Local orders hold elections and back municipal power plant
Various local fraternal groups held their annual officer elections Tuesday night. The Modern Woodmen and the Eagles adopted resolutions favoring municipal ownership of an electric light and power plant in Muscatine. Names and posts from Masonic Blue Lodge, Shelby Norman Post, Power Boat Club, Muscatine Home Society, Maccabees and others are listed.
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Woodmen
Eagles
Muscatine
Masonic Blue Lodge
E. R. Tipton
August Hoffman
C. N. Nickelson
C. A. Hahn
W. H. Graff
Shelby Norman Post
G. A
A. E. Reams
Louis Weber
J. A. Leyda
Charles Kern
Charles Quandt
E- B. Fulliam
G. D. Lezotte
A. J. Oliver
A. J. Weaver
J. L. Klein
J. W. Stiers
L. C. Howe
Frank Shaner
Helmut
Votaw to Speak in Clinton Declamatory Contest
Robert Votaw winner of the boys declamatory contest at the high school will travel to Clinton Friday to represent the local school at the Iowa Nine High School association event. Mrs. M P Warhurst heads the public speaking department and will also attend. Votaw will present a humorous selection The Great Strike in Siwash.
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Robert Votaw
Clinton
Iowa Nine High School Association
M. P. Warhurst
Siwash
Local bird wins top prize at major U.S. poultry show
Golden Laced Wyandotte cock owned by M Lund of 813 East Ninth Street won first prize at the Heart of America Poultry Show in Kansas City. The bird also placed first at Madison Square Garden last winter and at the Iowa State Fair last summer, underscoring the national level of competition. Poultry fanciers from across the United States entered their best birds for the Kansas City event.
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Kansas City
M. Lund
East Ninth Street
United States
Lund
Knights of Pythias elect officers at meeting
Officers were elected by the Uniform Rank of the Knights of Pythias at a Tuesday evening meeting. Installed at the first January meeting, the newly elected include A. Grensing as captain Harry Price as first lieutenant Ora D. Hall as second lieutenant F. C. Grensing as recorder J. B. Reay as treasurer and George Kuhn as chaplain.
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Knights of Pythias
A. &. Grensing
Harry Price
Ora D. Hall
F. C. Grensing
J. B. Reay
George Kuhn
Sweetland Grange to Meet Thursday at Grange Hall
A Sweetland Grange meeting is scheduled Thursday evening at Grange hall. The program includes musical selections and readings. The session was postponed from the previous week due to road conditions and will discuss plans for a Christmas entertainment and annual installation series.
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Sweetland Grange
Grange Hall
Instructor Speaks on London at Muscatine Assembly
Miss Eleanor Chaffee head of the history department at Muscatine High School spoke at this morning's assembly. Her topic was London. Chaffee and Miss Eva Cresswell spent the summer months traveling through Europe.
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Eleanor Chaffee
Muscatine High School
London
Chaffee
Eva Cresswell
Europe
Liberal Party Wins in Canada Secures 121 Seats
The Liberal party won 121 seats in the general election, exceeding the combined totals of other parties. Yukon returns are still awaited due to snowbound districts and transportation issues, while candidates ran a dog sled campaign.
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Toronto
Liberal Party
Yukon Territory
Snow Bow
Purchase 266 New Books for Musser Public Library
Musser Public Library bought 266 new books in November with 21 withdrawals. Total circulation reached 7 947, with 563 books circulated at Garfield school branch. Daily average across 24 open days was 331, peak 502, low 175. Adult circulation 4 236 and children 3 148.
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Musser Public Library
Ellen Stocker
Garfield School
District Court Final Reports Involving Estates And Fraud Claim
District court final reports show the estate of Mrs. George B. Fish valued around 50000 with executors paid 1113.28 and attorneys 600. Irene Lake as executrix filed her final report. A fraud suit alleges Herman Budzine failed to list assets totaling 19000 and transferred property to his mother to evade creditors, with a receiver sought. Claude Richardson, administrator of Ben Richardson’s estate, filed his final report.
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Irene Lake
William 8. Lake
H. C. Madden
Herman Budzine
Ainst Him
Margaretha Budzine
F. L. Bihlmeier
Budzine
Muscatine
Bihlmeier
O— Claude Richardson
Ben Richardson
H. M. Bartlett
Illinois mine head is declared rebel
Miners from local No. 413 inform a secession allegation against State President Farrington and his administration. They forward two appeals to International President John L. Lewis, signaling a rift within the United Mine Workers of America.
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Illinois
Springfield
Ill
United Mine Workers of America
Farrington
John L. Lewis
Explosion at Nobel dynamite works kills over a hundred
Berlin reports more than one hundred dead after a blast at the Nobel dynamite works in Saarlouis Rhenish Prussia. Only thirteen bodies have been recovered and the blast destroyed much of the factory injuring unknown numbers. Homes nearby lost roofs walls collapsed and fire spread to forests.
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Berlin
Associated Pres
Nobel Dynamite Works
Saarlouis
Rhenish Prussia
Governors' Annual Conference Closes in Charleston
Sessions of the governors conference in Charleston concluded with more than twenty state executives in attendance. Governor Kendall of Iowa and others departed before the final session as the meeting wrapped up its business.
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Charleston
S. C
Conference of Governors
Kendall
Iowa
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W. H. Birkett
L. L. Birkett
Thomas Birkett
Robert Brooke
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the Hotel
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