Archie Miller Takes Poison in Attempted Divorce Reconciliation
Archie Miller, 25, drank carbolic acid at his home on East Fourth Street after an attempt to reconcile with his wife who is suing for divorce. A boarder and Mrs. Miller restrained him. he was given milk and raw eggs and antidotes by Dr. J. L. Klein and is expected to recover. He had prior trouble with drunken driving, police say.
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Archie Miller
East Fourth Street
J. L. Klein
Miller
Mrs Lillian Blaesing Dies After Illness at Bellevue
Mrs Lillian Blaesing 41 died after a four weeks illness at Bellevue hospital at 4 30 this morning. Born in Muscatine November 18 1886 she lived here all her life. She married Amile C Blaesing April 26 1906 and was a member of First Baptist church. Surviving are husband father John Mucha daughter Frances Logel grandson Richard Logel five brothers and three sisters. Funeral at 2 30 Monday at First Baptist church conducted by Rev Vernon L Shantz. Burial Greenwood cemetery. Body remains at Wittich Funeral Home tonight then at home 226 Fuller street.
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Lillian Blaesing
Bellevue Hospital
Greenwood Cemetery
Wittich Funeral Home
Fuller Street
Gibbs Funeral Services Held in New Boston
James Henry Gibbs of New Boston Illinois died at Hershey hospital Wednesday night. Funeral services were conducted at Wittich Funeral Home at 2 PM with Rev. E A Bentzinger officiating. Burial followed in Greenwood Cemetery.
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James Henry Gibbs
New Boston
Ill
Hershey Hospital
Wittich Funeral Home
E. A. Bentzinger
Greenwood Cemetery
Illinios City News in Brief of Local Visits and Events
Mrs C B Larson and daughter Rachel left for Ipava to visit Mrs Larson's mother Mrs Buhanan. Wayne Potter of Rock Island visited with his parents in Muscatine and Will Thomas hosted Merrill Thomas's family in Muscatine. Mrs Frankie Fowler toured Muscatine for a few days. Louis Everett and daughters of Muscatine visited Will McCracken's family. Fern Fuhr held a miscellaneous shower for Mrs William Monroe of Rock Island with 65 guests. Leonard Rausch and son stayed at Buffalo Prairie with Will Elliot. Harold Johnson returned after three weeks helping Rev Mr Larson at revival meetings.
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Illinois City
Ill
C. B. Larson
Rachel
Ipava
Larson
Buhanan
Wayne Potter
Rock Island
Potter
Merrill Thomas
Muscatine
Will Thomas
Frankie Fowler
Louis Everett
Journal to be Closed a Short While Saturday
All departments of the Muscatine Journal will be closed from 4 to 6 oclock while its employees hold their annual. Telephone calls will be answered. Business resumes at 6 oclock and offices will be open Saturday evening as usual.
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The
Muscatine Journal
Kidnapper Hickman Tells All Details of Marion Parker Case
Hickman confesses to abducting Marian Parker and describes partnering with Andrew Cramer on drugstore heists. He recounts imprisonment, ransom threats, watching Parker’s daughter, and the discovery of the body in a suitcase. He recounts evasion of police across California and Oregon before capture.
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Parker
Marian
Hickman
Marjorie
Rialto
Alhambra
Andrew Cramer
Cramer
Last Day to File Cases for January Court Term
Saturday marks the final day to file new cases for the district court January term starting January 5. Sheriff’s force and officers completed service notices. term expected to be light. Judge D. W. Jackson of Muscatine will preside. Read the Classified Ads.
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District Court
D. W. Jackson
Muscatine
Iowa Education Chief Refuses Christmas Gift Offer
Miss Agnes Samuelson, Iowa state superintendent of public instruction, declines a teachers’ fund gift for Christmas. She asks Vasey to return contributions and writes that only the donors’ increased devotion to public education is the gift she accepts, expressing deep appreciation for their thoughtfulness.
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Des Moines
Agnes Samuelson
Iowa
Vasey
F. T. Vasey
Mason City
Iowa frees long escrow boilers for state use
The Iowa executive council approves transferring funds to take boilers purchased years ago from an Ohio escrow and place them in state institutions Independence Oakdale and Cherokee. The move ends their dormancy and fulfills an urgent need for new steam boilers.
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Les. Moines
Iowa
Harding
Ohio
Independence
Oakdale
Cherokee
Rescue Efforts Continue As Air Replenished In S 4 Debacle
Divers from the Falcon press the salvage with air pumped into the torpedo room of the sunken submarine S 4 where six men perished. Tests show air is pure with carbon dioxide at only 0.5 percent while tunneling proceeds under the hull. Commander Ellsberg reports major damage occurred when destroyer Paulding rode over the vessel after its initial crash.
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Tom
Falcon
Frank H. Brumby
Ernest F. King
New London
Conn
Paulding
Edward Ellsberg
Provincetown
Mass
Navy Department
Ellsberg
Buggy market nears saturation in Alburnett sale
Iowa notes report a disposal sale attended by 600 people where a bidder described a decade old buggy as a classy job offered for twenty cents. In Des Moines Gibson Holliday may lose Drake captaincy after ineligibility shown for 1925 Kansas Aggies game and 1926 27 play under Missouri Valley rules.
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Associated Press
Alburnett
Des Moines
Gibson Holliday
Drake University
Kansas Aggies
Drake
Four Die in Auto Train Crash at Grace Crossing
At Monta Rocha crossing near Columbus Ohio a car was hit by a Big Four passenger train. Three men and a woman from Columbus were killed. Two victims were identified as Joe Serbge and Angel Fonday. the other two remained unidentified.
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Columbus. O
Monta Roce Crossing
Columbus
Joe Serbge
Angel Fonday
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Superba
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Iowa News
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