Red Cross Christmas Seal Sale Opens Saturday in Muscatine
Welfare and Public Health Bureau will run a city wide seal sale with booths in four banks and other stores. W. E. Downer leads local efforts with C. L. Young directing rural districts as plans for Christmas welfare work and nursing reports are reviewed at a joint meeting.
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Red Cross
Muscatine
Public Health Bureau
Ked Cross
W. E. Downer
C. L. Young
County Nursing Committee
Muscatine Welfare Association
Public Health Bureau and Welfare Organizations
Ina Wilvert
Mary Dunwiddie
Dorothy Erdman
Iowa
Dunwiddie
Many Veterans Get Treatment at Colfax Hospital
Des Moines dispatch reports that 140 patients at Colfax government hospital undergo regular examinations by the U S veterans bureau and Red Cross staff. Pension amounts range from eight to three dollars monthly, with extras for wives and children. some cases reach about 150 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Red Cross
St. Louis
Colfax
Hotel Colfax
Long Friendship Ends Same Night In Fairport Mystery
Mrs Elizabeth Machemer of Fairport and James Lewis of Muscatine, lifelong friends, died within hours of each other after an agreement to toll a bell in memory of the other. Lewis died on his cabin boat after an illness. coroner rules death natural, likely heart failure. Machemer, born Elizabeth Russell in Indiana, widowed, aged 60, had been a Methodist and lone survivor of a large family. Funeral in Fairport church with burial in Fairport cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Machemer
Fairport
James Lewis
Muscatine
J. W. Lewis
Machemer
H. D. Horst
R. M. Arey
Lewis
Clarence Riddle
Locust Street
Melissa McKillip
Nebraska
Nichols Lewis
Illinois City
John A. Lewis
Nichols
Indiana
Elizabeth Russell
Lexington
Ind
John Machemer
Methodist Episcopal Church
Fairport Church
Soldier haunted by murder accusation amid daily trials
A war veteran speaks of a haunting obsession with a German he did not kill. He notes that most soldiers would boast, yet he cannot escape the image of the dying scene and the imagined accusation. The article also mentions a large and varied assortment of cases presented daily.
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Cusing
Parliament to convene December 14 for Irish settlement
London reports the British parliament will meet December 14 in a session limited to the Irish settlement. In Washington Pope Benedict expresses great satisfaction at the agreement reached by British and Sinn Fein delegates as a basis for settling the Irish question.
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London
Associated Press
Washington
D. C
Pope Benedict
Rome
Sinn Fein
Veterans Bureau to Open Branches in Iowa Cities
Washington announces three new Veterans' Bureau branches in Iowa located in Cedar Rapids Waterloo and Des Moines to help former servicemen contact officials directly. Cedar Rapids address is 632 Higley Building Waterloo at March Place Building and Des Moines at 518 Flynn Building.
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Veterans’ Bureau
Iowa Cities
Washington, D. C
Soldier Relief
Forbes
The
Bureau Today
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Des Moines
Higley
March Place
Flynn
Italy Refuses to Sign Russ Treaty Over Political Question
Rome declares Italy will not sign a Soviet Russia commercial pact because the Soviet representative demanded inclusion of the political question. Marquis Della Terretta, foreign minister, announced the decision in the chamber of deputies. The report notes the era’s tension over political terms in treaties.
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Rome
Italy
Russia
Marquis Della Terretta
Chamber of Deputies
Iowa Employment Survey Reports Mixed November Conditions
The Francis I. Jones survey shows 19,327 Iowa workers employed in 216 plants, far below the normal 32,371. Davenport and Dubuque see gains, while Des Moines and Mason City report job cuts and plant closures as winter slows activity nationwide.
