joe Schlatter and family visited Lester Beenblossom near Washington. Phyllis Lantz stayed with Tom Lantz. Hugh Conrad and Ernest Sea family visited W I Hill at Washington. Crawford School closed with a successful year and a picnic due to rain. Esther Saltzman and children stayed with Sam Wyse. Homer Weaver family visited Ben Meyer near Trenton. Elmer Erickson called in Olds. Joe Wittmer ill and missed school. Ronald and Gilford Roth visited Maple Grove school. Mary Conrad of Wayland spent time on the farm. Stan McBeth visited Ed Roth family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford
Joe Schlatter
Lester Beenblossom
Washington
Phyllis Lantz
Tom Lantz
Hugh Conrad
Ernest Seabranch
W. I. Hill
Crawford School
Carper
Olds
Esther Saltzman
Ruth
Jean
Mary Beth
Sam Wyse
Homer Weaver
Ben Meyer
Trenton
Elmer Erickson
Alse
Joe Wittmer
Ronald and
Gilford Roth
Maple Grove
Mary Conrad
Wayland
Stanley McBeth
Ed Roth
Little boy calls mother to stop baby on flypaper
A Boston Transcript note quotes a small boy calling his mother to address his baby brother who sits on flypaper while flies swarm nearby. The charming scene captures a child's concern and the comical peril of an airborne nuisance.
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Boston Transcript
Radio Program Listings Fire Up Across Major Stations
A May 5 1927 radio digest notes a wide array of programs across KDKA KMOX KOA WGN WJZ WEAF WLS and more. Concerts orchestras choirs and theatrical scenes fill the day with station hours and performers listed including the Farnham trio Helming bands and the Vincent Lopez orchestra. A separate town report from Acres Barrow reports Roman coin finds and a buried warrior skeleton suggesting an ancient city near the excavation site.
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Acres Barrow
Eneg
ABE MARTIN Reflects On Flag And Promoters
The column quips about the idea that if the flag must follow promoters and missionaries, it is unsure where the soldiers may be sent. Mrs Late Bud’s mother exits, saying she must go as cows expect her supper.
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Bud
Musicians Parade Through Iowa City for State Event
About two thousand high school musicians from 120 institutions will compete in seventeen events in Iowa City and at the university campus this week. Participating schools include Ames Audubon Belle Plaine Cherokee Charles City Central City Cedar Rapids Washington Grant Cushing Chariton Crawfordsville and many others across the state. The listing covers a wide range of towns and denoting the extensive statewide youth music gathering.
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Iowa City
Iowa University
Ames
Audibon
Belle Plaine
Cherokee
Charles City
Central City
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Grant
Cushing
Chariton
Crawfordsville
Casey
Cedar Falls
Danbury
Denison
Dexter
Dallas Center
Dysart
Dubuque
Eldon
East High
Des Moines
North High
Earlham
Eldora
Fairfield
Fontanelle
Glidden
Granger
Grundy Center
Hamton
Holstein
Hubbard
Ida Grove
Independence
Town City
Hazelton
Jefferson
Kensett
LeMars
Lake Mills
Leon
Lamont
Lineville
Knoxville
Mount Vernon
Montour
Manilla
Minburn
Manchester
Northwood
Nashua
Newton
New Virginia
Osage
Osceola
Ottumwa
Orient
Oelwein
Perry
Panora
Rockford
Rhodes
Red Oak
Sioux City
Sibley
Sheldon
Schleswig
Sac City
Sigourney
Stuart
Scranton
Story City
State Center
Tama
Traer
Wilton Junction
Williamshoro
What Cheer
Wellman
West High
Waterloo
Fast High
Weldon
Valley Junction
Amos Chapter De Molay Regular Meetings and Train Schedules
Schedule list shows regular De Molay meetings on first and third Mondays. Also lists train arrivals departures, local passes, freight and passenger numbers, and agents W RUSSEL and J.C. McAY with daily service except Sunday and specified Tuesdays Thursdays Saturdays for local freight.
