Frams Banquet Speech Connects Belgians and Iowans
Prince Albert de Ligne Belgian ambassador to the United States spoke at Hotel Russell Lomson on a banquet for 50 guests hosted by Holbert Horse Importing Co of Greeley Ta. He recalled his first voyage beyond the Mississippi and said he felt at home amid Iowa hospitality, noting a Belgian priest in common with Iowans.
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Fred Holbert
Holbert Horse Importing Company
Greeley
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Prince Albert de Ligne
United States
Mississippi
Iowa
Prince de Ligne
Belgian Visitor Praises Iowa History and Farms
Prince de Ligne spoke in Waterloo praising Iowa culture and education, noting Father de Smedt as an early educator at Council Bluffs and Waterloo’s founding. He highlighted Belgian ties, urged buying Belgian horses, and praised Iowa roads and farmers while downplaying automobiles.
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Hig
Hainaut
Mississippi Valley
America
Prince da Ligné
Iowa
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Council Bluffs
Waterloo
Prince de Ligne
Waterloos Belgian Draft Horse Show Highlighted
Altstadt spoke at a cattle congress meeting noting the Waterloo Belgian show as the largest Belgian draft horse event in the United States and the only exclusive breed show. Wentz Kirby Conner and others contributed to the discussion as officials of the American Association of Importers and Breeders of Belgian Draft Horses.
French Sculptor Still Working On Tiger Bust
In Les Bables D'Olerine France Sept 30 George Clemenceau again sits for sculptor Rene Godard amid ongoing work on a bust of the famed Tiger. The ex-premier has long freted over health and vision as the world watches his condition.
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France
George Clemenceau
Rene Godard
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Rer Ee Waterloo
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Earl Carroll
Eddie Cantor
44Th Street Theatre
New York
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van Camp
JounEde
Mark
Waterloo Fruit & Commission Co
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