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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1927
Page
4
AMeeker farm near Ardon Iowa reports seven hog deaths from rabies confirmed by Iowa City analysis after Muscatine veterinarians diagnosed hydrophobia. Livestock in the area is under close watch for further cases suspected from a mad dog noted in the vicinity.
In Illinois City on December 28 residents report family gatherings and weekend travel. Leonard and Helen Rausch and son visited relatives in Buffalo Prairie. Jim Dusenberry of New Boston stopped by. Everett Lloyd family visited Milo Lloyd in Buffalo Prairie. others stayed with kin near Muscatine Edgington Nichols Davenport and Nichols Illinois.
Christmas visitors filled many homes as families in Atalissa and nearby towns hosted relatives from Muscatine Detroit Tipton Chicago and Illinois City. Guests included Wallace Norton Wilbur Stein Melba Mitchell and more with postholiday returns and dinners at multiple residences.
Island and Mrs Hattie Federlein and family were guests of Mr and Mrs Walter Watters Christmas day. Several couples and teachers visited relatives over Christmas with plans for future trips. The Presbyterian Aid society planned a Christmas party. Local families hosted dinners and caregivers visited Davenport and Tipton. Workman on a narrow gauge railroad in Egypt faced wage cuts after motor bus competition losses.
Superintendents for the South Prairie Institute departments to be held Jan 17 and 18 were announced. Class A small grain L S Barnes and Charles Miller. Class B poultry R R Wright and B F Wilson. Class C fruits and vegetables Ernest Wagner and Will Anderson. Class D fancy work Mrs W C Windus and Mrs W H Birkett. Class E baked goods Mrs E F Wilson and Mrs R R Wright. Class F canned goods Mrs E G Wilson and Mrs Ernest Wagner. Class G Four H club work Mrs W H Anderson. Program committee Mr and Mrs L N Brown and Mr and Mrs J L Brugman.
A look back to fifty years ago recalls a river with no ice while a ferry ran regularly and an item notes Ernest Eversmeyer returning to Keokuk to study at the Keokuk Medical College. Miss Gertrude Howe travels on the Western to Bayfield to teach, now a Muscatine teacher.
Local railroad officials cited in the Journal ten years ago today argued that government operation would eliminate competition and avoid service duplication. The piece notes that judging began at the twenty- line before cut.
Junior class play Jimmy Comes Home to be repeated Friday night in the Morning Sun high school auditorium by special request. Community notices list M W A officers for 1930 with Dallas Kerr as V C and Barton Peel as P C along with other posts. Local Woodmen and residents held gatherings and dinners during Christmas with multiple families noted including Kerr and Patterson households. schools plan semester exams starting January 5.
Spur of nostalgia marks the fifth annual Muscatine County Poultry Association show anniversary noting last year’s event held in the same venue with exhibitors and families attending to view prize birds and market fowl.
They left Saturday for Chicago to spend a few days with Mrs. Carl Peterson and Miss Helen Heckenburg, accompanying their daughter Eva on the trip.
Dr. John A. Harriss, a traffic expert, predicts over a million motor vehicles in New York within five years and urges that all tracking in the city be done at night to relieve congestion.
The 77 Canadian plants produced parts and accessories valued at almost 14 million dollars in 1926, highlighting strong industrial output in Paris and surrounding regions.
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