Poincare Plans Rigid Economy Across France
Premier Poincare announces a drastic program to stabilize the franc without foreign credits. The plan cuts food imports, limits bread, restricts wheat speculation, and streamlines administration. It calls for fusion of sections and simplified services to curb waste and lower prices. Citizens largely accept the measures as a serious effort to address finances.
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Paris
Poincare
Washington
London
France
M. Poincare
Nichols Family Reunion Draws 1090 At Weed Park
More than 1090 Nichols relatives from Muscatine and nearby areas gathered at Weed Park for the annual Nichols family reunion. Activities included morning games, a noon basket dinner, program with talks by Towney Nichols Albina Letts and McCreary, and a business meeting electing Towney Nichols president and Anna Nichols secretary. Planning for next year’s reunion at Weed Park was announced.
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Muscatine
Nichols
Weed Park
Aged Woman Shot by Husband in Maquoketa
Mrs. Ferdinand Mueller, 65, was shot by her 72 year old husband yesterday in Maquoketa Iowa. Doctors reported she would recover and said a bullet remains between the inner and outer skull without fracture. Mueller is jailed without bond awaiting possible charges based on her recovery. The couple have 10 children and had a troubled marriage linked to her leaving him.
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Maquoketa
Ferdinand Mueler
Mueller
Mr. Mueller
Rate Cut Approved for Brick Shipments in Iowa
The Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railway company won approval to set a one day notice eight cent per hundred weight rate on brick and similar articles from Sioux City to Iowa points including Neola and Underwood. The rate is a slight reduction from existing charges and applies to territory from Sioux City to Neola and Underwood, Iowa.
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Des Moines
Chicago, Milwaukee and St
Berlins Seek Privacy Aboard Montcalm After Europe Return
Irving Berlin and Ellin Mackay Berlin arrived in Quebec seeking privacy at Max Winslow’s Thousand Islands summer home after being tagged as Mr and Mrs J J Johnson on the Montairn passenger list. They denied stork rumors and said Berlin would start a new show while denying inquiries about Mackay’s father.
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Quebec
Que
Irving Berlin
Max Winslow
Thousand Islands
J. J. Johnson
Montnairn
Glasgow
Clarence Mackay
Postal Telegraph Company
Deny Stork
al Jolson
New York
Paris
United States
Berlin
Berlins
Montcairn
Bond
Ellin Mackay
Outing Recap Delights Oakville Families
Oakville reports the Frank Creighton and Fred Pulver families enjoyed a weeks long trip through the northwest and south. The Methodist Episcopal Sunday school is postponed due to conflicting dates and rain. Tuesday evening at Hawkeye church the True Blue class holds a third social and entertainment night.
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Oakville
Frank Creighton
Fred Pulver
Territory
Methodist Episcopal Sunday
Hawkeye Church
True Blue
Happy Hour club meets in Ainsworth for social afternoon
Ainsworth Iowa August twenty first The Happy Hour club gathered at Mrs Elia Crawford's home with twelve members and two guests. Members answered roll with a nursery rhyme and the stunts committee had each person imitate a musical instrument. Upcoming entertainments planned by Hulda Olds with W E Acheson and A E Sands assisting. Several local residents noted including S O Spessard traveling to Oregon Illinois and back to Hagerstown Maryland.
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Ainsworth
Happy Hour Club
Elia Crawford
Hulda Olds
W. E. Acheson
A. E. Sands
A. P. Jeffrey
Earl O'Conner
Washington County
Pirate Star Returns to Game in Pittsburgh Comeback
Walter J. Mueller, longtime Pirates outfielder, returns to the majors in Pittsburgh after a three year retirement seeking to revive his slugging form with the Pirates.
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Pirate Star
Pittsburgh
Walter J. Mueller
Pittsburgh Pirate
Mrs Tobias Seeks Divorce Over Abuse and Drunkenness
Lois K Tobias, suing in district court, accuses Gustave Tobias of failure to provide and habitual drunkenness. The petition says they wed in Rock Island on November 19, 1924 and lived together until April 17, 1926. she seeks alimony and restoration of her maiden name Lois K Philpott.
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Gustave Tobias
Lois K. Tobias
F. L. Bihlmeier
Rock Island
Tobias
Easy flaky biscuits for unexpected guests
The recipe presents a quick biscuit method using two cups flour one half teaspoon soda one teaspoon salt and sour milk three to four tablespoons lard and butter mixed. Blend dry ingredients with fat then add milk to make a soft dough. Roll to 1/4 inch and cut rounds bake ten to fifteen minutes in a hot oven.
Pirate Hurler Mueller Seeks Reinstatement After Injury
Mueller, at the Pittsburgh club's request, has applied to Commissioner Landis for reinstatement following an injury and is expected to report here late next week.
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Mueller
Pittsburgh
K. M. Landis
Baseball
Obituary of Lowell L. Morse Pioneer Farmer Dies in Shannon City
Lowell L. Morse, longtime Mercer county Illinois farmer and former Muscatine resident, died Sunday August 14 at his daughter Anna Gray’s home in Shannon City Iowa after summer influenza. Born September 24, 1855 in Pennsylvania, he faced multiple family losses and remarried in Kansas before moving to Iowa in 1889. He leaves a widow, four stepchildren, three brothers, one sister, and a daughter and rests at Oakland Cemetery in Shannon City Following Monday funeral services.
