Memorial Letts observance and community gatherings
Letts Memorial day observance at Methodist Episcopal church featured remarks by George C. Wise of Wilton and performances by the junior high chorus and local musicians. Families hosted Memorial day dinners for out‑of‑town relatives and guests, with numerous visits and social gatherings noted across town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory Curtis
Thomas
Evelyn
B. J. McGuire
Muscatine
R. J. Dobbs
Nell Cassabaum
Davenport
Leonard
Marie
Fred Curtis
Columbus Junction
Roy Hill
Burlington
W. E. Zimmerman
Allerton
Nora Armentrout
Olive Henderson
Fay Collins
Marian
Arlene
Faydean
Mary Phillis
John
Lola Collins
Stella Hart
Fred Clifford
John Collins
Paul Liebbe
Chicago
George Liebbe
Oscar Ross
August Briegle
Montpelier
F. J. Lawson and Son Junior
Des Moines
Fred Cecil
George Bennett
Emmett Turner
Mary Briggs
Oscar Miller
Fredonia
John Lorber
Alice and
Donald
Lillian McCleary
Dorothy
New Lennox
Ella Westphal
Ken Sayers Satirical Vacation Advice
A 1936 syndicated column mocks summer politics and travel habits. It riffs on Mussolini comparisons, wanderlust, and vacation planning with light humor about guides, conscience, and packing freedoms for readers.
Milholin cagers edge Atalissa in 14 13 marathon
Milholin players edged Atalissa 14 to 13 after twelve innings in a kittenball game at Atalissa Sunday afternoon. The win kept Muscatine’s streak alive following May 24 wins over Wilton 4 to 2 and a 11 to 3 victory against the Lutheran home. Milholin faces Lutheran home again Wednesday at 6 15 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milholin Cagers
Muscatine
Atalissa
Milholin
Wilton
Lutheran
Mohnsen
Pil
Funeral Services for David Stock Held in Davenport
Funeral services were held for two year old David Roy Stock who died after a ten day illness at Mercy hospital in Davenport. He was born June 18 1934 in Iowa City and survived by parents seven brothers seven sisters and paternal grandmother Wilhelmina Stock of Germany. Burial was in Blue Grass cemetery.
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Blue Grass
David Roy Stock
George Stock
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
Range Mortuary
Iowa City
Paul
Donald
Robert
Kenneth
Richard
Russell
Lloyd
Maxine
Irene
Betty Jane
Grace
Margie
Wilhelmina Stock
Schleswig-Holstein
Germany
Joseph L. Schmitt
Runge Chapel
Holy Family Cemetery
Leona
Lucille
Rock Island
Civic Improvement League
John Stramp
Christ
Rep Zioncheck Arrest Ordered for Unsound Mind in DC
Washington state congressman Marion A. Zioncheck was ordered committed to Gallinger hospital as of unsound mind after an on sight arrest in the District of Columbia. DC officials, including George Allan and Police Superintendent F E W Brown, coordinated the detention following Zioncheck attempts to see the president while searching for his missing bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marion A. Zioncheck
Washington State
Gallinger Hospital
District of Columbia
Zioncheck
White House
George Allan
F E. W. Brown
Vernon
Mechanical ads and python prices in old notes
The article notes over five million people rely on mechanical ads for reading. It states pythons are sold to zoos by the foot, with a 25 foot python priced at about 40 dollars per foot.
High Prairie Ladies' Aid Hostess at Cedar Side Institute
Mrs. William Foster will entertain the Ladies' Aid society at the Cedar Side Institute on the Cedar river Thursday. Mrs. Earl Eichelberger leads devotions with the theme Till We Meet Again. A potluck dinner will be served at noon. Nearby, Ernest Ross and Louise Cadogan visited the Coder home. Morgan family attended a graduation in Lone Tree. Rann family drove to Cedar Falls for their daughter Erma's completion of coursework at Iowa State Teachers College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. McCoy
Patty Ann
Billy McCoy
Ottumwa
Arthur Thompson
Otho McCoy
Thompson
Thomas Curtis
Cedar Falls
Mr. Curtis
Mt. Hope
George Crist
George Bailey
Isabel Judd
Miss Eliason
Pierson
Frances Furnas
Muscatine
Harry Furnas
High Prairie
William Foster
Ladies’ Aid Society
Cedar Side
Iance
Cedar River
Thursay
Earl Eichelberger
Ernest Ross
Louise Cadogan
Harry Coder
Charles Morgan
City Officials Face Busy Week Schedule of five meetings planned
City records chief Floyd D. McKinney outlines a packed week for city agencies with five regular meetings. Tuesday features levee commission finance committee and light and water board sessions, plus bids on new flooring for 131 East Third Street. The council holds its semi monthly meeting while police and fire civil service commissions meet tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd D. McKinney
Levee Commission
City Council
Municipal Board of Light and Water Trustees
East Third Street
Police and Fire Civil Service Commissions
Traffic Toll for State Increases
The death of Mrs. Ed ward S. Gay, 37, of Des Moines, raised Iowa 1936 highway toll to 154. Two other persons were killed over the weekend. Gay was the second victim in a Des Moines crash that earlier claimed Robert Hodgins. Mrs. Gay died after 48 injuries. Kristian Larson, 41, of Osage, and James Krogh, 26, of Cedar Falls, were holiday victims. Krogh died when his car overturned near Sumner Indiana, and Larson when his car struck a tree near Osage.
