Family reunions draw large crowds in Muscatine area
A week end of family gatherings at Weed park and nearby sites drew large crowds with more reunions planned for next Sunday and early September. Clubs and church groups organized picnics including Mona council indoor picnic at Red Man hall and Cedar Street Methodist Episcopal church Reliables class gathering.
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Muscatine
Weed Park
Mona Council
Degree of Pocahontas
Redman Hall
Cedar Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Miss May Emmitt Weds Carl Brandly at Wilton Church
Miss May V Emmitt and Carl A Doc Brandly both of Manhattan Kansas were married at the First Presbyterian church manse in Wilton at 8 30 PM with Rev Lumbar officiating. The couple were joined by Mr and Mrs Oliver E Bentley of Fairport. Brandly helped organize Muscatine s Big Muskies football team and later became an assistant professor at Kansas State Agricultural College in Manhattan where they will reside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May V. Emmitt
C. A. Brandly
Carl A
Doc) Brandly
Manhattan
Kas
First Presbyterian Church
Wilton
Lumbar
Oliver E. Bentley
Fairport
Brandly
Muscatine
Big Muskies
Kansas State Agricultural College
Clear Large Sum At Church Benefit Sale
Zion Lutheran Ladies club held a benefit food sale at Havercamp's Drug Store and the Lutheran parish hall on Saturday. The event cleared $44.61 with about 162 dozen doughnuts sold. Proceeds fund furnishings for the mothers' room in the newly redecorated church.
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Zion Lutheran Ladies Club
Havercamp’s
Horst Beisner Wedding Confirmed by Records
The marriage of Miss Bernice Joanne Horst to Dr. A F Beisner has been confirmed by deeds filed Saturday. The couple resides in the new Boston apartments on East Third Street. Mrs Beisner, a Hershey hospital graduate nurse, has worked at Bellevue hospital. Dr Beisner’s first wife Elaine Roddewig was granted a divorce in district court here in July.
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Bellevue Hospital
Beisner
Elaine Roddewig
MISS VOTAW ATTENDANT AT IOWA CITY WEDDING
Miss Virginia Votaw daughter of Mr and Mrs W R Votaw of 406 West Third street served as bridesmaid at the Iowa City wedding of Miss Emily Patterson and Jerome Kellogg. The ceremony occurred at 10 o clock at Trinity Episcopal church Cedar Rapids officiated by Rev M S Runkle. P M Casady of Oklahoma City was the other attendant.
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Votaw
Iowa City
Virginia Votaw
W. R. Votaw
West Third Street
Emily Patterson
E. S. Patter
Keokuk
Jerome Kellogg
D. C. Kellogg
Cedar Rapids
Trinity Episcopal Church
M.S. Runkle
P. M. Casady
Oklahoma City
Okla
Mrs Klepper Birthday Dinner Honored At Gray Home
Mr and Mrs John Gray hosted a family dinner Sunday at their country home in Wilton township to honor Mr A H Klepper of Fair Oaks. Also present were Miss Maggie Switzer and Miss Elizabeth Greiner. Reservations close noon Wednesday for a dinner bridge party at Geneva Golf and Country Club at 7 pm.
