Mrs. A J Rostenbach 87 A Buffalo Resident Dies
Mrs. A J Rostenbach 87 longtime Buffalo resident died Thursday after a lingering illness. Born Dayton Ohio June 24 1852 she was a Methodist and active in Union Church Buffalo Ladies Aid Sunday school Daughters of the American Revolution. Survived by son Edwin Davenport sister Mrs J Mayers Buffalo brother Joseph Joplin Mo and one grandchild Funeral at 2 pm Friday at the Buffalo church with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery Buffalo.
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A. J. Rostenbach
Buffalo
J. Mayers
Mrs. Rostenbach
Dayton
Union Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
Edwin
Davenport
Joseph
Joplin
Rose Hill Cemetery
Father and Mother Agree to Share Child Custody
In district court a custody agreement was reached in the divorce decree modification case Fannie May Maher versus L. A. Maher. The parents will each have their minor daughter for six months each year following testimony and a stipulation approved by Judge D V Jackson. The original decree granted custody to Mr Maher’s parents after the grandfather’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie May Maher
L. A
Bert Chelf Hurt When Truck Plunges Into Ditch
Bert Chelf 35 Muscatine suffered cuts and bruises when a Cameron and Joyce truck he was driving swerved on a county road north of Muscatine and overturned into a ditch. Damage to the truck was about 75 dollars. Sheriff reports also include a minor two car wreck on Highway 6 near Atalissa with 65 dollar damage to the Schwertzer car and 15 dollars to the other vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Chelf
Muscatine
Cameron and
Joyce
Keokuk
Fred Nesper
Highway 6
Atalissa
L. A. Schwertzer
Tipton
Katherine McKee
Schwertzer
Treasurer Receives Final Settlement on Road Certificates
Muscatine county secondary road certificates final settlement paid to County A. J. Nicholson by White-Phillips Co. Davenport. Amount 34 020.83 of 35 000. Premium 30. Interest 40.83 at 112 percent from Aug. 1. Prior certified check 1 000. Certificates aid county road improvements under PWA project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine County
A. J. Nicholson
White-Phillips Co
Davenport
PWA
Mrs. Karen Wildman Funeral Rites Held at Nichols Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Karen Wildman of Mitchellville Ia were held at the Nichols Methodist church Saturday afternoon at 2 30 conducted by Rev Eugene L McClure with soloists Fred Hummel and others and Dorothy Dedrick at piano Flower attendants and pallbearers named and Bridgeman Rebekah lodge led burial in Greenwood cemetery
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Nichols
Karen Wildman
Mitchelville
Eugene L. McClure
Fred Hummel
Jesus
Dorothy Dedrick
Isabelle Metheny
Dora Nichols
Elsie Poole
Margaret Fry
Lillian Richter
Anna Reynolds
George Metheney
W. R. Schmitt
William Poole
Ray Swickard
George Brown
Ben Nichols
Bridgeman Rebekah Lodge
Greenwood Cemetery
Arm Fractures Plague Local Woman Miss Alice Cora Butts
For just over three years Alice Cora Potts of 206 Phillips Street endured six arm fractures. The last three occurred within a span of three and a half months. She recently returned from University Hospital Iowa City where the injured arm was under observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Cora Butts
Phillips Street
Miss Potts
University Hospital
Iowa City
Employment Office Here Ranks 11th in Compensation Pay
Muscatine employment office ranking 11th in money distributed and 9th in unemployment checks written among 32 Iowa offices, though serving a small area. Average benefit $6.61 weekly totaling $8,727.13 for the month. 85 placements, 76 this month with 26 public. New openings include a photographer at $22.50 weekly and a construction resident engineer at $150-$200 monthly.