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Associated Press
Edward S. Gay
Des Moines
Iowa
Gay
Robert Hodgins
Kristian Larson
Osage
James Krogh
Cedar Falls
Krogh
Sumner
Larson
Sunday School Rally At Oakland Church Held
The ninth annual Rally Day service for Cairo and Spring Run Evangelical Cairo Church of God and Oakland Sunday schools met at the Oakland church on Sunday. Rev Deebrick delivered the sermon. A basket lunch followed and county leaders spoke on work for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Cairo
Spring Run
Cairo Church of God
Oakland
Oakland Church
Deebrick
Cairo and
Ralph Wilson
Young Peoples
Marjorie Pettis
Newton
Minister and Wife Leave on Vacation Trip to Michigan
The Rev. and Mrs. Elmer Hutchison of Walnut Street Baptist church depart Sunday afternoon for Muskegon Michigan and other points north. They plan to return to Muscatine about June 20. During their absence prospective pastors will fill the pulpit as the minister’s resignation takes effect in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Hutchison
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Muskegon
Mich
Muscatine
Mr. Hutchison
Letts High School 1936 alumni hold first reunion in 11 years
Letts alumni from the senior class of 1936 gather for the first reunion since 1925 with forty five graduates and thirteen visitors. Attendees span twenty classes led by officers elected for next year and a program including piano duets, songs, and a poem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letts High School
Floyd Holliday
Floyd Smith
Ray Schafer
Thomas Curtis
Clara Feldman
Memorial Park Rites Marked Dedication of New Muscatine Lawn Park
A crowd estimated from 3800 to 1000 attended the Muscatine Memorial Park dedication ceremony at the corner of Houser Street and Mulberry Avenue. The Muscatine Ministerial Association led the rites with Rev. John Blough delivering the address, Rev. George Evans reading scripture, and Rev. Tom Foglesong offering a prayer. The Muscatine concert band played prior to the dedication and flowers were presented to women visitors. The park was open for inspection all day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine Ministerial Association
Muscatine Memorial Park
New Lawn-Park Plan
Houser Street
Mulberry Avenue
Muscatine
John Blough
Mulford Congregational Church
Rural eighth graders to graduate at New Era building
Graduation exercises for about 100 Muscatine county rural school pupils will be held Thursday June 18 at the New Era community building. E D Bradley announced details of the program soon with the county chorus scheduled to perform and other talks and entertainment planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Era
Muscatine County
E. D. Bradley
County Rural Schools Chorus
Final Rites Held for Frank Canfield
Services for 82 year old Frank A. Canfield were held at Fairbanks Home for Funerals with Rev. W B Milne of the First Congregational church in charge. Burial followed in Greenwood Cemetery. Iowa lodge No. 2 A F and A M oversaw the Masonic burial service with DeMolay commander No. 1 Knights Templar providing escort. Pallbearers named F G Holcomb Fred M Smith William Becker A L St Denis A A Arndt and Elmer Ziegler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Canfield
A. J. Magnus
Leroy Street
Fairbanks Home
W. B. Milne
First Congregational Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Iowa Lodge No
A. F
A. M
C. C. Hagermann
the Lodge
F. G. Holcomb
Fred M. Smith
William Becker
A. L. St Denis
A. A. Arndt
Elmer Ziegler
Charles Young
A. L. St. Denis
Prominent Local Figures Named in Quiet Row
A fragment mentions Grim, Minton, Nollett, Nash, Campbell, Jones, Breedlove and N. in a regional paper, implying a list of individuals connected to a community event or discussion without further context. The tone suggests a local note or notice within a longer report.
