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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1930
Page
2
Des Moines reports Attorney General John Fletcher urges rapid funding for faster vehicles reliable firearms and complete identification gear for sheriffs and peace officers. He condemns lax liquor law fines argues jail terms curb organized crime and stresses training shootability and interagency cooperation.
Pleasant Prairie Iowa August 20 Mr and Mrs Hanness Miller hosted relatives and friends at their home with card games and contests. Prizes in 500 awarded to multiple guests and children won several prizes. A separate birthday gathering celebrated Celestia Petersens thirteenth birthday with 37 relatives and friends present.
Miss Helen Casten of Kewanee and Mark B. Gates of Hillsboro were united in marriage at the Morning Sun Methodist parsonage. Rev. W G Barr officiated the Aug 16 ceremony in the single ring style. Attendants included family from Mt Union Creston and Morning Sun. The couple will reside in Hillsboro New York.
Aug 24 communion services announced with preparatory sessions Aug 23 24 and 27 led by Rev Paul Coleman and Rev H G Patterson. Relatives gathered at William McFhinney home in Garland in honor of Herbert Hays who will preach in Glenwood Minn for five Sundays.
Itching ends when Zemo is applied to skin for rashes bites ivy-poisoning and itching. The antiseptic claims to draw out heat and pain and quickly soothe irritation. It promotes clearing up pimples dandruff and sun exposure symptoms with invisip and odorless formula.
Edward McDonald pleaded guilty to larceny from a building in the night. Judge Oscar Hale sentenced him to 10 years at Ft. Madison after a chase and capture by Lester Wiele and a neighbor. McDonald took cash from Farmers store and Cocklin's filling station Grandview and wallet with $45 from Wiele. McDonald gave no address. County Attorney D N Johnson filed the information.
Community tidbits list visits and events. Miss Laura Giffin from Cambridge visits Rev. W. J. Giffin. Edleff birthday party held by Thede Boysen. Miss Mildred Baird undergoes tonsil surgery. Stella Staples visits ill sister Ida Wright. The Whatsover class meets at Olive Hupp home. next meeting with Mrs. Robert Stinson on Sept 9.
The Rev and Mrs John Dysart and their 7 year old son of South Africa and Mr and Mrs William Dysart of Deer River Minnesota visit this week in the home of Mrs A M McCormick sister of the Dysarts. Mrs Dysart spoke to the Presbyterian Ladies Missionary Society about life as missionaries in South Africa. The group plans to attend the Dysart family reunion in Henry Illinois tomorrow.
About 110 friends held a postnuptial supper on the Budelier lawn near Wilton Iowa to honor Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rock whose marriage earlier this month. The bride Angeline Globes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Globes, is a Wilton graduate of 1930. The couple reside with the bride’s parents south of town.
St Marys parish in Wilton announces committees and helpers for the annual Labor Day events. A full day includes band concerts sports and a dance with a chicken dinner at noon. Dinner menu features pickles beets cottage cheese fried chicken roast beef and sides.
West Liberty, Iowa relays house guests Rev. Noel Adams from Ft. Madison and his wife with Adams formerly pastor here. Joe Hodgson property rented for winter by Chicago buyers. Local visits include Mrs. N. F. Watkins, Eva Buckman, Roy and Bevelyn Westfall, and James Parsons. Burial for Mrs. Katherine Gray announced. note on polar bears hibernation.
Rosemary Roederer and a list of individuals including C D Connell Frank Kook Dave Henley Charles Hart Tom Smith and Alvin OConnor are named for roles Publicity Kate McNulty is also listed in the notice as coordinating duties.
Tipton Indiana Aug 20 several Four-H club members from Cedar and Center townships earned prizes at the Mississippi Valley fair Cassie Voelker Fremont township took second in herdsmanship Martin Licht London won fourth in Angus class Wallace Hambright Inland township placed twelfth with Hereford baby beef Cassie Voelker’s Holstein club Ki fer took fifth Melvin Voelker won eleventh in Holstein heifer The Cedar county judging team Hambright and the Voelker brothers placed fourth in judging multiple livestock events Center township girls club Evelyn Wingert and Geraldine Donahue demonstrated emergency meal planning from home canned goods They also earned a high score Sun glasses with canvas nose shields are being worn by beachgoers at fashionable French resorts to prevent freckles and nose peeling.
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