Preston Wolf stars in Aunt Lucia impersonation show
Preston Wolf delighted the audience with a lively impersonation of a dyer aged lady in Aunt Lucia. Merritt McDaniel Norman Sage Ernest Atchison and L B Lupton supported with broad comic turns as college freshmen aging professor and a suited suitor. The show will repeat at the high school this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merritt McDaniel
Norman Sage
Ernest Atchison
Lucia
L. B. Lupton
Washington
Bonds for roads cannot fund bridge construction in counties
In a Des Moines briefing, the attorney general ruled that county bonds issued for draining, grading, and surfacing primary roads cannot be used for building bridges. They may fund culverts as drainage work. Other opinions note Iowa license requirements for out-of-state contract equipment and a municipal transfer issue in Albia.
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Das Moines
Ort
Carl Stephens
State Highway Commission
Attorney General
Secretary of State
Iowa
Blockton State Bank
James A. Lucas
Taylor County
Albia
Catherine de Medici and Henry IIs royal family
Catherine de Medici was wife to French King Henry II and mother to three children, Francis II Charles IX and Henry III.
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Catherine de’ Medici
Henry IT
Francis II
Charles IX
Frost unlikely to hurt county corn yield says agent
County Agent W. C. Molison reports frost as the coldest night of the fall but not expected to damage corn. He notes about twenty farmers disagree with major harm and predicts a county yield near 55 percent of normal as temperatures fell to 31 degrees at the minimum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Molison
Moving week at the State Capitol in Des Moines
Overcrowded conditions force the Iowa Bureau of Investigation from basement quarters to rooms once used by the state vocational training department. The Motor Vehicle Department bookkeeping division moves into BI space, vocational training shifts to the insurance annex, and part of the Insurance Department relocates to the senate balcony rooms above the chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Piolnes
Iowa State Capitol
Bureau of Investigation
State Vocational Training Department
Vocational Training Department
Insurance
Insurance Department
Senate Committee
Senate
Coolidge Returns to Capital Today
President Coolidge's special train arrived in Washington from Pittsburgh shortly before 8 a.m. today and he went to the White House for breakfast. The trip occurred without incident.
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Coolidge
Washington
Pittsburgh
White House
Funeral services for Pauline White held Saturday afternoon
Funeral services for Pauline White age 14 daughter of Mrs. Joseph Lukavsky north of Ainsworth will be at J A Jones funeral parlors Saturday at 3 PM. Burial in Elm Grove cemetery.
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Pauline White
Joseph Lukavsky
North of
Ainsworth
J. A. Jones
Elm Grove Cemetery
Prisoner Escapes briefly then returns to cell after movie
Henry Laird, held at Monessen Pennsylvania, walked out when his cell was found unlocked. He attended a motion picture, then reentered during a police search and was found sleeping in his cell upon return.
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Henry Laird
Monessen
Penn
Prizes Offered for Tag Day Solicitors in Des Moines
Volunteers of America Saturday drive invites Washington youth to join at city hall after nine to receive tags and instructions. Largest fund raiser wins a mountain pen from Sherman Brothers. other prizes include an umbrella, flashlight, chocolates, pencil, and candy. Passes to Fox Theatre offered for with three dollars raised. Proceeds aid needy children. town HQ is Des Moines.
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Washington
Volunteers of America
Broadgate Electric Co
George L. McDaniel
Stephens Jewelry Store
Apollo
Candy Kitchen
Fox Theatre
R. B. Pratt
Des Moines
Canadian veteran sentenced to pen for larceny in Davenport
Harry D. Stamp aged 35 of Clinton, a survivor of the Princess Pat regiment, was sentenced to 10 years at the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to larceny. Stamp and his wife were caught stealing apples on the Joe Gaukler farm. an auto fire connected to Gaukler was found at Stamp's home. Mrs. Stamp, charged as an accessory, will be released.
