Extra mail service planned for Muscatine area on Dec 21
The U S postoffice department will run extra mail cars on Rock Island trains 11 and 12 the night of Sunday Dec 21 to speed handling of holiday mail through Muscatine and nearby offices. Parcels should be mailed by dates listed for each region to ensure Christmas delivery and reduce the rush.
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Muscatine
Rock Island
Postoffice Department
W. S. McKee
Mr. McKee
Pacific Coast
Washington
Oregon
California
Nevada
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Montana
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South Dakota
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Mississippi
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Virginia
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Missouri
Illinois
Michigan
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Ohio
Kentucky
Kansas Editor Receives Threats
Sheriff J M Hyndman said E Haldeman Julius, editor and publisher, received a letter from extortionists demanding 50000 under family harm threats. Two trap attempts failed as officers surrounded a designated school house with no one appearing. A mysterious call and a dummy package also failed at an old mill nearby.
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Girard
Kas
J. M. Hyndman
E. Haldeman-Julius
Hyndman
Rural Churches Schedule and Concert Program
Rural churches Sweetland Moscow and Spangler list morning and evening services with pastors and Sunday school times. Ziegier Memorial Lutheran notes Sunday school and a missionary rally with a sermon on The Royalty of Christian Service. Augustana Seminary male chorus from Rock Island will give a free concert at 7 30.
Mucha Re-Elected as President of Letter Carriers
Frank Mucha was re-elected president of the local branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers at the annual election held Thursday night at the Trades and Labor assembly hall. Officials of the local post office were guests at a dinner held in connection with the meeting. Other officers re-elected for another year were Andrew Nester.
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Frank Mucha
National Association of Letter Carriers
Trades and Labor Assembly Hall
Andrew Nester
Detwiler suit against New Boston school heads to new trial
Miss Ella Detwiler former New Boston Ill high school teacher won 4400 in a salary dispute after being dismissed for keeping company with student Charles Bauer. The school board appealed the verdict to Mercer County circuit court and a new jury trial may be heard at the current term.
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E. N. Guthrie
Aledo
Ella Detwiler
New Boston
Ill
Detwiller
Charles Bauer
Mercer County Circuit Court
Rehearing Date Delayed in Bitulithic Case
The Iowa Supreme Court re hearing for the bitulithic case has been moved to the court’s next term after a stipulation by counsel. The full panel will hear arguments again. F H Hoffman and Mulberry avenue owners filed the petition for rehearing. The delay follows attorney Kelley’s death.
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Supreme Court of Iowa
Supreme Court
Des Moines
F. H. Hoffman
Mulberry Avenue
Warren Brothers
City of
Muscatine
C. L. Ely
Kelley
Gas Mist Kills 48 in Belgian Region Near Liege
The Brussels AP report states 48 people died near Engin Liege from a mysterious gas mixed with fog. Cattle also died as farmers moved livestock into warm dry kitchens to shield them from the deadly mist.
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Brussels
Belgium
Engin
Liege
Davenport Dam Highlighted as Key Upper Mississippi Project
Government engineers report the Davenport dam as the most important power development along the upper Mississippi in the plan for a 9 foot channel. Dams at Muscatine and Burlington are noted, with a possible intermediate site near Keithsburg Illinois in the study filed with the U S Army Corps of Engineers.
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Davenport
Mississippi River
U. S. Army
Washington
Muscatine
Burlington
Keithsburg
Local Club Elects Officer Slate
The slate lists vice president Walter Klink secretary Frank Wyman treasurer and Harry Holtzauer sergeant at arms as club officers in the new lineup.
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Walter Klink
Frank Wyman
Harry Holtzauer
Muscatine Corn Show selects officers for 1931 plan
William Nussbaum of Drury township was re elected president of the Muscatine Community Corn Show association at a post banquet meeting held at the First Baptist church. Morris Legler Letts vice president Harold Pace Sweetland secretary treasurer form the board. a December 1931 show is planned with a superintendent to ease duties. Exhibits opened Monday at Welch apartments were shown. speakers urged corn shows for quality gains and rural city contact.
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William Nussbaum
Drury Township
Muscatine
Welch
Third Street
Iowa Avenue
L. R. McKee
G. R. Titus
Harold Ogilvie
George Meerdink
Carl Rylander
District Court approves final report of temporary guardian
The final report of C. C. Smith as temporary guardian of Minnie B. McDowell, an incompetent, has been approved by the court. Attorney R. S. Jackson filed the report on behalf of the guardian.
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C. C. Smith
Minnie B. McDowell
R. S. Jackson
Guardian
Start Hunt for Missing Doctor in Manchester Iowa
An investigation is under way into the disappearance of Dr. G. L. Hill. His wife has not heard from him in four weeks. His burned car was found near Davenport. Hill, a former chiropractor here, became a fencing salesman traveling in Minnesota earlier this year.
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Manchester
G. L. Hill
Clark Burial to Be at Old Home
Edgar M. Clark former Interstate Commerce Commission member died in Monrovia California and will be buried at the Old Home Cemetery in Cedar Rapids Funeral services will be at Grace Episcopal Church conducted by Rev R J Campbell Mount Vernon Masonic Lodge will assist with rites Members of the Order of Railway Conductors will be pallbearers and Knights Templar will escort the body to the grave
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Cedar Rapids
Edgar M. Clark
Interstate Commerce Commission
Monrovia
Calif
R. J. Campbell
Grace Episcopal Church
Mount Vernon Masonic Lodge
Order of Railway Conductors
Knights Templar
Fuller Amends Petition in Stock Suit
John J. Fuller who sued Barry-Alt House Co. seeks accounting and judgment against N. Barry for stock and dividends allegedly wrongfully issued. He now alleges the board gave about 150 shares to Barry without pay and paid dividends, while the board refused action.
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John J. Fuller
Barry-Althouse Company
Fuller & Hiller Hardware Company
N. Barry
Fuller
Barry
District Court
C. P. Hanley
J. F. Devitt
Arthur Hoffman
Nichols
Tipton
Melbourne Boesch Killed in Minn Auto Crash
Burlington merchant Melbourne M. Boesch, 36, died when his car skidded off a road four miles south of Hinckley Minnesota. He left Minneapolis for Duluth on business with Hazel Martinsen and Camille Bank, who were injured. Boesch leaves a widow and daughter, Bonnie Jean, 11, plus his mother and two sisters.
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Burlington
Melbourne
M. Boesch
Hinckley
Minn
Duluth
Boesch
Minneapolis
Hazel Martinsen
Camille Bank
Bonnie Jean
Dale Merrick
E. C. Kinslee, Jr
Houston
Tex
Missing Flier Found Frozen in His Plane
William M Griffin aviator died after taking off from Buffalo for Cleveland on November 24. His body was found Thursday in a wreck in wooded hills of Chautauqua county after a severe lake windstorm blew him off course en route to Hamilton Ontario.
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Buffalo
N. Y
William M. Griffin
Hamilton
Ont
Griffin
Berea
Cleveland
Chautauqua County
Lake Erie
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