West High students stage Christian of Greenland operetta
The West High glee clubs presented Christian of Greenland last night in the auditorium. Clover Sterling starred as Christina with Jake Levi as Ralph Winslow. The cast included Virginia Troupe, Frederick Scheel, Raymond Williams, Lenore Zeilinger, Stanley Larsen, Tom Payne, Nick Wartey, Dorothy Hartleip, and Keith Love. Seven Eskimo and Copenhagen choruses added color under Gail Wilbur and Agnes Thomas with Ruth Bruecherl and Beulah Fletcher choreographing dances.
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West High School
Christian
Greenland
Christina
Clover Sterling
Jake Levi
Ralph Winslow
Levi
Tan MacKellar
Peder Aalborg
Erickshafen
Raymond Williams
Pat
Lenore Zeilinger
Thelma Larsen
Copenhagen
Stanley Larsen
Milton Blair
Tom Payne
Capt. Boyd
U. S. Flying Corps
Nick Wartey
Ag-Wooh- Woo
Dorothy Hartleip
Keith Love
Igorinsky Russovitch
Gail Wilbur
Agnes Thomas
Ruth Bruecherl
Beulah Fletcher
Window crash suit names Arildsen Hogan in Des Moines
L N Cleveland of Des Moines sues W A Arildsen and O W Hogan for 1700 in district court alleging an automobile owned by Arildsen caused Hogan to knock his car through a store window at 2 am on October 16. Arildsen denies knowledge or consent, stating his car was stored in a Des Moines garage and removed by Hogan. Both defendants work for Remington Typewriter Co.
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W. A. Arildsen
O. W. Hogan
L. N. Cleveland
Des Moines
Arildsen
Hogan
Remington Typewriter Company
Cardiff Giant hoax traced to Iowa origins and fame
The Cardiff Giant myth, origin in Iowa, drew hundreds of thousands in 19th century America. Discoveries show two Iowa men secured gypsum near Fort Dodge, with a carving by a Chicago cutter, shipped via Union and buried at the Newell farm before its 1869 reveal. The tale chronicles skeptics, Barnum, and the hoax’s enduring fame.
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Cardiff
Iowa
Associated Press
States Historical Society of Iowa
Iowa City
New York
Port Dodge
State Historical Society
William Newell
Title
Newell
Newell Farm
Albany
P. T. Barnum
Barnum
George Hull
Newell's
Hull
Marsh
Yale
Galusha Parsons
Fort Dodge
Ford Dodge
The
Historical Society
H. B. Martin
Marshalltown
Binghamton
N. Y
Boone
Chicago
Fort Dodge Giant Hoax Chronicle Shocks Town
Hull profited by a giant hoax he sold to a syndicate and exposed the swindle. Althoff was displayed after the bust, but the figure yielded meager returns and was stranded in Fitchburg Massachusetts. It toured Buffalo Pan-American exhibits in 1901 before returning to Fitchburg and later to Fort Dodge, changing hands multiple times per local historical society.
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Hull
Althoff
Fnally
Fitchburg
Mass
Buffalo
Joseph R. Mulroney
Fort Dodge
The
Historical Society
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Sauerman
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