River Carnival Fireworks Set for Tomorrow Display
The Waterloo River carnival will cap three days of prep with a large fireworks display Thursday evening. L H Snell of Fidelity Fireworks and two assistants will arrive tomorrow to assemble the huge set pieces. Boat owners are invited to enter, with lanterns and fuses furnished by the Boat club. The parade forms above Mullan Avenue bridge at 8 30 p m. The club seeks 12 rowboats for a special stunt and urges owners to offer their boats by telephone. Thousands are expected to watch from riverbanks, exceeding last year’s 20 000.
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L. H. Snell
Fidelity Fireworks’ Company
Waterloo Boat Club
Mullan Avenue Bridge
Boat Club
Carnival Committee
Harry Kiester
Waterloo
Waterloo Leader Recalls Career of Local Educator and Speaker
A Waterloo educator and public speaker profile highlights a man from West High School class of 1910 who attended Parsons College and the University of Michigan, served in World War I, led the family business, and became president after his father's death in 1923. He is noted for hundreds of speeches, involvement in the YMCA and American Legion campaigns, and active participation in civic groups. He enjoys basketball, volleyball, boating, and golf plans.
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West High School
Parsons College
Fairfield
Ann Arbor
Parsons
Iowa
Fort Logan
Colorado
Waterloo
Business College
Gates
West High
University of Michigan
Delta Sigma Rho
American Legion
Greater Waterloo
Knights of Pythias
Trank Walton League
Rotary Club
Greater Waterloo Association
New High School Course of Study to Be Announced
A complete new state course of study for Town high schools will be released at the county superintendents conference in Iowa City June 19 to 21. This marks the first revision since 1913. Committees appointed by the state superintendent have spent the past year on the update.
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Iowa City
A. &. Jewett
Agnes Samuelson
Girl, 16, Runs Away From Mason City Home
LaVonne Bevins, 16, left Mason City for a week of freedom. Her mother reported her missing, and police found LaVonne near Lafayette and Eleventh Streets after midnight. She said she worked at Rath Packing during the week and agreed to return home.
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Mason City
LaVonne Bevins
Mason
City
LaVonne
Las Vonne
Bertha Bevins
AL Waterloo
LaVonne Bevina
Des Motes and Night Radio Schedule Featured Programs
A fragmented radio timetable lists Des Motes, Walt Wood, and O Cedar programs with times from early afternoon to late evening. It notes orchestras, organists, weather forecast, baseball scores, and various segments including GM family features and a chimes concert.
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Woc
Pavenport
O'Cedar
General Motors Family
Herb Heuer
Tuesday Vha Des Moines Markets and Weather
Fragmentary early 20th century radio style schedule lists Des Moines markets weather phonograph records bands and concerts. Mentions Davenport Chicago and various orchestra names alongside livestock receipts and market updates.
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Des Moines
A. M
Phonograph Records
Wildner
Herbie Koch
S. Navy
Wood
Palais D'Or
Hofbrau
Chicago
Radcliffe Scholarship Granted Louise Fowler by Wellesley College
Louise Fowler, daughter of Mr and Mrs Louise Fowler of 241 Prospect Avenue, won a Radcliffe graduate scholarship valued at 750 dollars. The award, granted by Wellesley College’s Academic Council, ties the woman’s college to Harvard University in Cambridge Massachusetts. Fowler will depart for Radcliffe after her college class graduation on June 1.
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Louise Fowler
Prospect Avenue
Radcliffs
Woman's College
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
Wellesley College
Blien FP. Pendleton
Wellesley
Ming Fowler
Radcliffe
Across to Singapore at Riviera and Waning Sex at Palace
The Riviera hosts Across to Singapore a lively sea romance with a mutiny and shipboard drama featuring Ramon Novarra and Jean Grawford as star cross lovers, plus strong supporting turns by Ernest Torrence and James Mason. At the Palace Norma Shearer headlines The Waning Sex with Conrad Nagel. a light program adds Rah Rah Rah and Fox News.
