Four New Divorce Actions in Muscatine District Court
Four petitions were filed for divorce in Muscatine district court as the September term opens. Two wives and two husbands are plaintiffs with cruelty listed in three cases and non-support in another.
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Muscatine District Court
James F. Hollar
Doris Hollar
Trenton
Glenn W. Hopkins
Merrie M Hopkins
Chicago
Elizabeth Kneer
Theodore Kneer
Muscatine
Smalley Avenue
Harry Luetje
Freda L. Luetje
Luette
West Second Street
Davenport
Drug Stores Set New City Hours After Merchants Meeting
Druggists in the city adopt a common schedule following a morning meeting at city hall. Stores open 8 a m and close 8 p m daily except Saturday 10 p m. Sunday hours are 9 a m to noon and 6 p m to 8 p m with shops closing by 6 30 to 7 pm by Wednesday afternoon.
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NRAA
Belter Announces Birth of Daughter Marcia Sadie
Stockton supervisor Fritz Belter reports the arrival of his baby daughter Marcia Sadie. Mrs. Belter and the child are doing well as the board of supervisors prepare to meet in regular session next week.
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Fritz Belter
Stockton
Board of Supervisors
Belter
Hoxsey Amends Pleading in Contract Suit Over Secret Formula
Harry Hoxsey sues N. G. Baker for 81000 alleging an oral contract in the Baker Institute partnership. The amended pleading claims Baker agreed the formula would be administered by a licensed physician and surgeon and was used from April 1 to September 4, 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hoxsey
N. G. Baker
Baker Institute
Hoxsey
Baker
Button Code Given to NRA Chiefs
A Muscatine manufacturer explains the proposed code limits hours to 40 per week once approved. Manufacturers intend to comply with their code and the president's agreement, balancing industry welfare with community well being.
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NRA
Noon luncheon of Roy club at Hotel Muscatine
Local noon gathering of the Roy club is set for today at the Hotel Muscatine. A board of education meeting tonight has been postponed to Tuesday. Raymond Hampton of Muscatine faces a bad check charge in Justice Horst's court after weekend police arrest.
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Roy Club
Hotel Muscatine
Board of Education
Raymond Hampton
Muscatine
H. D. Horst
Settlement News Munster area families visit and reunions
Settlement notes record visits and gatherings among Muscatine Rock Island and Burlington residents. Mr and Mrs William Seiberling Elmer Blum and Jim Chasteen families travel to see relatives. Charley Garvin kin attend Weed park reunion. Victor Kresse Rexroth families enjoy Cedar park picnic. R T Anderson of Rock Island visits Fred Globes. Amna Budelier returns from Rock Island. Albert Koeppen visits with E A Share family. Albert Chamberlain spends summer with Fred Globes.
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William Seiberling
Elmer Blum
Burlington
Jim Chasteen
James
Muscatine
Arthur Budelier
Charley Garvin
Doris
Vera
Evelyn
Wagen
Garvio
Garriet
Hayes
Weed Park
Victor Kresse
Quanita
Moina
Vanda Lee
Harry Rexroth
Violette
Raymond
Shirley
Irving
Cedar Park
R. T. Anderson
Rock Island
Fred Globes
Amna Budelier
Albert Koeppen
E. A. Share
Helen
Ralph
Norma
Marilyn
Albert Chamberlain
Farm Prices Show Increase in Iowa During July
Des Moines reports prices paid to Iowa farmers rose eight percent for the 30 days ending July 15. Grain prices led gains with a 36 percent rise, while cattle and hog prices held steady. Wheat up 28 cents per bushel, corn and barley up 17 cents, oats 16 cents. egg prices climbed from 7.7 to 11.2 cents a dozen. Potatoes rose by a dollar per bushel. hog prices averaged five cents lower and sheep five percent lower. Beef cattle unchanged. veal calves and lambs edged higher. Chicken prices up one cent per pound.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Leslie M. Cain
Federal
Muscatine Group Wins Recognition at Baptist Camp
Muscatine representatives from the First Baptist church earned multiple recognitions at the Iowa Baptist Assembly in Iowa Falls July 16 28. They led in largest group and greatest mileage and won a blue ribbon for neatness. Eight sang in the assembly chorus with Harriet Lindee as accompanist and Vivien Johnson as piano soloist. The camp enrolled nearly 600.
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Muscatine
First Baptist Church
Iowa Baptist Assembly
Iowa Falls
Anna Hendriks
Gretchen Korneman
Mable Nash
Alice Lindee
Assembly
Dorothy Greenwald
Harriet Lindee
Vivien Johnson
Phyllis Johnson
Explosion wrecks Hotel Europa in Brunn
An explosion tore the front off the four story Hotel Europa in Brunn Czechoslovakia burying scores of guests. Three bodies were recovered before noon and twenty persons were hospitalized. Thirty are missing and believed dead as flames shot 200 feet into the air.
