Directors Named for Coming Year for Johnson s
Lone Tree Verry and Harry Probst were re elected to the Johnson s board of directors. A year’s stock shipment totaled 14 756 head weighing 2 999 769 pounds with hogs 13 189 head 2 050 715 pounds cattle 1 144 head 913 204 pounds calves 62 totaling 9 580 pounds and lambs 361 26 270 pounds. Freight and trucking fees were 6 418 42 dollars leaving net to shippers 181 220 08 dollars. The year showed a gain over the prior year. Special numbers on the entertainment program followed with the North Liberty quartet and other acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Tree
William Verry
Iowa City
Harry Probst
The
Johnsons
North Liberty Quartet
Dorothy Smith
Shirley Hegg
Ganithe Probst
Margaret Fortsch
Morning Sun Daily Notices and Local Appointments
Morning Sun reports mayor M C Talbot resigning due to ill health and I M Jamison appointed to fill the vacancy by the town council. It also lists a social dinner hosted by Susie Henderson with attendees from Morning Sun and nearby towns, upcoming Methodist and Union joint services, and local residents traveling to Ohio and Chicago events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C. Talbot
I. M. Jamison
Susie Henderson
Wilbur Campbell
Long Beach
Calif
Robert McElhinney
M.S. Hutchison
Mary
Susie Kilpatrick
W. H. McClurkin
Rose Bonner
Mollie Okel
Julia Cannon
Eva Huston
Annie Patterson
H. M. McDonald
Imogene
Bertha Thompson
Helen Jones
Ohio
Century of Progress
Chicago
Almina Wilson
Kenneth
Morning Sun
Muscatine
Harold E. Wilson
Methodist
Bluebird 4-H Meeting Reports Posters and Rest Room Plans
The Bluebird Four-H club held a meeting at Leota Richardson's home with fourteen girls and leader Mrs. Joe Hayes. Pansy Head presented the training school report and posters were created. The Daughters of Veterans sponsor repairs and a public rest room will be added. Books not loaned until July 11 to allow shelving and indexing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Street
G. A. R. Hall
Daughters of Veterans
Nec
Essary
Abbie Carthenberger
Hedrick
Bethine Maley
Lois Eversmeyer
Chicago
Fred Brauns
Hazel Mae Gustafson
Glen Latta
Grandview
Contempt Claim Over Bread Labeling Law In Iowa Case
Des Moines federal court held Murray in contempt for failing to stop agents from harassing bread dealers selling packages at or above stated weight. Quaker Baking Co of Maine and Council Bluffs filed June 22 seeking injunction against Murray Gov Herring and AG O Connor. Temporary injunction kept in place pending constitutional ruling. case continued indefinitely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
SS Spu
Murray
Quaker Baking Company of
Maine
Council Bluffs
Herring
O’connor
Baking Company
Tipton Plans for Big Fourth of July Celebration
Tipton schedules a full day of events including band concerts in Court Square at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. A morning parade features prizes for best decorated car and longest distant entry, among others. The program includes vaudeville acts, a Veterans of Foreign Wars address, a baseball game Bennett versus Stanwood, and a street dance at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Court Square
Pet
B. F. Martin
The
Peoples Church of
Davenport
Lyman L. Zimmer
Illinois
Bennett
Stanwood
Tipton Moose Hall
EVERY BOY'S HERO HORIZONTAL 2
Puzzle style item lists clues and partial answers across a periodical page. The reader is asked to identify a man in a picture and fill in worded crossword like entries for terms such as grandparent or stream obstruction and various word lengths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Othelioe
Mrs Ira Hufford Taken by Death
Mrs Hufford born Mae Taylor in 1873 in Pennsylvania. She married Ira Hufford in 1908 in Pittsburgh. Survived by husband daughter Pansy Robson and son Childs Hufford of Chicago. Funeral held at New Boston M E church with Rev Gillis officiating. Interment in Brookfield Pennsylvania cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hufford
Mae Taylor
Pennsylvania
David Taylor
Brookfield
Ira Hufford
Pittsburgh
M. E. Church
Pansy Robson
Childs Hufford
Chicago
New Boston M. E
Gillis
Tipton Couple Appointed To Stenographic Post
Tipton Maurine Bruns bold has been appointed to a stenographic position under Ray Murray secretary of agriculture. A rain driving picnic at Weed park Muscatine drew few Presbyterians and Methodists. Be rean class Sunday school party at Mrs Ray Chapman home featured games and prizes. J J Hamilton suffered a fractured hip at the local corn packing plant after slipping on a wet floor and was taken to Cedar Rapids hospital. Muscatine centennial drew Tipton visitors including M A Crary, J F Casterline, C Leatherby, Ray Chapman and son Paul, B R Smith, Billy Fields, S G Frink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Leatherby
Ray Chapman
Paul
B. R. Smith
Billy Fields