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Davenport Ta
Harry D. Stamp
Clinton
Princess Pat Canadian Regiment
State Penitentiary
Stamp
Joe Gaukler
Gaukler
Davenport
Ecourt
Michigan
Soviet to recall ambassador Rakovsky from Paris
Paris dispatch says the Soviet government will recall ambassador Christian Rakovsky to Moscow. Dovegalesky, currently in Tokyo, is proposed as successor. France demanded Rakovsky’s recall after he signed a manifesto urging soldiers of foreign armies to desert to Soviet forces if war broke out.
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Paris
Christian Rakovsky
France
Dovegalesky
Tokio
Rakovsky
Mrs Haney Named County Chairman of P T A
Mrs Haney has been named county chairman of the P T A in Washington. She urges every school district in the county to organize and requests districts to contact her for literature and guidance. Address 1002 East Third Street. phone 704 red.
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Frank Haney
Parent Teachers Association
Washington P. T. A
Haney
Buckley Dies in Pneumonia at 74 Nineteenth Century
John Morgan Buckley 74 died in Ainsworth after a two day illness from pneumonia. He lived in Chicago forty years and moved to Ainsworth a year and a half ago to reside with son Dr. C. E. Buckley. He leaves wife and one son, two grandsons Raymond Buckley and Harold Buckley. private service at home, then burial in Graceland Chicago Sunday morning.
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Ainsworth
John Morgan Buckley
C. E. Buckley
Chicago
Dr. Buckley
Raymond Buckley
Harold Buckley
Graceland Cemetery
Washington High to bring near thirty for Muscatine game
Coach Harry Rice plans to take at least 27 players to Muscatine for Washington's first away game and second Little Six matchup of the season. Eleven to seventeen ride the train with manager John Blick. others travel by car. The lineup features Korf, Benson, Zeck, Baird, Davidson, Hamilton, Gallagher, Fisher, Bain, Kolesick, Layton.
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Harry Rice
Muscatine
Washington
Rice
John Blick
Bill Bates
West Chester
Korf
Benson
Zeck
Baird
Davidson
Hamilton
Gallagher
Fisher
Bain
Kolesick
Layton
Reinert
Brown
Bill Smith
Atkinson
McAvoy
Pratt
Haney
Stanley Smith
Harold Tucker
Pierce
Genkinger
Dewey
McGinnis
Jackson
Miller
Little
Bales
Floyd Tucker
Guy Carlton
Milburn McKay
Muskies
Cabbage Hawkers Banned From St Pauls Yard
Three centuries ago hawkers sold cabbages in the churchyard of St Pauls London but were banished by clergy who objected to the noise their stall trade caused. The episode highlights religious authority over urban street vending in early modern London.
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Mexico City
St. Paul's
London
Transatlantic planes in air as Elder and Haldeman near Azores
Three planes were aloft today with Ruth Elder and George Haldeman nearing the Azores aboard the Dutch tanker Barendrecht after their rescue. The American Girl flight covered about 3509 miles in 36 hours 26 minutes, facing storms and oil pressure loss before salvaging efforts ended in a fire that destroyed the plane.
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Ruth
Azores
Ruth Elder
George Haldeman
Azores Islands
Iater
Desson
Haldeman
Tmorta
Tunt “Elder
Gaerreh Haldeman
Lisbon
Lima
Barendrecht
Tomporrow
Mira Ruth Elder
Geo. Haldeman
Paris
United Press
Goos
Berendrecht
Miss Elder
Roosevelt Field
New York
S. S. Barendrecht
S. S. Bayone
Devizes
Eng
Elder
T Barendrecht
Drc~ling
France
Queeland
Mildred Doran
Honolulu
Lowenstein- Wertheim
England
St. Raphael
United States
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Mme. Kolepikoff
State Capitol
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Detroit, Mich
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Automoriees
Toyorrow
Olmstead
Wilton
Repass
Fairfield
Trowe
Wapello
Owen Carroll
Colle
Detroit Tigers
Newman
Portugal
Newfoundland
Fredrick Loore
van Mile
Lillie Tillenz
Viennese Ete Tress
Maitland
Wilhelmshafen
Germany
Amsterdam
Tiehon
Old Orchard
Frances Grayson
Copenhagen
Denmark
Berendgrecht
Horta
Atlantic
Ruth Hilder
Atlantic Ocean
Roosevelt, Field
Longe Island
Viginia Haldeman
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