Labor Day Activities Planned at Park Celebration
Labor day events set for September 4 at Waterloo Park include an all day celebration with a carnival and entertainment. Fort Dodge Pastor Rev. Fred Pettit is chosen to deliver the labor day address at the afternoon program. Committee chair Thomas Roland leads a broad organizing group including Earl Maus and J Harris Guilford with finances managed by N Stufflebeam. Details include music, arts, and amusements. a downtown parade is canceled to reduce prep and cost. Weather forecasts predict rain on several July days, affecting the broader summer schedule.
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Willy Ber
Waterloo
Electric ‘Park
Fort Dodge
Fred Pettit
Fort Co
Pet
First Methodist Episco
Thomas ‘Rolan
Earl Maus
J. Harris
Jerry. Guilford
GW. L. Erhéon
Prank Stone
L. P. Mullan
Stufflebeam
Harles C. MacKay
T. B. Brown
Hohrrichson
iMusic
Auto Loses Eye When a Batted Ball Strikes Car Headlight
While driving home on a weekend evening J C ran a car into a group of boys playing street ball. A ball struck a headlight with a sharp crack and shattered it, injuring the eye of no one in the car. The incident was reported to police headquarters.
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Ionally
J. C. Ran
Eleventh Street
Cornstalk Ambitious Telegraph Pole Stands 12 Feet
W. F. Parrott of Cedar Heights displays a young telegraph pole he used as a corn stalk on his river bottom dairy farm. The stalk measures 11 feet 11 inches, tassel out, and was harvested from a six acre patch. He plans fodder for a 30 foot silo and credits barnyard manure as the fertilizer secret.
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FL Parrott
Cedar Heights
Mr. Parrott
Thief Steals Diamond Rings From Mrs. Nellie Cohn
Two diamond rings and several dollars disappeared from the Franklin Street residence of Mrs. Nellie Cohn while she gardened and her son slept upstairs. A suspect was described to police.
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Nellie ‘Cohn
Franklin
Igtreat
His Back Against the Wall at the Plaza For Three Days
The Goldwyn photoplay His Back Against the Wall opens today at the Plaza for three days. It is a farce comedy about a coward turned hero through circumstances. Also at the Palace The Man Unconquerable with Pearl Fisher on the South Pacific islands and South Sea intrigue.
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Goldwyn
Plaza
Plaza Theatre
Max
Jack Jlolt
Para
Mount Star
Robert Kendall
Pearl Fisher
South Pacific
Jin
the Palace
South Sea Islands
Bee Font
Palace Theatre
Angel of Crooked Street Amid Lottery of Timed Pranks
Altice and Calhoun devised practical jokes during a motor trip near Hullswood this week. Rudolph Valentino, a dog, attracted attention as the pair staged scenes at the Rialto and Strand theatres, while Gloria Brown acted in Beyond the Rocks.
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Altice
Calhoun
Mies
Horn
Rialto Theatre
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M. E. Tear
Sar
Hero
LT Ag
Alice Calhoun
The
Robinson Crusoe
Rialto News
Victor Concert
Johnson’ S Pavilion
Lou Morgans
Rainbow Division
Harmonaders’ Novelty Orchestra
Angel of
Oakland
Overland
Cadillac
Waterloo Velie Company
Elinor Glyn
Rovers
Gloria Swanson
Rudolph
Valentino
Miss Swanson
Larry Lemon
Nats
Miles
Weyer Brothers
Aplington
Daily & Allen
Allison
WW. W. Bain
Brandon QE. Reynolds
Charles City
W. Bancroft
Cedar Falla
Barker Brothers
Manchester
Kemmerer & McDowell
Parkersburg
Church Brothers
B. L. Robinson, Reinbeck
Renning & Cain
Shell Rock
Kostlan Motor Co., Traer
W. G. Carstensen
Waverly
Wis
Gloria Bwan
Fables
Raymond Hatton
Harold Lloyd
Selas
South Sea
Jack Wholf
Landsman’s
Stein Bloch
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