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E. G. Dougherty
Washington, D. C
Iowa
Francis I. Jones
United States Employment Bureau
Davenport
Dubuque
Dubuuque
Sioux City
Mason City
Burlington
Ingham Tufts
Harvey Ingham
Des Moines Register and Leader
Washington
House
Senate
Jud Welliver
White House
Jim Davis
Railroad Administration
George Carter
Ingham
Obituary notices for Weltz and Hart families
Death of Charles A Weltz in Los Angeles at age 96 is reported with ties to Muscatine and Iowa Lodge history. Survived by wife Margaret Aumiller, daughter Florence Vaughan, Walter Weltz, siblings, and two sisters. Funeral at First Presbyterian church with Masonic burial rites at Greenwood Cemetery. Service time forthcoming.
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Charles A.weltz
California
Los Angeles
John
Barbara Weltz
Margaret Aumiller
Florence Vaughan
Walter Weltz
C. T. Gremmel
Sophie Reinemund
George Weltz
Rock Island
Weltz
Presbyterian Church
Masonic Order
Iowa
J. B. Rendall
Greenwood Cemetery
Second Scarlet Fever Death Strikes Dusenberry Family
Lucille Mary Dusenberry eight years old died at 1 a.m. after a two week scarlet fever illness in Sweetland township marking the second death in ten days for the family. A two year old brother died last Friday after a short illness. Other children recovered. Survived by parents two sisters Ruth and Genevieve and brothers Lawrence Edward and Oscar Dusenberry Jr. Private funeral will be held Wednesday from the home and burial in St Mary cemetery.
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Lucille Mary Dusenberry
Oscar Dusenberry
Sweetland Township
Ruth
Genevieve
Lawrence
Edward
Oscar Dusenberry, Jr
St. Mary Cemetery
Mrs. Lottie Thompson Dies After Mayo Goitre Operation
Mrs. Lottie Thompson of 203 West Third street Muscatine died Monday after a goitre operation at the Mayo brothers hospital in Rochester Minnesota. Born in Atlanta on August 3 1857 she moved to Muscatine with her family when she was three years old.
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Richard Haney
Anamosa
Thomas Thompson
Beulah
Stella
Bertha Thompson
Jeff Thompson
Muscatine
Robert Thompson
Cedar Rapids
William Hart
Davenport
Lola Hart
Buxton
Hart
Stella Thompson
Third Baptist Church of
Bertha
Lola Thompson
Lottie Thompson
Mayo Brothers
Newspaper men engage arms conference delegates in vivid reporting
Delegations mingle with reporters as the Iowa editor resumes duties and dives into the nose for news atmosphere. The scene captures the lively, ambitious press corps chasing angles and tensions at the arms conference.
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Iowa
Odd Fellows Name Officers For Year In Illinois City
The Odd Fellows lodge in the city elected Noble Grand Roy Martin and officers including Vice Grand Elmer Mewes and Secretary Ed H Mewes. Trustees named Harvey Howard Clyde Roush William Simpson William Jayler John France and Dewey Baker. Edward A Mewes received extra degree work and a supper followed. Muscatine lodge visit noted and local hospital recoveries reported.
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Illinois City
Odd Fellows’ Lodge
Noble Grand
Roy Martin
Elmer Mewes
Ed. H. Mewes
Harvey Howard
Clyde Roush
William Simpson
William Jayler
John France
Dewey Baker
Edward A. Mewes
Muscatine Lodge
Visible naked eye stars on a clear night
Under favorable conditions about 7 280 stars are visible to the naked eye, highlighting how many celestial points can be seen without aid.
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Mrs. Harding
Ireland
Sara Annal
Oelwein
Ottumwa
Reid
Charles A. Weltz
Masonic Temple
Ragadours
Masons
Paramount Pictures Presents
Cecil B. de Mille
Anatol
Motion Pictures
Wallace Reid
Gloria Swanson
Agnes Ayres
Elliot Dexter
Theodore Roberts
Bebe Daniels
Wanda Hawley
Monte Blue
G. Swanson
A. Ayres
ODD Fellows
Wm. Fox
Hero Pro
Diane Drexel
Katerine MacDonald
Dick Mason
David Winter Freckles
Wesley Barry
Black Heart
Wade Boteler
Shadow
Jean Dumont
the Croaker
Si—S
Isith
Harry O’conner
Diane
Evelyn Burns
Tom McGuire
Palace Orchestra
Anita Stewart
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