Wilton Muzzle Loading Shoot Attracts Area Fans
Wilton Rifle club hosted the Wilton Centennial muzzle loading shoot at their range. At 50 yards shooters used breakable targets with some guns over 109 years old. Attendees came from Atalissa Tipton Muscatine Long Grove LeClaire the Tri Counties Wilton Sherrard Silvis and Galesburg Illinois.
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Wilton
Wilton Rifle Club
Atalissa
Tipton
Muscatine
Long Grove
LeClaire
Long Sudan Grass Stalk Displayed By Harry Mentink
A Sudan grass stalk eight feet nine inches tall was displayed at The Journal office by Harry Mentink who farms in Moscow township. He sowed three fourths of an acre to choke weeds and cut the grass for cattle feed. Mentink expects about three tons per acre and notes the crop grows well in dry, low ground with moisture. He has previously raised the crop on larger areas up to 23 acres.
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Journal
Harry Mentink
Moscow Township
Mentink
Sunday School Outing for Conesville Members
About 40 members of the Methodist Sunday school attended the annual picnic Friday at Weed Park in Muscatine. Various locals visited family and friends in Burlington and Columbus Junction, with reunions and weekend visits noted among the Walker, Stewart, Allen, and Martin households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feltman
Weed Park
Muscatine
Harley Black
Somers
Herman Walrod
Moorland
Muriel Loehr
Ft. Dodge
John Black
Claude
Donald Dudgeon
Herman Art
Thomas Hain
Wilton Park
Elwood Hain
Clarence Hain
Davenport
Secre
Conesville
Methodist Sunday School
Minneapolis
Minn
Vere Walker
Carl Wehmeyer
Holt
Burlington
Orval Stewart
Tommy
David
Nellie Stewart
Yates Center
Kan
Art Martin
Greg
North A
Iam Merah Martin
Marthe
Harry Martin
Eliza Hamilton
Max Allen
Vicki
Oe Moines
Cecil Allen
Marion
Elton Allen
Vicki Allen
Kerry James
Bates-Brown
Presbyterian Church
Winfield
Belle Brown
Mayme Estle
Darrell Bell
Tom
Tim
Gerald Allen
Gerry
Loren
Raymond
Charlene
Beverly
Boyd
Wehmeyer
Chautauqua Park
Columbus Junction
Joe Martin
Tipton
Clyde Martin
Irma Smith
Danville, In
Kenneth Smith
Schwartz
New York City
George Pennington
John Pennington
Lone Tree Cafe Sale Announced in Muscatine journal
Lone Tree pair Mr and Mrs Ed Lewis Sr have bought the A and E cafe from Kalona dealer Gaylord eman and former owner Agnes Schmidt. The sale follows a prior transfer to Brenneman and is to open around September 1. Also noted are local residence changes for Mrs Petsel and Mrs Sievers.
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Lone Tree
Ed Lewis
Gaylordeman
Kalona
Agnes Schmidt
Brennneman
Lewis
R Petsel
Mrs. Air
Sievers
Rock Island visitor visits grandmother in Iowa City
On Wednesday August 24 1955 Mrs Hall formerly Sharon Wehmeyer from Rock Island visited her grandmother in a hospital in Iowa City.
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Leudtke
Rock Island
Grandmother ‘Hospital
Iowa City
Mrs. Hall
Sharon Wehmeyer
Without Surgery Finds New Healing
An advertisement or product note claims a new healing method avoiding surgery. It references a substance praised as remedy and suggests availability at druggists with a money back guarantee and U S Patented status.
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Stella Hoefflin
Moline
Bertha Wildasin
John Buckle
Bobby
Denver
Colo. Hain
Tary
Lloyd Dickinson
Maude Monroe
Aberdeen
S. D
Orville Weaver
Kr. la
Bonnie Kennedy
East Moline
Ill
Donald Doering
Cindy
Harvey Vance
Charles Wildasin
Gary
Clarence
Dean Smith
West Liberty
S. L. Kiser
Kenneth
Paul Hain
Moscow
Harrison Hain
Bert Snider
Sudan
Poplin
Spurédeon’s
Mrs. Oliver Stewart and
Sam
Ents
Claude Carson
Jimmy
Jill
Gowrie and
Merlin
H. J. Blackwelder
Peg
Glenview
Sam Cozad
Russell Adams
Marlin Mundt
Seat
Jerry Mal
Waver
Muscatine, Ia
Lone Tree Cafe
Dnesday
West Second ST
Davy Crockett
Davy
Ckety
Avy
Indian
Pioneers
Frontier
Yin
WARDS
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