Copeland Takes Stand In Action In Healey Guardian Case
Hearing on Henry Gardner's petition to appoint a permanent guardian for 94 year old Mrs. Louisa Healey resumed in district court this afternoon. A F Copeland, brother and key witness, identified deeds and mortgages totaling 75000 in property once owned by Healey. Other witnesses will be examined this afternoon, and completion before Wednesday seems unlikely as attorneys for both sides press the stubbornly contested case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Gardner
Louisa Healey
Wilton
A. F. Copeland
Iowa Chiropractors Nominate Lyon for State President
Des Moines Dec 6 H L Lyon of Glenwood was nominated today for the presidency of the Iowa Chiropractors Association with no opposition. The election will be held Tuesday as the state convention opens with chiropractors from across the state in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
H. L. Lyon
Glenwood
Iowa Chiropractors
Auto Plunges Over Embankment Killing Two in Iowa
Davenport reports Emil Petersen aged 36 and Mike Anderson 45 were killed when their car failed to negotiate a curve on Hickory Grove road and plunged 30 feet. Driver Frank Moravek escaped with minor injuries after the trio, all intoxicated, were ejected from a country dance at Probster Acc ord ing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Emil Petersen
Mike Anderson
Hickory Grove
Frank Moravek
Probster
Protest to Dodge abandonment announced in Washington
Washington December 6 protest against abandoning Camp Dodge Iowa was made to the War Department by Representative Dowell of Iowa. Dowell said he had been informed troops from Camp Dodge would be moved to Camp Pike Arkansas and that lone camps would be scrapped and likely sold. He argued the move would be expensive and slow due to Camp Pike location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Camp Dodge
Iowa
War Department
Dowell
Williams
Camp Pike
Ark
Creston Man Fatally Stabbed Separating Fight in Kansas City
Byron A. White of Creston Iowa was fatally stabbed here while trying to separate two men about to fight. Police seek Frank Warner believed to be involved in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Byron A. White
Creston
Harold
Frank Warner
Telegraph lines removed from railroad rights of way
Washington D C December 6 The Western Union Telegraph company lost its bid for an injunction to stop the Louisville and Nashville railroad from removing its telegraph lines from the railroad right of way as the Supreme Court refused to review the lower court decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Western Union Telegraph Company
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Supreme Court
Tragic romance ends as baby dies after birth
A romance linking Muscatine and Iowa City ends in tragedy as baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Thoman dies shortly after birth. The mother Maude Plum, now with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Jerrie Plum, is recovering. The couple eloped to wed in 1919, leaving Athens for Pearl City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Muscatine
Paul Thoman
Maude Plum
Jerrie L. Plum
Athens
Pearl City
Sparks Ignite Shingles At Demarest Home
Fire from a chimney burned three or four shingles on the roof of W. F. Demarest’s home on Sycamore Street shortly before noon today. Central and Cherry street firemen responded to a general alarm at 11:50 p. m. and extinguished the blaze before it gained headway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Demarest
Sis Sycamore Street
Central
Cherry Street
Johnson Bill Favored by House Immigration Committee
Washington December 6 The House Immigration Committee chaired by Johnson voted to favor the Johnson bill prohibiting immigration into the United States for two years. The measure would be given preference in the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
House Immigration Committee
Johnson
Want Ads Invite Readers to State Cases Freely
The notice suggests using Want Ads to present any case or request in full. It encourages clear expression and thorough detail within the classified format.
Mulford church bazaar planned with a playlet and booths
Young people of Mulford Congregational church arrange an annual bazaar in the church parlors Friday evening open to the public. An early program features orchestra numbers a mixed quartet readings by Miss Helen Hartman and a playlet At the Photographers with fifteen participants. Also planned are novelty booths. Also announced is the Worrall Nash marriage in Davenport with Ruth H Worrall and Marques Nash wed at St John s M E church. They will reside on a farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mulford Congregational Church
Helen Hartman
Worrall-Nash
Davenport
Muscatine County
Ruth H. Worrall
H. E. Worrall
West Liberty
Marques Nash
H. Nash
St. John’s M. E. Church
Frank Cole
Nash
Two Social Events Planned at Geneva Golf Club
Mr and Mrs W Huttig announce two major social events at Geneva Golf and Country Club this month a Christmas night family dinner and dancing party and a New Year Eve masquerade ball both promise to be unique. The usual Wednesday dinner and dancing events are canceled for the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club
Geneva Golf and Country Club
W. Huttig
Charles F Grade to Present 7 Music Pupils in Recital
Charles F Grade will present three pupils Linda Liebbe Mildred Barger and Hildegarde Giffey in recital on Wednesday evening December 8 at 8 oclock at the P M Musser public library auditorium Lois St John contralto assists. The program has been arranged and the public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Grade
