Ford Tudor draws crowds despite weather in tri cities
Thousands attended the Horst & Strieter Ford showroom event for the new Tudor model with 4724 people in one day and 2278 records set last weekend. Salesmen highlighted four wheel brakes steel spoke wheels reversible steering gear and a revolutionary motor. The bluish green car was among four color options and Monday it headed to Clinton then East Moline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horst & Strieter
Tri- Cities
Muscatine
Clinton
East Moline
WOC Program Schedule for Priday December 9
The WOC daily schedule lists programs from 7:00 to 9:00 pm including The Happy Hour, Talks by Betty Crocker, Dorothy Day Fashion Talks, Home Management by Aunt Jane, Crescent Hour of Music, Chimes Concert, Cities Service Concert Orchestra, and various weather forecasts and special WEAF programming. Late evening updates cover Iowa and Illinois weather.
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Betty, Crocker
Dorothy Day
Jane
Crescent Hour of
Cities Service
Whittall Anglo-Persian Orchestra
LaFrance
WEAF
Iowa
Illinois
Radio Schedule Highlights Amid Heat in Colombia
A fragmented listing shows a full day of programs from 8:00 a m to 10:60 p m including market reports, farm service talks, and NBC broadcasts. A final line notes women in parts of Colombia carrying French umbrellas due to heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priday
Victor
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture Radio Farm Service
the Ambassadors
U. S
Marine Bard
NBC
Clifford Bloom
A Automobile Co
Christensen
Ft. Des Moines
Ie Taatiere Life Little Symphony
Myrtie Williams
Northland Serenaders
Bartles-Shepherd Oil Co
Waterloo
Iowa
A of the City Maile Quartet
Ben Bernie
Colombia
Draw Grand and Petit Jurors for Approaching Court Terms
Names of grand jurors for 1928 and petit jurors for the January term of district court were drawn Wednesday by the jury commission. The list includes Muscatine First ward H Samuels and Charles Quandt among Petit Jurors, with numerous ward and township selections and the Grand Jurors Oscar Grossheim and Carl Timm listed for Muscatine and Bloomington and Fruitland townships respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petit Jurors
Muscatine
H. Samuels
Charles Quandt
Chris H. Liebbe
Jennice
Day
Helen Berntheisel
George Ziegler
B. F. Grau
Chester Reesink
Fred Schafnit
George B. Fuller
A. E. Ot
Goshen
Ben Schmidt
Walter White
Montpelier
Henry Spring
Fred Rinnert
Moscow
Henry Kile
Albert Reesink
Orono
A. W. Jones
H. B. Johnston
Pike Township
Wilder Smith
George Leonard
William Schmitt
Sweetland
Walter Albrecht
Walter W. Ridenour
Wapsinonoc
James J. White
James Brisbine
H. I. Wolf
W. C. Kimberly
Wilton
F. S. Abbott
Henry Angerer
Charles Fulton
Oscar Grossheim
Carl Timm
Bloomington
H. W. Funck
Fruitland
George Dittmer
Fulton Township
Charles Toyne
F. D. Wood
Lake Township
Fred Crow
W. H. McKee
George Nicola
Mrs. Bauerbach Elected President Of Local Society
Mrs Anna Bauerbach was elected president of the Ladies Aid Society of the Mulford Congregational Church at the annual meeting held on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Frank Whitman will be vice president, Mrs George Holliday secretary, and Mrs Fred Gremmel treasurer. The society will meet in two weeks.
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Bauerbach
Anna Bauerbach
Ladies’ Aid Society
Mulford Congregational Church
Frank Whitman
George Holliday
Fred Gremmel
W. C. A. Busch
Mrs Chris Liebbe Hosts Grace English Lutheran Aid Society
Mrs Chris Liebbe entertained the Ladies' Aid society of Grace English Lutheran Church at the church on Wednesday afternoon. Plans were made for a cake sale on December 17 and the society will meet at the church in one week. Miriam Rebekah lodge No 27 will meet at the Odd Fellows hall Friday evening to elect officers for the year.
