Contract Set on Highway Project in Columbus Junction
Wapello resident cement contractor Leng awarded the job to construct flumes for draining new pavement on the viaduct of primary road 2 at Columbus Junction. Several Wapello men will be employed. Beer permits effective July 1 issued for Frank Calderone M F Archibald B D Mackey and Vergil Wagner. Board sold two stone piers from Hogback bridge to A T T company for 100 dollars. Hunting and fishing licenses raised 98 dollars total. 38 straight fishing and 38 combo licenses issued. Theodore Schwob took grandson Warren Schwob and Elwood Cole to Burlington then Springfield Ill visit in Wapello. Charles Thompson visiting father Vail Thompson in St Paul. Miss Luella Pierce and Miss Minnie Miller visiting in town. Board and county engineer Hinderman hosted Columbus Junction Community Club dinner. Jo Pullin named director of a band formed for summer resorts. Mrs Nora Lobscher and son visiting Milton Indiana relatives. Mary Schwob to be chief operator at local Northwestern Bell exchange. Fred T Schwob promoted to head of the fish and game division of the state conservation department. Jimmy Cover visiting cousin Marion Wheeler in Webster Ia for the Fourth. Mrs Ed Eversmeyer family visiting in Oskaloosa with A J Williamson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Charles Leng
Columbus Junction
Frank Calderone
M. F. Archibald
B. D. Mackey
Vergil Wagner
Hogback
A. T. & T. Company
County Recorder
Theodore Schwob
Warren Schwob
Elwood Cole
Burlington
Springfield
Ill
Charles Thompson
Jo Pullin
Scott Pullin
Watertown
Minn
Nora Lobscher
Aner Netrhood Lobscher
Milton
Daisy Ament
Mary Schwob
Northwestern Bell Telephone Exchange
Fred Schwob
Fred T. Schwob
Fish and Game Department
Fish and Game Division
State Conservation Department
State Commission
Jimmy Cover
Marion Wheeler
Webster
Ed Eversmeyer
Nellie
Lyle
Pauline Hanft
Oskaloosa
A. J. Williamson
Junction Columbus Returns From Mail Carrier Exams
Examinations for city mail carrier in Columbus Junction are reviewed and the five top candidates named J. E. Taylor Keith Robertson Hiram Oakes H. M. Duncan and Louis Burns. The new carrier will assume office August 1 with veterans receiving preference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
J. E. Taylor
Keith Robertson
Hiram Oakes
H. M. Dun Can
Louis Burns
Guests Entertained at Bohnsack Home
Stockton society records a potluck gathering at Mr. and Mrs. H P Bohnsack with multiple local families in attendance including Dage Herbst Quandt Fedder son Borchers Bangert Knoop Anderson and their children. Other briefs note Gwendola Bowers returning home to Hawkeye after visiting relatives in Stockton and Mrs. Arthur Voss visiting Cedar Rapids. Farmers report haying underway as rains delayed the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockton
H. P. Bohnsack
Donard Dage
Marcheta
Henry Herbst
Muscatine
Roy Quandt
Dickie
New Era
Claus Fedderson
Leota
Bennett
Carl Borchers
Marjorie
Henry Bangert
Ruth
Wayne
W. C. Knoop
C. H. Anderson
Buster
Arlene
Harriette
Shirley Jean
Jeannette
Sonny
Bobby Bohnsack
Gwendola Bowers
Hawkeye
Lester Paarman
Lloyd Ormsby
Minnie Becker
Mrs. Garner Rites Held at Junction
Funeral services for Mrs. J. W. Garner were conducted Wednesday morning at the Columbus City home by Rev. C. B. Ramsdale. Pallbearers named E. P. Shellabarger F. W. Coffin R. J. Reaney J. Carson Duncan C. N. Johnston Rowland Rees. Horace Baughman of Hanover Pa., a nephew, arrived Tuesday for the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
J. W. Garner
Columbus City
Eliza Family Hosts to Des Moines Pair Visit
Eliza and Warren Anderson of Des Moines with Vivian Anderson visit Edward Miller home. Miss Maxine Anderson returns home after Chicago visit. Arthur Krueger Carl Fischer visit Frank Cromer home near Wilton. Dorothy Hahn guests at Cromer home. Axel reunion in Muscatine attended by Miller Carlson family and Doris Harder. Brockett family from Muscatine visit mother Franche Brockett. Ora Thirtyacre and family visit Rock Island. Local residents attend funeral of Mrs. Alice Martin at New Boston Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza, Jr
