Mrs N Barry Dies in Duluth Pernicious Anemia Claimed Her Life
Mrs Nicholas Barry wife of the head of Barry Manufacturing died in Duluth Minnesota at 6 this morning of pernicious anemia Her body will be brought to Muscatine for funeral services Tuesday She was born Mary McCarthy July 20 1857 in Davenport and married July 27 1879 She is survived by her husband five children and two sisters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Barry
Barry Manufacturing Company
Duluth
Minn
Muscatine
Barry
Mary McCarthy
Davenport
Daniel and
Emilie Hall McCarthy
W. G. Barry
John C. Barry
Lee Barry
Florence Fuller
J. C. Bishop
Thomas Newcomb
Rock Island
Michael Kelly
Los Angeles
Birthday Surprise Party for Charles Houk
Fifty Mona council members of the Pocahontas degree and friends attended a surprise birthday party last evening at Charles Houk’s home 211 1 2 East Second Street. The house was decorated with flowers and music and games were enjoyed as gifts were presented to the honoree.
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Mona Council
Degree of
Pocahontas
Charles Houk
East Second Street
Mrs Fifer Hosts Bridge for Mrs Anson in Des Moines
Mrs. Charles M. Fifer entertained at her home on Iowa avenue with an evening bridge party in honor of Mrs. Francis Anson of St. Louis. Anson, a former resident, is visiting Mrs. F B Switzer at 1007 Iowa avenue. Three tables played. Anson won the high score award.
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Charles M. Fifer
Iowa Avenue
Francis Anson
St. Louis
Week of Aug 24 Weather Outlook in Midwest
The weekly US weather bulletin notes persistent cloudiness and showery conditions across upper Mississippi states and eastward. Davenport reports 1.1 inches of rain for the week, 3 degrees above average, with cropping and threshing impacts and late Iowa corn fields needing a favorable fall.
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Mississippi States
United States
Davenport
Muscatine
Middle West
Iowa
Kansas
Riverside Labor Day Celebration at Riverside Park
Riverside Ia August 28 Labor Day will be celebrated at Riverside park with a morning program including music solos readings and plays and an afternoon parade baseball game and dances. Notable speakers include Attorney Oral Swift and Judge Ralph Otto with numerous local performers and a Washington vs Riverside baseball game.
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Riverside
Riverside Park
Riverside Band
William Grif
Reading
Imidda
Velma Tobin
Mildred Duwn
May Griffin
Genevieve Shradel
Eleanor Kleper
Theresa Schniebelen
Gertrude Heitzman
Melvin Swift
Howard Schnieblen
Elmo Knebel
Lenore Thoman
Evangeline Robert Dunn
Ralph Otto
Iowa
Margaret Griffin
Washington
Ball Park
River
Melon Thieves Ousted by Vengeful Bull in Patch Heist
A group of two couples sought melons in Island patches last Thursday night but faced gunfire and a defensive bull near the second patch. After securing some fruit they fled to a schoolyard to eat, while one couple hid from the enraged animal until help arrived.
Correction on Louis B. Lees age and birth year
The Journal corrects an error from Friday about Louis B. Lee who died yesterday at Letts. He was 57, not 69, and born in 1869, not 1857.
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Louis B. Lee
Letts
Mr. Lee
Muscatine Men Receive Degrees at Iowa State University
Two Muscatine young men, John M. Hill and Donald R. Lemkau, were among 172 candidates awarded degrees at the University of Iowa’s summer term exercises. Hill earned a Master of Arts and Lemkau a Bachelor of Arts and a Certificate of Education.
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Lowe City
State University of Iowa
Muscatine
John M. Hill
Donald R. Lemkau
County Picnic of Lodges at West Liberty
The annual picnic of Odd Fellows and Rebekah lodges district 70 including Muscatine county will be held at West Liberty on Monday Sept 6. Dinner at noon and an afternoon program with games and contests. All lodge members in the county are invited. Miriam Rebekah lodge met in the Odd Fellows hall to hear reports and discuss routine business.
