West Liberty Fair Opens for Sixty-Eighth Exposition
West Liberty Iowa opens its sixty-eighth annual fair after a Davenport livestock arrival. Cattle hogs and poultry heavy entries with notable improvements include two rotating amplifiers for judging stands. Tuesday program features Hearst address, Four H events, concerts by Muscatine Rotary Boys' band and vaudeville acts, plus race purses for Ash Bloom and All Fast among others.
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West Liberty
Davenport
Women of
St. Joseph's Church
the First Methodist Church
Wapsie Township
Cedar Township
the Grove
Charles E. Hearst
The
Farm Bureau
Grove
Muscatine Rotary
Montpelier Township
Bloomington Township
Smith-Hughes
Ash Bloom
B. m
Ash Leaf
C. W. McMillan
Knoxville
Peter Royal
G. G
Peter Odonna
Fred Cannon
Burlington
Irline McKinney
Lord Dewey
Ben Morgan
Toledo
Peter Oakley
Sullivan Bros
R. F
Allworthy
J. P. McGivern
Ia. Zinna
Peter Vola
Warren & Peterson
East Moline
Lukens Fractures Hip After Street Fall
J. H. Lukens aged 7 is treated at Hershey hospital for a fracture of the left hip and minor injuries after a fall on Fifth and Sycamore streets. He lost balance due to approaching automobiles and was brought home to Muscatine at 200 East Seventh Street. Lukens formerly served as principal of the Washington and Jefferson schools.
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J. H. Lukens
Hershey Hospital
Fifth and Sycamore Street
Mr. Lukens
Muscatine
East Seventh Street
Washington and Jefferson
Parks Family Visits Grotto in Dickeyville Wis
G. C. Parks county recorder and his relatives toured Dickeyville Wisconsin to view a stone and shell grotto built around a Catholic shrine by Rev. Father M Wernerens. It sits near road No 61 about ten miles east of Dubuque. Seals in the north Pacific have multiplied due to protective legislation, threatening the fishing industry.
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G. C. Parks
Bessie Houser
Sherman
Tex
Parks
Dickeyville
Wis
M. Wernerens
Dubuque
North Pacific
Obituary notices for Minnie Krueger Schoenig and Caroline Frey Frankenreiter
Minnie Krueger Schoenig a Germany native and 60 year Muscatine resident died at 4 15 p m Sunday at her daughter Lena Diercks home 400 Busch Street Funeral at Cedar Street Methodist Episcopal church Tuesday burial Greenwood cemetery She married Godfrey Schoenig May 30 1870 Surviving six sons two daughters a brother seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren Funeral arrangements by Fairbanks Home for Funerals Caroline Frey Frankenreiter died at 1403 Logan Street after a stroke Born March 8 1861 near Stuttgart Germany she came to the United States in 1890 and had lived in Muscatine since 1893 Surviving husband one daughter Nellie Peyers three grandchildren one brother Carl Frey and several nephews nieces A funeral from the home Wednesday with 2 30 services at Evangelical Protestant church Rev G H Krueger in charge Burial in St Marys cemetery
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Minnie Krueger Schoenig
Germany
Lena Diercks
Busch Street
Frederick Krueger
America
Muscatine
Cedar Street
Dewey Truxell
William
Charles
Frank
Ernest
Henry G
Fred
Clinton
Atlantic
Ila
Cedar Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Otto C. Frey
Greenwood Cemetery
Fairbanks Home
Caroline Frey Frankenreiter
Logan Street
Frankenreiter
Felback
Stuttgart
Fredrick
Carolina Frey
Michael Frankenreiter
Nellie Peyers
Francis
Marcella
Darlene
Carl Frey
Blue Island
Ill
Meyers Home
Evangelical Protestant Church
G. H. Krueger
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Funeral services for John D. Fisher 64
John D. Fisher 64 died last Friday August 15 at the state hospital in Mt. Pleasant. Funeral held Sunday at 4 PM at Fairbanks chapel with Rev. W H Slack of Musserville Methodist Episcopal Church officiating. Burial in Greenwood cemetery. Pallbearers were George LeCornu Arthur James Ed Latham John Miller Peter Johnson Joe Kendig. Flower girls were Mrs. George LeCornu and Mrs. Eva Simpson.
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John D. Fisher
Fairbanks Chapel
State Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
W. H. Slack
Musserville Methodist Episcopal Church
Greenwood Cemetery
George LeCornu
Arthur James
Ed Latham John Miller
Peter Johnson
Joe Kendig
Eva Simpson
Job Hunter Trampled at New York Bureau Doors
A 56 year old man named Jacob Snappy was trampled by over 5,000 unemployed people who surged into the free employment bureau when doors were unlocked. He suffered a scalp laceration and was hospitalized for treatment.
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Job Hunter
New York
Free Employment Bureau
Jacob Snappy
Local Ministers Move to New Posts and Mission Offering
The Rev. William Hainsworth closes six year pastorate at First Congregational Church and heads to Gridley New Jersey. Rev G H Krueger prepares to move to Denver Iowa taking over St Pauls Evangelical Church. An offering over 22 dollars supports the American Mission for lepers as W M Danner speaks with photos. Island Methodist homecoming draws large crowd with basket dinner and music.
