New York Dance Demons Break Cleveland Marathon Record
Dancers Vera Sheppard and Theodor Gill surpassed a world record of 56 hours 6 minutes set in Cleveland and continued dancing across states. The feat drew police attention in New York and Connecticut with moving dines and vans, while Cleveland’s Madaline Mrottschiex extended the record to 56:06 hours as officials monitored contestants.
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Associated Press
New York
Yvera Sheppard
Theodor Gill
Ti Oelonk
Connecticut
Cygnet Athletic Club
East Portchester
Conn
Broadway
Fort Les
Dancine
Flav
Ucu
Uruoul
Tri-State
Aigret
Suaterlatg
England
Maren
Edinbure
Marseiies
France
Paris
Aprit
Cleveland
Baltimore
Houston
Tex B
Jnd
Wword
Madaline Mrottschiex
Magdalena Willims
Tex
Geusechick
Misatwokrschick
Margaret Toward
San Francisco
International News Wire
Ation Daneing
O'Brien
Oakland
Masdalean Willams
Mas
Fiaal
Mich
Des Moines
Hammond
Kiwanis Hear Near East Relief Talk at Noon Meeting
Kiwanians at a noontime gathering observed courtesy week as P Marion Simms urged United States aid for orphans moved from Turkey. He warned of propaganda against Turkey while noting concessions toward US recognition. Miss Catherine Sedgewick sang, with Albert Schohlio accompanying. Marriage licenses listed for Arthur Johnson and others.
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Hein
Kiwanis International
P. Marion Simms
Near East
United States
Turkey
France
Catherine Sedgewick
Albert Seholio
Mother Grundy a Granite Wonder Near Denver
A Denver area feature chronicles a granite statue named Mother Grundy in the Clear Creek gorge near the Rockies. The article praises the natural sculpture, notes its regal stance and lack of motion, and explains how a narrow gauge railway threads through the canyon with minimal blasting, shaping Colorado’s transport route toward Georgetown.
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P. T. Barnum
Barnant
Mother Grundy
Denver
Clear’ Creek
Mother i Grondy
Colorado
Ing
Danver
Ile
Georgetown
Rome
Lierce
Nature’s Monuments in Solid Stone and Colorado Wonders
A vivid survey of natural stone formations on Colorado landmarks including Hanging Lake near Glenwood Springs and Garden of the Gods style features. It notes cross shaped cliffs, gate like openings, and rail route impressions, plus dinosaur footprints and the enduring power of erosion shaping the landscape.
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Colorado
Hanging Lake
Glenwood Springs
Colorada
Fr W Chapman Wins Iowa Falls Church Construction Contract
Fr W Chapman secured the general contract to erect a Congregational church at Iowa Falls with bids led by Hewan Burr as architect. Other bidders included Colllons Mayer Remier Meyer Ennis Mayer Humboldt and Toone with prices ranging from $42,450 to $49,700. Town Falls Construction submitted the heating and plumbing low bid, and Square Deal Electric topped wiring bids at $2 #. Chapman and Barr will return tonight to finalize contract details.
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Chapman
Waterloo
Iowa Falls
Hewan Burr
Tires
Collons
J.C. Mayer & Co
Clarion
G. FB. Remier
Marshalltown
George A. Meyer
Ackley
C. MW. Ennis
Grinnell
Mayer Humboldt
Oo Korea
Toone
Town Pass Construction
Town Falls Construction Company
Square Deal Eléctric Company
Town Falls
Barr
Iowa Fall
Indian Girls Welcome to Marriage Dance on Reno Reservation
Washington April 17. Report from the Reno Indian reservation details the Washoe girls dance a public coming out ceremony ending at sunrise. The girl fasts four days eats nothing and dons sagebrush with money hidden inside. Dancers celebrate by presenting possessions, then the girl receives a marriage proposal amid a wild farewell and water dash.
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Washington, D. C
Nevada
Mmeeker
Reno
Joney
Conference at Des Moines Aims to Boost Midwestern Trade
Malcolm Stewart chairs a April 26 Des Moines conference linking farmers and manufacturers to expand foreign trade. Commercial secretaries, farm co operatives, and middlewest manufacturers will attend to pursue renewed U S export orders in Europe and the Orient.
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Dex Moines
Middle- West
Malcolm Stewart
Middlewest
Stewart
America
Towa Statistics Show Iowa Wealth and Climate Edge
Des Moines April 17 A state chamber bulletin highlights Iowa as a leading agricultural state with ample sunshine and rich soil. It notes Iowa ranks high in surface productivity and mirrors broader national trends in farm resources while placing it among top states in key agricultural metrics.
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United States
Iowa
Des Moines
Towa
State Chamber of Commerce
Shitsuk
Cati
Ioruia
Althea
Detroit Woman Jumps From Fifth Story Window
A wealthy Detroit woman, Miss A. Voorhis, leaped from a fifth story window of the Seneca hotel in Rochester on a crowded day. She landed on the hotel entrance projection and was carried back into the hotel in a apparently dying condition. Proctor VI is noted as the largest marble quarry in the world.
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Rochester
A. Vyoorhis
Detroit
Seneca Hotel
Atiaeltes
Union Two Pioneer Dies Suddenly at Son's Residence
Mrs. Salome Marks aged widow of Lambert Maries died suddenly at her son Pred Marks' home in Union township after family found her in bed. She had lived 61 years in the community, born in Germany, and leaves six daughters and two sons. Funeral arrangements await distant relatives. A radiophone farmers' address by United States Senator Smith W. Brookhart is slated for Davenport. Florence Tate returns from Memphis after caring for ill mother. An auto collision case involving four young men was moved to Independence for charges.
