Beggs Funeral Held for Mrs Mary Beggs
Funeral services for Mrs Mary C Beggs were conducted Saturday afternoon at 3 30 o clock in the Methodist church with Dr Fred E Miller officiating. Members of the W R C the Rebekah lodge and the American Legion auxiliary attended in a body. Pallbearers were Marion George I M Eicher Richard Pratt W B Dupuis Marion Thompson and Robert Schell. Burial followed at Elm Grove cemetery with Sherman s funeral home in charge of arrangements.
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Methodist
Fred E. Miller
W. R
Rebekah Lodge
American Legion Auxiliary
Marion George
Richard Pratt
W. B. Dupuis
Marion Thompson
Robert Schell
Elm Grove Cemetery
Sherman
Doc Waddell the Circus Chaplain Folds His Pulpit
The author recalls Doc Waddell a former press agent turned Methodist minister and Mills Brothers Circus chaplain. He operates a daily circus Sunday School with perfect attendance and hands each child a penny rather than collecting money. Doc ministers atop Big Burma the elephant and presides over baptisms and last rites in the sawdust rings.
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Mills Brothers Circus
Billy Sunday
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Centerville
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Columbus
Residents puzzled by murder and suicide in Carroll
In Carroll on May 24 residents learned Henry Heaton 76 a well to do farmer killed his wife then hanged himself in the basement. The coroner jury ruled both murder and death by own action with no explanation offered for the act.
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Carroll
Henry Heaton
Heaton
Trenton
Washington County 4-H Girl S sought for film role
A 4-H member from Washington County may star in The Green Promise film about a farm girl’s drive for success. Ruth Foster, county extension home economist, announces nationwide search for entrants under 13 enrolled in 4-H. Up to four finalists will receive all expenses paid trips to Hollywood for screenings and filming. Deadline is June 30.
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Washington County Club
Ruth Foster
Washington County
Iowa State College
United States
Hollywood
Glenn McCarthy
Houston
Texas
Monty Collins
Robert Paige
Drowning Victim Identified By Ring Near Marengo
North English Iowa May 24 Authorities seek to identify a man whose body was found in the Iowa River near Marengo by two fishermen. The body floated about a month and could only be identified by an engraved ring. Investigators recalled a man registered as W A Ray Cheyenne Wyoming who disappeared after April 5 leaving clothes in a hotel room.
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Iowa
Iowa River
Marengo
W. A. Ray
Roy Heaton’s Only Son Named in Local Farm Grant
Authorities report Roy Heaton, the only son, helps operate his father’s farm near here, continuing the family’s rural holdings and responsibilities.
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Roy Heaton
Is Jesse James Alive or Dead?
Lawton Constitution tagged Frank Dalton as the famous bandit though Dalton is listed as 100 in a Dallas veterans hospital on March 4. Records note Jesse James would have turned 100 in 1948. he was shot in 1882 and a Kearny grave marks his burial with reports of his survival disputed by Robert Frank James.
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Frank Dalton
Dalton
Veterans’ Hospital
Dallas
Tex
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St. Joseph
Kearny
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Excelsior Springs
International
Colbert and Fonda Star in Drums Along the Mohawk
The Fox Theatre screens Twentieth Century Foxs stirring hit Drums Along the Mohawk with Colbert and Fonda, a vivid action drama of pioneer days as war drums echo the stockade siege and frontier struggle.
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Triumph
Colbert
Fonda
Fox Theatre
Twentieth Century- Fox
Electric theater opens first Los Angeles motion picture show
The Electric theater in Los Angeles opened on April 2 1902 as the first motion picture show in the city. A ticket cost 10 cents for a one hour program.
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Electric Theater
Los Angeles
Washington Teams Triumph in Twin Bill at Armory Field
Washington softball squads won both ends of a Sunday doubleheader. Troop A defeated the A F L team from Muscatine by a score of 6 to 4 in the opener, while the Washington Cubs routed West Chester 14 to 0 in the second game.
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Armory Field
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Muscatine
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Oscar Levant sets pace in Twentieth Century Fox drama
A State Theatre screening features Oscar Levant piano as he interprets Gershwin while Jeanne Crain and Dan Dailey star in a romance set in the flapper era. The film is not a musical but uses popular songs like Good Night Sweetheart Ain't Misbehavin Crazy Rhythm and If I Had You to color the background of the story.
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Oscar Levant
George Gershwin
Twentieth Century-Fox
Jeanne Crain
Dan Dailey
State Theatre
America
Ain't She Sweet star Jeanne Crain flapper image
Jeanne Crain stars as a dreamy flapper in Ain't She Sweet with Dan Dailey leading a popular band the bobby-soxers adore. The screen pairing highlights early 1950s pop culture and musical romance elements.
Wall Street Named for Dutch Boundary Wall of 1653
Encyclopaedia Britannica notes Manhattan's Wall Street derives its name from a boundary wall built by Dutch settlers in 1653 to guard against potential English attacks.
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Wall Street
Manhattan Island
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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