Irish Cobbler potatoseed tops Iowa tests for yield gains
Potatoes yielded 300 bushels per acre in Minnesota Iowa tests at Walter Hoag farm Blooming ton township under Iowa State College supervision. Professor Fitch favors Irish Cobbler over Early Ohio citing potential gains of about two million dollars on 100 900 acres. seeds should come from strong loams north of Minneapolis and be renewed annually for best results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Hoag
Bloomington Township
Lindley B. Hoopes
Smith-Hughes
Muscatine High School
Iowa State College
Ames
Farm Bureau
Joseph J. Wilson
State College
Minnesota
Iowa
Muscatine
Clarinda
C. L. Fitch
Ohio
Miinneapolis
Twin Cities
Hoopes
Reunion of Van Atta Kin Draws 150 Relatives
One hundred fifty Van Atta relatives from Muscatine Illinois Illinois communities and distant areas gathered at Weed park for the ninth annual reunion. A daytime program featured Gray's orchestra and dancing. Officers elected were Marion Vance president Lauren Henderson vice president Ed N. Van Atta secretary George Randleman assistant secretary and Elbert McGreer treasurer with others on the program committee. The next reunion will be held at Weed park on the last Thursday of August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Atta
Muscatine
Illinois
Weed Park
Gray
Marion Vance
Aledo
Ill
Lauren Henderson
Ed N. van Atta
George Randleman
Elbert McGreer
Charles Retherford
Joy
Lee Ewing
Ralph van Atta
Buffalo Prairie
Sweetland Band of Willing Workers Picnic At Weed Park
The Sweetland Band of Willing Workers held its annual picnic at Weed park with good attendance. Special guest Mrs. H. Hesen of Cotts Tate former member attended. A basket dinner was served and the day was spent informally. The next meeting is Thursday afternoon Sept. 30 at Mrs. A. C. Eckhardt’s home in Sweetland township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweetland Band OF
Weed Park
Elks Ladies to entertain Iowa City club guests
Muscatine Elks Club members plan entertainments for the Iowa City Ladies at a meeting on Thursday September 9 at the Elks club rooms. A club party yesterday featured bridge and five hundred with hostesses Mrs Leonard Fuller Mrs L P Flannery Mrs August Unkel Mrs A Romann and Mrs N Meyers assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Elks Club
Muscatine Club
Mesdames
Leonard Fuller
L.P. Flannery
August Unkel
A. Romann
N. Meyers
Rhoda Bible Class Plans Sept Church Meeting
Members of the Rhoda Bible class of the Protestant Evangelical church held a picnic at Musser park. A committee including Mesdames Maeglin Drewes Reay and Miss Edna Umlandt arranged plans. The class will meet September 9 at the church with Mrs E B Molis and Mrs Emma Krone as hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhoda Bible
Musser Park
Protestant Evangelical Church
Mesdames Tto Maeglin
Margaret Drewes
Hannah Reay
Edna Umlandt
E. B. Molis
Emma Krone
Special Electa Chapter Meeting and Lodge Dates
A special Electa chapter No. 32 Eastern Star meeting is set for Monday evening in the Ma sonic temple small lodge room with proficiency work to be shown. The Lady Eagles lodge meeting is moved to Aug 30 due to Labor Day. Geneva Golf and Country club Labor Day party is Sept 6 with dancing after dinner. Opening party planned for September on Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electa Chapter
Electa
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Lady Eagles Lodge
Geneva Golf and Country Club
Simple home care tips to revive sun-damaged hair
The article suggests olive oil rubs at night twice a week to restore health, warns against overuse and frequent washing, and recommends lemon vinegar rinses for shine. It also advocates an egg yolk scalp treatment and emphasizes daily brushing with a clean brush for livelier hair.
M Kee Explains Air Mail Rates from Muscatine
Postmaster W S McKee outlines air mail time schedules and rates from Muscatine to all U S sections. Details include 2 p m collection, connections via Moline and Chicago, and 6 15 a m New York delivery, with envelopes, stamps, and marking instructions. Rates cover routes to Chicago New York Boston Oklahoma City Omaha and beyond with varied per ounce charges.
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Muscatine
W. S. McKee
Moline
Chicago
Government Line
New York
New York City
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Washington
Trenton
Boston
Hartford
McKee
United States
Sean Ounce
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Dallas
Ft. Worth
Houston
Galveston
San Antonio
Austin
Omaha
Points
San Francisco
Cheyenne
California
Salt Lake City
Las Vegas
Elko
Nev
Detroit
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Colorado
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Milwaukee
la Crosse
Megna River Ferry Capsizes. 94 Feared Drowned
Ninety four passengers on a Megna river ferry in Noakhali Bengal are believed to be drowned after the craft capsized mid stream and broke in two. About 100 were aboard and only six saved as strong currents swept passengers away.