S. G. Frink
Letts-Ten past matrons honored at Cranston gathering
Letts-O. E. S. matrons and their families were entertained at the A. C. Hunter home in Cranston last Sunday. Attendees included Mrs. L. E. Parsons Mrs. Harry Gipple Mrs. Ulric Garrett Mrs. J. B. Garrett Mrs. Arthur Lieberknecht Mrs. Floyd Lieberknecht Mrs. L. A. Gipple Mrs. E. S. Rabe Mrs. Harry Shearer and Mrs. A. C. Hunter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyers
Honolulu
Garrison
San Diego
Willis McGrew
Nora Springs
David Reddick
Davenport
Thomas
Evalyn Curtis
Columbus Junction
Emma Lee
Nellie
Hallie
Horace Brown
Harry Jacobs
Washington
Inez Mahaffey
Illinois
Philathea
P. C. Allen
E. D. Curtis
Robert Barnes
Harold McCormac
George Bailey
Wilmot Hendrix
George Crist
Harry Gipple
W. S. Hartman
Lone Tree
Nichols Host Dinner Party At Morris Home
Mrs. Walter Morris hosts a Nichols gathering on July 10 with assisting hostess Mrs. Hazel Swickard. Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Ellis of Clinton Illinois plan a weekend visit with Mr. and Mrs. John Ellis. Mr. Mrs. Glen Hume and children Joan and Jean of Chicago are spending a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Morris
Hazel Swickard
G. P. Ellis
Clinton, Ill
John Ellis
Glen Hume
Joan
Jean
Chicago
Ill
Kraschel Plans Vigorous War on Iowa Unemployment
Des Moines reports Lt Gov Nels Kraschel named director to oversee a $30 million federal public works program. He aims to place about $25 million in work and let contracts around $2 million soon, with projects statewide including roads water systems libraries pools and armories. He will coordinate with the highway commission to route highway work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
iLieut
Nels Kraschel
Kraschel
Highway Commission
Iowa Dry Law Force Cut Almost One-Half
Washington reports 13 Iowa prohibition bureau staff dismissals reduce state personnel to 20, part of nationwide plan to save 4 million dollars. The reorganization shifts enforcement toward a new bureau structure as Attorney General Cummings notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Journal Washington Bureau
Washington
Prohibition Bureau
Hawkeye
Congress
Lewis H. Douglas
Reorganized Bureau
Bureau of Investigation
Cummings
Sweetland News and Local Visits Update
Sweetland community notes include Toyne hauling cattle to Chicago and attending the Century of Progress exposition. Visits at Davenport and West Liberty are recorded along with church meetings and Rural Young People activity. Detroit and Illinois relatives visit John Miller homes as well. Berlin science notes report two atoms split including helium and lead experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweetland
Howard Toyne
Chicago
August Gettert
Charles Wiese
Davenport
Sweetland Church
Bruce Minear
Mary Alice
Nell Louise
C. L. McIntire
West Liberty
Rural Young People’s League
Will Sherman
Harry Ion
Detroit
Mich
John Miller
John Miller, Jr
Illinois
Berlin
Fritz Lange
Arno Brasch
Visitation notes from Perry Point and Conesville
Mrs. and Mrs. Fred Hummel and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Eyler visited the L. J. Schmitt home on Tuesday. Mrs. Nettie Schmitt is a patient at University hospital in Iowa City. O E B Kensington met at Mrs. Walter Cullins home Friday afternoon. Mrs. D D MacDougal of Conesville spent Friday here with friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hummel
Russell Eyler
Perry Point
L. J. Schmitt
Nettie Schmitt
University Hospital
Iowa City
O. E
Kensington
Walter Cullins
D. D. MacDougal
Conesville
Wilton Ladies Hold Monthly Auxiliary Meeting
The Ladies of the Presbyterian Geisten held their regular vestry gathering with vocal duets and piano numbers performed by local members. Hostesses listed include Mrs. F A Martin and Miss Jennie Kelley as refreshments closed the event. Nearby notes mention Purity Chapter members attending a group meeting in Tipton and a Christian Endeavor booth planned for Saturday evening near the band stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton
The
Presbyterian Geisten
Seale Spanos Kelley
Gretchen Schroeder
F. A. Martin
Mary Maurer
Gretchen Martin
Eleanor Pfeiffer
Lillian Hiller
Muscatine
Maryland Bacon
E. J. Maurer
Jennie Kelley
G. Nicolaus
William Port
V. C. Walton
W. J. Maurer
Ben Schroeder
G. G. Leith
H. F. Schnack
James Walton
Elmer Daut
Susie Buckwoldt
Verda Peterson
Purity
Order of Eastern Star
Tipton
Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian Church
Donald Tallman
Jackson
Minn
Mary Joe Dwyer
Doris Paul
Homer Ochiltree
Allen Glenn
Jackie
Jerry
Mary Lou
Omaha
Neb
Davenport
Glenn
Virginia Strong
Columbus City Band Performs Street Concert in Columbus Junction
