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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1926
Page
2
Cranston Iowa August 16 committees finalize the fifteenth annual Cranston community picnic to be held Thursday August 19 at the Cranston Grove. Principal speakers are Attorneys E R Tipton and G A Allbee both of Muscatine. Afternoon program features races with three cash prizes per event and a basket dinner at noon.
Des Moines notes report 3000 strong Iowa National Guard inspection at Camp Dodge with Governor Hammill and generals in review. Mason City hosts North Iowa Fair opening with speeches by Brookhart Porter and Stewart. Iowa City plans freshman only registration day Sept 16. Corning residents protest primary road grade raise by six feet. Monticello mourns 18 month old Harold Simmerman who died after falling into kerosene tank.
Miss Clara Willson of Aurora Illinois visited Thursday. Mrs Charles Gregory returned from Burlington where she cared for Mr Gregory after appendicitis surgery. Rev R L Wilson and daughter Catherine with son Alvin of Dewitt Indiana visited. Alvin heads to Stanton Kentucky to teach next year.
Arlie Westbrook six year old son of Mr and Mrs Fred S Westbrook died Saturday at 11 15 am after seven months with organic heart disease. Funeral services were held at 2 pm at the Methodist Episcopal church and he was buried in Grandview cemetery. He was born May 12 1920 in Grandview township and is survived by his parents two sisters Betty and Reta Marie and a brother Neal.
Mrs. E. R. King and daughter Maude traveled to Davenport with Mrs. King returning Saturday and Maude on Sunday. They visited Mrs. King’s sister Mrs. L. W. Struble. Mrs. Roscoe Eliason hosts Miss Flora Lee, a former local teacher. W. E. Zimmerman and family were weekend visitors from Muscatine.
Announcement of Miss Malinda Gurevik of Durant Iowa to Clarence Blank of Stockton notes an approaching marriage with date not yet set. Both are well known in Muscatine county communities.
Anna McChesney, 79, of Wapello Ia, died early Sunday at her home. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at the home with burial in Wapello cemetery. Survived by two daughters and four sons. grandson Raymond Archibald called in from Chicago.
Luke Wymer a 43 year old truck driver lies in earshey hospital recovering from ingesting Lysol Saturday night. Police say he refused to speak and was found in an alley behind the Red Men dance hall with a partially empty Lysol bottle nearby. Dr E B Fulham Jr used a stomach pump to remove the poison.
E. A. Sparling of Mount City, recently elected superintendent of Muscatine schools, is expected in Muscatine late today and will assume duties on Sept. 1, succeeding C. K. Hayes who resigned. Stop Look Trinity choir boys excursion announced for Aug 24.
A brief recipe lists ingredients for cookies: sugar, butter, eggs, milk, baking powder, nutmeg, and flour. Instructions describe creaming, mixing, rolling, cutting shapes, sprinkling sugar, and baking in a hot oven. The tone invites vacations and refreshment.
The county board of supervisors outlined first year road contracts to be bid Wednesday under the June 23 program. County Engineer Halbfass described linked completed projects, site ready locations, and plans for gravel paving on 20.17 miles and grading on 3.18 miles, with curb and guard rail work at Funck’s hill.
Pairings for the Geneva Golf and Country Club championship were set yesterday. Eighteen hole matches start immediately with a first round due by Monday August 23 and finals on Labor Day. Contests include putting, driving, approaching and a one club event.
Des Moines Aug 16 AP Salary increases totaling about 30 000 are asked by state officers led by Gov Hammill and state employees to boost the budget. Hammill seeks 8 000 governor pay and 600 for rent. other raises cover Board of Control Parole Secretary of State State Treasurer and more with various adjustments. Additional requests include labor inspector librarian staff and larger appropriations for the Ames Iowa Historical Society and the blind commission.
The United Brethren church reopened after six weeks of work with interior and exterior repainting and minor upgrades costing 1800 dollars. A further 2450 dollars has been pledged as improvements continue, while parsonage work is planned before completion. Rev Ira Hawley spoke on An Open Door reflecting on church origins and mission. Two more union services are slated with Rev J B Rendall as speaker.
Wilmington, Aug 16 AP Directors of E I Du Pont de Nemours and Company raised the common stock dividend from 2 percent to 3 1 2 percent and declared it payable Sept 15 to stockholders of record Sept 1 The regular dividend of 11 2 percent on debenture stock was declared payable Oct 25 to stockholders of record Oct 9
Des Moines Iowa honors Della Weeks Moore regimental nurse for the Fifty first Iowa before its later designation the 168th when two generals saluted her Major General Matt Tinley and Brigadier General Lloyd D. Ross paid respects as war mother of the unit.
A buttered baking dish is layered with equal cubes of cold boiled potatoes and beets. The mix is well seasoned and topped with bacon strips. Bake slowly until the bacon browns and crisps.
During the morning rush a commuter train from Spring Valley collided with an outgoing Erie terminal train in Jersey City New Jersey. Nine teens were injured with three seriously hurt.
A pivotal 2 PM hearing before Judge H. D. Horst examines whether Muscatine may enact parking and traffic rules and whether the police court has authority to enforce them. Herbert Thompson, for C. H. Jones, contests the demurrer arguing Iowa law does not empower the city or its court to regulate parking in streets and public places. Jones faces a charge for parking in a red no parking zone previously.
Rain totaling 0.77 inch fell in Council Bluffs with thunder and lightning, a statewide sweep of rain across southwestern Iowa. Sioux City recorded 0.72 inch lifting August total above normal, while St Paul faced heavy wind and rain causing tree and wire damage and streetcar service outages for hours.
Harrington pled guilty to intoxication before Justice H D Horst and was ordered to serve 30 days in the county jail. Police and deputies arrested him after West Hill disturbances near Lucas and Newell. Earlier, David Bauerbach and Chad Swan were fined $5 and costs for speeding and running a stop light respectively. Howard Lord seeks a venue change and a hearing is set before Justice J C Coster.
The twenty fifth annual chautauqua starts Tuesday in Columbus Juntion. Readings include children’s work at 9 00, Miss Juanita Rees of the Welsh neighborhood. A 2 30 concert features the College Singing Girls followed by Wherohiko Rawei of the South Sea Islands.
Mrs. Elizabeth Chamberlain of the Unionall Factory in Trenton New Jersey says she values efficiency and health alike. She reports remarkably good results from Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and urges fellow workers to use it to protect their health as a key asset.
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