Muscatine County 4-H Club Meetings Schedule This Week
Muscatine county 4-H clubs publish a busy week of meetings led by Edgar Rogers. Events include a Fruitland sweet potato plot tour, the Wapsie Goshen meeting at Albert Ruess's, the Muscatine Dairy Calf session at P. H. Naber, and Wilton Sweetland Busters at Oliver Bentley’s, with Friday’s closing gathering to be announced.
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Muscatine County
Edgar Rogers
Muscatine-Louisa Counties
Robert Buckman
Wapsie-Goshen
Albert Ruess
Muscatine Dairy Calf Club
P. H. Naber
J. S. McBride
Wilton-Sweetland Busters
Oliver Bentley
Ghostly trespass against Farm family spurs sheriff aid
Rock Island Illinois dispatch reports the George Billingsley family near Valhalla cemetery says a triple threat ghost haunts their farm since May. The specter groans taps windows milks cows and even moves objects. shots have failed to deter it as the sheriff pledges to pursue the haunting.
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Rock Island
George Billingsley
Valhalla
Billingsley
George A. Ebeling
Rural Patrons Committee Demands Audit for West Liberty Phone Rates
The Rural Patrons Committee urges a full 1934 audit to justify a proposed six dollar rate hike by the West Liberty Telephone Company. They oppose reinstating connections during the dispute and seek city council franchise for a community switch board while offering apologies to both sides for past errors.
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West Liberty Telephone Company
Rural Patrons Committee
Man Killed in Hold Up at Chicago Grocery
Anthony Banetta, 49, a laborer, was shot and killed during a grocery hold up in Chicago. He started to walk out with a sack of lemons when the robbers signaled to take him to a rear room. Shots were fired and the trio fled without loot.
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Chicago
Anthony Banetta
Banetta
Multiple Iowa accidents leave several injured and one dead
A string of crashes across Iowa left several hurt and at least one dead. In Cedar Rapids two drivers were badly hurt when a rear tire blew causing a rollover near Atalissa. In Waterloo 14 year old Harlie Furlong drowned after stepping into a river cutoff. In Green Mountain John Henry Miller died in a collision while others in the two-vehicle crash escaped with minor injuries. In Carroll a Breda dance return car overturned killing Mildred Meyer and injuring six others.
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Durance Goodman
John Goodman
Missouri Valley
Goodman
Wests June Blackmer
Casey
Tama
A. M. Jensen
John H. Smith
Esta Hobson
Davenport
Delphine MacMahon
Helen Krobasko
Manilla
Hilda Jensen
Virgil Jensen
Elvin Popp
Raymond Grimm
Manning
Carroll
Cedar Rapids
Alva Barker
Atalissa
Waterloo
Harlie Furlong
William
Furlong
Stantiay
Cedar River
Arthur Mesch
Dorrance Mesch
Bernard Eastman
Marshalltown
John Henry Miller
Green Mountain
Riverside Cemetery
Miller
Breda
Arcadia
Mildred Meyer
Maple River
Delphine McMahon
Popp
Mulford Society to Sponsor Lawn Social at Bauerbach Home
The Senior Christian Endeavor of Mulford Congregational church plans a lawn social on the lawn of the A. J. Bauerbach residence at 1019 Hershey Avenue Wednesday night. Committees are set for ice cream, cake, candy, sandwiches, coffee, sundaes, pop, curb service, and three tables with named volunteers coordinating each assignment.
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Mulford Society
Bauerbach
Christian Endeavor Society
Mulford Congregational Church
A. J. Bauerbach
Hershey Avenue
Walter Dittman
Tom Brunner
Donald Ahlf
Ruth Stelzner
Jean Stelzner
Helsen Stelzner
Esther Benninger
Dorothy Turner
Bill Holzhauer
Edward Boeppel
Madeline McNeal
Norma Gremmell
Bud Meyer
Italy Seeks Protectorate as Ethiopia Faces Rail Demand
Emperor Haile Selassie warned in a New York Times interview that Italy demands more than a railroad and a protectorate. He recalls protests at the League of Nations over a 1925 Anglo Italian treaty. Harlem groups plan a massive rally to support Africa and Ethiopia with pledges of aid, though no date is fixed.
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Italy
Haile Selassie
New York Times
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Somaliland
Addis Ababa
New York
Harlem
Africa
Pan-African Reconstruction Association
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
Golf House
Lakewood
N. J
Muscatine County Board Praises Medical Aid Costs
The Muscatine county board states there is no cause for complaint from the poor as five months show record high spending on medical care and hospitalization. It urges the relief director, doctors, and medical committee to continue cooperation to provide needed aid while aiming to reduce excessive costs to taxpayers.
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Muscatine
Muscatine County
Keota Woman Erma Young Dies After Yearlong Illness
Longtime Keota resident Mrs. Erma Young died at 6:40 a.m. today after a year’s illness. Born November 28, 1879 on a Washington County farm, she moved to Keota as an infant and married J. E. Young in 1899. Survived by husband, two daughters Nina Swisher and Vera Hudson, and brother John Thompson. Funeral at Keota Presbyterian Church Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. Burial in Keota cemetery.
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Keota
Erma Young
Young
Nina Swisher
Sigourney
Vera Hudson
Clinton
John Thompson
Oklahoma
Keota Presbyterian Church
Overwork Blamed in Eicher Illness
Close friends of Iowa Democrat Rep. Edward C. Eicher blame his collapse on overwork while defending Roosevelt era policies. He toiled on the utility holding company bill and farm price measures, often at his Washington apartment with long nights at the typewriter, sparking a planned extended rest for recovery.
