Poppy Drive Realizes About $500 For VFW Post
The Eugene Clark Post of Veterans of Foreign Wars reports about $500 raised from the Buddy Poppy sale conducted Saturday. Eight thousand poppies were ordered and 7,000 were sold. M Strayer, drive chairman, thanked the Daughters of the American Revolution and Sons of the American Revolution for aid in the poppy gate. Proceeds fund relief for needy ex soldiers and their families.
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Veterans of Foreign
M. Strayer
Daughters of the American Revolution
Sons of the American Revolution
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Muscatine County Votes on Highway Bond Issue
Voters in Muscatine County went to the polls to approve an $800,000 bond issue for paving a long stretch of Highway No. 32. The improvement links the Davenport Des Moines highway. Strong county support was expected, reflecting a paved roads sentiment. The county previously approved $650,000 in 1926.
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Muscatine County
Davenport-Des Moines
Dell Johnston Sets Likely Byrnes Nine Hole Record
Dell Johnston, former county engineer, likely set a Byrnes Park nine hole course record with 39 strokes last week. Golfers at the old Byrnes nine acknowledge 34 strokes by Chick Evans as the standard, but no definite records are kept. Chicago professional Evans is named as the previous record holder.
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Dell Johnston
Byrnes Park
Chick Evans
Chicago
Radio Schedule Dense with Networks Across Cities
A crowded log of radio programs listing stations like WEAP WGY WGN KDKA and WMAQ, detailing times and shows ranging from orchestras and dance music to concerts and lectures across Chicago New York Minneapolis and Des Moines with multiple simulcasts and coast-to-coast notes. The dense listings include host names and featured acts, indicating a broad, era-wide broadcasting grid.
Title Often Lost by Gallery Shots
A gallery photo sequence tests visibility as titles fade amid frequent shots. The piece notes how captions struggle to keep pace with images, highlighting the tension between visual and textual storytelling and the risk of misattribution.
Golf Nightmares From The 1928 Open At Olympia Fields
By Al Demarre recounts how luck shaped the 1928 National Open at Olympia Fields Chicago. Bobby Jones hooked a tee shot striking a spectator and rebounding to the fairway. Wille Hunter hit a fan with a brassie shot. Roland Hancock lost by one stroke as tensions rose. Al Watrous claimed a woman spectator dragged his approach shot off the green and into a heel print, altering outcomes.
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Olympia Fields
Chicago
Bobby Jones
Wille Hunter
Roland Hancock
al Watrous
Ohio Governsi Talk and a Night of Radio Programs
A cluttered radio schedule lists 6:00 Howard OBrien lecture and 6:30 feature programs, followed by Amos Andy orchestra and chimes concert. Multiple stations including WLW Cincinnati and WJZ present talks, music hours, dance programs, and scores.
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Ohio Governsi
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Fillmore
Theis Orch
Los Amigos
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Minneapolis
WABC
Munster
Pleno
Eddie Dunstedter
Orchestra
Des Moines
Roads of the Sky
Public Library
Decker
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Eskimos
Bankers Life
Wrather
Playhouse
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Glad Rag Doll at the Paramount stars Dolores Costello
The Glad Rag Doll at Paramount features Dolores Costello as the leading doll in a scandalous tale of rich families and betrayed lovers. The all talking production includes a strong cast with Albert Gray Audrey Ferris Tom Ricketts Claude Gillingwater and Ralph Graves. Lillian Roth and Phil Baker provide musical acts along with a comic skit Playmates and a song cartoon. Newsreels cover world events as the bill showcases lively entertainment.
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Dolores Costello
Philadelphia
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Miss Costella
Albert Gray
Audrey Ferris
Maude Turner Gordon
Tom Ricketts
Claude Gillingwater
Arthur Rankin
Ralph Graves
Lillian Roth
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Arthur
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Sat urday's Children at Strand theatre
Corinne Griffith stars as a discontented young wife who leaves a good job for a 40 weekly clerk and finds unhappiness in marriage. The First National Vitaphone film, based on H Maxwell Alderson play, features Grant Withers and Albert Conti with a live vocal quartet and a color sequence.
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Strand Theatre
H. Maxwell Alderson
Miss Griffith
Grant Withers
Albert Conti
Jan Garsber
Clara Bow Stars In Ladies of the Mob At Palace
Clara Bow appears in Ladies of the Mob at the Palace theatre today through Thursday with Richard Arlen in support. The film follows a gang world girl amid bank robberies and dramatic confrontations, joined by Bugs My Dear as a Fox news feature. Des Moines reports the state government begins a new term without deficits in any department.
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Palace
Palace Theatre
Red Head
Underworld
Mob
How
Richard Arlen
Bank
Robbies
Judl
Joyer
Des Moines
Rural storekeeper Hardy slain by unknown assailants
George Hardy, 68, a rural storekeeper in Parnell Indiana, was found stabbed to death Wednesday morning. An inquest jury—calling the killer a person or persons unknown—set the scene for a mystery surrounding the killing.
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Parnell
George’ Hardy
Hardy
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