Conesville Residents Start Westward Trip This Week
Conesville residents Mr and Mrs James McKee with Misses Eva and Mary Elizabeth McKee began a trip Tuesday to Yellowstone National Park and other sites. Muscatine guests Marcia and Keith Wagner arrived Tuesday evening for a several day visit. Nearby, Mr and Mrs Burton Coffin Linds Jayne John and Mr and Mrs Orval Fisher from Muscatine joined Mr and Mrs J F Coffin for a Sunday visit. Winifred English and Mrs Mary English hosted a birthday dinner for Jack English who turns 11 August 25 with a cake bearing 11 candles. Also visiting were Mrs Rae English Burter and Jack. Mrs Della Bebb Mrs A W Jones Mrs A W Emerson and James R Horton visited Mrs Horton and her baby daughter in Iowa City Tuesday evening.
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Conesville
James McKee
Eva
Mary Elizabeth McKee
Yellowstone National Park
Marcia
Keith Wagner
Muscatine
Burton Coffin
Linds Jayne
John
Orval Fisher
J. F. Coffin
Winifred English
Mary English
Jack English
Rae English
Burter
Jack
Della Bebb
A. W. Jones
A. W. Emerson
James R. Horton
Nichols Public School Set to Open Monday August 28
Nichols Public School will open Monday August 28 with the same staff. Geneva Witacre Mayme Foley Thelma Tufty Martin Crabtree Florence Miller and W. W. Haneer lead a full faculty. Interior improvements include repainting halls library gym and basement, new typing furniture, and updated shades. High school pre enrollment Friday August 25. teachers meet Saturday. Board members listed with one new seat to fill H. M. Fox’s vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nichols
Geneva Witacre
Centerville
Mayme Foley
Letts
Thelma Tufty
Sioux Falls
S. D
Martin Crabtree
Polk City
Florence Miller
Morley
W. W. Hanéer
James Hillyer
Supt. Hancer
Board of Education
B. F. Nichols
Frank Hummel
Frank Mills
George Styche
Board Vacancy to Be Filled This Summer
Muscatine county auditor E. R. Swickard moved from the community along with another member. W. R. Schmitt serves as secretary and R. A. Daedlow as treasurer.
Teen dies in crash as companion also killed
A Sunday automobile crash in Clinton left 16 year old Robert Lutz dead and 19 year old Harold Gertz killed at once. The incident reports indicate both teens suffered fatal injuries in the collision with no further details provided.
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Clinton
Robert Lutz
Harold Gertz
Officials discuss tax cut for Omaha-Council Bluffs street railway
A delegation from Council Bluffs and Des Moines met with the Iowa tax commission to review a reduction in the railway's taxable valuation from 308000 to 110000. Commission members said the request for a higher valuation would be considered but offered no guarantee of approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Iowa Tax Commission
Iowa
Omaha-Council Bluffs
Fairgrounds upgrades and truck license plan announced
Hogs are exhibited as sanitation facilities at the fairgrounds are improved under the supervision of receiver William Bigham. Delivery trucks operating on the grounds must pay a five dollar license fee and purchase an exhibitor's ticket for each person on the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bigham
Strawberries Display Exterior Seeds on Fruit
Strawberries have seeds on the outside of their red flesh. The surface carries the tiny seed pods that appear as specks across the berry.
Military Band of Joy Booked for Coming Fair
Mercer county fair directors in Aledo Illinois 共 meet in the courthouse and hire the Joy Military band for daily concerts at the fairgrounds. They also employ orchestras for dances Wednesday through Friday evenings. A plan to take a two thirds interest in parking space north of the grounds at $60 rent is approved. An auxiliary gate will provide access. Dr W W Warnock secretary and John Pinkerton superintendent and Ward Bloomer treasurer are tasked with preventing transfer of exhibitors tickets. Final livestock entries are to be received today. a district quarantine officer will inspect cattle health certificates on grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aledo
Ill
Mercer County Fair
Court House
Joy Military Band
W. W. Warnock
John Pinkerton
Ward Bloomer
Warnock
State Department of Agriculture
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Zac
Miller’'S
Wheaties
Jack Spratt
Bliss
Guernseys
J. S. McBride
H. G. Baldridge
W. C. Anderson and Sons of
West Liberty
Liptons Iced Tea
Lipton
Lipton’s
America
Ceylon Gardens
Lipton’s Tea
Good Housekeeping Bureau
West Second St
RATH
Blackhawk
Kraft’s Velveeta
Wilson’s
Lakeview
OLEO
Atyye Brookfield Homestead
Hamburg
Brook
Staley’s
Puss, Soc
Prunes
Peck
Idaho
Calif. Valencia
Miller’s
Rinso
Kraft
Nash Folger
van Camp’s Milk
Bliss Coffee
SOAP
P. and
G. Soap
PUREX
Evans Foods
Ball Mason
van Camp
Jersey
Ante Washel
Beelie
Navy
Crisco
Graham
Brook’s Catsup
Durkee
Hinshaw's
Hormel
Frankfurters
Huskies
Lipton Tea
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