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Singapore
The
Riviera
Nathan Ross
Cape Horn
Ramon Novarra
Jean Grawford
Ernest Torrence
Frank Currier
Dan Wolhhim
Mike Martin
Edward Connelly
James Mason
New England
Jay Mills
Merry Makers
Morton& Mayo
Mertz Boyd
Roy Rogers
Watts & Hawley
Ohio Home
Larry Jean Fisher
L. EW
Norma Shearer
Palace
Metra- Goldwyn-Mayer
Palace Theatre
Conrad Nagel
Kim
Javes
Mary McAlister
George K. Arthur
Charles McHugh
Tiny Ward
Martha Mattox
Bare Knees Thrill Revue at the Plaza
The Plaza presents Alexander Frank’s syncopation week featuring the Paden musical comedy company and the speedy "Bare Knees" film. A flash display of bare legs opens the bill, with a story of modern versus old fashioned ideas, a sister act, and romance. Cast includes Virginia Lee Corbin, Jane Winton, Johnnie Walker, Donald Keith, Forrest Stanley, and Maude Fulton in a comic role. The revue "Hits and Bits of 1928" follows with episodes, blackout sketches, and vaudeville numbers.
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the Plaza
Alexander Frank
Paden Musical Comedy Company
Virginia Lee Corbin
Jane Winton
Johnnie Walker
Donald Keith
Forrest Stanley
Maude Fulton
Paden Players
Niuily
Navy
Howard E. Paden
Jean Lowry
Frank Hughes
Players
Gladys Harvey
Mello-Glo Face Powder Ad Claims
An advertisement touts MELLO-GLO face powder from Lauerman's highlighting a long lasting shine reducing, skin soft peachy look and pore minimization. It promises purity and beautifying qualities to attract customers.
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Lauerman
Ady
Residence Burglary Reported in Grant Avenue Incident
M D McGee of 724 Grant Avenue told police late Saturday night that a burglary occurred at his home and $100 in ten dollar bills was stolen from a dresser drawer. The incident was reported to authorities by the resident.
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M. D. McGee
Grant Avenue
Woodall Returns From Sunshine Sojourn
Mrs. George Woodall of 506 Broadway returned from a five months California visit for convalescence. She traveled via the southern route through New Mexico and Arizona, visited a sister in Berkeley, California, and a brother in Ogden, Utah, with Pacific Grove as her main stay, reporting daily sunshine and comfort.
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George Woodall
Broadway
California
Woodall
St. Paul’s M. Las
New Mexico
Arizona
Berkeley
Gal
O. L. Harris
Ogden
Utah
W. G. King
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Music Creek
Skaggs
Knox
By Ben Batsford
Lister
Mugsie
Commons
Gwing Nou Yrougle
Aossie
DLO
Davenport
Phonograph
Weathermarkets
Voters’ Service
Mid-News Review
Manteal Miniatures
Selberling Singers
Rotary Clus
Fox News
Plaza
Gene Allen
Paden
Peaches
Slo
L. BE. W
Strand Classic
Seot Free
Strand Theatre
Pather
Roxie Hart
Phyllis Haver
Amos Hart
Victor Varconi
Janzage
Till Timally
Vitaphone
Brown && Whitaker
Orpheum
Pirmalshes
Ted Daner
Lipton Terrill
Rialto
Shanghai
East
Rialto Theatre
Far East
Pauline Starke
Orient
Kenneth Harlan
Mary Allan
Sadie
Margaret Livingstone
Mary
Mathilde Comont
Buttercup
Eddie Gribbon
Mike and
Ike
Doug
Gents
Dancing
Henri Gendon
Brunswick Recording Orchestra
Greggs
Burt A
Bingers
Howard Paden
Las Agus
Sunshine
Julien Dubuque Hotel
Dubuque
the Talk of
Avi
Rowe” Natteford
the East
Margaret Livingston
Comedy News Organ
Mat
Eve
Tvs
Jay Mills the
Prince of Pep
Watts and
Hawley
Vaudeville
Morton & Mayo
Christina
Ramon Novarro
Jean Crawford
Ernest Terrence
China Sea
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