South Muscatine Fishing Season Opens May 18
Local anglers prepare for opening of South Muscatine Slough season as Iowa inland streams begin May 15. Improvements to the slough, including drainage work and Leutzinger bar removal, promise better fishing, though enthusiasts worry to seasonal shifts. Several residents, including Miss Elizabeth Healey and Miss Hazel Essex, are noted in town after visits and travels.
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Iowa
Muscatine
Lowa
Elizabeth Healey
Ardon
Walter Martin
Wapello
Hazel Essex
Chicago
Ill
Annual Excursion Planned on May 24 Aboard Steamer Columbia
The Roach and Musser Hose company committee set final plans for the first excursion of the year to Davenport. The Carnival City Packet steamer Columbia has been chartered for Sunday May 24, offering a river trip that promises social and financial success. The H E R dancing club will not meet on Good Friday.
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Roach and Musser Hose Company
Columbia
Carnival City Packet Company
Davenport
Fire destroys large pile of Iowa Telephone poles
A blaze in South Muscatine destroyed about 1000 dollars worth of Iowa Telephone Company poles stored beside the Herget box factory. The fire, likely started by a careless smoker, was reported by Fred Herget as flames consumed the entire pile before responders could stop it. Local manager Frank W. Bishop was away. exact loss not yet known.
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Iowa Telephone Company
South Muscatine
Herget
Fred Herget
Frank W. Bishop
South End
James Farr
Davenport
C. S. Vincent
Otto Reinwick
Dubuque
Ethel Meisner
Letts
George Baker
Harry Meese
Sunrise and Easter Programs at Grace English Lutheran
Grace English Lutheran plans a sunrise service at 5 22 a m on Sunday with a choir, solos, and an Easter lesson. A 9 30 a m church extension by the Sunday school follows, then a 10 45 a m regular service with communion and a full Easter program led by various choirs, recitations, and a church extension talk. Evening service at 7 30 includes holy communion and a sermon titled The Triumphs of the Cross.
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Grace English Lutheran Church
Calvary
Bertha Wingerter
Frederic Boldt
Clara Downer
Mabel Bronner
John Gent
Velma Grimm
Arthur Angersbach
Emma
Pauline Lang
Effie
Eva Groves
Nellie Phillips
Fern Dodge
Hilda Crow
Juanita Jones
Frieda Lang
Laura Freund
Betty Anderson
Gretchen Riemenschneider
Charlotte Liebbe
School For Church Extension
River Carnival Planned For Fourth Of July Racing
River carnival plans are under discussion by the Mississippi Power Boat Association and local launch club for July 4. A committee last night set six races for the afternoon, plus an endurance run to Davenport on July 3, with a possible evening carnival if enthusiasm grows. Races are Class A to D with five mile events, plus a two mile novelty race for boats not in other races.
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Mississippi Power Boat Association
Davenport
Theater Manager Freed in Sundaxe Labor Case
Kansas City report says Judge Porterfield instructed the jury which then acquitted Martin Leh Man, manager of the Orpheum theater, on charges of violating Missouri Sunday labor laws. The verdict follows deliberations in the criminal court yesterday.
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Kansas City
Porterfield
Martin Leh Man
Orpheum
Missouri
Aledo Eyes Electric Interurban to Rock Island
The Democratic of Aledo Illinois advocates reviving an interurban to Rock Island to escape wilderness conditions. Farmers back the plan as a remedy for inadequate Q Line service and argue an electric link from Monmouth to Rock Island would boost freight and passenger traffic, with Rock Island as a hub for tri cities and longer journeys.
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Aledo
Rock Island
Monmouth
Tri-Cities
Strong as a male finds strength through proper food
A cowboy turned farmer details stomach illness from beef and potatoes and sleep loss. After trying Grape-Nuts, two weeks bring improvement and weight up to 184 lbs. He credits the food for renewed strength and notes others in town also try it. The ad ends with the Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich. and a nudge to read The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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