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William Hainsworth
First Congregational Church
Hainsworth
Gridley
G. H. Krueger
Evangelical Protestant Church
Denver
Krueger
St. Paul’s Evangelical Church
Philip Blaufuss
Blaufuss
Cedar Street Methodist Episcopal Church
W. M. Danner
Danner
United States
United States Marine Hospital
Carville
W. E. Downer
Muscatine Ministerial Association
Island Methodist Episcopal Church
William H. Slack
Slack
Schneider Resumes Flight From Albuquerque to Los Angeles
Eddie Schneider an 18 year old pilot left Albuquerque at 8 40 a m CST aiming to set a junior trans continental flight record flying to Los Angeles without a stop The attempt reported from New York noted the seismograph at Fordham university recorded two moderate to severely strong earthquakes early today with distance 1540 miles to New York and undetermined direction
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Schneider
Albuquerque
N. M
Eddie Schneider
Los Angeles
New York
Fordham University
Family Picnic at Geneve Golf Club Scheduled
The Geneve Golf Club hosts its annual family picnic on Wednesday at the club house with dinner followed by bridge and card games. Reservations for dinner close Tuesday. Social committee chairmen Mr. and Mrs. George Meerdink organize the event with Mrs. J. W. Rankin leading the picnic committee and several club members assisting.
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Geneve Golf
Mney
George Meerdink
J. W. Rankin
Fred Beach
W. E. Downer
Little Hocke Wedding at Home Ceremony
Miss Dorothy Little daughter of Mrs Mae Little and Erwin Hocke son of Henry Hocke were married at 3 oclock Sunday afternoon at the bride's mother's home. The Rev W B Teaford read the single ring service. The couple planned a Sept 1 home at 1210 Cedar Street after a wedding supper for immediate relatives.
Former Muscatine Man Ends Life in Chicago
Harold Hoffman 43, former Muscatine resident and Chicago real estate dealer, leaped from a seventeenth story window at the Masonic temple in Chicago. He is survived by his widow Gussie and daughter Johanna. His firm Hoffman and Becker faced bank difficulties but remained solvent. Hoffman's funeral arrangements were being attended by relatives from Muscatine.
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Harold Hoffman
Muscatine
Chicago
Masonic Temple
Hoffman
Hoffman and Becker Company
East Fifty-first Street
Cornell Avenue
Frances Rosenbaum
Ida Block
H. M. Bartlett
The Big House shown for Bethel church benefit at A Muse U
MGM drama of penitentiary life features a prison riot with 1 000 men quelled by tanks. Chester Morris Wallace Beery and Robert Montgomery star as cellmates amid crime and redemption driven by love and danger. Proceeds from advance tickets support Bethel A M E church.
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Big House
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Bethel A. M. E
Chester Morris
Wallace Beery
Robert Montgomery
Beery
Morris
Montgomery
Legion Sponsors Numbering Houses on Curbs
Unemployed ex service men in Muscatine will paint house curb numbers this week under George Gundelfinger. The project, endorsed by the Legion and Mayor Thompson, uses black numbers on white backgrounds to help locate houses at night. Workers are paid 75 cents per set after completion, with H E Lange directing operations at the Lange and Kindler garage on West Front Street.
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Muscatine
Edward H. No
Tzer Ae Ole
Deanings
Ieee Laban
George Gundelfinger
Legion Post
H. G. Thompson
H. E. Lange
Lange & Kindler
West Front Street
Legion
Four Are Fined by Judge Horst in Police Court
Three men and one woman appeared before Police Judge H. D. Horst this morning facing intoxication charges stemming from arrests by city police over the weekend. Mrs. Clara Schaff paid $5 and costs after pleading guilty, while R. R. Wood and Robert Schatte paid similar fines. A man who gave the name Howard Johnson of Fruitland was assessed $10 and costs and paid.
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H. D. Horst
Clara Schaff
East Hill
R. R. Wood
East Second Street
Robert Schatte
Park Avenue
Howard
Midwestern Cities Share Common Narrative Across Regions
The note lists Ames Boone and Norfolk Nebraska along with many other middle west cities, highlighting a broad geographic connection across the region. The terse entry emphasizes widespread involvement or relevance to multiple municipalities.
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Ames
Boone
Norfolk
Neb
Middle West
Jones Will Be Fair Speaker At Farm Bureau Day
J H Jones of Des Moines Iowa Farm Bureau federation vice president will be principal speaker at Farm Bureau day at West Liberty fair to be announced by county agent Carl E Rylander. The day features livestock poultry and 4 H exhibits with baby beeves sow and litter and other divisions judged Tuesday. Winners heading to the state fair in Des Moines Thursday will be chosen from 20 baby beeves and other entries.
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J. H. Jones
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
West Liberty Fair
Carl E. Rylander
Mr. Jones
Muscatine Farm Bureau
West Liberty
Four-H
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Carolina Frey Frankenreiter
Use Journal
Mabel F. Stine
Battle Creek Sanitarium
Hinkel & Flannery the Grocers
West Second St
Harold Schuessler
East Fifth Street
Theodore Schuessler
Horst
Jones
Journal
Geo Kranz & Son
Enna
WIZ
Poisey
McColm
Selilk
SHUEY
Wittichs
Wittich Funeral Home
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