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Feeley
Weed Park
James R. Feeley
Margaret McCabe
Elmer Paul
Clifford Campbell
Wilton
Orrie Edmondson
City
Ralph McCabe
F. J. Berger
Leroy
Dorothy Berger
Iowa City
E. E. Paul
Leo
Doris
Laurence Paul
Durant
P. F. Carroll
Margaret Carroll
Joe Jacobs
John Carroll
Genieve
Helen
Frances Carroll
Henry Romann
Elizabeth Romann
Helen Angerer
Frances Friedli
Ralph Bermel
Sweetland
Mary Rininsland
Rock Island
Mary Smith
Clinton
J. R. Feeley
Oliver Davison
Margaret Kook
Genevieve
Elizabeth Kook
L. Peter Rininsland
John Rininsland
Charles H. Ruff
Robert Budelier
C. E. Ruff
F. J. Budelier
Peter Rininsland
Frank J. Budelier
Davis
Muscatine
John Downer
Ray Downer
L. E. Downer
George Downer
W. E. Downer
Adella Parvin
Kautz
Jacob Kautz
Scherzheim
Baden
Germany
Credit Island
Davenport
Buffalo
John Tiedje
Newton
Leo Kautz
Ee Noth
Treasurence Hagedorn
Valen
Moline Aport
Galesburg
Stockton
Blue Grass
Fairport
Peoria
Kansas City
Detroit
Montpelier
Luedtke
Lindle
Ed Lindle
Lake Township
J. B. Lindle
M. J. Lindle
Peter Daut
Bernice
Editha
Sophia
Edward M
C. A. Bloomer
Josephine
F. G. Daut
Donald
Margaret
Chicago
G. G. Leith
Alexander
Ella Daut
Lucille
Clara
Ella
Lauren
Elmer Daut
Dorothy Amelia
Jean Elain
Ray Handley
Guyford
Jack
Tipton
Clarence Lindle
Francis
John
Cedar Valley
Earl Lindle
Jean Ann
von Sanders
Evelyn June
Mary Lou
West Liberty
Floyd de Forest
Betty Maxine
Edith Mae
John B. Lindle
Shirley Ruth
Audrey Marie
George Koehler
Emma Althaus
Chris Volker
Koehler Price
Harold and
Ralph
Richard Key
Lawrence, Kas
F. H. Stalkfleet
Dolliver Street
Klepper
John Gray
Wilton Township
A. H. Klepper
Fair Oaks
Maggie Switzer
Elizabeth Greiner
Geneva Golf and Country Club
Drowns In Mississippi River at North Buena Vista
Clarence Maiers 25 of Holy Cross Ia was drowned in the Mississippi River at North Buena Vista on Sunday after cramps struck him. He was pulled from the water too late. his widow and one daughter survive.
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Mississippi
North
Buena Vista
Clarence Maiers
Holy Cross
Negro War Mothers Visit European War Dead Graves
The second group of American negro gold star mothers and widows arrived in Cherbourg aboard the steamship American Merchant to visit the graves of war dead in Europe. Forty one members traveled in the party and were warmly welcomed in Paris.
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Paris
Europe
Cherbourg
Mississippi River Reaches Four-Year Low Amid Warmer Day
The river fell to 2.1 feet, a new four year low, after dropping 2.5 inches in 24 hours. Thermometer rose 22 degrees from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. with largely clear skies in the morning and light clouds later. South wind. Fair, warmer Tuesday expected.
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Mercury
Miss Rita Berry Returns From Columbia Summer School
City notes show Miss Rita Berry principal of Washington school returning from a six week Columbia University summer program in New York City. The item highlights other local moves including legal notice on a suspended jail sentence for Louie Kulp and several births and travels of residents to Chicago for various events.
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Rita Berry
Washington School
New York City
Columbia University
Obituaries Honor John Beck and Arthur Bahr in Local Rites
Funeral services for John Beck were led by Rev. C. W. Hempstead at Wittich Funeral Home in Seattle and burial followed at Greenwood cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Arthur Bahr, a local broom maker, died recently. his funeral at 1617 Cedar Street was conducted by Rev. Ira Hawley with burial at Greenwood cemetery and pallbearers plus flower attendants named.
