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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1926
Page
4
One of Muscatine's oldest residents Mrs. John Plessy was honored on her ninety third birthday. Friends and relatives visited to extend congratulations and gifts. She lives with Mr and Mrs P C Begey at 610 East Eighth Street and remains active with normal hearing and sight.
The Women's Athletic association of the Y W C A outlines a fall course on bead work basket weaving and related arts. Miss Ada Chalmers health education director will teach. The group votes to start Monday Sept 13 with reports and routine business at the meeting.
Miss Emma Goetzman’s forthcoming marriage to Leo Angerer was celebrated with a pre nuptial party hosted at 305 Burnside Avenue by Miss Marie Scannell assisted by Miss Genevieve Plessy. Friends enjoyed games music gifts were given to the bride elect and a social hour followed.
The marriage of Mrs. Olga Klatt and Julius Kerschinske was solemnized at 2 pm at the Zion Lutheran parsonage. The Rev. John Haefner officiated with the ring ceremony. The couple will reside in Muscatine and the groom is a button cutter.
A marriage license was issued to Miss Emma Goetzman and Leo Edward Angerer. Their church ceremony is announced for Wednesday morning at St Mary Catholic Church.
Members of the Edward H. Bitzer post American Legion and the women's auxiliary announce a supper meeting Thursday evening at the river front home. Supper at seven will precede joint business meetings. A benefit lawn social is set for Wednesday evening September 1 on the Chet Boruff land near Joy Til. Proceeds support church purposes. The Ladies Aid of the German Methodist Episcopal church postponed its Thursday afternoon gathering to one week later.
The Past Noble Grands association of the Miriam Rebekah lodge will hold a meeting Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Ethel Smith at 1186 Lucas Street.
Mrs Harvey Hanson and Mrs Har old Hanson will preside as hostesses for the Ladies Aid society of Mulford Congregational church Wednesday afternoon. The meeting will be held at the church.
Flossie Randolph files in district court seeking a divorce from Glen Randolph on grounds of habitual drunkenness and cruelty. They married in Muscatine on August 7, 1917 and have one child. She seeks $5 weekly alimony and custody of the child, and says he has threatened her with furniture and abused her while failing to support them. Represented by Hanley & Hanley.
County Recorder G. C. Parks reports a busy start to the squirrel hunting season with licenses issued reaching 338 by midmorning. The season runs from July 1 to August 30, with many hunters arriving early today to obtain permits.
Berlin reports Under Secretary Abegg proposes voiding many ordinances to curb verbal and bureaucratic excesses across Prussia. He urges states to repeal old traffic and regulatory rules and adopt a compact set of essential laws. Also noted are: Speyer museum displays a 1600 year old wine bottle. Prince Henry of Prussia attends a regatta in Sweden. Franz Jack seeks jail or asylum to write a drama.
At the Luther family reunion in Eisenach 500 descendants gathered to remember Martin Luther. Luther had six children, four survived, and two left offspring. Ancestry links 537 to Dr. Paul Luther and 71 to Margaret Luther.
The Lachner House rises as the first iron constructed skyscraper in Aix La Chapelle. The twelve story building covers 55 by 65 feet and marks a milestone in German high rise construction.
Captain Girier and Lieut Cordilly completed a 2937 mile Paris to Omsk flight in 29 hours. On landing the Russians spoke French only, locals gathered to assist, and the crew cited Moscow caviar as exceptionally fresh. They noted Moscow lodging at 15000 francs monthly and the need for fuel and takeoff power for long distance flights.
Mr. Parks announced under state law that hunters under 18 must have written parental consent to obtain a license. An application blank is required, with parents' signatures, and the form must be presented at the recorder's office.
The article promotes stimulating the skin with facial slapping tapping and bracing treatments to combat sagging and blemishes. It covers rhythmic hand slaps from chin to temples, smiling exercises and neck stretches as anti aging techniques. A future piece promises Acne causes and correction.
Transactions in city and county property recorded today by County Recorder G. C. Parks include three city transfers, one West Liberty deed, and a property outside city. A quitclaim deed from Margaret E. to J. Harold McKee conveys any interest in McKee property. Arthur and Glenn Bixby grant a life estate to Elizabeth Bixby on four and a half acres along Nichols road in Pike township. J. M. and Lulu Scott transfer West Liberty property to Jennie M. and Ben Pagel. Frank E. Sinnett and Margaret M. Sinnett grant to Noah E. Smith north side of Seventh east of Iowa avenue. Clara Hutchinson grants property on east side of Lincoln between Monroe and Jackson to John C. Wren. Property on north side of Evans.
A thief entered the Jarck Button factory on Franklin street last night and stole files and a wrench. Deputy Marshal Cal Schreiber reported that entry was gained by slipping a tool through the double doors and lifting a bar, then the robbers cut into the office through a window with wire snips. The piece ends noting rising soap demand in postwar Italy.
A deed documents transfer of property east of Franklin from E. H. and Anna S. Vaupel to Gilbert and Hattie Cubbage, recording a change in ownership and conveying title.
Keokuk Iowa August 31 AP river veterans mourn the burning of the Steamer Keokuk at Davenport harbor ending an 18 year Mississippi service. Built 18 years ago at Wabasha it carried passengers between Keokuk Quincy Burlington and Davenport and once hauled grape crops tomato loads and travelers. Its whistle symbolized spring and river life for locals with captains including McKenzie and Blair guiding through years of excursions and meetings before its fire ending a historic chapter.
In Muscatine 1922 a storm and cloudburst allegedly caused damage to the Kopp & Sons building rather than defendant negligence. The amended answer by H M Bartlett for Glatstein & Sons and others cites an act of God. wall deterioration and ground settling are noted, with no business cessation during rebuilding. Over 200 bathers at New Brighton, England, were stung by a jellyfish.
Shipping companies have decisively cut freight rates between England and Australia signaling a shift in transcontinental trade costs. Analysts note the move could spur stronger cargo flows and affect shipping schedules and margins across the route.
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