Linda Liebbe
Mildred Barger
Hildegarde Giffey
P. M. Musser Public Library
Lois St. John
St Margaret's Guild to Meet at Trinity Hall Tuesday
St Margaret's Guild of Trinity Episcopal church will hold an afternoon meeting at 2 30 o'clock Tuesday in Trinity hall Members will bring their own work and the tigne will be taken up with a Kensington Mrs Henry Fack and Miss Elsa Fack will serve as hostesses A large attendance is urged Miss Sophie Dallas has returned home after a visit with her brother G M Dallas and wife of Wilsall Mont Mr Dallas is associated with A W Miles Lumber Co and manages the Wil sall branch
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Margaret's Guild
Trinity Episcopal Church
Trinity Hall
Kensington
Henry Fack
Elsa Fack
Sophie Dallas
G. M. Dallas
Wilsall
Mont
Dallas
A. W. Miles Lumber Company
Meeting Shifts After Church Lecture
Due to a lecture at the First Methodist church Tuesday evening, the Delta Alpha class of the First Baptist church moves its meeting to Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Nellie Tuoman at 407 Park Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Delta Alpha
First Baptist Church
Nellie Tooman
Park Avenue
Three Eye League Stands Unchanged After Cedar Rapids Decision
Chicago officials report the Three Eye circuit will stay the same next season as Cedar Rapids Ia chose to remain in the league. The decision was reached when club owners met in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Ill
Three Eye
Cedar Rapids
Birthday Dinner for Mrs Husen at Wolfe Home
Mr and Mrs E E Wolfe hosted a birthday dinner Sunday at 2604 Mulberry Avenue honoring Mrs Herman Husen on her birthday anniversary. Ten guests enjoyed an elaborate 1 pm meal with a large candle lit cake and floral centerpieces followed by music and social conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Wolfe
Mulberry Avenue
Herman Husen
Philathea Class Social and Business Meeting
Arrangements for a Philathea class social and business meeting at First Methodist Church. The session begins 7:45 Tuesday at 1211 Iawa Avenue with Mrs August Blaesing Jr hosting. Assistant hostesses include Mrs Arthur Schmidt and Misses Carrie Anna Goddard Rose Dalton and Margaret Kemble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philathea
First Methodist Church
August Blaesing, Jr
Iawa Avenue
Arthur Schmidt
Carrie
Anna Goddard
Rose Dalton
Margaret Kemble
State Laws Conflict With Prohibition Act
Governor Coolidge announces Massachusetts laws conflict with the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act. Legislative leaders will meeting to consider recommendations to remove the conflict. The legislature prepares for a special session tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
Coolidge
Obituary of Effie L Doyle and family ties
Effie Lucille Doyle 17 daughter of Mrs. Sadie Cordova of 516 East Fourth Street died Friday after an operation at Hershey hospital. Funeral held at Greenwood chapel at 2 PM with Rev. Karl Michels of Evangelical Protestant church presiding. Burial in Greenwood cemetery. Pallbearers were six of the deceased’s cousins. She leaves an infant daughter, Grace Maxine, and survivors including her mother, step father Max Cordova, her father Walter Doyle of Madison Indiana, and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie L. Doyle
Effie
Lucille Doyle
Max Cordova
East Fourth Street
Hershey Hospital
Greenwood Chapel
Karl Michels
Evangelical Protestant Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Grace Maxine
Sadie Cordova
Walter Doyle
Madison, Ir
Grinnell College Students Attend Armory Dance in Iowa
Grinnell students and members of the college dramatic club hosted a dancing party at Armory hall in Grinnell Iowa. Elmer Ziegler a former student acted as host and dancing was the main activity. A YWCA chorus class meeting scheduled for Tuesday will be postponed until next week due to a lecture at First Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Armory
Grinnell College
Iowa
Dramatic Club
Armory Hall
Elmer Ziegler
First Methodist Church
Supreme Court Reverses Rail Decrees on Joint Facilities
The Supreme Court reversed federal court rulings that Des Moines Union Railway owns full title to joint railroad and terminal facilities worth $2,000,000 in Des Moines Iowa. The decision concerns appeals by Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul and Wabash Railway over terminal use and a 1882 contract. It also sustains parts of lower rulings awarding $500,000 surplus earnings from third party use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Des Moines Union Railway Company
Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago, Miwaukee & St. Paul
Wabash Railway Company
Women's Auxiliary Meeting Planned at Legion Home
The Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion will hold a business meeting Tuesday evening at the Legion home on the river front. A social hour will follow and a large attendance is urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion
Legion
River Front
Harold Chaunt Begins Duties as Muscatine Township Assessor
Harold Chaunt, elected as sessor for Muscatine township, was named by the council to fill the Ed Vannatta vacancy and began his duties this morning. He will prepare for the regular assessor rounds starting January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Chaunt
Muscatine Township
Ed. Vannatta
Koehler Joins Philadelphia Plant Transfer From Kansas City
Fred Koehler long with Wilson Packing in Kansas City spends a few days with his father at 211 West Seventh Street before leaving for Philadelphia for a higher post in the foreign shipping department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Koehler