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Noakhali
Bengal
India
Megna
The Border Sheriff heads to Grand theater Saturday
Cultus Collins a Cayuse County sheriff and rancher stars as Jack Hoxie in The Border Sheriff Universal Western. He tackles smugglers at the border. a San Francisco restaurant fight and a Secret Service summons propel him from Cayuse to Washington and back home to uncover longhorn smugglers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cayuse County
Secret Service
Cultus Collins
Jack Hoxie
Hoxie
Collins
San Francisco
Washington
U. S. Secret Service
Whispering Canyon at A Musel Theatre Stirs California Timber Tale
Saturday's offering at the A Musel Theatre presents Whispering Canyon a melodrama from John Mersereau directed by Tom Forman. Jane Novak stars as the heroine with Robert Ellis Eugene Pallette Josef Swickard James Mason and Edward Brady in supporting roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A-Musel
California Redwood
Whispering Canyon
John Mersereau
Tom Forman
Jane Novak
Robert Ellis
Eugene Pallette
Josef Swickard
James Mason
Edward Brady
Dempsey Goes Bachelor Amid Prep for Tunney Fight
Jack Dempsey, living in a bungalow in Atlantic City with attendants, becomes a bachelor until after his bout with Gene Tunney. Estelle Taylor, his wife, has left for Hollywood, and Dempsey trains with new sparring partners while former champ Harry Greb weighs in on needed practice. Gene Tunney takes a day off at Speculator with a nine mile hike and plans an all day canoe trip before the final preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Jack Dempsey
Gene Tunney
Estelle Taylor
Hollywood
Dempsey
Jack
Paulina Labudda
White House
Woodrow Wilson
Paulina
Harry Greb
Greb
Tunney
Gene
Speculator
N. Y
Various Residents Visit Muscatine and Nearby Cities
Davenport judge W W Scott attended a legal matter in Muscatine. Mrs George Schroeder of Wausau Wis visits her parents in Muscatine with Beulah Baker. Mr and Mrs Edward Hoyt and daughters visit their cousin E L Graham. Maurice Beeding announces birth of son Maurice Jr. R H Norton returns to Atlanta after visit. Clark family travels to Des Moines for state fair, joined by J E Henson. Robins family moves to Muscatine at 403 East Ninth Street. Mittman prepares for two week auto trip to Chicago. Harrington family and relatives depart Enid Okla after staying with Henry Facks. Mrs Gus Halberg ill, taken to Hershey hospital. Bank clearings for week total 1 260 000 vs 1 929 000 year ago. Carl Hagermeister family visit in Washington Ia. Samuel McCullouch suffers paralysis stroke. condition critical. New Chevrolet coach licensed by Mrs Carrie Hershey of Fairport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Schroeder
Wausaw
Wis
Henry Koenig
Madison Street
Beulah Baker
Schroeder
Muscatine
C. A. Robins
Keokuk, Ia
East Ninth Street
Excursion St Paul To Sail From Muscatine September 16
The St Paul excursion steamer, the largest on the upper Mississippi, will leave Muscatine on Thursday September 16 for its annual trip. The voyage is run by the Edward H Bitter post American Legion and its auxiliary. Also in the news, New York Raymond Bott of Youngstown Ohio was elected president of the Dancing Masters of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Upper Mississippi
Muscatine
Edward H. Bitter
New York
Raymond Bott
Youngstown
Ohio
The
Dancing Masters of America
Athlete Heads To New Camp In Stroudsburg Pa
He completes the final training stretch at the current camp and plans to depart Monday for a new camp in Stroudsburg Pennsylvania, continuing intensive prep up to the last minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stroudsburg
World News Briefs roundup in Denver and beyond
The Denver Union Stock yards were sold for about 4.5 million dollars to Bosworth Chanute and company with Joseph A. Shoemaker named president of the new group. In Missouri an aged farmer wed a Los Angeles woman after a brief courthouse ceremony. New York plans to shut 250 Sacramental wine shops amid alleged abuse of privileges. Athens reports Gen Condylis forms a business cabinet with few officers. Chicago adds Montgomery Ward and others to curb concealable guns by mail sales. Detroit authorities warn of narcotics smuggling rings with several arrests. Los Angeles actress Marion Nixon sues for divorce from Joe Benjamin claiming cruelty and failure to provide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Denver
Denver Union
Bosworth, Chanute and Company
Armour and Company
Swift and Company
Associated Interests
Joseph A. Shoemaker
Popular Bluff
Cupid
Missouri
California
L. J. Baker
Wayne County
Juanita Muriella
Los Angeles
Iowa News Notes Aps and Here and There
Council Bluffs growers ask police protection from nightly corn raids. Sigourney aviatrix Miss Marie Meyer crashes in a corn field but is unhurt during stunt flying. Cedar Rapids reports ill National Park commissioner Capt. W. T. Rigby at Mount Vernon home. relapse feared. Hog cholera spreading in eastern Iowa urges immediate vaccination. Shenandoah Dr. T. N. Putnam, 70, found dead in hotel. Ames R. W. Halverson released on $200 bond after illegal liquor transport arrest following a car crash.