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Muscatine
Iowa
A. C. Weber
Waterloo
Sioux City
Newton Dubuque
Des Moines
Davenport
Clinton
Centerville
Mrs. Hogan of West Liberty Called in Death
Mrs. Garfield Hogan 41 died at 7 15 p m Tuesday at her East First Street home after two years illness. Born December 8 1898 at Letts Iowa she was the daughter of Charles Addleman. She lived in Letts before moving to West Liberty and later to Salem Missouri with her husband. She belonged to Royal Neighbor lodge G A R auxiliary W R C and First Methodist Episcopal church. Survived by husband five children and two siblings. Funeral arrangements pending at S C Snider chapel.
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West Liberty
Garfield Hogan
East First Street
Hogen
Letts
Charles Addleman
Salem
Royal Neighbor Lodge
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Leroy Brennaman
Nichols and Orlan
Billy Robert
Marilyn Joyce
Herschel Addleman
Irwin Wheelock
San Diego
Calif
Lucille
S. C. Snider Funeral
New Boston Man Is Given Jail Sentence
Aledo sheriff takes New Boston resident Aledo Paul Russell after he pleaded guilty to vagrancy and was sentenced by Justice George R. Jackson to 60 days in the county jail. He was brought to Aledo Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aledo
Paul Russell
New Boston
George R. Jackson
Mitchel Riley
Rebekahs Gather in Muscatine Area Attendees Listed
In Muscatine a body of Rebekahs from Nichols attended with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kirchner Mr. and Mrs. George Metheney Mr. and Mrs. Fred Poole Mr. and Mrs. William Poole Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pike Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Evans W. R. Schmitt Dick Poole Helen Troutin Gusta Kirchner Olive Meese Anna Reynolds Lillian Richter Mary Adams Margaret Fry Dora Nichols Olive Kile Rieda Hansen Fern Lewis Maggie Adams Anna Bordstadt Alice McCullough Viola Johnson Kathryn Hummel Ella Reynolds Edna Hummel Anton Ogier Fred Swanson Ben Nichols and Dick Poole.
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Muscatine
Rebekahs
Nichols
Henry Kirchner
George Metheney
Fred Poole
William Poole
Charles Pike
Elmer Evans
W. R. Schmitt
Dick Poole
Helen Troutin
Gusta Kirchner
Olive Meese
Anna Reynolds
Lillian Richter
Mary Adams
Margaret Fry
Dora Nichols
Olive Kile
Rieda Hansen
Fern Lewis
Maggie Adams
Anna Bordstadt
Alice McCullough
Viola Johnson
Kathryn Hummel
Ella Reynolds
Edna Hummel
Anton Ogier
Fred Swanson
Ben Nichols
Melon Day Queen to Be Crowned at Conesville
Plans for Conesville Melon Day on Friday Sept 8 include a free afternoon and evening vaudeville show of five acts, a beauty contest with nonlocal judges, a Davenport baseball game, free watermelon, and chicken dinners served by the Methodist and Reform Ladies Aid Societies as crowds gather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conesville
Conesville Indees
Davenport
Methodist
Reformed Ladies Aid Societies
Honolulu memories and Hollywood tea in a sea voyage diary
Jimmie Fidler recalls ten days in Honolulu with warm hospitality, vivid scenes, and island music. The notes mix Hawaiian life with film world rumors, cast changes, and a peek at stars like Albert, Lamour, and DiMaggio, all amid arrivals, press gossip, and travel jots from the S S Lurline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lurline
San Francisco
Honolulu
Malihini
Hawaii
Hollywood
Royal Hawaiian Bar
Consolidated Theaters
Diamond Head
Cordingley Secures U S Golf Berth in playoff
Four Nebraskans and an Iowan qualified for the national amateur golf tournament at the club course. Bob Veylupek led with 149 after 74 and 75. Cordingley won the four hole playoff to earn the berth after J P McFarland could not play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Bob Veylupek
Field Club
Bob Fraser
J. W. Hughes
Elmer McKinney
Kearney
Billie Cordingley
Des Moines
All-Star Girls to Play Giants Again
The Muscatine All-Star girls softball team will host a return game against the Davenport Colored Giants, a Negro team, under Oregon Street floodlights Thursday night at 8 o'clock, announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Davenport Colored Giants
Oregon Street
Evansville's Title Hopes in Three-I League Are Dark
Evansville's bid for the 1939 Three I pennant falters after a double header split at Waterloo. A 16 to 10 win in game two followed an 11 to 10 loss as Cedar Rapids crushed Decatur 15 to 6. Season ends Sunday with Bloomington topping Clinton 6 to 4 and Moline beating Springfield 11 to 7.
