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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1930
Page
2
Funeral services were held for R G Sproat slain Tipton businessman and vigilante. The inquest found he was shot by persons known to the jury. The late Sproat, a longtime Tipton resident, was buried in the Tipton Masonic cemetery after services at the Presbyterian church.
Lorene Evalyn Kathryn and Marie Morris daughters of Mr and Mrs E C Morris grow an acre to one and a half acres of pickles on the Morris farm near West Branch Iowa to fund their next winter’s education Lorene will start as a sophomore at Penn College in September Evalyn graduates high school next spring and all four work with only occasional help from family they rent land from their father paying 11 dollars per acre and ship to a Rochester Muscatine factory every other day.
In Wapello Iowa funeral services for Mrs Melissa James who died Thursday were held Saturday at the family home conducted by Rev Jesse Huddle. Burial followed at Fulton cemetery with pallbearers James Bates Jesse Paxson Guy Mullen N W Marshall H A Marshall and William Marshall. Garden club meetings and local society notes follow with community events and visits in the region.
A half mile wide tornado swept through Cedar bottom near Conesville Iowa on Saturday afternoon with uprooted trees and heavy rain. No livestock loss or injuries reported. Nearby social and church gatherings continued as residents noted local visits and upcoming services.
Mrs. Rose Kent celebrated her eightieth birthday at her daughter’s home with a post card shower. Nora Hingst visits relatives in Salem Iowa. Mrs. Vivian Weile returns home after an appendectomy. J S Reed returns from the Mississippi bottom. Garnet Graham of Rockford Illinois visits Grandview. Thieves steal 35 to 40 gallons of gasoline from Harary Martin station. Inez Cross hosts Sigma Kappa club. Mary Zimmerman of Des Moines visits relatives. Farm Bureau picnic attendance and bread making contest results noted. Katharine Howell and Dorothy Downs win first place and a free trip to the state fair. Warren Martin suffers a badly cut hand in a wind shield incident milling into a truck.
Nichols Iowa Aug 11 The Berean class will meet with Mrs Ernest Kirchner Thursday afternoon at the Albert Bottomly home Officers for the coming year will be elected Hostesses are Mrs George Kirchin Mrs Sherman Fox and Mrs Ern est Kirchner The last quarterly conference of the year will be held at the Methodist church Thursday evening Several families visited or were guests here over the weekend including Mr and Mrs Menzer and son Vernon of Lone Tree and Miss Verna Taylor of Sweetland Others visited or returned home after calls with local residents and relatives through Sunday
Mildred Gottbrecht of Muscatine visited West Liberty with Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Crees. Ella Davis of Washington DC plans a vacation with friends and relatives, staying with Mrs. Esther Ellyson. Clyde Kirby’s family welcomed an eight pound daughter born at Hershey hospital in Muscatine. Katherine Brooke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brooke Jr., broke her arm after a roller skating fall. Adah Rebekah lodge Past Noble Grand circle postponed and will meet August 26 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Smith of West Branch.
Ames Iowa August 11 Iowa's best baby beef feeder for 1929 30 is A H Whittum of Stuart Adair county who led with a loaded Angus averaging 954 pounds per calf at 410 days Otto Schouboe Harlan placed second with 936 pounds per calf G C Chadima and Sons Fairfax took third with 932 pounds per calf Heidemfer and Dawson Richland placed fourth with Herefords Ralph Childs Manchester fifth with Angus 865 pounds Oscar Johnson Gowrie sixth with Polled Herefords 802 pounds The third annual contest drew 22 entries but only six finished and shared 600 in prize money based on weights and gains away from last year the judges noted the strong effect of feeding methods and creeping gains for the winners.
Morning Sun consolidated school in Morning Sun Iowa will open Monday August 25 with Ross L Barnett returning as superintendent. Charles Livingstone of Andrew township will take over as manager and butter maker at the Farmers creamery here. The article also notes local social visits and travelers including Howard Willson and family proceeding to Russia for Soviet government work and various residents visiting Garna villa and Des Moines.
Ainsworth reports include the Women's Home Missionary society picnic at Ed Lins home and the United Presbyterian Ladies entering the Junior Missionaries program. Sunshine Community club hosts at Edna Reubsam home with plans for a watermelon social. Visitors include Mrs. Matthews and others. several families travel and visit relatives. local clubs meet with high scores noted at Glen Davis' home.
Ames Iowa August 11 reports show hot dry pastures cut butterfat by about seven million pounds and butter by nearly eight and a half million pounds from May to July. North Tama leads cow testing with 34.1 pounds butterfat per cow, while R C Wood tops producers at 53.7 pounds fat per cow.
The Glad Hand Missionary society held its regular Thursday meeting at the United Presbyterian church parlors while a family spent a week with their daughter Lola in Aurora.
A gasoline stove explosion caused a fire in Greenfield that destroyed two buildings and their contents and badly damaged a third, with an estimated loss of 20000 dollars. In Des Moines Edwin Baker, 15, confessed to stealing a car and was returned from Mason City. Also 11th Cavalry staged a regimental review for Brig. Gen. Park A. Findley before 6000 spectators.
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