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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1927
Page
14
The Pullens life seems ordinary until a Chinese lacquer chest arrives purchased on a whim. Fred and Elsie Pullen uncover a hidden parchment inside the chest, revealing Chinese writing and a potential clue to their tale, as neighbors speculate about Julia and Sam Carlile.
Pullen and his wife puzzle over a scrap that might reveal meaning but cannot read it. He mentions a Chinese reader but doubts translation and plans to see a man tomorrow. The doorbell interrupts as editor notes hint at forthcoming strange events in a continuing tale.
Gage and Arthur headline the Plaza engagement in Rookies a film about training camp life with Dane as a hardboiled sergeant and Arthur as a cabaret entertainer. Marceling Day and Louise Lorraine provide romance and trouble while a big melodramatic finale caps the program alongside Will Rogers in Dublin and a news reel. Mae and Helen Murry headline vaudeville with jazz and blues numbers and Karl Dubbert offers a xylophone act. Midnight show at 11:30 tonight.
The Littleton school closed for the term with a May 20 program by teacher Miss Helen Harrington and the pupils. William Robert, ill for months, is in critical condition at his sister Mrs. T. B. Durham’s home. Memorial day services are planned at the Presbyterian church at 2 pm followed by grave decorations for 32 soldiers. Ladies Aid will serve dinner June 2 at the George Rehberg home. Mrs Estella Pingree remains critically ill at her farm home after a relapse from erysipelas and other complications.
Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce, will deliver a graphic word picture of flood conditions in the south direct from New Orleans tonight. The 90 minute NBC program at WEAF in New York begins at 7 p m Waterloo time with Hoover introduced by Merlin Hall Ayersworth, then the circuits switch to Chicago and finally to New Orleans.
Mines J Kildee attorney will address the graduates of Our Lady of Victory Academy at Tuesday night exercises in the O L V A auditorium Very Rev Edward Slattery will confer honors The program lists orchestral and choral numbers plus grade school performances and a tenor banjo trio solo and orchestra pieces
Independence Ia May 28 The school board bought 10 riverfront lots from the J E Cook estate for 4500 dollars to create a playground and athletic field for Independence High and city schools. Plans include a river retaining wall brush clearing and shrub planting. The board may add land for a field house and a junior college course enrollment needs 20 students to break even.
The reader lists country groups by regions and seas. Items mention Denmark through Lithuania, Germany, a central European bloc, Luxembourg, Adriatic and various seas, plus notes on Lapland and Latvia. The Po River is also cited as a geographic feature.
William Rupprecht died of heart disease while gardening. His funeral was held at Peace Evangelical church in Dysart conducted by Rev Paul H Kittener. He is survived by a daughter Mrs George Bredehoft near Tama Porte City. his wife predeceased him.
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