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Odd Fellows and Rebekah Lodges
District Number
Muscatine County
West Liberty
Miriam Rebekah Lodge
Muscatine
Odd Fellows Hall
Pola Negri Mourning En Route to Valentino Funeral
Pola Negri arrived in Chicago in mourning to head to New York for Rudolph Valentino's funeral. The Journal reports she telegraphed a florist for a largest size red rose wreath inscribed in Italian "Thy Polita Tour Eternita" in gold letters on a colored ribbon.
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Chicago
Ill
Pola Negri
New York
Rudolph Valentino
Pola
France Holds Three Inch Vanity Cases
London reports describe women traveling in a 100 mile auto trace as part of a distinctive scene.
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France
London
New NSW Rail Link Connects Moama and Balranald
A 120 mile railway line links Moama and Balranald in New South Wales. The project expands regional transport, enabling faster freight and passenger movement between the two towns.
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Moama
Balranald
New South Wales
Obituary Minnie Silberhorn 39 dies after weeklong illness
Minnie C Ahlschlager Silberhorn died at 10 30 this morning at 300 Liberty street after septicemia from tonsillitis. Born April 7 1887 in Rock Island county she grew up in Muscatine and married Charles W Silberhorn about 14 years ago. Survived by husband three children mother two sisters two brothers and an grandfather. Funeral arrangements pending Wittich Funeral Home.
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Minnie C. Silberhorn
Liberty Street
Silberhorn
Minnie Ahlschlager
Rock Island County
Muscatine
Charles W. Silberhorn
Banner Lodge
German Methodist Episcopal Church
Edward
Robert
Marie
Mary Ahlschlager
This City
Helen Ahlschlager
Charles Toborg
Marshalltown
Henry
Barnes City
William
Hastings
Okla
Joy
West Seventh Street
Wittich Funeral Home
League fines Ottumwa and Rock Island clubs
Belden Hill, president of the Mississippi Valley league, fined Ottumwa and Rock Island $50 each for trying to dodge two postponed games at Ottumwa. He ordered the two games to be played as a double header on September 2 and 3 at Rock Island to protect the pennant race and cited poor sportsmanship.
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Cedar Rapids
Belden Hill
Mississippi Valley League
Ottumwa
Rock Island
Hill
District Court Defendants deny indebtedness in shell purchase suit
John D. and Louis Yarck file an answer denying indebtedness in a suit by John Koepping of Koepping Brothers seeking 902.49 over an oral shell purchase contract. M W Stapleton for plaintiff and J F Devitt for defendants. Also report of distribution by L J Horan in Kruse vs Juergens approved. Devitt appears for Kruse and defendant. Intervenors Coster & Coster represent Wilhelm, Fritz, Frederick Christian Weber and Marie Reker.
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John D
Louis Yarck
John Koepping
L. J. Horan
W. E. Kruse
Louise Juergens
J. F. Devitt
Kruse
Coster & Coster
Wilhelm
Fritz
Frederick Christian Weber
Marie Reker
New Party Seeks Ballot Access in Iowa Election
Secretary of State Ramsay said national reps of the Commonwealth Land Party met with him to place the party name on November ballots. They would file petitions signed by 500 Iowa voters by Sept. 23 as allowed by the assistant attorney general.
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Des Moines
Ramsay
Commonwealth Land Party
Iowa
Passenger rates for Brindisi to Istanbul airline rise
Passenger rates for the Brindisi Athens Constantinople air service are only 15 percent higher than steamship fares on the same route, indicating a small premium for air travel compared with sea transport.
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Athens-Constantinople
Lima to Host First Auto Show in Municipal Building
Lima Peru plans its inaugural automobile show this summer in the municipal building showcasing local interest in new cars and industry presence.
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Lima
Peru
Traveling Facilities in Europe Aiding Sightseers
A 1925 guide notes European train classes vary by country with three or four tiers, seat reservations differ, and fast trains may carry limited baggage. It warns travelers to keep tickets, explains timetable use, and contrasts continental sleeping cars, water access, hotel charges, and left traffic in England with Paris taxis and subway customs.
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America
Canada
Josh Billings
Mr. Dooley
W. Lardner
England
Europe
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Pullmans
Paris
London
Quarter and Half Cents Real Money Hundred Years Ago
Springfield Illinois August 28 1924 AP one quarter of a cent was money in 1825 when an old grey mare sold for 1756 14 at a Sangamon county personal property sale. A list shows corn by the barrel pigs and other goods priced with cents and fractions. The probate clerk tallied about six days work and added expenses of 35.50.
