From Muscatine to fiction and a chuck steak recipe
A former Muscatine resident, William Brashler, publishes The Bingo Long Traveling All Stars and Motor Kings, a 1939 era tale of a traveling baseball troupe facing money and racial tensions. He and his wife lived in Muscatine in 1970 71. The letter also shares a chuck steak recipe with soy sherry marinade and grilling or pan frying methods.
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William Brashler
Harper & Row
Brashler’s
Bingo Long
Jackie Robinson
Brashter
Cyndi
Muscatine
University of Iowa Writers Workshop
Sadie
To Your Good Health Advice Column Excerpt
Dear Dr Thosteson answers readers on throat clearing at meals and a child anxious about nipple position, plus knee arthritis and self treatment questions. The column advises medical evaluation for persistent throat clearing, explains active gag reflex, offers habit correction tips, and notes future plastic surgery for nipple concerns.
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DR. Thosteson
N.N. P.S
Thosteson
Huston Huston Huston Aledo Obituary Notes
Obituary notices report Ralph D. Huston 68 of Route 2 West Liberty died at home. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Monday at Reiser Chapel Aledo with burial at Cawdor Cemetery near Seaton Ill. Survivors include five sons three daughters and several stepchildren. Edward J Zimmerman 68 Albany Park Rock Falls Ill died of heart attack in Saskatchewan en route home from Canada. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday at Geo M Wittich Funeral Home with burial Island Cemetery. Survivors include wife Bernice two daughters and two grandchildren. New York banks raise prime rate to 681 percent. Parking fines and costs for several city citations.
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Nalph D. Huston Aledo
Ralph D. Huston
West Liberty
New Boston
Ilk
Muscatine
Reiser Chapel
Aledo
Cawdor Cemetery
Seaton
Ill
Mr. Huston
Skyler
Edna Huston
Caroline
Gladys Hood
Mississippi
Robert
Andalusia
Howard
Hillsdale
David
Rock Island
Chester
Edward J. Zimmerman
Edward James
Zimmerman
Albany Park
Whitewood
Saskatchewan
Canada
Geo. M. Wittich Funeral Home
Island Cemetery
Edwin D
Mary Andreas Zimmerman
Rock Falls
Til
Iowa
Edward Zimmerman
Bernice Shepard
Four Square
Local notices and milestones across years
A scan of brief items lists rent for J Cracker residence on a hill with agent T D Smith, while long past family notes recall Horst awaiting a baby, Shoemaker visiting St Louis sister Mae, Beisner and Patricia returning from Rocky Mountain trip, and Guthrie and Bauer couples celebrating anniversaries. A Louisa county baby beef sale reports grand champion weighed 1215 pounds sold for 73 per cwt, 88 head sold, average weight about 963 pounds.
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J. Cracker
T.D. Smith
Heindel
Louisa County
Sion
Wipello Livestock Auction
Louisa
Jackie Huff
Jack Hamil- Crawfordsville
Angus
Morning Sun
Hospital notices and births listed in local patient status
The entry lists admitted and discharged patients across several hospitals including Mrs Mac Ra enbeg Mrs Matilda Schroeder and Mrs Mildred Abbott with addresses in Lutheran Tonys Valley View Manor and Illinois City. It notes a birth a girl to Mr and Mrs Jerry Pedersen and mentions orthopedic patient Se ward Hathaway and veteran hospital details.
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Holly Buller
Climer
Mac Raenbeg
Lutheran Tonys
Matilda Schroeder
Hershey Ave
Mildred Abbott
Valley View Manor
Minnie Schnier
Tlinois City
Rick Simons
Morning Sun
Randall Veach
Wapella
Clarence Beh
Davenport
Jack Grogan
Gene Morris
Charles Fulton
Spring SL
Jerry Pedersen
Town Ave
Seward Hathaway
Mississippi
St. Lukes Hospital
Cedar Rapids
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Ournal
Brashler
Satchel Paige
Cool Papa” Bell
Buck Leonard
Grand Rapids
University of Michigan
Lerner
Chicago
Chicago Sun Times
Chicago Journalism Review
Muscatine Elks Lodge
Iowa City
Emil
Conesville
Muscatine Community College
New Farm Cooperative Program
Iris
Uncle Gus
The
Small Society
Brickman
Eda
Met
Briekman
George Thosteson
M.D
New York
Anthony Kincaid
7Th St
Teresa Straughmatt
Walnut St
James Burke
Cedar St
Annette Jennings
Winfield
Louisa c County
Columbus Junction
Steve Hiller
Harry J. Horst
Papa
D. L. Shoemaker
St. Louis
Miss Mae Shoemaker
Busch St
A.F. Beisner
Patricia
E. 5Th St
Rocky Mountain Region
Dean Guthrie
Climer St
Mr. Guthrie
Silas Guthrie
Robert Bauer
Carter Court Lane
Ottumwa
Betty Jo Jennings
Clover Leaf
Des Moines
Jim Ryan
Journal Proto
Tom Lehmi
Journal Pd
Jim Luehent
James Yount
Washington St
Stanley Land
Adams St
Jimmy Thorne
Charles Drumin
Kishower Ave
Phyllsland
John Day
Sunnymead
Cal
Raymond Kerr
Edwin Davie. Rowe
Clara Scutt
Mary Place
Carstine DeShaw
New Bostonyue
Lester Thomas
Veterane Hospital
Town City
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