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Brunn
Czechoslovakia
Europa
District Court Notes on Probate and Guardianship Filings
The court admitted wills and appoved guardianship reports including Julia J Begey probate, Helen Maud Hain guardianship, and Geraldine Elliott majority final, with estates showing balances and expenses. Executors and administrators like Clifford Schreurs and Catherine Crippen filed inventories, bonds, and distributions totaling thousands, while disputes over the McKeown estate contract were heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldine Elliott
R. 8. Jackson
Guardian
Letter of praise for Bandmaster L Claude Myers
Nick Starck of Muscatine Iowa writes that he has known Bandmaster L Claude Myers for over twenty years and traveled with him four seasons. He praises Myers as highly capable and says the Russell Bros Shows will provide top quality entertainment on August 7.
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L. Claude Myers
Russell Bros
California
Two Men Sentenced for Intoxication
L. E. Slim Gilleland received a suspended 30 day jail term and Harry Dieckman was sentenced to 30 days in jail after pleading guilty in Police Judge J. C. Coster's court. Dieckman was arrested after a weekend chase near League Field during which officers fired shots to end a disturbance.
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L. E. “Slim” Gilleland, Gp
Harry Dieckman
J. C. Coster
Dieckman
League Field
Polic
Martial Law Declared in New Orleans Over Grand Jury Impasse
Governor O K Allen declared martial law in New Orleans to protect the grand jury after eleven of twelve jurors petitioned to halt functions claiming inability to proceed. The action centers on maintaining legal proceedings amid a reported deadlock.
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New Orleans
O. K. Allen
Harriman Suffers Heart Attack in Federal Courtroom
Joseph W. Harrison former chairman of Harriman National Bank and Trust Co. suffered a heart attack today in a federal courtroom during a hearing on his fitness to stand trial for alleged book alterations. He was taken to the marshal's room and Bellevue Hospital ambulance was summoned. Judge Caffey adjourned the hearing to Tuesday.
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New York
Joseph W. Harrison
Harriman National Bank and Trust Company
United States
Bellevue Hospital Federa
Francis G. Caffey
Caffey Harriman
Iowa City Airport Receives Radio License
The Federal Radio Commission announced that station KSGE at Iowa City Municipal Airport is licensed to operate on 278 kilocycles with 15 watts, operated by Aeronautical Radio Inc. Glenn Fea was granted permission for an amateur radio station at the Marion County Fair Knoxville Va August 7 to 20.
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Washington
Federal Radio Commission
KSGE
Iowa City
Aeronautical Radio, Inc
Glenn ‘Fea
Marion County Fair
Knoxville
Rainfall and Weather Summary for July 1933
Monthly report by William Molis of Muscatine water works notes July 1933 rainfall 1.74 inches versus 4.40 inches in 1932. A 0.80 inch July 14 fall was heaviest. Average temp 74F vs 76F in 1932. high 82F, low 64F. Mississippi River stages 7.7 to 2.1 feet. Weather mostly clear. 14 clear, 8 partly cloudy, 7 cloudy, 2 rainy. winds from the south.
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William Molis
Muscatine Water Works
Velma Tobias and Mr Neubauer Wed at Mulford Church
Velma Tobias daughter of Mrs Blanch Tobias and Joseph Neubauer Muscatine were married at 6 30 p m Saturday at the parsonage of Mulford Congregational church Rev J H Blough officiated Attendants were Miss Verna Tobias and Carol Martin The bride wore blue silk crepe with white accessories Mrs Neubauer attended Muscatine public schools Neubauer a St Joseph high school Rock Island and St Ambrose college alum employed by Swift and Company ere
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Velma Tobias
Blanch Tobias
Green Street
Joseph Neubauer
Muscatine
Mulford Congregational Church
J. H. Blough
Verna Tobias
Carol Martin
Neubauer
St. Joseph High School
Rock Island
St. Ambrose College
Davenport
Swift and Company
Amana Artist Faces Suit Over Painting Copy
Amana artist Carl Flick denies duplicating Leo Ver Duft’s Amana Blue and says sketches share subject matter not identity. Ver Duft bought the questioned sketch for 10 dollars and alleges ethics violation. Grant Wood will handle the ethics phase, arguing it’s customary to sell two sketches of the same subject.
