Council Plans Billboard License Fee Action
Muscatine city council scheduled a license tax for billboards along with other revenue items. Alderman John Richley urged City Attorney Frank Drake to draft the ordinance and move to notify owners of a billboard on Hershey avenue to remove within 15 days. A second billboard on Mulberry avenue drew aldermanic displeasure and was ordered moved back from the property line by its width.
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Muscatine
John Richley
Frank Drake
Fourth Ward
Henry Matthiessen
Drake
Ainsworth Calendar Outlines Graduations and Visits
Neal Sands returns from Bloomfield to spend time in Ainsworth before teaching at Culver this summer. A social backward party hosted by Mrs. Madge Morris. Mrs. I K Beal and Gertrude attend Sterling college commencement where Margaret Beal graduates. Keith Goltry and Wanda Spessard host guests. Mrs. Ralph Morris returns from Chicago after visit. Methodist parsonage torn down for a modern home. Rev Mr Krenmyre to reside in E. G. Rabenold house during building. Ladies Aid met. building plans discussed. Ainsworth high school commencement held with Girly Glee club music. Olive Hawkins class historian. Wilma Pearson piano. Rev Mr Shaw of Delta gave address. Diplomas to Olive Hawkins Harvey Sands Martha Sands Ellen Wolfe Ellen Boyd. Mrs. Sarah Marr and daughter Mary visit from Long Beach for summer. Rev Hal Norton and Ottawa Kas family visit J A Marsh. Norton is Ottawa College vice president.
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Ainsworth
Neal Sands
Bloomfield
Culver
Madge Morris
I. K. Beal
Gertrude
Sterling
Kas
Margaret Beal
Keith Goltry
Fairfield
Wanda Spessard
Ralph Morris
Chicago
Methodist
Krenmyre
E. G. Rabenold
Ladies’ Aid Society
Methodist Church
Mary
Long Beach
Calif
Hal Norton
Ottawa
J. A. Marsh
Ottawa College
Obituary notices from Wellman for James and Brown families
Mrs Jona than James died Sunday at her West street home. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church with burial in Wellman cemetery. Eunice Brown died Sunday at age 85 at her daughter’s home Mrs John Birkey Private services followed by burial in Wellman cemetery.
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Wellman
Ita
Jonathan James
West Street
R. J Arms
A Schwimley
Methodist Church
Wellman Cemetery
Eunice Brown
John Birkey
Dont Make a Toy Out of Babys Nervous System
An article argues against using babies as toys for amusement noting that over handling can cause vomiting irritability and sleep problems. It recommends Castoria a safe vegetable remedy with the wrapper includes a motherhood book and claims physicians endorse it for colic diarrhea and other baby ailments.
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Chas. H. Fletcher
Bloomington Best Club Meets at Mahaffey Home
Bloomington Best club gathers at Miss Edith Mahaffey’s home for a Saturday luncheon program featuring club songs, a roll call with ten questions, a business meeting, demonstrations on dainty sandwiches macarons potatoes and leavening agents, a health talk, picture study, music memory work, and other activities with the noted participants. Lucretia Howard hosts a Thursday dinner party at 1005 Oregon street with a noon meal and floral table decoration.
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Bloomington
Mahaffey
Best Club
Edith Mahaffey
Celia
Arlene Vanatta
Ruth Lefever
Frances Frevermuth
Helen Hoag
Lucretia Howard
Oregon Street
Mothers Are Guests At Fulton Four-H Club Meeting
Mothers of club members attended as guests at a Fulton Industrial Four-H mother and daughter meeting at Miss Florence Soehnke home. A wholewheat bread scoring contest awarded first to Margaret Puls, second to Dorothy Kuendel, third to Anna Borcher. readings were given by Helen Springmeier Bessie Rohlf and Margaret Puls. Anna Borcher was initiated as a new member. Dorothy Kuendel and Margaret Puls were chosen delegates to the June short course. An all day meeting was scheduled at Miss Helen Springmeier's home Tuesday.
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Felton Club
Fulton’ Industrial Four
Anna Borcher
Dorothy Kuendel
Margaret Puls
Helen Springmeier
Montpelier Four-H club bakes date nut rolls and Parkerhouse rolls
Lessons in baking were given for the Montpelier Four-H club on Wednesday at Mrs. Florence Snell's home. Rosella Scheetz Vera Schroeder Hazel Pulse Clara Scheetz and Charlotte Lobdel demonstrated date nut rolls finger twists and Parkerhouse rolls. Two visitors attended. The club will meet Saturday at Rosella and Clara Scheetzs home.
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Montpelier Four-H Club
Florence Snell
Rosella Scheetz
Vera Schroeder
Hazel Pulse
Clara Scheetz
Charlotte Lobdel
Rosella
Curry OBrien wedding announced for June fifth
Announcement of the approaching marriage of Miss Mary Curry of Taylor Ridge Illinois to William O'Brien Jr. of Davenport. The ceremony will be at the early morning mass Tuesday June 5 in St Ambrose College chapel. Miss Esther Curry and Roman Molach of Mormon Illinois will be attendants. A series of pre nuptial parties have been given for the bride elect in Taylor Ridge and Davenport.
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Taylor Ridge
Davenport
Two Piano Pupils to Play Recital Tuesday
Hubert Tipton and Leroy Peck, piano students of Mise Flora J. Man love, will perform a recital at the Musser Library Auditorium at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening, June . The event had been postponed from its original date.
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Puptils
Hubert Tipton
Leroy Peck
Mise Flora J. Manlove
Will Apppear
Musser Library Auditoriuum
Local Pupils Perform In Gottbrecht Recital At Music Library
Miss Mildred Gottbrecht taught violin and piano pupils who presented a public recital at the Musser library auditorium. Selections were performed from memory. A home bake sale by St. Marys Alumnae was deferred to June 9 at the Buzz store. YW classes meet this evening with the community chorus at six and dressmaking at seven.