Warren
Vivian Anderson
Des Moines
Edward Miller
Maxine Anderson
Chicago
Arthur Krueger
Carl Fischer
Frank Cromer
Wilton
Dorothy Hahn
Cromer
J. O. Carlson
Doris Harder
Axel
Muscatine
Leslie Brockett
Brockett
Franche Brockett
Ora Thirtyacre
Rock Island
Alice Martin
New Boston
Conesville Social Hosts Share Weekend Visits and News
Local families hosted guests and relatives including Ada Kemp from Council Bluffs visiting Conesville. Visits extended to John Sprous, Ferrel Hardman homes and Nell Foor family in Wapello, Los Angeles, Peoria, Des Moines, Muscatine, Ottumwa, with notices of new baby Kenneth and A N A officer Siarah Black visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conesville
Otto Kemp
Ada Kemp
Council Bluffs
Will Gabriel
Will Hull
Bert Wolfe
Columbus Junction
Glen Kennedy
Iowa City
Lorena Minxwell
Charles Calhoun
John Sprous
Ferrel Hardman
Wendell Horn
Mort Christiansen
George Metheney
Raymond Sweatt
Ottumwa
Siarah Black
Eleanor Wehr
Robert Orr
Muscatine
George Orr
Service Conducted for Wilbur Austin
Funeral services were held for Wilbur Austin of Northfield Iowa born September 29 1853 died at home Monday Married Sarah Smith April 4 1889 they had four children Pearl Maxson Dora Hermley Leona Windle and John Surviving with wife are the children and their mother The passage also notes an unrelated South American cavebird fact about fat and oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treverton Warren
Wilbur Austin
Mr. Austin
Northfield
David
Sarah Austin
Sarah Smith
Pearl Maxson
Dora Hermley
Muscatine
Leona Windle
Wilson
John
Elrick
London’s Municipal Hospitals Reach 39 Thousand Beds
London has 74 municipal hospitals with 39 000 beds, surpassing the 15 000 beds in voluntary institutions in the city. The Journal invites readers to subscribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mercer Erosion Program Started at Mercer County
Three engineers from the federal soil erosion program are in Mercer county to organize soil conservation efforts. W F Sigler will supervise the project, joined by H H Cordes and Stanley Petraille with local farmers invited to cooperate. The CCC camp south of Aledo is preparing to establish the camp, with full company arrival within ten days. Extra purse money for Mercer county fair races is being funded by local business leaders, aiming for stronger fields. Two divorces were granted in Mercer county circuit court: Lola Ray vs Waller Ray for alcoholism and Maynard Barger vs Kathryn Barger for desertion. dates show marriages in 1914 and 1933 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aledo
Mercer County
Department of Soil Erosion
Federal Department
W. F. Sigler
H. H. Cordes
Stanley Petraille
CCC
Mercer County Fair
The
Fair Society
Leonard E. Telleen
Lola Ray
Waller Ray
Maynard Barger
Kathryn Barger
Concord Club Notes Share Guests at C E Circle Meeting
Concord residents collate social updates reporting attendees at a C E circle meeting hosted by Mrs. T A Berkshire near Cairo. Names include McConahay Shellabarger Long Kistler Bonnichsen Jarvis Frick and Browning with others. Also noted are visits between Concord and nearby towns plus family movement between Washington Ames and Wapello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
W. S. McConahay
Egebert Shellabarger
John Long
Arthur Kistler
Lou Bonnichsen
Opal
L. G. Browning
Leonard Frisk
Evelyn Jarvis
Baby
W. R. Frick
C. E. Circle
T. A. Berkshire
Cairo
Keota Bank Heads Travel to Wakita Oklahoma
Keota-W. F. Stoutner presidente, and J. W. Stewart vice president of Security State bank left this week for Wakita Oklahoma. They expect to remain until wheat on their land holdings there is threshed. They were joined by Mrs. W. F. Stoutner and her mother Mrs. Mary Goodlander H. K. Stewart and C. L. Stoutner, with C. L. Stoutner visiting his Kansas farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
