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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1926
Page
7
Muscatine county supervisors to meet at 1 p m to hear objections to the 1927 budget then open bids for the first year's road work. Bids cover 20.17 miles of gravel 3.18 miles of grading 2500 feet of guard rails and 1600 feet of curb and gutter including graveling of road No 38 and part of No 7 from its junction with No 4 through Wilton.
Clyde Sanders was sentenced to 20 days in the county jail after pleading guilty to intoxication before Justice H. D. Horst. The repeater was arrested in the courthouse yard by Deputy Marshal Cal Schreiber and Desk Sergeant Cleve Bryant at 2 40 yesterday afternoon.
Cincinnati, Aug. 18. The Ford airplanes taking part in the liability tour arrived from Indianapolis in one hour and 39 minutes. The 21 planes will stay today for exhibitions. Tomorrow they will depart for Cleveland to pass the day there.
A light shower refreshed the city and lowered temperatures to 64 degrees this morning, the coolest in two months. Rainfall yesterday reached 1.5 inches, with forecasters predicting little temperature change for 24 hours. The river rose another two inches to 2.5 feet as clouds and possible thunderstorms loom tonight and Thursday.
Rain at New York caused the international boxing program at Ebbets Field to be postponed until Friday night. The light heavyweight bout features Paul Berlenbach once world champion versus Francis Charles the French titleholder with the earlier bouts moved to the new date.
Muscatine county bank deputies and bankers will meet tomorrow night in the courthouse. J R Quinlan, state department of justice special agent, will speak and advise with the vigilantes. Quinlan was appointed to aid organization work among county vigilance committees. There are 44 bank deputies in Muscatine County. Sheriff Ed Sander said all had been notified.
Local businessmen pledged nearly $2,500 to support the Iowa department American Legion convention entertainment fund. The Association of Commerce returned these pledges after the event moved from Muscatine to Clinton, where the convention will be held in September. Pledges were given last fall and winter to supplement $1,500 from the Legion post, with reductions to occur as excursions dances or indoor circuses boosted funds.
About sixty registered mail packages believed to total $100,000 sent from Chicago to western points may be among the loot from an Union Pacific train 5 holdup at Green River Wyoming last Saturday. Post office inspector chief Rush D. Simmons sent inspector Robert B. Mundelle to Salt Lake City to aid the investigation.
Max Everett of Des Moines state high school tennis champion and fifth in the state and G M Sweet seventh ranked in state will enter the Mississippi Valley district tennis tournament opening tomorrow. Everett won the state prep title at Iowa City this spring defeating Brody in the finals. The pair drive to Muscatine and will arrive this evening.
Pleasant Prairie Ia Aug 18 Fulton Industrial Workers 4 H club girls met at Helen Springmeier home for programs including demonstrations on balance in a room and decorating vases, talks on health effects of misfitting shoes, and needlework. Next meeting Sept 20 at Adele Bockwoldt’s home.
A revival, under the Raum evangelistic party and Clarke Fund, will begin Thursday at 7 45 PM in a large East Sixth Street tent near Cedar Street with 600 seats. Evangelist J S Raum of Cincinnati leads, aided by Russell Green of Rising Sun Ind as song leader and Miss Lucile Baum as soloist and children's worker. The event may form a church if enough members enroll.
Arrangements for the annual Sweetland Institute to be held in October at the Sweetland Methodist Episcopal church basement will be discussed by the institute committee Friday evening August 20. A. J. Wood serves as president of the institute.
Mrs. Lillian Hartman 58 died of cancer at J. F. Lukenbach’s Fruitland home at 9 this morning after a year and a half illness. Born January 15 1868 in Lisbon Ta she moved to the city in 1901 and lived here since. She married Joseph Hartman January 16 1964 in Muscatine and is survived by husband son Floyd two brothers J F and W M, a sister Mrs Kate Hoveghton, and a grandchild. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm at her brother’s Fruitland home conducted by Rev. C W Hempstead with Greenwood Cemetery interment.
London reports Frank Power, a British newsman, denies hoax claims about tampering with the casket said to contain the late Lord Kitchener. He notes the shell inside the casket cannot be the body’s shell and says he placed it in the coffin in Norway. Power, returning from Portsmouth with his wife, visited Scotland Yard with undisclosed details.
John Brayton and son Will attended the Brayton reunion in Mason City, Iowa, over the weekend. Numerous Illinois visitors including Mrs. Carol Kissler of Buffalo Prairie, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence McCormick of Biggsville, and others joined relatives and friends around town and nearby Riverside and Muscatine areas.
The Laurel building harbors a second carrier pigeon, found by Charles Parvin at 311 East Fourth Street in the janitor’s room. It bore bands reading 101-TCPC-Moline III 26 and 300, with Parvin intending to feed and release it so it can return to Moline. The city had a prior winter visitor, and another pigeon was found months earlier near E A Batchelor’s cabin boat.
District Attorney A. E. Bernsteen withdraws from the Don R. Mellett murder investigation in Canton Ohio. Howell Leuck will cooperate if further action is needed as guard details intensify around suspect Louis Mazer amid leaks and security concerns.