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Stone City
Carl Flick
Leo J. Ver Duff
Prairie City
Des Moines
Ver Duft
Grant Wood
Cedar Rapids
Flick
Wood
War Veteran Skates Across States in Job Search
World war veteran Hall travels on roller skates from Danville to Muscatine and beyond in search of work. He left March 18 and has covered Kansas Nebraska Illinois Indiana Ohio and Iowa at about 50 miles daily and 8 mph. He will stay in Muscatine overnight then head to Des Moines and Omaha.
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Hall
Muscatine
Danville
Mr. Hall
Kansas
Nebraska
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Iowa
Des Moines
Omaha
Milk Code War Heads to Court in Chicago
Dissension over the Chicago milk code led Norman Dietz of the Independent Milk Producers Association of northern Illinois to say the group would seek a federal injunction to block enforcement. The code, approved in Washington and set to take effect Tuesday, faces opposition from Dietz who claims it unconstitutional. He notes many patrons buy milk at six and fraction cents per quart. Coadministrator Charles Brand says the code will be strictly enforced with licenses revoked and prosecutions for violators.
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Chicago
Norman Dietz
Independent Milk Producers Association of Northern
Dietz
Secretary of Agriculture
Charles J. Brand
Wallace
Iowa Youth Drowns While Swimming For Lost Oar
Harry Schafer a 19 year old Webster City resident drowned while retrieving a lost oar from his boat in Lake Cornelia near Clarion. His body was recovered from seven feet of water late Sunday.
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Clarion
Harry Schafer
Webster City
Lake Cornelia
Here
Iowa Insurance Rules Relaxed
Des Moines reports new regulations by E. W. Clark Iowa insurance commissioner expand life insurance cash values and loan options surrender values may be allowed and loans made. Withdrawing up to 200 dollars a month under deposit withdrawal option may be permitted and an extra 30 days grace for premium payments granted. Death claims matured endowments annuities disability payments and supplemental contracts unchanged.
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Des Moines
Iowa
E. W. Clark
Cattle Rustling and Horse Stealing Rise in Iowa
Sheriff Fred Nesper cites Iowa official publication showing cattle rustling and horse theft increasing. Thieves load hogs cattle and chickens onto trucks, with horses and harness theft also rising as rings move stolen stock from Minnesota into Iowa.
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Iowa
Fred Nesper
Minnesota
Suspect Questioned in Iowa Murder Case
Paul Dolan 25 was questioned by county and state authorities about Saturday night when Nels Louvring 50 was shot near his home back door. Dolan was arrested Sunday for investigation. He and his father John Dolan 50 face charges of assault with intent to do great bodily injury from a December restaurant fight in which Louvring was a principal witness. Louvring, to be key witness at trials in September, was shot midnight returning from his filling station.
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Iowa
Fayette
Paul Dolan
Nels Louvring
Dolan
John Dolan
Louvring
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Joseph A. Neubauer
Violet Harder
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Frances Smith
East Sixth Street
Miss Harder
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Delta Alpha
Carl LeFever
Highway No
Alfred Haefner
Sycamore Street
Dubuque
Wartburg Seminary
Mildred Gottbrecht
Iowa Avenue
Helen O’brien
Cedar Street
Agatha Detthof
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West Eighth Street
J. H. Kendig
Mulberry Avenue
Guy Hidlebaugh
Bayard, In
Kendig
Gwendolyn McBride
Mollie O’toole
Agatha Byrne
Letts
John H. Naber
Culver Street
John Harold
F. C. Klein
Elizabeth
Eitzen
Minn
Carl Klein
Washington, Ia
Andrew Mittman
Fruitland
Carl Schelin
East Seventh Street
LaCrosse
Wis
Dells
Wisconsin
Earl Jones
East Front Street
Waterloo
Joe McCleary
Grandview Avenue
Lloyd Goddard
Route 3
Liberty Street
No. 3
Arthur Wells
George Carpenter
Sampson Street
Camp Ripley
Little Falls
Settlement News
Geo. Kranz & Son
Baptist
Clifford Schreurs
Julia J. Begey
Paul C. Begey
Maud
Hubert Hain
Hefra
Mary Sophia Fuhlman
George Rausch
Leonard M. Nevens
Theresa Grosjean
Ruth L. Lotspeich
Myrle Lotspeich
U. S. Treasury
Catherine Crippen
Mayey
Lillie Schomberg
Henry J. Schomberg
Anna Schaefer
Sophia Nagel
A. H. Bowlby
Marguerite Bowlby
Esther Hays
Ady Royal McKeown
Rhoda Emma McKeown
M. Parker McKeown
C. C. Altekruse
Nick Starck
Culver St
Muscatine, Ia
Harriman
Mr. Neubauer
Cesterfield
Lysenr & Breas Jopacco Co
Clark
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