Grand Opera Film to Visualize Parsifal in Screen
Chicago reports J Han cock Harlow of Chicago Standard Cinemas announces a grand opera on screen project. Parsifal will be staged with synchronized acting and music, four hours long, with city concerts in larger towns and piano records in smaller ones. If successful, more operas may follow.
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Chicago
Grand Opera Famation Pictures
J. Hancock Harlow
Chicago Standard Cinemas
Arlow
George Loans Tucker
Richard Wagner
Harlow
Railroad Guard Held as Murderer in Iowa
Creston Iowa July 29 a coroner s jury inquest found Kay Blodgett was slain by shots fired by J R Sears a railroad guard A first degree murder charge was filed against Sears by Sheriff Collings Sears is jailed at Red Oak awaiting arraignment Indictment likely after the August grand jury convenes and the widow and three children attended the inquest with George McCloud the principal witness who survived injuries
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Creston
Kay Blodgett
J. R. Sears
Sears
Collings
Adam Pickett
Justice of the Peace
George McCloud
Blodgett
James G. McKee
Fuel Commission Not Named in Waterloo
No word on appointment of a Waterloo fuel commission. Uncertain if 1919 strike era members will be reappointed. Previous wartime commissioners were Sedgwick Graham Northey and Tuthill, whose chairmanship affected Sedgwick’s health. he died soon after. Delegates Bryant Simpson and Young had represented Waterloo dealers. Charles Webster has summoned coal users to a Des Moines conference on Aug 1, but locals have not received letters.
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Waterloo
J. E. Sedgwick
J. M. Graham
F. L. Northey
J. 8. Tuthill
Sedgewick
Mrs Lichty Heads Iowa Pythian Sisters
At Mason City the state meeting of the Pythian Sisters closed with Margaret Lichty of 1001 Randolph Street elected grand manager of Iowa. She reports the educational fund grew, enabling $15,000 in educational work, six loans to needy boys and girls for college, and her prior service as grand protector. She has been with the order 22 years and led Waterloo temple for three years.
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Pythian Sisters
Mason City
Margaret Lichty
Randolph Street
Iowa
Famed athlete to enter ministry at Oxford church
Lewiston Me July 29 Ray Baker a nationally known runner and holder of the state and New England two mile records will become pastor of the Congregational church at Oxford Me He plans to run an exhibition two mile race at the Belfast celebration and stay in shape for the 1923 Los Angeles track meet against top American and European runners while serving in the pulpit
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Lewiston
Ray Baker
New England
Bates College
Congregational Church
Oxford
Belfast
Los Angeles
Cal
America
Europe
Marriage Licenses in Waterloo Area
George W. Garter of Waterloo weds Esther Ludtke of Waterloo Emmet Jiminez of Waterloo to Mary Kalitz of Waterloo and Daniel Ggnagy of Waterloo weds Barbara Walker of Waterloo in a Waterloo district ceremony.
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George W. Garter
Waterloo
Esther Ludtke
Emmet
Jiminez
Mary Kalitz
Daniel G. Gnagy
Barbara. Walker
Heavens in August Observes Four Brigit Planets and Vega
The Columbia University Observatory notes August offers excellent observing with four bright planets visible near the western horizon Venus Saturn and Jupiter and Mars low in the south east near Antares Vega dominates the sky overhead as a prime beacon in Lyra while the Ring Nebula near Gamma Lyrae draws telescopes and discussions on stellar distances and precession.
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Ior
Venus
Sasarn
Jupiter
Mars
Antares
Jno
Yuniter
Saturn
Vega
Lyra
Strins
Orpheus
Hades
Rees
Plato
L&h
Hercules
Vera
Klar
Pegasus
Andromeda
Cetus
Perseus
Uranus
Wil- Mam . Herschel
Germans Expect American Gold to Fill Up Coffers
Berlin reports a summer influx of American travelers with estimates of up to 100,000 visitors. The Acht Uhr Blatt notes possible $40,000,000 in American spending over four weeks per traveler, extending a boost to German exchange rates and foreign stock purchases. Berths for Hamburg and Bremen ships are sold out, with about 3,000 first and second class passengers weekly, and total German arrivals projected at 33,000 within 11 weeks, a figure described as a minimum.