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Associated Press
Evansville
Waterloo
Bees
Cedar Rapids
Decatur
Bloomington
Clinton
Moline
Springfield
Krakatoa Eruption Sparks Sumatra Troop Mobilization
In 1883 Krakatoa exploded and troops were mobilized in Acheen Sumatra about 1073 miles away as locals believed an attack on the city was imminent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krakatoa
Acheen
Sumatra
Maine Coastline Surpasses Florida by More Than Twofold
A brief geographic note indicates Maine possesses over twice Florida's coastline length when small indentations are considered. The claim highlights Maine as the longer coast and suggests Florida trails. No dates, organizations, or official sources are cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Florida
Mrs. Myrtle Othmer Wins Geneva Club Championship
Myrtle Othmer captured the second flight title in the Geneva Golf and Country club women’s championship at Geneva and Mad Creek courses. She defeated Rose Lee 5 and 4 in the final round, with Tuesday’s play marking the only completed match in the ongoing tournaments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Othmer
Geneva Golf and Country Club
Rose Lee
Mad Creek Municipal Course
Geneva Club
League Leaders Summary In Baseball By League
American League leaders include DiMaggio batting 408 and Foxx with 34 home runs. Williams drives in 114 while Rolfe hits 170. Lewis tops triples with 12 and Case steals 45. Grove and Donald tied for 132 wins as pitchers. National League features Mize batting .360 and Hack with 87 runs, McCormick driving in 102, Slaughter 37 doubles, Herman 14 triples, Ott 27 homers, Handley 18 steals, Wyatt 8 3 as pitching leader.
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DiMaggio
New York
Foxx
Boston
Williams
Rolfe
Lewis
Washington
Case
Grove
Donald
Mize
St. Louis
Hack
Chicago
McCormick
Cincinnati
Herman
Ott
Handley
Pittsburgh
Wyatt
Brooklyn
Petree Appointed to Drake U Post
Noel Petree, 44, former assistant in Ohio State University physical education, named director of physical education at Drake University in Des Moines. He succeeds E. O. Williams, who becomes athletic director and basketball and freshman football coach. Petree is a native of Maryville, Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Noel Petree
Ohio State University
Drake University
E. O. Williams
Petree
Maryville
Sheriff Sale Notice of West Liberty Land Auction
A General Execution directs sale of land in Muscatine County Iowa. J H Ashton doing business as Sunnyside Hatcheries faces a court-ordered sale at Muscatine Court House on Monday October 2 1939. The property description includes a parcel on Eleventh Street in West Liberty.
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Muscatine County
State of Iowa
J. H. Ashton
Sunnyside Hatcheries
Court House
City of
Muscatine
Towithil
Eleventh Street
Town of
West Liberty
Christmas cards offer nets and real estate sale ad
An advertisement for Christmas cards with gold and silver initials promises profit and free metallic initials, plus other assortments and inscribed cards. The notice then shifts to a sheriff sale of extensive properties in Muscatine County Iowa to satisfy a judgment for Dr Salsbury's Laboratories Inc. Sale to begin August 30 1939 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. at Muscatine Iowa, with details of land parcels in West Liberty and surrounding bounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmira
N. Y
Land parcels described in West Liberty sale notice
The notice details real estate in West Liberty including Out-lots 35 36 and part of 37 north of Maxson Avenue within the NW quarter of Section 12 Township 78 North Range 4 West and 40 tion in favor of Carbolineum Wood Preserving Company with sale running 9 am to 4 pm and concluding at 110 o'clock am Muscatine Iowa on 30th 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Section
Township 78
Elm Street
West Liberty
Iowa
C. R. I. and P. Railway Company
Maxson
Muscatine County
State of
Dr. Salsbury’s Laboratories, Inc
Muscatine
Lowe
F. B. Nesper
Maxson Avenue
Carbolineum Wood Preserving Company
A. m. Muscatine
Ashton Hatchery Sale Notice for October 2, 1939
Public sale announced by name and style of Ashton Hatchery. The levy will expose to sale on Monday October 2 1939 at the Court House the described real estate including Out-lot 35 Out-lot 36 and all parts and parcels in the subdivision.
