Blanket of Snow Sweeps Across Midwest States
Snow stretched from the Rocky Mountains to the upper Mississippi valley, moving east to blanket the Midwest and Southwest with one to nearly five inches. Temperatures plunged to subzero in the Dakotas and Minnesota while Missouri and Kansas saw several inches. rail travel faced minimal delays with one train crash near Ottawa, Kansas.
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Kansas City
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi Valley
Canadian Rockies
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Canadian Line
Texas Panhandle
Dakotas
Minnesota
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Amarillo
Mississippi
Atlantic Seaboard
Ottawa
Kas
Calgary
Alta
Continental Divide
Start Graveling Gap on Road 32 Near Atalissa
A morning operation began to close a half mile stretch through Atalissa with a light gravel lay to start. County engineer F P G Halbfass said a longer full application would follow once conditions allow and the work could finish in about a day if the roads stay frozen.
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Atalissa
F. P. G. Halbfass
Halbrass Rushing Road Building in Wildcat Den Park
Road work speeds in Wildcat Den State Park near New Era with three grading crews on site pushing new road building operations. The project advances state park access and infrastructure development.
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Halbrass Rushing Road
Wildcat den Park
Wildcat den
New Era
Nu Tone tonics promised to ease indigestion
An old advertisement touts Nu Tone as a tonic to end stomach gas belching pains and headaches. It claims to strengthen upset stomach so meals become tolerable and offers a money back guarantee with a sample offer by mail.
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Nu-Tone
Havercamp Drug Store
Nu- Tone Co., Inc
Quincy, IL
Fuller Brothers Howell Given 25 Year Sentences
Three Muscatine youths George Fuller 18 Francis Fuller 22 and William Howell 19 pleaded guilty to the Ft. Madison robbery and received 25 year terms. They confessed to a spree including 13 filling stations and drug stores in the West and this area and were arrested in Illinois with a stolen Chrysler.
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George Fuller
Francis Fuller
William Howell
Muscatine
Ft. Madison
Stempel
Waukegan
Ill
Arizona
Death of Harry Umlandt in Milwaukee
Harry Umlandt aged 36 died at the Milwaukee government hospital from rheumatism and heart disease contracted in France during World War I. He will be brought to Muscatine Friday to his mother Mrs. John Umlandt's home at 1202 Kansas street. Funeral at 2 p.m. Saturday from the Cedar Street Methodist Episcopal church with Rev. Otto Frey. burial in Greenwood cemetery. Survived by mother and two brothers George and Henry. father preceded him in death. Wittich Funeral Home in charge. Remember the One Cent Sale at Bestenlehner's Thursday to Saturday.
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Umlandt
France
Harry Umlandt
Government Hospital
Milwaukee
Wis
Muscatine
John Umlandt
Kansas Street
Otto Frey
Cedar Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Greenwood Cemetery
165Th Machine Gun Company
George Umlandt
Henry Umlandt
The
Wittich Funeral Home
Park road and bridge work under county state jurisdiction
F P G Halbfass county engineer says park road work is state controlled with his direction. County handles bridging work and a steel bridge removed at the east end of the state primary road in Montpelier township is being re erected in the park. All bridges replaced on state primary roads become county property for local road improvement. A tiling crew is at work in the park.
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F. P. G. Halbfass
Halbfass
Montpelier Township
Musterole Promises Flu Relief and Quick Comfort
Musterole is touted as a preventive for influenza grippe and pneumonia starting from a cold. The ad describes warming tingling and cooling relief as the ointment penetrates pores. It claims to relieve congestion stimulate circulation and may prevent serious illness.
Two Nichols Couples Wed at Musserville Parsonage
Miss Edith Mildred Newcomb and Edward Lee Grim were married by Rev. Victor Bloomquist at the Musserville church parsonage on Wednesday afternoon. Miss Marie Hummell and Elmer G. Norris followed in a Saturday ceremony. Both couples plan to reside in Nichols.
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Nichols
Edith Mildred Newcomb
Edward Lee Grim
Marie Hummell
Elmer G. Norris
Victor Bloomquist
Musserville Methodist Episcopal Church
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Wren
Father John
East Second Street
Holiday Footwear
West Second Street
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Merry Christmas
Ulsters
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Morris
Schoble Hats
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