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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1939
Page
10
Joyce Jones of Montgomery Alabama and her partner Thomas Riley demonstrate the boomps a daisy in New York photos. The couple tap hands perform a hip swish, bow and curtsey before a four bar waltz and reprise. Grandpa, throw away that cane.
The Park Avenue Methodist Sunday school elected Mrs M O Briggs as superintendent for the coming year at a Monday church meeting. An all female and male staff were named for assistant roles, with department heads and committees listed including several local members.
Muscatine County received 822.10 in allocated funds from July taxes reported by the state commerce commission via AP. Cedar County got 916.62 and Louisa County 129.97. total allocations were 34227.73. Funds originate from motor freight carriers and support maintenance of main highways used by the carriers.
Open competitive examinations listed for several government posts in Washington with Sept. 9 filing deadline. Positions include marketing specialist and associate grades in agricultural marketing service, chief and head dietitians with age limits, lithographic transferrer in treasury, and a four year apprenticeship path. Full details from W N Stirlen, secretary, U S Civil Service Board of Examiners.
Christian Schmidt transfers E 1-2 SW 1-4 section 12-78-3W and E's lot 4 section 8-78-2W to Henrietta Schmidt et al. Elizabeth Kelley deeds part lot 13 block 1 Brook Street addition to Muscatine to L F Moore. Paul Brandt and wife convey lot 12 block 76 Park Place addition to Muscatine to Myrtle and Lee Anson for $75.
Des Moines IA AP Chief of Detectives Jack Brophy released descriptions of two men questioned in the Dreher murder inquiry. Fred Ostenrieder 21 years old 5 feet 11 inches 165 pounds brown hair scar on left knee tattoos may have served 30 days for vagrancy in Minneapolis. Francis Welch 28 a Providence Rhode Island laborer 5 feet 6 inches 150 pounds fair complexion upper arms tattooed sailor and flag design left arm eagle flag U S A on right arm.
The Reins family reunion met at Kahler hall in Durant on Sunday with 47 attendees for a noon picnic. Card games and accordion music by George Geest of Montpelier followed in the afternoon. Officers elected for the coming year are Lillian Feldhahn Davenport president Emma Hamann Sunbury vice president Ferdinand Carstens Durant secretary treasurer. Plans set for the next reunion the first Sunday in August 1940 in Washington Iowa. H C Hamann Sunbury was the oldest member present and Shirley Feldhahn Durant the youngest.
Fire caused by a short circuit endangered a model A Ford truck owned by R. A. Thompson at the Thompson coal yard located at 1205 Washington Street. Fire originated in the yard facilities and prompted quick response from local volunteers.
The Muscatine board of education adopted its budget for the coming fiscal year at a special called meeting in city hall. No objections were registered and a follow up meeting was scheduled to allow taxpayers to express views on the estimates.
A playful scientific comparison notes that if Jupiter were an orange sized planet the Earth would shrink to a pea in the same scale. The second quip humorously imagines William the Conqueror presenting a white soup recipe to his cook with a manor house as a prize.
Firefighters from the central and No 2 stations answered a general alarm this morning at 7 18. The blaze caused only minor damage and started at a point where a spark plug wire was bare of insulation.
The first Muscatine building permit, dated August 1, 1903, approved construction of the central fire station on Sycamore Street. Sam Shoup uncovered the record while surveying permits for a WPA project for the U S Department of Labor.
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