Citizens speak for Muscatine in 1931 mayoral year
A survey of local voices outlines hopes for 1931 in Muscatine. Citizens and leaders like Herbert G. Thompson Mrs F H Little and Grace Evans express aims from full employment to prosperous living and improved city services. Others push for schools health programs and greater civic spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert G. Thompson
Muscatine
F. H. Little
Grace Harper Evans
C. Hagermann
H. C. Beeson
Moscow Canal
E. F. Richman
Cornelia Rhynsburger
W. E. Downer
Benjamin F. Schwartz
Gene Rosenthal
Henry van Hettinga
Ben Bates
H. W. Huttig
United States
Irving B. Richman
John Ficken
J. M. Roth
F. L. Bihlmeier
Charles Kern
W. L. Hannon
Five Iowans Die In Automobile Accidents And A Shooting
Five Iowans die in separate crashes and a gunshot incident near Sioux City Monroe and Hawarden. Victims include Mrs Marie Barr 35 Lucille Barr 16 Lucille Christianson 13 Ossie Butcher ? Pleasantville Mrs George Sills 78 Ralph Carlson 9. Two die at grade crossing near Sergeant Bluff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Sioux City
Monroe
Hawarden
Marie Barr
Lucille Barr
Lucille Christianson
Ossie Butcher
Pleasantville
George Sills
Indianola
Ralph Carlson
Bary
Chicago and Northwestern
Sergeant Bluff
Christianson
Earl Barr
Barr
Everett
New Year's Weather Warns of Colder North and Warm New York
Des Moines reports warn of temperatures dropping to 10 below in northeast Iowa with zero readings in northwest and southeast regions and 5 above in southwest Iowa. New York anticipates a festive night as Father Time is dethroned and Little Boy 1931 symbol of hope rises amid cut-rate celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Iowa
New York
Old Town
Old Man
Our daughter takes her baby to a specialist weekly
A speaker notes concern that her child’s progress with a weekly specialist mirrors the limited improvement seen in past generations, recalling six castor oil babies raised by the family and implying ongoing doubts about treatment efficacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ma An
Old Muscatine News Recalled From Bygone Days
A former Muscatine resident now in Minneapolis recalls thirty eight historic events from Muscatine's past. The list includes the arrival of first river boats on icy water and early harbor contests for free wharfage, shell product trades, and busy harvest days as shown in The Journal’s memory feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Journal
News of Today
Minneapolis
Weather outlook for town and Illinois with temperature changes
Fair tonight and Thursday with colder conditions, east and central colder tonight. Temperatures rise Thursday afternoon, except in the extreme east. Illinois expects generally fair weather, colder in central and north portions with a moderate cold wave in the north and slight cooling in the southeast. River stage readings show Davenport 1.9 feet, down 0.2. Muscatine 3.4 feet at stand. Keokuk 0.9 feet, up 0.3. St Louis 13 feet, down 0.1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town
Illinois
Davenport
Muscatine
St. Louis
Police arrest trio in liquor nuisance and house of ill fame case
Glen Curley Hawkins faces a preliminary hearing next Monday at 2 00 pm on maintaining a liquor nuisance. Florence Green and Grace Day will be heard Tuesday at 3 00 pm on charges tied to a house of ill fame. Hawkins was arrested by Chief Mark Taylor and Deputy Menzo Grady at 9 00 am after a raid at 426 12 East Second Street. no one was home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen “Curley
Hawkins
Florence Green
Grace Day
Mark Taylor
Menzo Grady
East Second Street
Will Rogers on a Changing Year and American Prosperity
Beverly Hills columnist notes 1930s reflection on a year of progress and its downside. He argues mass production displaced workers, machinery cannot buy needs, and the nation faces a humbling reassessment, with blame not solely on Hoover or Russia but on prosperity itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
Hoover
Russia
Churches Welcome 1931 in Muscatine
Churches in Muscatine plan New Year observances as 1931 begins. First Methodist Episcopal holds watch night communion and candle light service from 9 pm past midnight. Trinity Episcopal marks the Feast of the Circumcision with Holy Communion at 10 am. Foursquare Gospel Tabernacle starts its New Year events at 9:30 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Trinity Episcopal Church
Three Additional Leases Filed for Cedar Township Drilling
Dr. C. A. Taylor and H. E. McCormac filed three leases for oil and gas rights in Cedar township with G. C. Parks. The 526 acres lie on property owned by L. M. Littrell, Guy N. Brown and M. L. Shellabarger. Leases require operations to start by December 1932 and provide a share of any produced oil and gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Township
G. C. Parks
County Recorder
C. A. Taylor
H. E McCormac
Lester Hafner
Letts
L. M. Littrell
Guy N. Brown
M. L. Shellabarger
County officials retire roll over and new staff named
Frances Rosenbaum and Charles Pitchforth retire after long county service. Robert A. Van Dyke becomes treasurer and Kenneth Coder auditor, with new deputies and clerks listed. Van Dyke also exits city recorder role as he moves fully into county duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Rosenbaum
Charles H. Pitchforth
Rosenbaum
Robert A. van Dyke
Kenneth Coder
Pitchforth
Grace Griffin
Margaret Shouldice
Gertrude TeStrake
Coder
Ernest Peters
West Liberty
Josephine Fry
Near Cranston
Flossie Christensen
City Recorder
van Dyke
Charles Pitchforth
Barber, Wife and Children in Accident
Four members of a Muscatine family escaped serious injury after a Chevrolet coach overturned on Hershey Avenue near Smith's greenhouse Tuesday night. Clarence Nolan Mrs Nolan and two children Paul and Jim were rescued by neighbors. Mrs Nolan remains hospitalized with a cut eye but doctors hope sight can be saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey Avenue
Smith
Clarence “Froggy” Nolan
Silver Front
Third Street
Nolan
Paul Nolan
Hershey Hospital
Davis
Wittich
E. L. Emerson
President Hoover Faces Ethics Critique Over Rail Pact
Washington AP President Hoover faced sharp criticism as Chairman Couzens called a four system railroad agreement between eastern lines most unethical. The plan requires Interstate Commerce Commission approval or consolidation cannot proceed, with Ohio route identified as a potential fourth system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Couzens
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Ohio Road
Joffre Lays in Calm as Death Looms
Paris report says Marshal Joffre lies near death in a deep calm as treatment continues. The AP dispatch notes the eminent French commander remains under care while the nation contemplates potential final developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Marshal
Joffre
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Lyman Green
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Albia
Robert M. Kinnan
Little Six
Leonard
Jack” Hunn
James Figg, Jr
Wiliam Atkinson
Butcher
Oran Proffitt
Proffitt
H. J. Freed
Little Boy
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Claude Callan
Will Rogers
Arlo Griffin
Morris Ditmon
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Robert van Dyke
Barber
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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