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Associated Press
Washington
Edward C. Eicher
Iowa
Roosevelt
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Eicher
Housing Program Faces Court Setback and Senate Debate
The article details a court setback to housing reforms and a Senate Judiciary Committee tentative rejection of a Wagner bill restricting appearances before executive departments to practicing attorneys. It notes AAA amendment debates in the Senate, a House focus on miscellaneous legislation, and remarks on a new Soviet American trade accord. It also mentions a London firm buying ten thousand elephant tusks annually and explains how the catfish got its name.
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Wagner
New York
Senate Judiciary Committee
AAA
Senate
House
Ways and Means
William Phillips
Imperial
Kerensky
Tipton Man Hurt in Auto Mishap
O. E. Sargeant of Tipton Iowa, a race horse owner, was reported dying in a Galesburg hospital from injuries suffered in an automobile crash Sunday while en route to Peoria. His son in law Max Biggs and daughter escaped injury when their car wrecked near Alpha on the same trip.
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Galesburg
Ill
O. E. Sargeant
Tipton
Peoria
Sargeant
Max Biggs
Alpha
Dike Break In China Triggers Mass Drowning Fears
The dike failure near Hankow prompted calls for a last stand as thousands of workers rush to erect a secondary barrier behind the breached section. Officials fear the city may fall if the levee gives way. American passionist fathers report no contact from Shenchow in flood struck Hunan for two weeks.
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Dike
Associated Press
Hankow
Shenchow
Hu- Nan
County Agents of Area to Meet at Burlington Soon
Southeastern Iowa county agents plan their August meeting in Burlington on Thursday Aug 1 with Carl Rylander Muscatine county agent expected to attend. The session opens in the afternoon and runs into the evening with agents wives present. Represented counties include Des Moines Lee Louisa Van Buren Davis Henry Wapello Jefferson Muscatine Washington and Keokuk. Grant Lindsey Fairfield Jefferson county agent and president will officiate.
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Southeastern Iowa
Burlington
Carl Rylander
Muscatine
Des Moines
Lee
Louisa
van Buren
Davis
Henry
Wapello
Jefferson
Washington
Keokuk
Grant Lindsey
Fairfield
Jefferson County
Southeastern
Classified Ad WANTED Experienced Farm Hand
Job notice seeks experienced farm hand. Married or single applicants welcome. Call 59F2 to apply.
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Call
Reason Given for Sharp Decline in Butter Purchases
Washington officials report a sharp drop in butter purchases after a drought driven price spike. Representatives say prices at 22 to 24 cents a pound discouraged buying from December to May, leading consumers to switch to substitutes or cut purchases. N R Baker of Columbus Ohio cites depleted pocketbooks.
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Washington
N. R. Baker
Columbus
Erma Rann Honored at High Prairie Birthday Party
High Prairie near Muscatine honored Erma Rann on her nineteenth birthday with a dinner party at her home hosted by her mother Mrs. Fred Rann and sister Louise. Guests included Hilda Miller Ruth Hitchcock and others. The event featured a pink and green cake, favors, indoor games and croquet with prizes awarded to Hilda Miller and Ruth Hitchcock.
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High Prairie
Erma Rann
Fred Rann
Louise
Erma
Hilda Miller
Ruth Hitchcock
Alice Harbaugh
Edna Pagel
Ruth Sander
Fern
Arlene Eichelberger
Ben Owen
Edwin B. Masters
Los Angeles
Calif
W. C. Knight
Muscatine
C. W. Harbaugh
Carl Phillips
Illinois City
Harold Pagel
Herman Pagel
Pests paused as 500 workers strike in New York
In New York a five hundred strong strike by exterminators and fumigators halted pest control operations. The International Building Service Employees' union called the walkout demanding union recognition shorter working hours and higher wages.
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New York
International Building Service Employees’ Union
Founding of South Bethel Church Celebrated in Cedar County
Tipton region notes the 98th anniversary of the South Bethel church as Rev. C G Lusted spoke at 11 am with the Gleaner choir providing music. The Friendly Four led the evening service while crowds of local teachers and townsfolk attended. The article recounts early Cedar county history, Hardman and Cartwright, and church upkeep plans for re-shingling painting and wood gathering.
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Tipton
South Bethel
C. G. Lusted
Nashua
Gleaner
Oren Kiser
J. E. Morton
Minnie Fulwider
Sugar Creek
Rochester
Bennett
Wisconsin Territory
Iowa Territory
Iowa State
Cedar County
Jacob
Bethel
Henry Hardman
Barton Cartwright
Chauncy Hobart
Bloomington
Muscatine
Colonel Hardman
South Bethel Church
Cartwright
Iowa
Illinois
Mr. Cartwright
Hardman
Church of God
Moreka
Rock Island
Mississippi River
Davenport
Centerville
Otis Moore
Wilton Man Suffers Injuries in Fall
Wilton Man Enley, 65, confined to bed with a broken hip after a ladder fall in a barn at the W. W. Whitmer home near here. He was believed to have fallen during the night and found this morning. The report mentions unrelated lines about ancient Egypt and crocodiles.
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Wilton
Tom Enley
W. W. Whitmer
Here
Enley
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