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John Beck
Seattle
Wash
Wittich Funeral Home
C. W. Hempstead
Mulford Congregational Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Wittich Chapel
William and Otto Elfers
Hugo Schlipf
Charles Diercks
George Luckhardt
Pete Tiedemann
Arthur T. Bahr
Cedar Street
Ira Hawley
United Brethren Church
Otto Maeglin
E. C. Diercks
Charles Thomas
Clarence Bloom
Harold Bowen
August Hoffman
Grace Missel
Anna Fowler
Lillian Vaughn
Millie Lange
Wood Debuts Daughter In The Richest Man In The World At A-Muse-U
The Theatres A Muse U presents The Richest Man in the World a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production directed by Sam Wood featuring his daughter Jeane Wood in a pivotal role. Louis Mann appears as the barber alongside Leila Hyams Elliott Nugent Robert Montgomery and others in a family drama adapted from a Nugent story.
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Sam Wood
Talking Screen
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
A-Muse-U
Jeane Wood
Miss Wood
Louis Mann
Leila Hyams
Elliott Nugent
Robert Montgomery
Mary Doran
Francis X. Bushman, Jr
Clara Blandick
Robert McWade
Lee Kohlmar
Henry Armetta
Samuel Ornitz
J. C. Nugent
River swimmer reaches St. Louis from Minneapolis
Fred Newton an Oklahoma swimmer who paused in Muscatine on a Mississippi River crossing arrived in St. Louis Sunday night. He will spend the day there before resuming toward New Orleans. Newton completed the 25 mile Alton to St. Louis stretch in six hours and fifty minutes.
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Fred Newton
Oklahoma
Muscatine
Mississippi River
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Associated Press
Newton
New Orleans
Alton
Bernice Claire Stars in Top Speed at Fox Palace
Bernice Claire leads the feminine cast with Joe E. Brown in Top Speed at the Fox Palace Theatre on Tuesday. The 22 year old, noted for The Desert Song and No No Nanette, blends singing and acting in light comedy alongside Jack Whiting Laura Lee Frank McHugh and others.
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Bernice Claire
Joe E. Brown
Fox Palace
Miss Claire
First
National Pictures
California
Jack Whiting
Laura Lee
Frank McHugh
Fred and Nina Green File Suit in Bankruptcy
Fred T. and Nina E. Green of Muscatine rural route 4 filed a bankruptcy suit in U S district court Davenport listing liabilities of 1972.42 and assets of 295. Thompson and Thompson of Muscatine served as attorneys.
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Fred
Nina Green
Fred T
Nina E. Green
Muscatine
United States District Court
Davenport
Thompson & Thompson of
Important Witness in Buckley Probe Is Threatened
An important witness in the Jerry Buckley case was approached and told to “keep your mouth shut” as prosecutors resume grand jury selection in Wayne County. Judge Moll prepared to hear six more candidates to fill the 23 member panel probing Buckley’s killing at the La Salle hotel after his recall of Mayor Bowles over WMBC.
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Detroit
Jerry Buckley
James E. Chenot
Lester S. Moll
Wayne County
Fairfield man named assistant commercial attache abroad
Harold M. Randall of Fairfield Iowa was appointed assistant commercial attache at Santiago Chile by the commerce department. He has served as an instructor on public speaking at Georgetown University in Washington.
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Washington
Harold M. Randall
Fairfield
Santiago
Chile
Commerce Department
Georgetown University
King Drever Visits U S From Tropical Island Realm
Captain John S. Drever, ruler of Laueneuwa island in mid Pacific, visits the United States after eight years. He governs 650 Polynesians living on a palm leaf palace, proclaimed a magician demigod by his subjects, with his visit described as brief and a return to his Pacific paradise.
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John S. Drever
Los Angeles
United States
Captain Drever
Laueneuwa
Equator
mid-Pacific
Mark Antony
Cleopatra
Drever
Local residents and visitors listed in community notes
The notice lists residents traveling or visiting places such as Mrs. Hershey in Denver and Colorado Springs, Mrs. Lange in Denver, and Mrs. Healey with her son in Seventy-Six township. It also notes the Pleasant Prairie and Muscatine Rotary Club kittenball game, and performances by the Iowa rifle team at Camp Perry. George Herwig and George Lewis head to Des Moines for the state fair with side trips to Paton.
