Cedar Falls wins three firsts in quad declam contest
Cedar Falls high school swept three first prizes in the quad triangular declamatory contest. West High took second and East High third with contestants from West High and East High presenting oratorical dramatic and humorous pieces. Judges were T. M. Clevenger Ray Short and W. Brindley.
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Cedar Falls High School
West High
East High
Teachers High
Cedar Falls
Patsey
Rie Preston Perry
T. M. Clevenger
Waverly
Ray L. Short
A W
Waterloo
W. J. Brindley
State Teachers College
Lady Godiva at Des Moines Fine Arts Ball Fizzles
Des Moines, Feb 4. A futuristic Lady Godiva appeared at the fine arts ball after the legend’s rider failed to attend. A masked blonde in a wrapper was presented as Lady Godiva at midnight, with a lit portrait showing an undraped figure and a protruding face.
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Lady Godiva
Des Moines
Fine Arts
Coventry
Old Iowa Opera Houses Showed Off By Touring Stars
In the late 1870s to early 1880s Iowa jetties built grand opera houses with ornate interiors and crowded seating while touring troupes and famed actors like Mme Modjeska, Dion Boucicault, Joseph Jefferson and Fanny Janauschek filled stages in towns from Dubuque to Sioux City. Audiences flocked despite sparse wages, witnessing theater as it moved across the hinterland, with many venues later replaced by modern cinemas.
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Associated Press
State Historical Society of
Towa
Iowa
Helene Modjeska
Lille Langtry
Fanny dJanauschek
Dion Boucicault
William E. Sheridan
Thomas W. Keene
Dubuque
Clinton
Davenport
Muscatine
Burlington
Fort Madigan
Keokuk
Town City
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Fat Dodge
Marshalltown
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Council ‘Bluffs
Sioux ‘City
Missouri River
Modjeska
Mme
Maurice Barrymore
Viola
St. Louis
Dickson
Editha
Augustus Thomas
Aghastorus
Madison Square Theatre Company
New York
Frederick Warde
Damon
Pythias
Joseph Jefferson
Geneseo News Roundup Confirms Local Events
Geneseo notes on Mrs William McDowell resting at her daughter's home Mrs Frank Huckard. Ladies Aid served pie at the J R Thompson sale Henry Strohbehm family attended the twenty fifth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Henry Siemans at Dysart Mrs Sie mans is a sister of Mr Shahbehn Rev Raymond Grant Nashua visited his parents at Geneseo Parsonage and refereed the Dysart Tama basketball game
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Geneseo
Wiliam’ McDowell Iis
Frank Uockard
Ladies’ Aid Society
J. R. Thompson
Henry Strohbehm
Henry Siemans
Dysart
Siemans
Shahbehn
Raymond Grant
Nashua
Geneseo Parsonage
Tama
Mrs. Halbfass Dies in La Porte After Illness
La Porte City Indiana reports Mrs. Fred Halbfass died of heart disease after a brief illness. Born June 29 1858 in Moscow she immigrated at 18 and settled in La Porte City where she and Fred Halbfass ran a shoe store for 45 years. Survived by a daughter and three sons Gerhard and Bert in Muscatine and Arnold in Shreveport along with Mrs. Toger Bremer of Waterloo. Funeral arrangements awaited arrival from Shreveport.
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la Porte City
Fred Halbfass
Shreveport
Arnold
Halbfass
Moscow
Russia
Hermy Oto
Unem
Toger Bremer
Waterloo
Gerhard
Muscatine
Herbert
Here
Armold
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Mapleson
W. E. Sheridan
Louise Suickers
Johnson’s Gardens
the Royal Serenaders
Armory
Will Rogers
America
Lariat
T. C. Gymnasium
M. C. A. Waterson
Graham Way
Waterson V
Waterloo Paint & Glass Co
Pittsburgh
Fourth Street
ENTZ
First National Bank
The
Missouri Sheiks
Jason Robards
Geneseo Woman III
Erie
Bares
Foley
Buz’ Y Barion
And
Fox News
la Porte
Chamberlain
Serview
Maltus
Worreen
Quest & Smith the Plimbers
Ralph Jones
Ie Riviera
Mamas
Anthea Tes
Rev EY
Alta Yon AR
Paramount
George
Jay Mack
Dewinters and
Henry
Fables
ZANE _ GREYS
Boyd B. Trousdale
L. Lucile LA Valliere
Anthony
Jean Hale Ijande
Miss la Valliere
Henty Gandy
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