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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1927
Page
12
Courier Special Services Ackley reports a farmer, George Keough, died in a farmhouse fire started in a bedroom. Neighbors found the blaze too late for rescue. Keough, married in 1917, left a wife and four children at their parents’ home in Ackley. his family said heavy drinking preceded the incident.
The Todays announcement says the opera company will present The Bohemian Girl at East High auditorium on Wednesday evening March 16. Fred J. Miller, principal, noted proceeds go to purchase instruments for the school band and orchestra. The company, a well known lyceum and concert group, has appeared in Waterloo several times. It was a feature of East Highs lecture and entertainment course three years ago.
March 7 report notes American initiative drawing film stars and crews to the Riviera from Canne to Menton. Six companies produce films from $25,000 continental pics to Rex Ingram spectacles while studios rise. Rex Ingram and French British and American producers recruit stars like Betty Balfour Corrine Griffith and Edna Purviance for new Riviera projects.
The series at St. Joseph's church will run Sundays with a box for questions in the rear. Rev Albert Forester announced the first address and said the theme is The Catholic Church Is Right. Questions on religious subjects will be addressed in order, with a March 20 continuation after next Sunday's Forty Hours devotion.
Frank J. Lund announced immediate efforts across Iowa to secure a Republican national convention delegation that supports Frank Q. Lowden and opposes a third term for President Coolidge.
East High will present the Indian operetta Telawala in the high school auditorium Wednesday at p. m. Grace Ullemeyer music supervisor and Ruth Hiller dramatic teacher lead the production. A separate note mentions the Missouri state capitol’s bronze portal at Jefferson City as the largest since the Ronan era.
Joseph Hobkirk, about 45, was killed when an electric generating plant on his Osage farm exploded around 9 am today. The blast wrecked the basement seedhouse and shook farmhouses five miles away. His wife is seriously ill with pneumonia, and two children were unharmed. Surviving relatives include his father W J Hobkirk of St Paul and sisters Mrs John Lewis of Osage and Mrs Maude Haberkorn of St Paul.
Rohde of 319 Women Park Boulevard was re-elected president of the T P A in Waterloo. The announcement notes Rohde’s continued leadership and mentions the local post in the organization.
At the annual meeting Saturday night in Hotel Russell Lamson the Travelers Protective Association named officers J W Koch and George Buchan among others. Directors elected for one year included John T Rock W A Dobson R B Walker O Hummel and William Davidson. Thirteen of the 15 state convention delegates to be held May 13 and 14 at Keokuk are Waterloo men.
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