W. F. Stoutner
J. W. Stewart
Security State Bank
Wakita
Okla
Mary Goodlander
H. K. Stewart
C. L. Stoutner
Kansas
Firecracker Burns Reported in Pail Incident
Dr. J. H. Chittum reports Billy Winter and Rex Wilton suffered firecracker burns in the Pail incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
J. H. Chittum
Billy Winter
Rex Wilton
Muscatine City News Roundup of Local Moves and Approvals
Mrs Ralph Schraeder plans to move to Davenport as he accepts a position with International Harvester in the Tri Cities. Mrs Gien M Smith of Lafayette Ind visits Muscatine after a fall left two small foot bones broken. Mrs M H Smith dies prompting a visit by her grandson. Gertrude Paullick and Jean Zybarth travel to Oshkosh Wis for the Fourth. Muscatine American Legion cancels tonight’s meeting with the next set for July 11. Farm warehouse certificates canceled for Leo Friedli detailing 800 and 896 bushels with values. New auto registrations include C L Broders, Stockton Plymouth Clarence W Huber, 912 Sycamore, Graham J F Hill, 1580 Washington, Dodge. James Lee of 1118 East Second registers a Chevrolet truck. Building permits issued for Laura Wilson to move a cabin trailer residence on Lorenz avenue and Mary Nesselbush to repair porch at 813 East Eighth street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Schraeder
West Third Street
Muscatine
Davenport
Schraeder
Tri-Cities
International Harvester Company
Gien M. Smith
Lafayette
Ind
M. H. Smith
West Fourth Street
Gertrude Paullick
Washington Street
Jean Zybarth
Oshkosh
Wis
Muscatine American Legion Post
Legion
Leo Friedli
C. L. Broders
Stockton
Plymouth
Clarence W. Huber
Sycamore Street
Graham
J. F. Hill
Dodge
James Lee
East Second Street
Laura Wilson
Lorenz Avenue
Ascoe and
Logan Streets
Mary Nesselbush
East Eighth Street
I. V. Howentine
Playlet by Atalissa Group Presented for Royal Neighbors
Atalissa Group members staged the playlet Hiring the Schoolmaam with cast including Mrs. Fingle Chapman McCracken Wathan LaFrentz Cooney. Leota Staley provided music and a luncheon followed. Visitors Dorothea Markham joined by Mrs. Butsler and Lucile Essex attended in Muscatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atalissa
Royal Neighbors
Bernice Fingle
Pearl Chapman
Valva McCracken
Mildred Wathan
Myrtle LaFrentz
Hazel Cooney
Leota Staley
Dorothea Markham
William Butsler
Lucile Essex
Muscatine
Arthur Wherry
Davenport
W. Schmidt
Ronald
A. C. Aye
George Sterner
Ivan Sterner
Harland and
Marion
Ralph Schmidt
Vanda Lée
Richard Henneman
Shirley
Joyce
Richard
John
Albert Summers
Lois
Rock Island
August Aye
Adjustments Made on C H Contracts
W C Dorr of the Iowa state board of review made several adjustments to corn hog contracts for Groups two three and four before leaving Wednesday after reviewing the documents. William Cashman chairman of the Muscatine county corn hog association reported the updates. County Agent Carl Rylander and Cashman had traveled to Des Moines to seek concessions from state officials last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Dorr
Iowa State Board of Review
William Cashman
Muscatine
Gilleland Divorce Decree Is Signed Here
Sole custody of two children awarded to Mattie Gilleland in a district court divorce from John Gilleland. Judge D W Jackson grants visitation rights to the father at all reasonable times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Gilleland
John Gilleland
D. W. Jackson
Mary Katherine
Larse Everett Gilleland
Cute Toys Brother Sister Edited by For Many Years
A historical notice identifies an edited work titled Cute Toys Brother Sister edited by an assistant professor of household arts at Teachers College Columbia University New York highlighting academic involvement with child development and toy history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teachers College
Columbia University
New York
N. Y
Summer pattern sale for children from Muscatine Journal