Pittsburgh officials announced that Max Carey, the Pirates captain, was claimed on waivers by Brooklyn. The waiver request followed his suspension after leading a movement to oust Fred Clarke from the players bench. Skeeter Bigbee and Babe Adams, linked to the agitation, were released unconditionally.
Louisa County announces readiness to open bids and let contracts for gravelling 26 miles of primary roads with bids from Muscatine bidders expected to also bid in Wapello. The board meets at 2 pm to review bids, with alternate bids on crushed stone and gravel surfacing. Work aims to finish this fall with six miles gravel to be added next year at an estimated cost of about 62000 dollars.
Changes in the county engineer’s office proceed at the courthouse. A door will be cut from the lower floor hall into the engineer’s vault, former drafting room, to become a public office with counters and desks. The current drafting room becomes the new archive area.
Papers in the $333,333.33 suit by Jack Kearns against Jack Dempsey were filed in state supreme court. The figure is one third of the $1,790,000 Kearns says was to be paid for Dempsey bouts this year with Harry Wills and Gene Tunney arranged by Tex Rickard while Kearns supervised Dempsey’s affairs.
Pittsburgh defeated Boston 4 to 1 in the opener of a doubleheader. The Pirates produced a free hitting contest and captured the early lead with solid hitting and solid defense.
Mrs Clarence Shoemaker and son Richard of Detroit visit J Lemkau and others on Evans street. Aleta Hathaway guest at A Prichard home will return to Lincoln Nebraska. Arthur Wilmes and son Junior and Anita Howell from San Francisco visit Mrs Stohr on Oregon street. Hazel Brel leaves for Detroit. Dr J G Johnston to Davenport for chiropractic course, returns Wednesdays and Saturdays. Various auto licenses issued and visits noted. Deeds recorded by County Recorder. Eagles lodge holds routine meeting.
Des Moines report notes the governor's $6,200 salary mainly funds executive expenses as Iowa provides no governor's fund or official residence. Taxicab entertainments, hotel rents, travel costs, and donations inflate what is termed salary, prompting calls to raise the governor's pay to $8,000. Municipal officials at Carroll discuss budget law changes to return local control to decisions on civic projects.
Hearing to remove Chickasaw County Sheriff RE E Attleson on charges of misconduct and inefficiency in office is scheduled for Sept 1 before Judge M F Edwards, appointed by the supreme court to hear the case.
Des Moines reports show Iowa's five year average corn crop at 424,381,000 bushels with annual output over 400 million except 1924. Last year production climbed to 492,648,000 bushels aided by larger acreage and record yields. Prices have trended upward from 14 cents in 1896 to 54 cents in 1911 and beyond.
Fire in a conspicuously placed Omaha home uncovered a large concealed still in operation. No operators were located. Neighbors noted the vacated, sparsely furnished house in a pricey Dodge Road area. Sheriff Endres said a buyer sold the property to a Wyoming resident. Federal Agent A C Anderson will lead the inquiry into the discovery. The still, valued around 10000 dollars, stood nearly 20 feet tall with a first floor cutaway to fit it. A long concrete vat held green mash and a hidden garage entrance allowed liquor loading unseen.
Mount Vernon Iowa August 18 AP Dr Nicolas Knight longtime Cornell college chemistry professor is one of the few Americans listed in the 1926 British Who's Who He already appears in the American Who's Who for about 25 years Knight earned a PhD from Syracuse and did extensive work at Johns Hopkins Strasburg and London journals note his research papers He was a close friend of Sir William Crookes and has traveled to Europe ten times this summer he is at Sylvan Beach Oneida N Y
Thieves broke into the Schlegel drug store in Davenport early today, knocked the safe combination, and took 545 dollars in cash. Two other nearby businesses were entered with only small amounts stolen.
A pointed observation compares prominent figures to nuisances like cinders, suggesting public attention can be as bothersome as ash. The remark frames controversy around fame and societal scrutiny in a concise, witty aside.
The Protestant Evangelical church Ladies Aid society celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with a Sunday start and Tuesday all day picnic at Mrs. Walter Mittman’s home in Fruitland township. Dinner served to 60 at noon, larger turnout for the evening meal. Cards, games, and diversions filled the afternoon. sewing circle meets Friday at the church.
The Girls Phinindosia club of New Era schedules its annual fall festival for September 16 at the gymnasium. A club meeting at Mrs. Charles Roehlk’s home planned the event and an ice cream social at New Era park Friday evening featuring ice cream cake and a musical program.
Miss Genevieve Prichard entertained at 1206 Park Drive in honor of Miss Aleta Hathaway of Lincoln Nebraska. Guests enjoyed dancing and games in costume during the evening.
New amendments to bankruptcy law take effect August 27 aimed at curbing fraudulent filings and collusive petitions. The American Institute of Accountants says the changes target abuses by hardening penalties and improving prosecution to protect honest debtors and reduce estate delays and costs.
Rotary executives from all clubs in the eleventh district gathered in Dubuque Iowa for a two day conference opening this morning District Gov Bruce Gates of Waterloo led the session Robert Clewell president of the Dubuque club welcomed the visitors S Needham of Algona replied Assistant National Secretary Paul Rankin of Chicago delivered an address this morning
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