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Springfield
Ill
Sangamon
Better Cows Show Increased Profits in Fayette County
A Fayette County dairy farmer demonstrates rising profits by following the slogan Not more cows but better cows. Over four years, his herd shrank from 18 to 10 cows while profit per cow rose from 43 to 108.65 dollars, with butterfat averages climbing from 180 to 341.9 pounds.
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Iowa State College Dairy Extension Specialists
Iowa
Fayette County
Ex service men attend the fair in Des Moines
World war veterans marched through the Iowa state fair gates free of charge. Attendance was expected to exceed 75 000 as the fair opened in full swing. Free admission yesterday reached over 65 000 with 25 009 children. Races featured whippet and seven horse events and Joan Lacosta set a world record for women in one mile on a half mile dirt track. County clubs led in pig judging with Marshall County first in boys and girls divisions.
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Des Moines
Ihea
Joan Lacosta
Marshall County
Johnson
Hampshires
Lad
Loren Brown
Boone
Kenneth Lansness
Sioux Rapids
Kossuth County Man Wins Iowa Butter Making Title
Otto Kloeck of Whittemore, Kossuth County, tops Iowa butter makers at the state fair with 96 points. Elmer Primus of Fair Bank, Buchanan County, and H. S. Stendel of Northwood, Worth County, follow with 95.75 and 95.50. Jury included Howard Reynolds and others. critic F W Stephenson of Oelwein presided.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Otto Kloeck
Whittemore
Kossuth
Elmer Primus
Fairbank
Buchanan County
H. S. Stendel
Northwood
Worth County
Howard Reynolds
Mason
J. E. Mittlestadt
Carroll
Roy Scoles
Nashua
F. W. Stephenson
Oelwein
Klansmen Meet in Dubuque for Klonklave Parade
Thousands of klansmen from Iowa Illinois and Wisconsin gather in Dubuque for the second annual klanklave. A street parade later will be the first in Dubuque with unmasked marchers and city approval contingent on police-approved placards. Bands come from Waterloo Marshalltown Kenosha and Charles.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Kenosha
Charles
Stops on Veterans Insurance Exchanges Requested
Washington correspondence from Brig. Gen. Frank Hines and Dwight F. Davis shows the Veterans Bureau and War Department seeking ways to persuade war veterans to retain government life insurance rather than exchange it. Hines argues level premium insurance held long enough to accumulate values cannot be replaced to the policyholder’s advantage.
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Veterans Bureau
Department of War
Frank T. Hines
Veterans’ Bureau
Dwight F. Davis
Secretary of War
Washington
General Hines
Police Probe Death Of Girl Continues
Cleve Bunker testified he saw Pansy Turnbull with an unidentified young man as he left Clearfield. He took her to a doctor and then home. she died unable to speak. Scratches on her body and torn dusty clothes were noted at the inquest. Several young men from Creston were questioned and others were moved to Bedford for further inquiry.
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Cleve Bunker
Bunker
Clearfield
Pansy
Miss Turnbull
Inco
Taylor Cou Jcil
Bedford
Mection Haventy
Milwaukee drill team in line for naturalization ceremony
Milwaukee based drill team will line up alongside city residents for a naturalization ceremony tonight held at the klan field north of the city.
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City
Milwaukee
Klan Field
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R. C. Knight
E. E. Blythe
Viola
M. Stark
Vera Knebel
Evangeline Shradel
Dorothy Thoman
Rose Manrion
Amelia Veggy
Oral Swift
Marengo
Frening
Dorothy Kron
Iowa City
Donald Frank
Robert Thoman
Frederick
Skubal
Ivan Shradel
Cecil Strabal
John Thoman
Francis Edle
Verne Vegagy
Moran Tremmel
Florian Swift
Victor Strabla
Cornet
C. Starke
L. O'Connor
Regina
Amelia Yeggr
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Rudy
New Party
Express
American Express Company
U. S
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Kellogg’s Corn Flakes
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