Pattern No. 3369 offers dress and suit patterns for girls and boys in sizes 2 4 and 6 with a sailor collar yoke design. Extra size or two patterns cost 15 cents. material usage listed and pattern price 15 cents. Order instructions include address and style number with payment to Muscatine Journal Pattern Department 100 Fifth Ave New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine Journal
Pattern Department
Fifth Ave
New York
N. Y
Alice Daniels Elected to Columbus Junction Faculty
Columbus Junction Miss Alice Daniels of Douds was elected to teach the fourth and fifth grades at the Columbus City school. Miss Anna Mulhern was re elected secretary for the next two years. Miss Carmiers replaces the vacancy created by Dorothy Colton who becomes principal and home economics teacher at Huron high school. F F Hopkins of Surrey owns a ruby hummingbird valued at 1000 dollars. An Austrian telephone device informs callers when a subscriber is out, stating the return time automatically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Alice Daniels
Douds
Columbus City
Board of Education
Anna Mulhern
Carmiers
Dorothy Colton
Huron High School
Supervisor to Be Named Shortly on Canning Project
Miss Lydia Montgomery met Wednesday with relief officials in Muscatine to outline the county wide canning project setup. Applicants for the supervisor post were interviewed and recommendations will follow Friday after her Des Moines return. County relief director asks relief families to preserve gardens and provide canning plans and assistance needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Montgomery
Muscatine
Des Moines
Clara Schandt
Club to Accept Junior Members
The Muscatine Power Boat club read the resolutions committee report and admitted three junior members at a Wednesday night meeting in the club house. A fireworks display followed as the crowd watched. Further action on junior members is planned for August 7 with more committee proposals. The move stemmed from a debate over admitting Muscatine Sea Scouts into the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine Power Boat Club
Muscatine Sea Scouts
Four Face Judge on Minor Charges
Four men appeared before Police Judge J. C. Coster on minor charges this morning. John Ginley faced assault charges. his trial is set for 10 30 a m Friday. Joe Brown paid a 1 fine for removing a red lantern from a city project. Charles Wellens and Arthur Ericson, both from Muscatine, were drunk. Wellens has a Friday hearing, Ericson received a 30 day suspended sentence. Bonds of 15 were posted by Wellens and Ginley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Coster
John Ginley
East Second Street
Claytus Burk
Ginley
Joe Brown
Illinois City
Charles Wellens
Arthur Ericson
Muscatine
Wellens
Ericson
Paint contracts set for Jefferson school work
Muscatine boards awarded interior work to Hill and Stewart for 1010 dollars and exterior work to Peter Tiedemann for 214.14 dollars with insurance and bond conditions. Tarr protests lack of insurance data, bids opened with local supplier names and per gallon prices for paints and supplies. Board to set 2026-27 estimates at 160000 general fund and 40000 school house fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Jefferson School
Board of Education
City Hall
Hill and Stewart
Hill
Fairall
Dado
Albert Schmidt
Frank Schmidt
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Public Enemy
William Mahan
George Weyerhaeuser, Jr
Mahan
Butte
Mont
Eliza
Conesville Groups
Journal
Mercer
R. H. Clark
Washington
Harold Shellabarger
Lamoine
C. W. Collins
Lyle Ross
Lucile Long
Ames
Florence Long
Dale Edmondson
Dorothy
Car Curtis
W. R. Frisk
McConahay
Marion Grauwinkle
Willie Adamson
Keota Bank
City News
Atalissa Group
Gilleland
Glick’s Economy Store
Muscatine, Ia
Laura I. Baldt, A. M
Junction
F. F. Hopkins
Surrey
Eng
Fifth Avenue New York
Ken
Oxfords
Battersons
Power Boat Club
Jefferson
Ahmetolgiou Hassam
Ahmetolgiou
Uncle Sam
Sunny Sue
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