Area students to receive degrees at Iowa summer convocation
Muscatine county and surrounding areas will obtain degrees at the University of Iowa largest summer convocation in history. A total of 494 awards will be conferred by President Eugene A. Gilmore in the Iowa Union lounge with Dr. John A. McGeoch delivering the address.
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Muscatine County
University of Iowa
Eugene A. Gilmore
Iowa Union
John A. McGeoch
Wesleyan University of Connecticut
Lillie E. Friederichsen
B. A
Muscatine
George Asher Fuller
M. A
Cedar
George Waldo Case
Clarence
Margaret E. Phelps
B. S
West Branch
Theodore B. Mansager
Columbus Junction
Morris Car! Martin, Jr
Cotter
James F. Lopez
Grandview
Charles Alfred Bedford
Oakville
Florence Potter
Warello
Scott
William
Julius Hage
Nancy Elizabeth Patton
Nancy E. Reigel
John Car! Teufel
William Frederic Teufel
Walter R. Schwarte
B.S
Iowa Weather Through Century Seen By Observers
John H. Haefner recounts Iowa weather and its appeal from early diary records to the growth of federal and state stations. The piece traces 19th century entries from Burlington Muscatine and Iowa City and notes figures like Theodore Parvin and Gustavus Hinrichs shaping climatological data and the shift to national weather services.
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Iowa
Haefner
Muscatine
Iowa City
National Weather Service
Davenport
Keokuk
Dubuque
Des Moines
Sioux City
Gustavus Hinrichs
University of Iowa
Hinrichs
General Assembly
Methodists at Mediapolis Clash Under Lights
The First Methodist kittenball team faces Mediapolis at Oregon Field tonight at 8 o'clock. Local officials announce the showcase under floodlights with both teams ready.
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Methodist
Mediapolis
Floadlights
Oregon Field
Quartet From York College Delights York Neb Churchgoers
The York college quartet from York Nebraska performed a program of sacred secular and humorous numbers at United Brethren church on Wednesday night. Members Wayne Dahlstedt Jerry Dierdorff Scott Heatherington and Alfred Kamm joined the program after traveling 7200 miles from the national Christian Education conference in Lakeside Ohio and a Lake Erie trip. Dierdorff spoke for York college and Christian Education while Dahlstedt presented piano tricks. Ruth Brandstetter and Fred Carlsen are noted York college students.
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York College
York
Neb
United Brethren Church
Wayne Dahlstedt
Jerry Dierdorff
Scott Heatherington
Alfred Kamm
Christian Education Conference
Lakeside
Ohio
Lake Erie
Christian Education
Ruth Brandstetter
A. L. Brandstetter
Fred Carlsen
West Fifth Street
Death of Sergt William Campbell Freeman in Washington DC
Mrs. Sadie Craddock learns of the death of her brother Sergt William Campbell Freeman at his Washington DC home on July 19. Burial with military honors took place at Arlington. Freeman, a former east resident for 39 years, served in the Philippines and belonged to Company A Engineers. He was born in Muscatine to Mr. and Mrs. David Freeman and is survived by his sister, his widow, and three sons in the US Army. A church program is planned at Grace Evangelical and Reformed in Wilton at 8 p.m. with Rev J M Newgard presiding and Estella Broomfield as evangelist.
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Sadie Craddock
West Second Street
Sergt William Campbell Freeman
Washington
DD. C
Arlington Cemetery
Mr. Freeman
Philippines
Company A, Engineers
Sergt. Freeman
Tuscatine
David Freeman
Luellen
William Winfield
Albert
U. S. Army
Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church
Wilton
J. M. Newgard
Estella Broomfield
Des Moines
Bethel Singers to Present Program for Wilton Church
Bethel A. M. E. church choir from Muscatine led by Rev. W. M. Berry will present a program at Wilton Church. The event features a group of singers and the pastor will accompany them.
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Bethel Singers
Wilton Church
Bethel A. M. E. Church of
Longview Club Plans Wiener Roast at Longview Park
The Longview Community club met to map plans for a wiener roast on August 16 at Longview park for members and their families. Mrs. Florence Mason and Mrs. Hammann named to the social committee for August.
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Longview
Bids Sought for Mercer County Graveling and Surfacing
Mercer County invites bids for graveling 5.58 miles Seaton to Keithsburg and surfacing 2700 feet of Keithsburg streets. Four proposals include grade 7 gravel and grade 10 crushed stone deliveries to Keithsburg and Seaton, with a bid deadline of August 11. The note ends with an unrelated line about the praying mantis.
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Mercer County
Aledo
Seaton
Keithsburg
Joseph G. Burns
Taft Signals Willingness to Seek 1940 GOP Nomination
Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio declared in a letter to Cincinnati Republican leader George F. Eyrich that he would be willing to have his name designated as the first choice of delegates for the 1940 Republican National Convention. He stressed his Senate work and warned that unless party leaders pursue radical reform, the nation cannot sustain solvency and liberty. He noted he would not “run away from a harder job” and urged bold action against New Deal fallacies.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
George F. Eyrich
Republican Executive Committee
Cincinnati
Taft
Eyrich
United States
Burrows Nominated Again for Wilton Postmaster
Olive A. Burrows of Wilton is re nominated for the Wilton postmaster job by President Franklin D Roosevelt per an Associated Press dispatch from Washington. Other Iowa nominations include John E Levien for Keota. Some giraffes reach heights of 17 feet.
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Olive A. Burrows
Wilton
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Associated Press
Washington
Iowa
John E. Levien
Keota
Two Paths for Renewal: Welfare and Business Revival Debate
The passage outlines a debate between expanding relief and pensions to aid the less fortunate and restoring financial solvency to spur business initiative and growth. It acknowledges the difficulty and unpleasantness of achieving both goals together.
Funeral Rites Held For Mrs Wilhelminis Lange Zeug
Services for Mrs. Wilhelminis Lange Zeug were held at 2 p m Wednesday at George M Wittich Funeral Home. Rev F C Schmidt of the Evangelical and Reformed church officiated. Burial was in Greenwood cemetery. Organist was Mrs George Holliday. Flower attendants and casket bearers are named.
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Wilhelminis Lange Zeug
East Fourth Street
George M. Wittich
F. C. Schmidt
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Bufialo
Greenwood Cemetery
George Holliday
Old Rugged Cross
Haven of Rest
Fern Mittman
William Reger
Mildred Heussner
Violet Klein
Harold and
Alvin Heussner
Kermit
Arnold Petersen
Clifford Klein
Helmuth Lange
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