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International News Wire
Berlin
Germany
Hamburg-American Line
North German
Lloyd
Hamburg
Bremen
Europe
Holland
France
Denmark
New York
Sam
Turtle Racing Becomes Ohio Camp Favorite Sport
Cincinnati July 29 Turtle racing is a popular activity at Kroger Hills camp near Terrace Park as children enter turtles in creeks and cheer their progress. Races span up to 200 feet and take close to an hour, with many entries and turtle jockeys guiding them to the finish. Names imitate famed racehorses such as Morvich Whisk Away Exterminator Miss Joy and Firebrand.
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Cincinnati
Kroger Hills
Terrace Park
Outlook in Il o Business Bright
The Waterloo Concrete corporation at 1700 Water Street, Waterloo, bought machinery from Eldredge Steel Gate of Waverly to produce concrete stave silo components, steel barn gates, concrete silo roofs, doors, ladders, and metal hardware. Founder Eldredge started making farm gates 15 years ago. Trost, the Waterloo president, says sales are 100 percent higher than last year as the plant expands.
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Eldredge Steel Gate Company
Waverly
Waterloo Concrete Corporation
W. B. Trost
R. J. Eldredge
Hldridge
Trost
Waterloo
Otto J. Platte
Soaking Rain Dampens Iowa Soil After Thunder Shower
A tropical rain fell quietly this morning across the state section, soaking soil after a brief night thundershower. About half an inch of moisture was recorded during the morning downpour, with 11 rainy days this month totaling 41.74 inches of precipitation by 7 am. July 1902 saw 11 to 12 inches of rain, the heaviest for that month in Iowa.
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Iowa
211 New Passenger Cars and 13 Trucks Registered in July
In Black Hawk county through July autos sold are shown on the license records of new cars in the county treasurer’s office. By last evening 211 new cars and 14 new trucks had been registered this month, with July purchases valued at about $147,700 at an average price of $800 per car. The latest record issued for 1922 at the treasurer’s office was 9,439.
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Black Hawk County
el Madigan
Trey
Wife and Father Seek Pardon for McBain Murderer
Cedar Falls report notes petitions circulated by Karl McBain's wife and father seeking a pardon for the convict of murder. McBain escaped Fort Madison after conviction, was at large for years, and captured recently. While a fugitive he reportedly lived an exemplary life.
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Cedar Falls
Karl McBain
McBain
Fort Madison
Compensation act ruling report held erroneous
A letter to Wenner and Mosfer from J M Maddock Bedford Indiana contends a Red Oak dispatch claiming Judge Woodruff held the workmen's compensation law applies to Iowa farmers is wrong. The attorney explains the case involved a granite worker and did not affect farmers or farm laborers.
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Wenner & Mosfer
J. M. Maddock
Bedford
Red Oak
Woodruff
Iowa
Haddock
Monument worker injured in car crash near Red Oak
Frank Spurgeon, an employee of Iowa and Missouri Granite Works, was injured while returning from Red Oak with his employer Jamies Salter. Spurgeon sustained a broken arm. the incident involved several others and occurred during monument sorting work.
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Iowa & Missouri Granite Works
Frank Spurgeon
Owas
Whttel
Red Oak
Jamies Salter
Spurgeon
Fragmentary Notice With Mixed Local Details
A garbled report describes police investigation into horse tied near gardens and a claim about owners moving into the city. It mentions herring, Som pensi, and Girl Scouts, with six million children born yearly in China and a reference to Ankeny.
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Tor
Pe- Hce
yCssia
Girl Scouts
Ferday
Ankeny
China
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