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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1927
Page
4
A quiet couple Fred and Elsie Pullen live an uneventful life with their daughter Julia until a new guest arrives. Mrs Hamilton’s spreading rumors, a shopping spree, and a mysterious Chinese writing hidden in a lacquer chest threaten to unravel their routine. The chest reveals secret writings that hint at tangled family and neighborhood tensions.
Pullen and his wife discuss a scrap of text one cannot translate and wonder what it implies. He suggests a laundryman might read it, but cannot translate it into Tenguish. A Chink who will read it may be sought. the doorbell rings signaling the start of strange events to be continued.
Rookies stars Karl Dane and George K Arthur in a military life farce at the Plaza for a week. Dane plays a hardbit sergeant against Arthur, a cabaret entertainer pressed into service, with Marceling Day as the romance and Louise Lorraine as a vamp. Other cast includes Frank Currier and more. The program also features Will Rogers in Dublin and a news reel plus vaudeville with Maa and Helen Murry and Karl Dubbert offering a mix of jazz, classical, and opera flavors. Midnight show at 11:30 tonight.
Littleton La May 28 Triumph school closed yesterday with a program by teacher Miss Helen Harrington and pupils on May 29. William Robert, ill for months at his sister Mrs T B Durham's home, is in critical condition. Memorial Day observance planned at Presbyterian church at 2 p m with graves of 32 soldiers to be decorated. Ladies Aid to serve dinner June 2 at George Rehbere home. Mrs Estella Pierce, longtime resident, near farm, is critically ill. She recently recovered from erysipelas but complications worsened.
Hoover will deliver a graphic word picture of flood conditions in the south via a 90 minute NBC program. He will speak from New York WEAF at 7 p m and be introduced by Merlin Hall Ayresworth before the broadcast shifts to New Orleans.
William Rupprecht, fatally stricken with heart disease in his garden, was buried today at Peace Evangelical church in Dysart. Survived by daughter Mrs. George Bredehott of Ia Forte City. wife preceded him in death. Funeral conducted by Rev Paul Kittener.
Myles J. Hildee will address Our Lady of Victory academy graduates at final exercises in the O L V A auditorium Tuesday night. Very Rev. Edward Slattery will confer honors. The program includes orchestral numbers, chorus, and performances by primary through eighth grade students, along with solo and instrument numbers.
Independence Iowa May 28. The Independence school system will gain a new playground and athletic field after purchasing 10 lots from the estate of the late J E Cook for 4500 dollars. The land lies along the river three blocks south of the high school and across from Third ward park. Plans include a river retaining wall, clearing brush, and shrubbery. The board may buy adjacent land for a field house. Miss Lois Lorenzen was named census taker and secretary to Superintendent Roberts. Mrs Anna Winter remains as high school matron. Interest in junior college enrollment is high, needing at least 20 students to be viable. Also noted a father’s passing in Eldora and burial there.
The reader lists names of European countries and regions in a quiz format. Items include Denmark through Lithuania, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Jugoslovakia, Bulgaria, Roumania, Luxembourg, Adriatic and other seas, plus notes on Lapland and Latvia.
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