Girl Scouts Plan Summer Camp Near LeClaire
Muscatine Girl Scouts will enjoy a summer camping trip near LeClaire Indiana about mid July. Plans are not definite yet. Mrs W S Smalley leads arrangements and girls who want to join should call her to register.
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Girl Scouts of
Dippel Family Reunion Held at Weed Park
The Dippel family reunion gathered at Weed park on Saturday with many out-of-town guests. Attendees included Rev. Christ Dippel Dr. Albert Dippel Evelyn and Albert Jr Herwald Dippel and others from Baraboo Wisconsin Iowa City Davenport and nearby towns.
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Dippel
Weed Park
Christ Dippel
Albert Dippel
Evelyn and
Albert, Jr
Herwald Dippel
Isenbach
Barabaa
Wis
August Sinning
Katherine
Iowa City
Ted Wolff
Will Wuestenfeld
Marian
Billy, Jr
Davenport
Marie Dippel
Carl Dippel
Carl, Jr
Ed Metzger
Melvin Metzger
Charles Rummells
Janet
Joyce
Will Toborg
Dorothy
Robert
Harold Tiedemann
Felderinger
Ruth
Chester
Miss Jones
Ed Wedekind
Marie
Edwin
James H Gallagher to Receive Diploma at Creighton
James H Gallagher of Muscatine will graduate from Creighton University in the fifty-eighth annual commencement. He earns a Bachelor of Laws and is active in the Oratorical society, Glee club, Our Lady's Sodality and Gamma Eta Gamma. Gallagher was class president in 1934 and formerly attended Trinity College in Sioux City Iowa.
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James H. Gallagher
Omaha
Nebr
Muscatine
Creighton University
Gallagher
Glee Club
Our Lady’s Sodality
Gamma Eta Gamma
Trinity College
Sioux City
Lofgren Family Reunion At Crepo Park Burlington
Emma Landelius of Muscatine was the eldest Lofgren at the Sunday gathering at Crepo park in Burlington. About 60 people joined the annual reunion including Harry Schreurs and family and Kenneth Schreurs with son Dale from Muscatine.
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Landelius
Lofgren
Emma Landelius
Muscatine
Crepo Park
Burlington
Harry Schreurs
Kenneth Schreurs
Dale
Flower Show Planned by Iowa City Club
The fourteenth annual community flower show, sponsored by the garden department of the Iowa City Women's Club, will be held Friday June 5 at the American Legion Community building in Iowa City. In charge are Mrs. Arthur V. O'Brien Mrs. Edward C. Mabie and Mrs. H. C. Harshbarger. Open to amateur growers within 25 miles with no entry fee. John B. Hunt of Ames will demonstrate pottery making with a portable wheel at the festival.
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Iowa City
New Loan Plan Afloat for M and St L Railroad
A bond holders reconstruction plan proposing a 5 million dollar RFC loan and a 1 million dollar private loan was submitted to RFC chairman Jesse H. Jones by Philip Roosevelt of New York. Senator Shipstead indicated the plan amid questions about selling and breaking up the Minneapolis and St. Louis line.
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Washington
Minneapolis and St. Louis
Reconstruction Corporation
RFC
Jesse H. Jones
Philip Roosevelt
New York
Bondholders’ Committee
Senator Shipstead
Labor
Minnesota
Interstate Commerce
Ethiopia Reorganizes Into Five Divisions Under Mussolini
Benito Mussolini's cabinet approves dividing Ethiopia into five administrative regions Eritrea Amhara Galla and Sidamo Harar Somaliland with Addis Ababa as capital and a viceroy guiding a two-tier governance structure. The move includes safeguards for Islam and new regulations linking Ethiopian Coptic church to Alexandria.
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Rome
Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini
Eritrea
Asmara
Amhara
Gondar
Galla
Sidamo
Jimma
Harar
Somaliland
Mogadiscio
Italian
Italy
Addis Ababa
Alexandria
Flames Destroy Barn at Tipton
A barn and machine shed on the George Fraseur farm at the north edge of Tipton were struck by lightning this morning and burned to the ground. The loss is estimated at $2000. Wind and rain helped prevent spread to nearby buildings. Neighbor Ed Deardorf reported the alarm and released the Fraseur herd bull from the barn. Most machinery was removed without major damage.
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Journal News Service
Tipton
George Fraseur
Ed Deardorf
Fraseur
Pottery Demonstrations by Mr Hunt Showcased in Ames
Demonstrations of pottery making occur in two sessions from 2 to 3 30 and 4 to 5 30 with a final show from 7 to 9. Mr Hunt also presents ceramics created in Ames for visitors to view.