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Lowell L. Morse
Mercer County
Muscatine
Anna B. Gray
Shannon City
Mr. Morse
Pennsylvania
Abel
Eliza Morse
Samuel Morse
Illinois
Kansas
Gwendolyn Thomas Jones
Iowa
Morse
A. A. Morse
Sherman Street
E. F. Morse
Fruitland
Edwin Morse
New Boston
Ill
Sallie Randolph
North Dakota
Oakland Cemetery
Mrs Gillie Rites Planned After Mt Pleasant Death
The body of Mrs Katherine Gillie arrived from Mt Pleasant hospital and was taken to Wittich Funeral Home. Services are set for 1:30 tomorrow afternoon with interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Katherine Gillie
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
Wittich Funeral Home
Greenwood Cemetery
Hillandale Wins 13 Blue Ribbons at Davenport Fair
Hillandale farm of Muscatine won 13 blue ribbons and two junior championships at the Mississippi Valley Fair in Davenport as it entered 15 shows. The farm owned by C. R. Musser specializes in Hereford cattle at the exposition. A separate plan notes a reinforced concrete four story hotel for tourists at Arica Chile with water caissons for foundations.
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Davenport
Hillandale Farm of
Arica
Chile
Former Warden Sues Defamer for 100000 in Illinois
John L. Whitman former Joliet state prison warden sues Capt George H Weidling for defamation seeking 100000. He plans similar suits against Gov Len Small sheriff Peter Hoffman and others. Whitman alleges he was named in a jail inmate confession and cites his dismissal after a grand jury report, with added suits against Will Colvin and Chauncey Jenkins for alleged obstruction.
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Chicago
Ill
John L. Whitman
Joliet
George H. Weidling
Gook County
Len Small
Peter Hoffman
Whitman
Thomas Sullivan
Small
Charles E. Erbstein
Erbstein
Illinois
Colvin
Jenkins
Grand Jury
Will Colvin
Parole Board
Chauncey H. Jenkins
State Department of Public Welfare
Girl Rodeo Rider Killed After Premonition at Chicago Rodeo
Louise Hartwig a Montana rodeo rider was trampled to death by a wild broncho at Soldiers Field. She reportedly told a companion she hoped she would break her neck before the fatal ride. She fell when the reins loosened and the horse leaped, later dying in a hospital. Tex Austin planned to send her body to Springfield Missouri for burial.
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Chicago
Louise Hartwig
Montana
Soldiers’ Field
Tex Austin
Springfield
Waterproof cigarette and match boxes for swimmers perfected
Waterproof boxes designed for swimmers prove effective keeping cigarettes and matches dry. The invention aims to prevent water damage during aquatic activities and offers practical pocketable storage for gear.
Miss Mayme Jericho to Lead Park Avenue Church Services
Miss Mayme Jericho deaconess of the First Methodist Episcopal church will lead services at Park Avenue Methodist Episcopal church on Sunday. The Sunday school meets at 10 o clock with evening preaching at 7 30. Spangler chapel holds 9 30 service with 10 30 Sunday school. Pastor Rev. C L Stafford in charge.
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Mayme Jericho
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Park Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Spangler Chapel
C. L. Stafford
Two Runaway Girls Returned to Homes
Alice Blanchard of Eldon and Florence Dial of Ottumwa both 16 were found here Friday after eluding parents all week. Deputy Marshal Cal Schreiber and Officer Jack Ryan recovered them, and they were returned home this morning following a lookout message from Eldon and Ottumwa.
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Alice Blanchard
Eldon
Florence Dial
Ottumwa
Cal Schreiber
Jack Ryan
New Christig Church Planned in Muscatine City
Plans move forward for a new Christig church in Muscatine as local members show interest. Services are held at the tent on Sixth and Cedar Streets with Evangelist J. S. Baum speaking tonight and Sunday on topics including Our Heavenly Home Will We Know Each Other There and Chickens Come Home to Roost.
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Muscatine
Sixth
Cedar Streets
Evangelist J
Baum
Christ
Jesus
God
Soul
Tarsus
Evangelist Green
Lucile Baum
Q Church
Cedar County Farm Women Plan Camp for 1927
Cedar County Farm Women will hold a women’s camp at the Palisades Mr. Vernon Iowa in August 1927. The planning committee includes W S Huber Tipton Earl Elijah Clearence Fred Yuke Mechanicsville Paul Mather West Branch and Frank King Wilton Junction. A feature was Kathern Ayres Home Economics editor of People’s Popular Monthly Des Moines who demonstrated meal planning from an emergency shelf.
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Cedar County Farm Organization
Palisades
Vernon
Mesdames W. 8. Huber
Tipton
Earl Elijah
Clearence
Fred Yuke
Mechanicsville
Paul Mather
West Branch
Frank King
Wilton Junction
Kat
Boys Fear Return After Haircut Incident in Fairfield
Police say two boys left home and got a haircut in Fairfield causing fear of returning home. They have remained in Muscatine since last Saturday as investigators handle the case.
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Fairfield
Muscatine
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