Hereford herd on exhibition at Hillandale farm
Sixteen head of purebred Hereford cattle from Hillandale farm 1206 Lucas Street head to summer fair circuit. Prince Domino Heir leads in Davenport Illinois Mississippi Valley fair and other shows. The herd, mostly Coronet Incom progeny, will also appear at Illinois Iowa and Central States exhibitions. Ownership rests with C R Musser, with Charles W Hendriks managing and William Robertson assisting.
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Hillandale Farm
Lucas Street
Davenport
Davenport Fair
Prince Domino Heir
Chicago
Kansas City Royal
Princess Woodford
Muscatine
Coronet Incom
Springfield
Des Moines
The Great Talkie Season at Fox Palace Promises High Morals
Manager John Creamer touts the greater talkie season at Fox Palace as a national celebration of better films and moral uplift. He cites films like All Quiet on the Western Front as marquee attractions and notes producers pledge to show finer talkies in coming months. The article also notes that balsa weighs about seven pounds per square foot, about half cork’s weight.
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Fox Palace
John Creamer
America
Muscatine
Western Front
Missionary Group Sponsors Program At Sweetland Church
Weather limited attendance but over 150 people joined a mixed program at Sweetland Methodist Episcopal church Wednesday night. Six women from First Baptist Muscatine Pleasant Prairie youths and Sweetland children performed readings music and a flower drill. Proceeds totaling about 25 dollars go to missionary work.
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Sweetland Methodist Episcopal Church
First Baptist Church
Muscatine
Pleasant Prairie
Sweetland
William van Ysseldyk
Harry Rininsland
Marguerite Hoefflin
Louise Heitz
Lillie Friederichsen
Schneider
Lucile Horst
Missionary Society
Tony Gettert
Emma Baker
Mae Bill
Rita Day
Ladies Aid Disbands For September at Park Avenue Church
The Ladies' Aid Society of Park Avenue Methodist Church holds its final meeting until September 3. Officers will be elected in September and a social event is planned in early September to fund a new furnace. Members present were Mrs. Nelle Duncan Mrs. Hugh Walker Mrs. Tom Hungate and Mrs. George Brogan with Mrs. Brogan and Mrs. Belle Ryder as hostesses. Eighty gross of buttons were carded by 20 members at the gathering.
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Schreurs
Weed Park
Fred Schreurs
Charles Nyenhuis
Glenn Pollock
Ed Schoemaker
William Hendriks
Charles
Jennie Freers
John Pollock
Ladies’ Aid Society
Park Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Nelle Duncan
Hugh Walker
Tom Hungate
George Brogan
Aid
Belle Ryder
Lodge Group Shifts Picnic to Odd Fellows Hall
Frequent showers Wednesday caused the Past Noble Grands association of the Miriam Rebekah lodge to move its annual picnic from Weed Park to the Odd Fellows hall. A supper was served and an informal social period followed. next meeting set for Sept. 3 at Mrs. Etta Chant's East Fifth Street home with Mrs. Ethel Sissel assisting.
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Noble Grands Association
Miriam Rebekah Lodge
Weed Park
Odd Fellows Hall
Etta Chant
East Fifth Street
Ethel Sissel
Ladies Aid Society Holds All Day Work Meeting
Members of the Zeigler Memorial Lutheran church Ladies Aid Society in New Era gathered at the community building for an all day work meeting. They began with a potluck dinner at noon and spent the afternoon quilting.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Zeigler Memorial Lutheran Church
New Era
Lukenbach Bound to Grand Jury Tooman Is Fined
Tippie Lukenbach waived preliminary hearing in Justice Horst s court on a charge of driving an automobile while intoxicated and was bound over to the grand jury under bonds of 300 dollars. He was arrested on Oregon Street Wednesday morning by Chief of Police Mark Taylor. Roy Tooman Jr Burlington Road paid a fine of 5 dollars and costs in Judge Horst s court on a charge of speeding.
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Tippie
Lukenbach
H. D. Horst
Oregon Street
Mark Taylor
Roy Tooman, Jr
Burlington Road
Bid Placed on Illinois Route 84 Between Muscatine and Illinois City
The Central Engineering Company of Davenport submitted the low bid of 134130.44 dollars to the Illinois department of public works and buildings to finish paving Illinois high way No. 84 between the Muscatine high bridge and Illinois City. Grading work has advanced toward readiness for a concrete slab, as crews have completed grading toward the junction with No. 3 at Taylor Ridge. The section from the Muscatine high bridge to Illinois City is the final unpaved stretch on this route, with prior segments completed in 1929 and earlier this year. The firm recently finished a paving contract on federal highway No. 32 between Wilton and Durant and currently has Muscatine county crews at work. There are no fish in the Dead Sea due to high salinity.
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Betwenllinois City
Muscatine High Bridge
Central Engineering Company
Davenport
Illinois Department of Public Works
Tri-Cities
Illinois City
Taylor Ridge
Wilton
Durant
Muscatine County
Arrest on Hershey Avenue by Motorcycle Officers
A person was arrested on Hershey Avenue at 2 35 p m Wednesday afternoon by Motorcycle Officer J Harold Barnard and Officer William Tobias.
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Hershey Avenue
J. Harold Barnard
William Tobias
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J.C. Broad
West Second St
Ed Horst
Grace English Lutheran Church
Horst Cottage
Cedar River
Roy Pearson
August Prien
NEW Era Aid
Tooman
Davenport Firm Law
Dead Sea
Tan
Brown Shoe
Gasolene
Cities Service. Oil Company
Cities Service Company
William Fox
Victor McLaglen
Lilyan Tashman
William Harrigan
Fox Movietone
Quence
Heman
Koolmotor
Cities Service Orchestra
Cities Service Cava- Dragonette
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