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Chris Liebbe
AID Society
Ladies’ Aid Society
Grace English Lutheran Church
Miriam Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Gaming Forgers Caught in Ostend Kursaal
Two men at the Kursaal in Ostend attempted a large-scale counterfeit scheme using forged 600 franc counters. A suspicious croupier halted the run, one counterfeit coin was found, and police seized 80,000 francs in forged counters with another 200,000 francs in fakes recovered at their lodgings.
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Kursaal
Ostend
Two Gage Loops Organizing City Basketball Leagues
The Y M C A will promote two Class A and Class B division leagues for independent city teams this season. Play starts Tuesday January 3 with entries due by Christmas Day. Physical director A J Lindley says 16 teams are expected and as many as 20 may enter, with one round of games possible due to the large entrant list.
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A. J. Lindley
Nounced
Anti-Saloon League Elects Officers in Ohio Roster
Washington dispatch reports Rev. F Scott McBride of Westerville Ohio was re elected general superintendent of the Anti Saloon league and Dr Ernst H Cherrington of Westerville was elected director of the new department of education and publicity. Bishop Thomas Nicholl son was re elected president of the league.
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Washington
F. Scott McBride
Westerville
Ohio
Anti-Saloon League
Ernst H. Cherrington
Department of Education and Publicity
League
Thomas Nichollson
Royal Neighbors Elect Officers in Club Meeting
Royal Neighbors elected officers: vice oracle Laura Hartman past oracle Nora Smith chancellor Mary Kerr recorder Jennie Grégory receiver Bertha Heckenburg marshal Gertrude Jackson inner sentinel Eva Westfall outer sentinel Ruth Springsteen. Graces to be appointed later. A social followed with refreshments. Plans set for a Christmas social and program for members and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oracle
Laura Hartman
Nora Smith
Mary Kerr
Jennie Grégory
Bertha Heckenburg
Gertrude Jackson
Inner Sentinel
Eva Westfall
Outer Sentinel
Ruth Springsteen
Installation of New Officers Set for January
The ceremony for installing the new officers will take place in January. Details on time and venue were not specified in the available text.
Thompson Enters Race for Governor
Floyd E. Thompson of Rock Island justice of the Illinois supreme court will seek the Illinois governorship. WY. Y. Dallman editor of the Illinois State Register and a prominent Democratic worker announced the candidacy in a signed statement yesterday.
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Springfield
Ill
Floyd E. Thompson
Rock Island
Illinois Supreme Court
Illinois
WY. Y. Dallman
Illinois State Register
Truck Crash Kills Hawarden Teen in Snow Storm
May 1 incidents report Hawarden youth H A Walden? killed and Finn McVay aged 20 seriously injured as their truck skidded and overturned on a curve near Hawarden during a blinding blizzard. Both residents of Elk Point South Dakota.
Echo Meeting Elects Officers At Fourth District Session
The Echo meeting of the Louisa County older boys and girls conference met at Columbus Junction Methodist church with 103 attendees from the fourth district. New officers elected for the district young people's council include Howard Oak as president Carlton McGrew as vice president Betty Fedderson as secretary and Vernon Story as treasurer.
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Columbus Junction
Ila
Louisa County
Wapello
Methodist
Louisa County Council of Religious Education
Norma Giffey
Alice Hanft
W. E. Ruston
Lyle Weber
Lucile Oak
Howard Mullen
Dorothy Colton
Margaret Wagner
Lulu Hill
Marie Phillips
J. W. Zerbe
J. T. Aiken
Young People’s Council
Howard Oak
Carlton McGrew
Betty Fedderson
Vernon Story
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Ford Tudor
Gage Loops
Thompson
Toy Town
Colm & Company
Freadquarters
Mee
Aly
Axt
Sterneman Clothing Co
West Second Street
ANE
Coats
McColm
Laurel Beauty
Pointex Onmx
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