Improvement League seeks 400 season tickets for lecture course
The women of the Improvement League continue door to door canvassing to sell four hundred season tickets for a community lecture course. Despite strong early response, many potential patrons are still unseen and the goal remains unmet. A Friday meeting at Farmers and Merchants Bank Building will review results as committees press for complete reports. Tickets are available at Nicola and Harmon’s.
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Improvement League
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Nicola & Harmon's
The Bat to Be Presented at Graham Theater Tuesday
The Bat a mystery play by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood will be staged by Wagenhals and Kemper at the Graham theater on Tuesday October 16. It comes backed by the greatest endorsement ever given a play.
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
Avery Hopwood
Wagenhals and Kemper
Graham Theater
Iowa Freshmen to Scrimmage Varsity This Season
Twenty two freshmen selected by Coach Homer Scott will train on Iowa field and scrimmage the varsity as Purdue Illinois and Michigan games near. Remaining 70 candidates continue on west field with four assistants. Notable selections include Arlington Daniels Washington and H. H. Rice Washington among others.
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Iowa City
Homer Scott
Iowa Field
Scott
Iowa
Purdue
Illinois
Michigan
City Council Backs Smouse Lot for New Water Works
In an informal session the city council unanimously favored the Smouse lots on North Fourth avenue as the site for the new water works. The four lots lie north of the reservoir and behind the Mason storage house. Pricing will be set by appraisers with action at a future special meeting. The council also planned a new sewer outlet to replace the disputed one south west of town, proposing an extension across several properties to the creek and completion before cold weather.
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North Fourth Avenue
City Water Works
Mason
Iowa Gas and Electric Company
Hayes
Mast, Wright and Somers
Wright
Miss Ella Woodford Visits Iowa City Friends
Miss Ella Woodford of Iowa City visits friends in the city and stays as a house guest of Miss Mide Lewis before departing for California.
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Ella Woodford
Iowa City
California
Mide Lewis
Delphi ladies visit Malcolm Montgomery home guests
Mrs Ginn and Miss Myrtle Anderson of Delphi Indiana are listed as guests at the Malcolm Montgomery residence.
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Mrs. Ginn
Miss Myrtle Anderson
Delphi, Ind
Malcolm Montgomery
The Bat praised by critics and crowds across the country
More than six million viewers have seen The Bat and paid over nine million dollars for the privilege. Critics nationwide laud the production, calling it unqualifiedly excellent with a fine cast and production equal to its Broadway run. The show remains a perennial crowdpleaser with enduring thrills and surprise.
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Wagenhals
Kemper
Broadway
New York
Presbyterians to Attend Synod Conference on Education
Delegates from the Washington Presbyterian church will attend a synodical meeting on Sunday school and Christian education to be held in Vinton next Saturday October 13. Prominent speakers include Dr F C Ensign State University of Iowa W R Boyd Iowa State board of education Dr Howard McDonald Parsons college Dr J G Machen Princeton theological seminary and Dr M G Wyte president of Xenia theological seminary and others.
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Washington Presbyterian Church
Vinton
F. C. Ensign
State University of Iowa
W. R. Boyd
Iowa State Board of Education
Howard McDonald
Parsons College
J. G. Machen
Princeton Theological Seminary
M. G. Wyte
Persident
Xenia Theological Seminary
Thrift Sale At First United Presbyterian Church
Ladies of the First United Presbyterian Church hold a thrift sale this Saturday in the room south of Klein Clothing Co. Eatables and clothing will be sold. 20213.
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First United Presbyterian Church
Klein Klothing Ko
Stutsman Funeral Held at Mennonite Church Near Kalona
Eli C. Stutsman died in Sharon Johnson county on Saturday Oct 6 at a little over 84 after nearly a year of illness and a spring stroke. He was born December 11 1838 in Folme county Ohio and lived in Iowa most of his life. He married Anna Marner in Indiana in 1871 and settled on her father's farm before moving to Kalona then to Sharon. He left a large family of eight sons two daughters and many grandchildren. The funeral at East Union church near Kalona drew many neighbors and was conducted by Rev Daniel Kauffman of Scottsdale Pa.
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Eli C. Stutsman
Sharon
Johnson County
Eli Stutsman
Folme County
Ohio
Eli, Jr
E. FE. Stutsman
Stutsman
Philadelphia
Fwins
Mennom
Levi
Lou Miller
Wellman
Jacob
Cando
N. D
Charley
Calvin
George
LeRoy
Minn
Sanford Yoder
Kalona
His
East Union Church
Daniel Kauffman
Scottsdale
Lions Club Luncheon Showcases Case Experiments
At the Lions Club luncheon Prof. H. E. Case from the high school science department demonstrated experiments on Lions members as subjects. The lesson covered electricity and air pressure. President Reade McCrory urged more leniency for members who marry, noting rough treatment of newlyweds could discourage matrimony.
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Lions Club
H. E
Case
Reade McCrory
Locals Prepare for Muscatine Game and Davenport Test
Washington high school football drills ahead of their clash with Muscatine next Saturday and a Davenport contest in two weeks. Coach McKinstry plans new formations after scouts observed Muscatine and Davenport. The squad, about forty, trains under strict rules to build team spirit and performance. Mrs. Hunold and Miss Turnispeed, visitors in the city, have returned home.
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Washington High School
Muscatine
Davenport
McKinstry
Washington
Francis Hunold
Newton
Kansas
Marie Turnispeed
Iowa City
Bessie Putman
Washington-Davenport High Fr Friday Game Gets Backing
Harold Montgomery of the Washington Davenport high school faculty announced the football clash will be moved to Friday afternoon October 19. He urged Lions members and local businessmen to support the game, calling it the toughest on the schedule and noting it’s moved for convenience of weekday attendees.
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Harold Montgomery
Washington-Davenport
Lions
Harold
Washington
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