Iowa State Fair Opens with Strong Attendance Outlook
The Iowa State Fair began with expectations of above average crowds due to attractively reduced prices and a broad show lineup. Opening events Friday include auto racing livestock judging 4 H demonstrations and a grandstand night show while Thursday covers final exhibits and judging prep.
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Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
H. V. Spaulding
Flower and Garden Clubs of
Iowar Horticultural Society
Iowar
American Gladiolus Society
Social visits spread across Muscatine Davenport and Council Bluffs
Fairport and Muscatine villagers hosted visitors from Des Moines Davenport and Letts. Morris McCulley returned from Mount Vernon to visit family, and Otto Fitchner’s sons were called to Muscatine by illness. Early 1930s data show U S passenger car exports up 25 percent year to date.
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Fairport
B. C Wells
Muscatine
Frankenmeter
Des Moines
L. H. Bennett
Fred Buchele
Davis
Clara Davis
Clifford Downer
Davenport
Emma van Dorin
Council Bluffs
Ernest Reeves
Florence Steffy
Morris McCulley
The
Conservation Corps
Mount Vernon
Florence Jeffy
Thelma Christiansen
Conesville
George Smith
Christina Erbst
George Davis
August Briege
Amanda Morris
Muriel Morris
Letts
Netty Belle Meeke
Rock Island
Albert Meeke
Roy Reeves
Gladys
Dorothy Reeves
Ernest Wingler
Tom Reeves
Stockton
William Daniel
Blue Grass
Minnesota
Henry
William Fitchner
Otto Fitchner
Three Kittenball Games At Junction Park
Three kittenball games were played Tuesday night at Junction Park Columbus Junction Cotter beat Hills Auto Supply 8 to 1 Fredonia defeated Prima of Muscatine 3 to 0 and West Side beat Jokers 4 to 2 Dwight Marshall of Columbus Junction pitched for Fredonia and West Side Marsden umpired Local items note visits and family events including Emma J. Tabor and others with multiple residents attending reunions showers and weddings in the Columbus Junction area.
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Columbus Junction
Cotter
Hills Auto Supply
Fredonia
Prima
Muscatine
Mulford Jokers
Dwight Marshall
West Side
Marsden
Emma J. Tabor
Ft. Madison
E. H. Wiegner
D. T. Watson
Madison
Orville Kiger
Frank Johnston
Danville
Wiegner
J. A. Green
Clinton
Lone Tree
John Owens
George Wasson
Wasson
Bessie Moore
Columbus City
Fred Duncan
Allerton
Martha Pratt
Reuben Oats
St. Louis
Jean
Jack
Oats
Ira Oats
R. E. Huber
J. W. Bidwell
John
Edward
Washington
M. H. Bowman
Katherine Jack
Frank DeFord
Rock Island
William DeFord
R. E. Owens
Robert
James Pierce
Chicago
Democrat Picnic Promises Major Speakers in Maysville
The second district Democrats plan a Sunday Aug 27 picnic at Roehlks grounds near Davenport Iowa with U S Senator Louis Murphy and Rep B M Jacobsen as principal speakers. Scott County Jeffersonian society sponsors the event chaired by Walter H Bease. attendees include state and county officials and various activities end with an evening dance.
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Maysville
Davenport
United States
Louis Murphy
Dubuque
B. M. Jacobsen
Clinton
Roehlks Grounds
Oon
Scott County Jeffersonian Society
Walter H. Bease
Iowa
Burlington Police Seize Loot in Garage Theft Ring
Burlington police seized over $1,000 worth of allegedly stolen merchandise from an apartment and hunted for S. L. Crawford and a man called Blackie who are suspected to lead a garage and general merchandise theft ring. Crawford, from Georgia, reportedly has an eight year burglary term in Wisconsin and is described as an ally runner and professional gambler. Sheriff of nearby counties was not named.
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Burlington
S. L. Crawford
Blackie
Crawford
Georgia
Wisconsin
Coun
Green family reunion gathers many from area at Lone Tree
A Green family reunion was held Sunday at Lone Tree park with attendees including Jake and Mrs Green and Clinton, Lorene Minzer of Columbus Junction, Whitlocks from Nichols and Fruitland, Nester and Randall of Muscatine, Busby and Steele families of Riverside, Cline and Yeggy from Ainsworth, Minzer family of Conesville, Foster and Rayner from Gladwin and Iowa City, and others. The crowd appears to include numerous relatives from across Iowa.
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Lone Tree
Green
Lone Tree Park
Jake Green
Clinton
Lorene Minzer
Columbus Junction
Clarence Whitlock
Earl
Laurence Whitlock
Lou Kyle
Nichols
Russell Battenhagen
Bobbie
Glenn Whitlock
Fruitland
Chick Nester
Randall
Muscatine
William Busby
Roy Steele
Carl Steele
Jake Lantz
Lloyd
Herbert
Rodman
Fred Cline
Earl Cline
William Yeggy
Leo Bouquet
Riverside
Earl Steele
Washington
William Minzer
Conesville
Leo Carson
Ralph Boyd
William Boyd
William Murphy
Lucille
Ainsworth
James Foster
Gladwin
Chris Rayner
Iowa City
Arthur Hanson
Peggy Lee
West Branch
Jacob Foster
Delmar Green
Donald Green
Oscar Green
Son Llewelyn
Antiques Muddle Disrupts Eve and Dick In Dream Home
Eve struggles to write as guests arrive and plans for hosting burden her. Dick returns home to find bundles of antique furniture stacked in the hall, a purchase Eve made without discussion. Mona Allen calls as the scene ends with two unresolved tensions.
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Eve
Old Mill
Tomkinville
Mona Allen
Mothers and Babies Hit Wilton Party for Virginia Joan Birthday
Mrs. A C Baumgartner hosted an afternoon gathering of mothers and babies at her Wilton home to celebrate Virginia Joan Baumgartner’s first birthday. Guests included Mrs. Griff Norton, Mrs. Elmer Swanson, Mrs. Kirk Grunder, Mrs. E F W Maurer, and others. Hours were informal with refreshments served.
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Dan . Davies
Gwenith
Ernest Darting
Jean
H. W. Kretschmar
Baumgartner
Virginia Joan
Raymond Schnack
Waterloo Woman Beaten and Bound in Home Invasion
Detectives pursued two men after they entered the Waterloo residence of Mrs. C. W. Wilson, knocked her unconscious, beat her, and left her tied with partial clothing removal. The home was ransacked and six letters vanished. neighbors were alerted by her cries. She had earlier received warnings to leave the neighborhood.
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Waterloo
C. W. Wilson
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R. L. Harris
H. F. Schnack
James Harris
Leola Schnack
Wilton
Linus Hain
Brooklyn
N. Y
Raymond Robertson
Grinnell
Anna Fliss
Harry Fliss
William Ringgenberg
Emma Duffe
J. E. Wagner
George Chown
Peoria
Phyliss Erdman
Edith VanaAuken
Geneseo
Ill
Marion Owens
P. D. Ellis
Norma
Herbert Thede
Walter Kells
Oakley Wilkerson
Tama
Fred Woodhouse
G. R. Woodhouse
Vinton
Will Miller
Mrs
Elizabeth Miller
Leland Smith
Leo and
Aeropoulos
Edna Pearl
Katherine Seward
T. H. Owens
Ethel Schnack
Helen Shuger
M. M. Bond
A. C. Baumgartner
Besley’s Lake
Arthur Hucke
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Standard Oil Co
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Atlas Tires
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