Iowa Farm Outlook Improves Says State Agriculture Chief
Des Moines Iowa Secretary Ray Murray of the state department of agriculture reports a market upturn for farmers over the last six months with farm prices rising and mortgage refinancing programs aiding. He cites corn hog conference as stabilizing prices next year and notes feed crops and hogs show gains while small grains lag.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ray Murray
State Department of Agriculture
Murray
Murray Credtts
Believe Couple Held at Keokuk Are Wanted Here
Keokuk police hold Leo Spencer and Grace Farrow for Quincy officers who say the pair are suspected of passing counterfeit money. They are thought to be the same duo who passed a counterfeit five dollar bill last week in Keokuk. Spencer claims to be from Hannibal Missouri and has been in Keokuk since Wednesday.
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Keokuk
Leo Spencer
Grace Farrow
Quincy
Ill
Spencer
Hannibal
District Court Issues Letters of Administration in Clark Estate
Anna Clark received letters of administration for the James H. Clark estate after qualifying with a $1000 bond. The estate value is under $500. Judge D W Jackson heard further testimony in the case brought by Harry G Nicolaus as guardian for Kate Dautacking seeking removal of executors Mr and Mrs M J Lindle from the Daut estate.
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Anna Clark
James H. Clark
D. W. Jackson
Harry G. Nicolaus
Kate Daut
M. J. Lindle
Daut
West Liberty News updates and local moves
West Liberty and area notes report Calhoun street market lease transfer to H Dale Slaymaker of Marengo with possession on Aug 1. Local families and visitors are mentioned with trips to Devil's Backbone park Bigsby state park and Century of Progress plans.
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West Liberty
W. L. Gibson
Calhoun Street
H. Dale Slaymaker
Marengo
Rabe
Monticello
Jean Williams
la Grande
Ore
Walter Fogg
Fogg
Elizabeth Kessler
Seattle
Mary Lou Meyers
Portland
Iowa City
Jeneva Hazlett
College of Nursing
Fred Wanks
Jesse
West Branch
Julia Beyer
Harry Richards
Richards
Herbert Richards
H. T. Garrick
California
William Noland
Garrick
Mima Propst
Rose King a Former Local Girl Heads to European Vaudeville Tour
Rose King, once a Muscatine child performer above the Foster studio, rose to Broadway fame in Gene Buck’s Take the Air and early river show boat acts. Now she sails to Europe on a vaudeville tour with husband Chic York, after an early sister act with Florence Wright at the Grand theater.
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Rose King
Muscatine
Europe
Chic
York
Miss King
Foster Studio
East Second Street
Frank Bowman
New York
Gene Buck
Florence Wright
Billie Ament
Court Forfeits Harriman's Bail
Federal Judge in New York ordered the bail forfeiture of Harriman over charges he falsified books at Harriman National Bank and Trust. The move followed a report Harriman might return from a nursing home on East 61st Street, where he had slipped away Monday. Judge Caffrey granted the motion after defense counsel sought another adjournment amid questions of sanity and fitness to stand trial.
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New York
Liberty
Harriman National Bank and Trust Company
Harriman
East 61St Street
Caffrey
Wilton Club Hosts Ice Cream Social and Games
Wilton-St. Marys dramatic club to sponsor a public ice cream and lawn social with euchre banco and other games. Committees include Ice cream led by George Kook Robert Budelier and Leland Smith. cake by Gertrude Budelier and Mary Agnes Maher. candy by Mary Hart and Mary Jo Dwyer.
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Wilma Campbell
Mary Doran
Mary
Dorothy McSwiggen
Betty Maher
Clara O’connor
Felix Dwyer
Francis Brugman
Dorothy Kook
Rosemary Roederer
Henry Angerer
Carl Roeder
Leo Francis Wood
Earl Marticke
Gerald O’brien
George Kook
Deeds Filed in Ada and Muscatine Transfers
Ada Truitt transfers Lot 6 Block 1 Brook Street addition to Walter Truitt. First Trust and Savings Bank to Central State Bank, parts of Lots 1 and 2 Block 56 Muscatine. J F Thomas and L B Thomas to Mary E Uaceley Lot 27 Block 39 Park Place Muscatine.
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Ada Truitt
Walter Truitt
Brook Street
First Trust and Savings Bank
Central State Bank
Muscatine
J. F. Thomas
L. B. Thomas
Mary E. Uaceley
Park Place
Chicago Divorce Plea Over Night Lights Fear of Ghosts
Mrs. Ethel S. Bulmash told Superior Judge Joseph Sabath that her husband Nathan kept lights burning all night due to fear of ghosts. She accused him of abandoning her and asked for a divorce. The court will decide later.
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Chicago
Ethel S. Bulmash
Joseph Sabath
Nathan
All Day Meeting By Eliza Creek Club Stresses Quilting
The Eliza Creek Busy Bees met with Mrs. Blanche Brockett for an all day session featuring quilting. Sixteen members, two visitors and twelve children attended the event, the largest turnout since the club’s founding. A potluck dinner was served at noon, and the next meeting is planned for two weeks at Mrs. Charles Holman’s home.
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Eliza
Eliza Creek
Blanche Brockett
Charles Holman
Helen Zollner
Sutton, S. D
Eva Reynolds
Harold Harroun
Millersburg
Manhattan Borough Chief Elevates Speed Limit Probe
Samuel Levy, Manhattan borough president, rode an elevator at Rockefeller Center to test the city speed limit of 1,200 feet a minute, noting the ride was "Very nice" as he ascended at about 1,400 feet per minute to assess potential increases.
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Associated Press
New York
Samuel Levy
Manhattan
Rokefeller Center
Blues singer names dummy as co respondent in divorce
Chicago blues singer Mrs Sally Levy charged Herbert Levy with neglect and claimed the ventriloquist used a dummy as a co respondent in the divorce suit. She testified he preferred evenings with the dummy, while the court granted her a decree. In Franklin Illinois a field fire led one farmer to pour gasoline thinking it was water, causing a fatal burn to William Nichols.
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Chicago
Sally Levy
Herbert Levy
Herbert
Franklin
Ill
William Nichols
Final rites held for John P. Phillips near Conesville
Death occurred Saturday near Conesville. Funeral service conducted at Meyers Funeral Home at 2 30 p m by Rev W H Slack of Museerville M E church. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers were Harry Baylor Fred Charles Herbert and Levi Phillips. Flower attendants were Lena Phillips and Mrs Harry Phillips.
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John P. Phillips
Conesville
Meyers Funeral
W. H. Slack
Museerville Methodist Episcopal Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Harry, Baylor
Fred
Charles
Herbert
Levi Phillips
Lena Phillips
Harry Phillips
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