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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1926
Page
9
Wilton Iowa residents report Scoutmaster David Taylor and a group of Scouts returning from a week at a Boy Scout camp near Lone Tree. The piece also notes visits by Rev J B Bloom and family from St Joseph Missouri and other local movements and society activities in Wilton.
Wapello residents recount a week of visits as relatives from Winfield Indianola Blackwell and Maywood return to homes. numerous kinfolk gathered at the H W Baker residence for a family reunion and many travelers from Iowa Oklahoma and Illinois stopped by for fairs and visits across the area.
Invitations issued for the wedding of Harold McCormac son of Mr and Mrs J H McCormac Concord township and Dorothy Owen to be held at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Farmington where the bride's father H L Owen is superintendent of schools The wedding follows his former post as superintendent of schools at Ainsworth. The Columbus Junction column notes include local weather and various community notices.
Earl Wilson and family and Mrs Nora Armentrout left by auto for South Dakota to visit relatives. The Epworth League picnic and several visits marked a lively week.
A humorous 1926 essay on gender roles in offices contrasts stenographers and wives. It pokes at power dynamics, office culture, and romantic temptations, noting how business life shapes marriages and perceptions. It cites steam of jokes about looks, salaries, and private doors.
West Liberty IA residents host relatives from Drumheller Canada and Illinois. Guests include Nichols Andersons Barrs Smiths and Wilsons with news of births reunions and hospital visits. Hormel reunion draws 53 on the old homestead and locals attend fairs and family gatherings.
Mr and Mrs George Dittmer and son Lawrence with Mr and Mrs Herman Frick and daughter of Walcott travel for several weeks visiting relatives. Mrs H P Bohnsack has an infected thumb from a pin. Lois Bailey infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Bailey dies at Mercy hospital Davenport from cholera infantum. Vernona Geertz of Davenport visits old friends. Linford Parrish returns to Davenport after visit with Josts. Henry Bohnsack returns from trip to St Paul and Minneapolis. Lloyd Ormsby injures arm in threshing belt no bones broken. A starling reared by a miner near Huddersfield befriends the local cat and shares meals.
Mayor Benham presided as the City Board of Health met in regular session. Absences included Alderman Matthiessen. Reports were received and filed noting one diphtheria case and one death, one pneumonia case and death, one gonorrhea case, and ten sanitary inspections. Alderman Detthof presented the Food Inspector report for action.
Rates for classified ads are 1.5 cents per word in small type and 3 cents per word in large type. A 20 percent cash discount applies within five days after the last insertion. Guide words must appear in each ad except miscellaneous announcements. Display ads must be in by 6 PM the day before insertion. classified ads by 11:15 AM. closing at 11:30 makes cancellation impossible after that hour.
Light sleeping rooms and aero rooms offered for rent at 2.50 per room. Inquiries directed to W. 2nd.
A migrant mix lists multiple rental ads for houses and rooms in varied conditions with contact numbers, plus a public auction and livestock data with grain and milk test figures and an Iowa divorce petition notice filed in Muscatine County Court. The item includes a damaged state notice and a call to adjournment by city officials.
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