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Sigourney
Marie Meyer
Cedar Rapids
W. T. Rigby
Vicksburg
Miss
Mount Vernon
A. H. Legenhausen
United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Schools Prepare First Semesters Monday Across County
E. D. Bradley, county superintendent, lists multiple schools set to begin their first semesters Monday. Included are all schools in Lake and Pike townships and portions in Bloomington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Bradley
Lake and
Pike Townships
Bloomington
Floating Theatre Opens Season on River Showboat
Muscatine welcomes its first floating theater of the season with a four act melodrama The Vagabond to be presented tonight aboard the showboat Goldenrod. The vessel, among the largest on the river, carries eight cast members and features vaudeville entertainment between acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Goldenrod
Obituary of Mrs J J Engel Former Muscatine Resident
Word has been received of the death of Mrs J J Engel, formerly of Muscatine, at Elmhurst Illinois on August 25. Funeral arrangements are handled by Goff Undertaking Parlors. Services and interment will be at Greenwood cemetery at 2 PM Sunday. Her husband, formerly with J P Leysen in Muscatine, survives with three daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Engel
Muscatine
Elmhurst
Ill
Goff
Greenwood Cemetery
J. P. Leysen
Funeral services for C. W. Honts at Grace Reformed
Funeral services for C. W. Honts will be held at Grace Reformed church in Conesville at 2 30 p m Saturday. Rev Ira Hawley pastor of the United Brethren church will officiate. Interment will be in Conesville Cemetery. Body to leave 107 West Seventh street at 1245 p m Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Honts
Grace Reformed Church
Conesville
Ira Hawley
United Brethren Church
West Seventh Street
Chamberlins Return From Photographer Vacation
Mr and Mrs J A Chamberlin and daughters Marian and Wilma 615 Chestnut Street returned yesterday from a five weeks vacation. The husband attended the Photographers Association of America summer school at Winona Lake Ind during the first four weeks and attended the National Convention of Photographers in Chicago on the way home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Chamberlin
Marian
Wilma
Chestnut Street
Will cutoff relatives who stir up a muss in 1898 will
Springfield, Aug. 27 AP A century old Sangamon county will draft describes disinheriting relatives who create trouble at the reading. The will filed in the county courthouse reveals quirky provisions including furnishing a grandson with 240 actors and a wagon at twenty one and pro rata real estate draws. Also note English artist Spaj showcased butterfly wing pictures in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Sangamon County Court House
C. G. Addleman
Fred
Wilton Plans Early School Opening Amid Countywide Start
Wilton will open its schools on Monday becoming the only town in the county to start then. Most county schools will begin the following Monday or the day after, marking a staggered start across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton
Bees Protest After Ottumwa Cancellation Across League
Burlington officials protest to Belden Hill, Mississippi Valley League president, over Ottumwa canceling two games with Rock Island during a pennant race. Ottumwa played one game Tuesday and two on Wednesday, then canceled two more. Grievance cites rest for Ottumwa and improved prep for Bee series, while Hill investigates the dispute and will decide on action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Burlington Baseball Association
Belden Hill
Mississippi Valley League
Ottumwa
Rock Island
Gray
Harkins
Eldon Fair
Packer
Islanders
Hill
Glick
Local Baseball Association
Ball Park
Cedar Rapids
Mississippi Valley Baseball League
Dorothy Page Reaches Women’s Western Golf Final
Chicago reports 17 year old Dorothy Page from Maple Bluff Madison Wisconsin advances to the final round of the women's western golf championship at Olympia Fields by defeating Naomi Hull 2 up with one to play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Misa Dorothy Page
Maple Bluff
Madison
Wis
Olympia Fields
Naomi Hull
Indiana
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Ladies OF the Elks
Iowa City Club
Prchieve
Helena Rubinstein
Mme. Rubinstein
M’kee
Champion
Coste
W. W. Scott
Davenport
Edward S. Hoyt
Clara Hoyt
Alice Shoemaker
Griggsville, NL
E. L. Graham
Iowa Avenue
Maurice Beeding
Nebraska Street
Maurice Jr
R. H. Norton
Atlanta
Santa Fe Railroad
W. S. Norton
Broadway
J. BE. Clark
Mildred
H. G. Lord
Des Moines
Columbus Junction
J. E. Henson
William Mittman
Roscoe Avenue
Foster Harrington
Lysle and
Foster Jr
Phyllis
Virginia
M. O. Herrington
Enid
Okla
Henry Facks
Grover Street
Gus Halberg
East Eighth Street
Hershey Hospital
Carl Hagermeister
Carl, Jr
Mulberry Avenue
Washington, Ia
J. M. Kelley
Samuel E. McCullouch
Carrie Hershey
Fairport
William Boyd
Marguerite Dellamotte
J. Farrell MacDonald
Aparreo
Will M. Ritchey
George B.seitz
Sone
World News
Chester P. Mills
Athens
Condylis
Montgomery Ward and Company
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Butler Brothers
Mich
United States Customs
Detroit River
Marion Nixon
Joe Benjamin
Iowa News
Council Bluffs
Shenandoah
T. N. Putnam
R. W. Halverson
Holstein
G. W. Honts
Chamberlins
Will
Spaj
London
BEES
Allege
Dorothy Page
Kaynee
Moore Clothing Co
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