The Columbus City Concert band conducted by Vernon Brown presented a street concert with solos by Meredith Balcoff Jean Gentzler and a cordet duet by Carl Giffey and Stanley Lantz. The item also notes visitors dinners and various local social happenings. The Pony Express service lasted sixteen months and founders lost $100000 in the venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Columbus City
Vernon Brown
Paul Scott
Jimmy
Clarion
Betty Lou Alderson
Atlantic
J. Carson Duncan
Vance Sinclair
Spooner
Wis
R. D. Sinclair
H. L. Sinclair
Cotter
Fredonia
Ferrel Weber
Pittsburgh
E Stickney
Russell van Vliet
St. Paul
S. M. van Vliet
Dorothy Blair
Davenport
Clara Lynn
W. H. Blair
W. A. Lamp
G. A. Kite
Cairo
Spring Cal
Oakdale
W. F. Marsden
Lloyd Prior
Pony Express
Funeral for Thomas H. Ashton in Lone Tree
Thomas H. Ashton died June 27 at his Lone Tree home. Funeral Mass held at St Marys church with Rev F A Kottenstette and Rev Father Moore officiating. Burial in St Marys cemetery Nichols. Survived by widow Hannah Rowan and children J Edgar William P and Francis with James and Genevieve deceased. He served 22 years at Farmers and Merchants Savings bank rising from first cashier in 1909 to president in 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Tree
Thomas H. Ashton
St. Mary’s
F. A. Kottenstette
Father Moore
Nichols
Joseph Hudachek
John Harmson
John W. Carey
Herman Wiese
S. Hiler
John Hudachek
Wellman
Social rounds and visits across Muscatine area
Mrs William Butcher and Mrs Maude Forte with Dick visited Mrs Sade Craddock in Muscatine Thursday night. Mrs Clarence Whitlock and Mrs Sutton of Nichols and Randall Nester of Muscatine were guests at the R J Battenhagen home Wednesday. Rain Wednesday and Wednesday night was welcome as farmers finish corn planting and grain cutting. Mr and Mrs Harold Butcher with Lorraine and Jack dined at Roy Bradford's in Moline Wednesday and visited Tri Cities friends. Mrs Johanna Shoultz left Sunday for Conesville to see her daughter. John Battenhagen hosted guests Thursday night including Henry Marx Sr Fred Marx Gerald and F L Kleist from Muscatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Butcher
Maude Forte
Sade Craddock
Muscatine
Clarence Whitlock
Sutton
Nichols
Randall Nester
R. J. Battenhagen
Harold Butcher
Lorraine
Jack
Roy Bradford
Moline
Tri- Cities
Johanna Shoultz
McKinley Buser
Conesville
Iowa
John Battenhagen
Henry Marx
Fred Marx
Gerald
F. L. Kleist
Funeral services for Charles Johansmeier held at Cairo Evangelical
Funeral services were conducted Friday at the Cairo Evangelical church for Charles Johansmeier with Rev. H. W. Hendricks officiating. Pallbearers included Harry Fletcher and R. M. Buffington. Three selections were sung by local singers, with Mrs. Weaver Briggs at the piano. Burial followed in Cairo cemetery as attendees from Burlington joined others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Charles Johansmeier
Evangelical Church At
Cairo
H. W. Hendricks
Harry Fletcher
R. M. Buffington
Ted Boysen
Cleve Cotter
Bruce Jennings
Charles Felman
Albert Hall
J. O. Hall
Thomas Wykert
Weaver Briggs
Burlington
W. G. Robertson
New Wilmington
Par
Pittsburgh
Robertson
Pennsylvania
Charles Roush
Paul Hutchinson
Ed Frerichs
Davenport
Ed Roush
Griff Marshall
Olds
Florence Roush
Winfield
Death of Lewis Rubelman reported in Long Beach
Miss Dena Rubelman learns of her brother Lewis Rubelman death at his Long Beach home on June 30. Mrs. A A Angelsberg and daughter Marilyn of Ottumwa are visiting with Mrs. Angelsberg's sister and husband Mr. and Mrs. Everette Neal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Tree
Dena Rubelman
Lewis Rubelman
Long Beach
Calif
A. A. Angelsberg
Marilyn
Ottumwa
Mercer County Four-H Sets Judging Contest for State event
County judging plans announce Aug 7 state contest selection at a county event next month. Mercer clubs enter four teams total for live stock and dairy classes, each team three members under 21 with project work. Winners receive shields and advance to the national noncollegiate contest in Chicago during the Livestock Exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
Farm Bureau
Chicago
Grand Jury Passes On Gasoline Tax Case In Iowa
In Des Moines Polk county the grand jury declined to act on the gasoline tax conspiracy case involving Theodore Wall Dewey Berlovich and Glen Wilson. The case may be reconsidered by the next grand jury to be selected July 5. Wall was recently convicted of obtaining money by false pretenses related to state gasoline tax refunds and has appealed to the supreme court. Berlovich and Wilson were connected to Wall in the gasoline tax refund operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Polk County
Grand Jury
Theodore Wall
Dewey Berlovich
Glen Wilson
Grant Henry
Wall
Supreme Court
Berlovich
Wilson
State Treasurer's Office
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Lei
Lie Iri
Aicie IR
OMIA
Isinia
Jarm
Sweetland News
Sam
Kitty
Carry
Columbus City Band
St. Mary’s Church
Fruitland
Muscatine Journal
Post Office
Ain
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