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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1925
Page
5
The Moose lodge invites members and families to a Sunday picnic near Tice's bridge on the Cedar river with horseshoe pitching races games boating and fishing. A vaudeville vaudeville program is planned in the afternoon and free car transportation will depart the Moose hall at 9 am and 11 am.
Wapello consolidated schools set to open Monday August 31 with high school enrollment Saturday. Staff includes Superintendent L E Mantor and principal Edna Tiffany plus 12 teachers covering high school junior high and grades. Four new teachers join, including Dorothy Daniels first grade instructor and three high school appointees.
Ainsworth Iowa August 28. Sam Harrison returns from Kansas after a week visit. Ed Atkins and family will move from Grand Forks North Dakota to work for John Jones northwest of town. Mrs Floyd Hamil and Mrs Blaine Pressly families camp at Washington chautauqua park. Dorothy Smylie returns from Crawfordsville visit. Ruth Norris Social club met with eight members. picnic planned at Sunset Park Washington. Etta Rush hosts Ladies Kensington club. McDonald family from Garry Indiana to reside here. Kolosick and Pearson shipped hogs to Chicago. Ella Nash of Clinton visiting Ellen McCreedy. Dr Tomy and family from Oskaloosa visiting D R Stearns family. Joe Utterback returns from Indiana. leaves for Des Moines for State Fair.
The Rev William Hainsworth pastor of the First Congregational church will lead the evening worship at the Park Avenue Methodist Episcopal church Sunday The Rev Emil Goetz of the German Methodist Episcopal church who was to have preached the sermon for the Rev C W Cochrane was called out of the city On the rural charges of the north circuit Carl Borchardt will be leader
Harry R. Frank general secretary of the local Y M C A and 8. T. Sinnett state committee member left this morning for Spirit Lake Iowa for the annual fall retreat of state association officials. The Camp Foster program at Spirit Lake runs five days and all general secretaries board members and boys work officials are expected to attend the sessions.
The Modern Brotherhood of America opened a meeting at Woodmen hall with about 100 members in attendance. Mrs Elizabeth Gray, past president, led the degree work for the 16 candidates. A dance followed the business session and officers will be elected at the next meeting on September 10 at Woodmen hall.
S L Duncan of Columbus Junction was awarded a bachelor of science degree at Iowa State College commencement in Ames. The class of 82 marked the largest graduating cohort at Ames outside the June ceremony.
Mrs F D Wilson hosted a dinner honoring Mrs Mary Anne Delzell of Des Moines with twelve guests. The Home Club gathered at Mrs I M Jameson’s home with 27 attendees to hear travelers recount their trips. Out of town visitors included Mrs W F Lupton, Mrs Charles Reynolds and Bernice, Miss Elsie McElhinney, and Mrs H E Wilson.
Des Moines Iowa August 28 Standard Oil of Indiana and other firms cut gasoline by two cents a gallon to meet competition at several local cut rate stations. Price now 17 1 2 cents per gallon tax excluded Cedar Rapids also cuts prices two cents bringing rate to 19 1/2 cents minus tax
An unruly bull broke loose at the Iowa State fairgrounds in Des Moines injuring James Bollard of Waukee Illinois. Bollard tried to escape the animal's rush and failed to scale a partition, fracturing his leg.
County Attorney C R Stafford asks for two permanent injunctions in district court. One targets Lee Starkfleet a Lake township farmer and his tenant farm S Van Zandt. The other targets Fred Danner arrested in February for bootlegging in a raid that found a hidden still.
Chicago officials report the united Methodist church move to join the northern church with the southern branch will be decided at 39 annual conferences in August and September. Five conferences vote today as Dr. R. J. Wade notes the tally stands 5 815 for and 382 against in the northern church.
A Pacific storm battered the Loochoo islands between Japan and Formosa killing three people and injuring several. It destroyed 192 houses and sunk 110 small boats, with further damage reported across the islands.
Earl Webb, 14, watching a mail plane take off at a Des Moines flying field was struck by a truck last night and suffered a fractured right leg.
Patsy Ruth Miller stars opposite House Peters in Head Winds a Universal Jewel at the Palace, a sea bound tale of a wife during a voyage controlled by Oriental crew and her wit. The film follows a strong man's love and his effort to win his headstrong wife after an unintended marriage.
Japanese long distance swimmer Setsu Nishimura abandoned his attempt to swim the English Channel after only two hours and five minutes in the water at Dover England on August 28.
Norman Baker in Washington charges AT and T with monopolizing radio broadcasting and blocking KTNT licensing. He files formal complaint with the Justice Department and appeals to Senator Brookhart after sending statements to press groups. Donovan's letter confirms the inquiry.
A revenue cutter in Lake Worth inlet fired one pound shells from its single gun at two smugglers’ vessels during a night battle. The vessels were forced to sea as the fight continued. six African men captured by Palm Beach deputies swam ashore to escape shells. Capture of the runners was considered probable but not yet reported.
Thomas H. Chapman a prominent Storm Lake attorney and president of the Buena Vista county Izaak Walton league died in a local hospital yesterday.
A joint picnic for Woodbine camp Royal Neighbors lodge and Woodmen lodge members and families is planned at Rotary lodge. The all day event includes a noon picnic dinner and races for boys and girls by age group, a fat man's potato race a peanut race for women a men’s tug of war and a baseball game between married and single men.
Rural beginner teachers and first time county instructors will gather at 10:00 AM in the county superintendent E. D. Bradley's office at the courthouse for supplies and work outlines for the coming year. At 1:00 PM the experienced teachers meet to receive reports, attendance and classification records. First grade examinations wrap up the August term for five summer school students.
Des Moines August 28 AP Invitations have been extended to ex Governor Frank C Lowden Harvey Ingham and William Hirth to address the Iowa Feeders and Breeders of Live stock at the State Fair next week Charles Bryan former Nebraska governor and last fall’s Democratic vice presidential candidate has accepted The talks will focus on fixing cost of production prices for corn and other grains.
Graduation exercises ended the 1925 summer session at the University of Iowa in Iowa City with about 160 candidates receiving 194 degrees, a new record. President Walter A. Jessup spoke at the luncheon, and the main address was delivered by Prof. B Ifor Evans of the University of Manchester England.
Chicago reports two men shot to death near the Ashburn aviation field in what police call a bootlegger war renewal. One victim resembled Irving Schlieg, an aviator bootlegger once seized after a liquor-laden plane was found near Kalamazoo. Schlieg had bonded out and vanished.
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