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Salome Marks
Marks
Lambert Maries
Pred
Union Township
Germany
Fred Marks
Wit
Pasadeat
William Rothermer
Los Angeles
Ida Unland
Kenneth
Cal
BE. Hartong
Fred Hugh
G. Rothweiler
Carrie Bohouster
Cedar Falls
Ada Haus
Smith
Brookhart
United States
Iowa
Woo
Davenport
Prinay
Florence Tate
Children's Department of Wainloo
Memphis
Tenn
Tate
Independence
Buchanan County
Sunnyside Country Club
City in Brief Highlights Local Events and Incidents
West end 4th St bridge project for experienced onteal service. Seven measles cases renamed to the city clerk. Mrs J S Rattery returns from Springfield visit. Patrolman Bert Douglas to St Francis hospital for minor operation. Mrs W J McKitrick returns from Los Angeles trip. Rev A P Blough attends general mission board meeting in Elgin. Graffiti? Glenn Russell reports theft at 61544 Commercial Street including shirts, razor, belt and $3.30. Mr and Mrs Charles Bailey return from a three week visit. Florence Carter operated on for appendicitis at St Francis hospital and in satisfactory condition. Miss Mabel Luhmann joined Erma Lusk for Brandon weekend visit. Mrs Fred Cook and children return to Rock Island after visit. First Lutheran choir to sing Our Living Lord at eve service. forty voices participate.
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Bert Douglas
Aolice
St. Francis Hospital
W. J. McKitrick
Waterloo
Vom
Los Angeles
Cal
A. P. Blough
Church of the Brethren
Bone
Elgin
General Mission Board
Glenn Russell
Commier_ cial street
Patice
Charles Bailey
Jak Park
Gus Reupke
Utica Streat
Florence Carter
Merelal
St.Francis Hospital
Mabel Luhmann
Erma Lusk
Brandon
Miss Lusk
Brandon Methodist Episcopal Church
Fred Cook
Rock Island, IL
Earl Bittingar
Kate Graver
Fowler Street
First Lutheran Choir
Our Living
Lord
O Gee Curbing Adopted for Most City Streets
At a special meeting last night City Engineer Leon A Link said the Streets and Alleys Committee has approved O Gee curbing for all paving except certain streets listed Sullivan Summit to Second Wellington Ninth to Randolph Cutler Riehl to Parker Elm Independence to I c tracks Columbia Riehl to Conger. These will receive standard curbing. O Gee curbing costs 70 cents per lineal foot versus 48 cents for standard. The price gap on a 50 foot lot is about $12. If property owners on other streets are willing to pay more, a petition by a majority can switch to the standard type.
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Eusiner
Leon A. Link
Committee On
Sullivan
Summit
Wellington
Randolph
Cutler
Riehl
Parker
Elm
Independence
I. c
Columbia
Conger
Link
Investors Warned of Western Bubble
Des Moines reports the Iowa Chamber of Commerce sent letters to Iowans advising against investments in a California firm described as a get rich quick scheme. The company had obtained a Iowa mailing list and targeted western residents with solicitations.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Chamber of Commerce
Owan
California
State Chamber
Walter White Address on Justice for Colored Folk
Walter White of New York City will speak at the Waterloo Branch of the NAACP in Mobile and Albany streets. His talk, Justice and a Square Deal, previews a mass meeting with a dinner at Black's tearoom where about 30 civic leaders will gather before the event tomorrow evening.
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Waterloo
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Mobile
Albany
White
Plans for Waterloo Church Accepted in Cedar Falls
Harris of Des Moines had plans approved for a Calvary Evangelical church in Waterloo. Presiding elders Low Boel and J. Faust met Waterloo building committees. The elders left Cedar Falls to meet a Dubuque committee planning a church project.
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The
Associated Press
Cedar Falls
Harris
Des Moines
Calvary Evangelical Congregation
Waterloo
Low
Boel
HH. J. Faust
Dubuque
Require Teachers to Attend School Every Five Years
Cedar Falls school directors announce a new contract clause requiring teachers to attend 12 weeks of summer school at least once every five years. The measure, part of a broader educator plan, is offered for signatures.
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Cedar Fails
Cedar
Death Separates Couple Married Away Back in 1856
Mrs. T. or Brown died in Letts Iowa after a 10 day influenza illness. She married Mr. Brown July 2, 1856, 67 years ago. A pioneer Louisa County resident who came to Tows in 1838, she was born in New York and survived by her husband four sons and two daughters. Madame Sarah Gran, the novelist, is to be mayor of Bach England during the coming year.
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Arhur Johnson
Boone
Sacha Pringle
Clermont
Fred Davis
Joliet
Wenes McKeon
Frankly Johnson
Watere
Iass
Rocky Mountains
Manuil
Garden Park
Osa
Cerriet
National Museum
Washington
Jakes
West
Connesticut Valley
Dinosaurie Game Preserve
AWOL
Lelats
EHP
Gree
Sromiay
Yeoman Band
Moose Hall
Yronen End
Army
Thomas G. Lanphier
Caribbean Sea
San Antonio
Cuba
Porto Rico
Weeks
Dwight Davis
Mason Patring
Hines
Ink
Army Air Service
Bri Tae
Lhors
Udmerican
Europe
Orient
Proctor
Are
Union
Pioneer
Son
Sie
Sycamore
West End 4Th St
Clark
J. S. Rattery
Fourth Street
Springfield
Walter White
Sarah Gran
Maror
Bach
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