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Y. W
Marriage of Dorothy Vanhorn Planned in Iowa City
Word arrives of the approaching marriage of Miss Dorothy Vanhorn of Iowa City to be held Saturday June 2. Vanhorn, formerly of Atalissa, is granddaughter of Mrs. Louise Lamb and Mr and Mrs Jesse Vanhorn. Witnesses include local families and relatives attending events in nearby towns.
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Atalissa
Dorothy Vanhorn
Iowa City
Vanhorn
Louise Lamb
Jesse Vanhorn
FE. W. Lundy
Lucinda Lundy
Walter Watters
Hattie Federlein
West Liberty
J. A. Kline
Marjorie
Margaret Federlein
R. B. Watters
Carl Vanhorn
University Hospital
E. W. Lundy
Alvin
Fred Devore
Rock Island
Julia Britton
W. P. Watters
Iowa Weather and Roads Report Snapshot
Des Moines and major cities report fair to clear skies and good road conditions. Ottumwa Waterloo Cedar Rapids Dubuque Keokuk Council Bluffs Creston Fort Dodge Marshalltown Iowa City Clinton Davenport all noted as clear or partly cloudy with good travel implications.
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Des Moines
Ottumwa
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Keokuk
Council Bluffs
Creston
Fort Dodge
Marshalltown
Iowa City
Clinton
Davenport
North Prairie Social Club Hosts Kensington Meet
North Prairie West Liberty Iowa residents attended a Kensington at the home of Mr and Mrs Will Bennett with roll call on Our Favorite Poems and Their Authors and a winning guessing contest by Mildred Lawton. Several local couples visited Davenport Iowa for gatherings and farm projects.
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West Liberty
Frank Herrold
Minerva Gates
Ivan Gates
Davenport
Ed Moore
West Branch
John Scriner
Iowa City
John Basher
Downey
Herbert Wilson
North Prairie
Kensington
Will Bennett
Genevieve Hollingsworth
Alice Owen
Mildred Lawton
Ida Halstead
Sam Buckman
Jane Jenkinson
Walter Lawton
Abe Bennett
Frank Robinson
Ralph Schooley
Glenn Ivey
Inez Burns
Bobby
Cedar Rapids
Pearl Ivey
Pasadena
Calif
James Stafford
Harry Schooley
Leo Jehle
John Anderson
Muscatine
John Schriner
The West African Table-Land Forest Exhibits Curious Trees
A remarkable forest on a six mile wide table-land near the West Coast of Africa features trees with trunks up to four feet in diameter yet only a foot tall. Each tree bears no more than two leaves, each leaf reaching about two feet in breadth.
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Africa
Reception Held at Workman Home
A reception was hosted Tuesday evening at Mr. and Mrs. William Workman’s home in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Workman. Many relatives and friends from Blue Grass Indiana Muscatine Chicago and Viola Illinois attended along with local residents. The Providence Baptist church memorial service Sunday featured Rev. E A Bentzinger and included Civil War veteran Isaac Foster.
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Helen Downey
Albert Workman
George Freyermuth
William Freyermuth
Anta Freyermuth
Robert Workman
Woodhull
Providence Baptist Church
Cordova
Ill
Dorothy Wulf
Blue Grass
Rodney Workman
Pauline Feldman
Marjorie Rector
Ruth Nussbaum
Dan Kleist
Mattie Workman
Millersburg
Clarence Maynard
Viola
W. Workman
E. A. Bentzinger
Muscatine
Isaac Foster
Court Hears Plea for Habeas Corpus
Nellie Angel of Davenport seeks a writ to gain custody of her son Clarence E Robinson, years old, with Judge D Y Jackson presiding in district court. Grandparents Mr and Mrs Craven of Park Avenue are named to surrender the boy to the mother.
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Nellie Angel
Davenport
Clarence E. Robinson
D. Y. Jackson
Rothwell Craven
Park Avenue
Craven
Fort Thomas Boxer Jimmy Neal Beats Patch in Indianapolis Bout
Fort Thomas Kentucky fighter Jimmy Neal from Dayton Ohio knocked out Pete Patch of Indianapolis in a notable boxing clash. The bout determined a decisive stoppage in the later rounds.
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Fort Thomas
Jimmy Neal
Dayton
Pete Patch
Indianapolis
Denmark's Flag Is World’s Oldest National Banner
The oldest national flag still in use is Denmark's, adopted in 1219. The Dannebrog has flown since medieval times, symbolizing long national continuity and historic heraldry.
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Denmark
Local Businessman John W. Robinson Dies at 72
John W. Robinson, 72, former Muscatine pool hall operator and owner of 25 East Second street building, died at 5 45 AM after a long illness. Born in Nova Scotia February 12, 1856, he moved to Muscatine as a child. Survived by two brothers Ike in Canada and Jake in British Columbia. Funeral services Sunday at 2 PM at Wittich Funeral Home with Rev. E A Bentzinger. burial in Harper Cemetery at Sweetland.
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John W. Robinson
East Second Street
Mr. Robinson
Nova Scotia
Muscatine
Walnut Street
Ike
Canada
Jake
British Columbia
Wittich Funeral Home
E. A. Bentzinger
Harper Cemetery
Sweetland
Cooler Weather to Hit Iowa Section Tonight
The weather forecast predicts cooler conditions for this section of Iowa with fair weather extending into Saturday. This morning’s official low was 64 degrees at 7 am, within four degrees of May’s record, and the river stage fell to 6.5 feet.
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