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Amos Chapter de Molay
William Brage
M. C. Dale Shorts
N. W. Russel
Ee PT
J.C. Mc“Ay
Possessions of Czars to Be Auctioned in Moscow
Personal belongings of the former Russian Czars will be auctioned in Moscow this summer. Items seized from royal palaces around Leningrad Petrograd include a fur overcoat once worn by Czar Alexander III with silver sable lining and cape. Auctioned goods come from Winter Palace Tsarskoe Selo Peterhof and Gatchina, featuring beds lamps tables chairs carpets rugs and some paintings.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Petrograd
Alexander III
Nicholas
Winter Palace
Tzarskoe-Selo
Peterhof
Gartchina
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Eardley Bell
Schroeder
F. C
Jack Kelly
Weiman
Mary Nick
Marchia Coffey
F. C. Schroeder
W. J. Wade
Eardley Bell, Jr
Fred Pershing
Iowa City Battery Co
Henry Strickler
Ted Bringman
William Embree
Taylr
Neward
Hornglower
Hea Servic
Toloc Row
BOR Suits
Radio Digest Publishing Company
KFAB
KMOX
KOA
WIAX
WLIT
WSBT
WEAF
KDKA
Pittsburgh
KFENF
Shenandoah
KHJ
Los Angeles
KMA
Farnham
Denver
Olinger Highlander Boys
KPO
San Francisco
Rose Room Dance
KYW
Chicago
WIZ
Hearst Square
WBBM
Hank and Harding
Cane
Wccco
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Portal Players
WDAF
Kansas City Star
School of the Air
Nighthawk
New York
Cliqfor Eskimos
WEET
WIAR
WTAG
WCAE
WGR
WRC
WEI
Wor
WGN
WGY
Goodrich Quartet
WEETI
KSD
WCSH
WIJAR
WFI
Woc
Wcco
WSATI
WWJ
WSR
WHAS
WSM
WTAM
Vincent Lopez
Wad
WEBH
Chicago Tribune
Sam ‘N’ Henry
Music Box
Correll and
Gosden
Mar_ Love
Schenectady
Stephen FE. Boisclair
Paul Stoye
WJZ
the Texans
Our Musical
United States
WBZ
Wendell Hall
WLS
Tony
WMAQ
Chicago Daily News
Whitney
Chicago Theater Revue
Davenport
Plow Boys Quartet
H. O. DeBoer
Miltas
Reader
WOW
Omitha
WQJ
Meyer Davis
Abe Martin
Cyrus
T. L. Brookhart
H. P. Arthur Goodin
Sect
Zeredatha Council
Tn Carbaugh
Mo Arthur Goodin
Bethlehem Commandery
K. T
P. J. Wallace
C. Arthur Goodin
Alice Meek
W. M. Della McBride
Damascus Shrine
W.S. of J
Masonic Temple
Maude BR
Davis
Sara KE. Walker
Worthy
Washington Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Moose Hall
L. R. Lovelett
T. Rickey
A. F P
A. M
LL. BB. Lupton
W. Mor
W. Thompson
Correa
Astbound
Golden State Aimes
Westabou
Golden State
Th & Y
Pacte Reake Wercine
C. M
St. P
Southwest Limited
W. ©. Bell
Elgin Hamilton
Gruen
Homer Stephen
Physicians and Surgeons
A. Joan Droz
West Main St
CW. McLaughlin
West Main Street
W. L. Alcorn
Iowa Ave
Wilson Heating Co
Preston
South
T. G. Arthur
S. Marion Ave
Lemley & Yard Insurance
National Bank Midg
Chiropractors
Charles C. Brown
Calla Neurocalometer
Little & Pratt
Lloyd Little
Mart Pratt
Blaine J. Holmes
A. J. Franzen
L. B. Lupton
S. Iowa Ave
North
Hugh Dougall
R. R
Austin Sutherland
Drown
C. V. Brown
South of Water Works
Rickey’s
T. A. Michels
Washington, Iowa
Morrison & Morrison Lawyers
Morrison Bldg
North Side Sq
Brookhart Bros. Law
Opera House
C. J. Wilson
C. C. Wilson Wilson & Wilson Lawyers Opposite Journal Office
Livingston & Eicher Law Abstract
INO. W. Applegate Real Estate
Brookhart
East
Washington Street
J.D. Dayton
Westchester
Washington County
Frank Boller
Dentis
T. J. Pease
Farmers and Merchants Bank
W. J. Masson
Corbin & Barrett Shoe
George W. Stewart Hardware & Implements
South Side Square
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