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Pleasant Prairie
Muscatine
George Herwig
George Lewis
East Eighth Street
Des Moines
Paton
Beore
Young Lawyer Takes On Murder Case Next Week
A witty exchange notes a young lawyer who has defended burglars and tramps and now is set to defend a murderer next week. A friend remarks that he is obtaining better clients.
Dodgers Face Food Crunch In Onion Diet Tale
A humor line about scarcity notes a man surviving two weeks on onions. The banter contrasts a harsh shortage with a sharp jab about living alone, reflecting a playful exchange from a newspaper Q and A humor page.
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Dodgers
Parisian remark sparks playful exchange at Pele Mele
A fragment from Pele Mele in Paris shows Jones' wife urging her husband to offer money upfront. He responds with a witty remark, highlighting a light moment of domestic banter in a Paris setting.
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Jones
Paris
Burhop Coupe Smashed in West Liberty County Roads
George Burhop of Atalissa drove a coupe that was badly damaged Sunday afternoon on county roads near the oak tree corner south of West Liberty. He was traveling too fast to report the accident to county officers. no one was injured.
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West Liberty
George Burhop
Atalissa
Oak Tree Corner
Burhop
Semi Diesels Adapted For Farm Tractors In Europe
Semi diesel engines have been successfully adapted to farm tractors in Sweden and Germany, marking a notable development in agricultural engineering. The innovation promises increased efficiency and power for European farms.
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Sweden
Germany
Union series closes in week with joint service
A final joint service will be held Sunday at the First Methodist Episcopal church as the downtown Protestant union program concludes. Most churches resume full services Sept. 7, except Methodist Episcopal where pastors are at conference. Young people led Sunday services and attended a Hawkeye Fine Arts program at First Baptist.
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First Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Churches
Hawkeye Club
First Baptist Church
Burlington Evangelical Church
Evangelical Protestant Church
Weed Park
Epworth
Sweetland
Robbers Trapped After Bank Heist Near Hillsdale
Three men robbed the Farmers and Merchants bank at 11 15 this morning in Hillsdale Illinois obtaining about 6000 dollars. Two suspects were captured in a corn field four miles northwest of town and the third was being pursued. The bandits fled in a blue Pontiac abandoning their car west of Hillsdale after discovering the tank held only a gallon of gasoline.
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Farmers and Merchants State Bank
Louis Stevens
East Moline
Jimmy Dorman
Moline
Hillsdale
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Anthony Fillmer
E. L. Hanson
B. W. Morgan
Morgan
Hanson
Laundry Opens New Plant on Fourth Street
Magnus Model laundry employees began work in the new building on Fourth Street. While offices and the dry cleaning plant need finishing, essential machinery is installed to allow operations to run. A large crew worked overnight and through the weekend to complete the move.
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Magnus Model Laundry
Fourth Street
Riley Parker Re-elected Pilot of Moline Club
Riley Parker was re-elected manager of the Moline club of the Mississippi Valley league for 1931 by unanimous vote. The selection was announced from Moline Til August 25 with AP reporting.
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Riley Parker
Moline Team
Moline, Til
Moline Club
Mississippi Valley League
Malta Fever Fatal to Waterloo Man
Waterloo Iowa Aug 25 Funeral services will be held here tomorrow for Stephen D Brown former mayor of Waterloo who died of Malta fever a disease rare in Iowa He was 42 years old.
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Waterloo
Stephen D. Brown
Iowa
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W. E. Federlein
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Bloomington Township
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Black Lake
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Columbus Junction
H. D. Horst
Kulp
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Fruitland Township
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Sioux City
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J. L. Behrens
Muscatine Shippers’ Association
Iowa Traffic League
E. E. Yoder
Wellman
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Wapello
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Philadelphia
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East Eleventh Street
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Cincinnati
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Abington
Ill
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Buckley
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