Probate Notice in Muscatine County Iowa 1939
Notice that Ward Reynolds last will and testament opened August 15 1939 in Muscatine County will come for hearing September 11 1939 at the District Court. Interested parties may appear to show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate. Muscatine August 15 1939. B B Tipton Clerk E R Tipton and R G Tipton attorneys.
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State of
Iowa
Muscatine County
District Court
Said County
Mary C. Dean
Muscatine
B. B. Tipton
Drake and Kautz
Ward Reynolds
E. R. Tipton
R. G. Tipton
John W. Hahn
Notice of September Term for John W Hahn in Muscatine
On the eleventh day of August proclaimed in 1939 the court scheduled a September Term in Muscatine. John W Hahn, late of the county, may appear on the lth day of September 1939 to present proof. Attorneys Drake and Kautz represent the matter.
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Nichols Church
Alice C. Butts
Mrs. Hogan
Jimmie Fidler
Albert Decker
Dr. Cyclops
Underground Telegraph
John Steinbeck
Twentieth Century- Fox
Bob Hope
Jerry Colonna
Golden Gate Theater
Eddie Albert
Greece
Buddy Westmore
Martha Raye
Judy Starr
Alan Gordon
Vicki Lester
Betty Field
Big City
Gloria Jean
Universal Discovery al Hollywood
Charlie Barnett
Dorothea Kent
Dorothy Lamour
Isabel Jewel
Dorothy Arnold
Joe DiMaggio
Peter Lorre
Northwest Passage
Spencer Tracy
Col. Rogers
Walter Lane
Eddie Collins
Eddie
Walter
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Cordingly
U. S
Giants
Othmer
Links
Slaughter
Drake U. Post
Classifie Advertising
West Third
Louisa Counties
C.C.H
Akes & CO
International Ensilage Cutter
Earl Duncan
McCormick-Deering
Motor Service Co
Whiullows
Tional
National
Monroe St
Fifth Avenue
Webster Street
Park Place
Christian Heppe Estate
John Thomsen
Broad’s
L. E. Maurer
Columbus Junction
Will-Burt
W. D. Luellen
Logan St
Burch
Popper
L. R. Weise
Owa
Scott's Filling Station
Park Ave
Will
Moscow
H. L. Hocke
Houser
Grand Hotel
D. P
Alfred E. Olson
Mulberry
Miller
Lodge
Iowa Lodge
A. F
A. M
W. M
Iowa Ave
S. G. Stein
Titus Co
Lowe St
Harry Timm
East 4Th
Weed Park
West 2Nd
Writer Journal
W. L. Hillier
Greyvan Lines
Vogue Specialty Shop
Jay P. Christensen
Vogue
Nelson
Newell Ave
le Ib
Henry Bill
Reinemund'’s
Fair Oaks
Ashton Hatchery
Northern Gravel Company
Zion Lutheran Ladies Aid
East 6Th
Henderson
U. K
Glasgow
Browning
Winchester
Remington
Barry-Althaus Home. Co
O. K
East 2Nd
McKenzie Cleaners
E. 4Th St
Ensilage Knives
Hopkins Law Shop
Chestnut St
Scott Griffin
Sol Asthalter
Goodyear Tires
Goodyear
Mulberry Ave
White Boar
John Hendriks
Journal
Jefferson Field
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