Wilson Packing Company of
Kansas City
John Koehler
West Seventh Street
Philadelphia
Davenporter Hangs Self in Bed Post Tragedy
Frederick W. Pohlmann, 74, of Davenport Indiana, ended a three year illness by hanging himself from a bedpost with a clothes line. Found at 7 a.m. by his wife, he left a wife, three daughters and three sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Frederick W. Pohlmann
Nevada men plead guilty to murder in Iowa farm death
Roy Cline of Nevada and James Hamilton of Des Moines pleaded guilty to killing Andrew Jorgenson, a wealthy farmer, on October 19. They received life sentences from Judge Frye in Boone. Jorgenson lived alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Iowa
Roy Cline
James Hamilton
Des Moines
Andrew Jorgenson
Frye
Boone
Jorgenson
Emporium opens LaSalle millinery store in Illinois
Math Smith of the Emporium with his wife returned Sunday evening from LaSalle Illinois where he opened the fourth millinery store in his chain. The LaSalle grand opening occurred Thursday and Friday evenings. Other Emporium locations are in Muscatine Washington and Burlington Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaSalle
Math Smith
Emporium
Smith
Muscatine
Washington
Burlington. Ia
Loretta Devitt Leaves for New York Visit
Miss Loretta Devitt daughter of Mr and Mrs J F Devitt 920 West Third Street leaves Sunday evening for New York for an extended visit. She will spend time visiting with friends at Marymount College Tarrytown on the Hudson where she formerly attended school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loretta Devitt
J. F. Devitt
Third Street
New York
Mary Mount College
Tarry Town
Hudson
Cleve Knott Fined in Motor Car Cut-Out Case
Cleve Knott pleaded guilty in Justice H D Horst's court to operating a motor car with the cut-out open. He was fined five dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleve Knott
H. D. Horst
Nine high school declamatory entries for Iowa Nine contest
Twelve girls at the local high school plan to enter the girls declamatory contest to select a representative for the Iowa Nine high school association event in February. The local date is undecided but expected late this month or early January. Melvin Diercks will travel to Guin ness Friday to compete in the boys contest with the piece The Boy in the Bleachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Nine High School Association
M. P. Warhurst
Melvin Diercks
Guinness
Iowa
Muscatine High School
Iowa Nine
City Council Semi Monthly Session Proceedings 1920
City Council in semi monthly session presided by Mayor McNutt approves and pays numerous claims listed by department and vendor. Payments include First Trust and Korneman Smith items, utilities, cemetery and fire funds, and various payrolls totaling multiple amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayor McNutt
Finance Committee
Lloyd Grimm
Astral
Jemmem H Belt
Iet “Trust
K. Occ
Scendes
CPOEG
Hive Hwnes
First Trust
Korrieman & Smith
Korneman & Smith
F. James McElravy
Sgugpe
Dirccy
Poppon
City Ledger Details Payments and Adjournment
The report lists various payroll and improvement payments including Dyche’s Gagage 44.95, Levee Improvement Bond 450.00, Sewer payroll 178.73, and Road District disbursements, with City Recorder G. C. Parks noting on motion the meeting adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyche
Gagage
PATON
Levee
First Trust
Sea
G. C. Parks
City Recorder
Muscatine City Seeks Share of Vehicle Tax Revenue
The Muscatine City Council adopts a resolution protesting the 38th General Assembly repeal of motor vehicle tax sharing. It argues urban residents bear most car ownership and road usage, urging continuation of city receive a portion of tax revenues once allocated to county roads.
Tax Resolution Urges Fair Motor Vehicle Tax Share for Cities
The Muscatine city meeting calls on the Iowa General Assembly to amend motor vehicle law to grant cities and towns a fair share of auto taxes based on miles of streets and vehicles owned, with at least 35 percent of total taxes for street and highway maintenance. The resolution asks League of Iowa Municipalities and all cities to cooperate and distribute copies to cities, the press, and the league secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Iowa
State of
City of
Thirty-eighth General Assembly
County of
Thirty-ninth
General Assembly
League of Iowa
Robert S. McNutt
G. C. Parks
City Recorder
Piecing Em Together in Pictorial Review December
A Cincinnati domestic relations court founder Mary McChristie is featured in Pictorial Review explaining methods to prevent divorces by guiding couples through mediation. The article urges readers to learn how to repair domestic life before legal action, tying practical advice to family harmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary McChristie
Cincinnati
Pictorial Review
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Copeland
Chiropractors
State Society
U.S. Lines
Davenport Manse
H. Husen
Journal
Davenporter
Brown
M. ¢. Colbert Mgr
Franklin County
Harrisourg
Springfield
W. W. Richards
Sunday Tribune and Examiner
J. Curtis
Lone Tree
Inquire B. Journal
Ford
W. Front
Houk
Muscatine, Iowa
Betty Adler
New York Times
Book Review
America
Miss Adler
Umscheid and Asthalter’s
Iowa Avenue
Neidig Book Store
East Second Street
Journal Office
Third and
Cedar
The
Belgium
Army of Occupation
Berlin
Rome
Trieste
Venice
Piave
Corso
France
Europe
Italy
Germany
Alsace-Lorriane
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