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Hunt
Ames
Two Feted at Party in Freymark Home
Miss Henrietta Freymark and David McConnaha were surprised by a gathering of friends and relatives on Sunday at 404 East Fifth Street, hosted by Mrs. Mary Freymark. A basket dinner was served as guests, including the Will, Brown, Schuessler, Welk, Hotuivenagle, and McConnaha families, spent an afternoon socializing.
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Freymark
Henrietta Freymark
David McConnaha
Mary Freymark
East Fifth Street
John Will
Harry Brown
Fred Schuessler
Clarence
Lucille
Raymond
J. Schuessler
Harold
Robert Welk
Vernon
Mary Hotuivenagle
Henrietta
Pile Ailments Linked to Neglected Rectal Trouble
Medical authorities warn neglect of piles or rectal ailments can cause up to fourteen distinct problems including headaches nervousness poor nutrition weakness loss of vigor and liver troubles. Readers are urged to write to the McCleary Clinic Excelsior Springs Missouri for a free confidential book on their mild treatment.
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McCleary Clinic
E-1405
Elms Blvd
Excelsior Springs
Character Building Ingredients Cited by Speaker at Class Event
Rev Leland H Lesher of Grace English Lutheran Church cited faith virtue knowledge and patience as key character building ingredients in Muscatine high school's 1936 baccalaureate address to 200 plus graduates at First Baptist church. He urged a strong foundation of faith with integrity, self control and godliness, and noted doors and windows as Christian love and brotherly kindness enabling service and connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland H. Lesher
Grace English Lutheran Church
Muscatine High School
First Baptist Church
Grace Lutheran
Lesher
Baptist Church
Charles Shook
Verdi
Tombelle
J. H. Blough
Tom Foglesong
L. F. Church
L. L. Weis
W. B. Milne
Elder Grandview Woman Elizabeth Reed Snyder Dies at 90
Elizabeth Reed Snyder aged 90 of Grandview died at noon after a long illness. Born September 7, 1846 in Hillsboro Ohio, she moved to Iowa as a child. Survived by daughter Carrie Pfeiffer a brother Josiah Reed sister Almeta Buell four grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Funeral plans by Collins Funeral Home Letts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview
Elizabeth Reed Snyder
Elizabeth Reed
Hillsboro
Nelson
Carolyn Reed
Iowa
Leonard Burris
Carrie Pfeiffer
Dan Snyder
Snyder
Josiah Reed
Almeta Buell
Collins Funeral Home
Letts
Family Reunion Held At Mrs. Ella Edwards Home
A Columbus Junction gathering brought 27 relatives together at Mrs. Ella Edwards home for a basket dinner and social afternoon. Attendees included Roy Edwards Arm strong Utah Pargis Duncan Hendrickson Smith and others plus Delore Jackie Jerry and more. A separate note recalls weed seeds from Arlington Virginia buried 30 years then grown after exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Ella Edwards
Joe Pargis
Lynndyl
Utah
Roy Edwards
Armstrong
Harry Edwards
Pauline
M. L. McGuire
Max
C. J. Duncan
Marvella
DeWayne
Orn Jennings
William Hendrickson
Donald
Richard
Paul Smith
Ralph Marshall
Delore
Jackie
Jerry
Arlington, Va
U. S. Department of Agriculture
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Mark Letts
Lloyd Christenson
Parkersburg
Jane Mahin
Ainsworth
Audrienne Caldwell
Mr. Pleasant
Pauline Smith
Betty Brown
Frieda Whicher
Dorothy Lane
Mediapolis
Lewis Briggs
Alec Hidelbaugh
Bellevue Hospital
Guy Hafner
Ken
J. Q
Europe
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
David Stock
John Goering
P. McFarland
Leon
B. Lane
Walter Benshoof
Maud Wetstein
Houstor
Tex
L. S. Robinson
Waldo McGarvey
Des Moines Hospital
National House
United States
President Grant
Michigan
Ernst Lieberknecht
H. E. Gipple
Evelyn Curtis
Winona Snyder
W. S. Hartman
Agatha Byrne
L. M. Hildebrand
Amy Paine
Kenneth Dollman
Mary Helen
Jean Lieberknecht
Thomas Eland
Earl Bailey
Philip Bailey
Irwin Tillard
Leo Furlong
Harry van Delinder
Richard Wells
Carol Hartman
June Woodhouse
Ilene Dickinson
Hilda DeWaele
Arlene Collins
Estella Briggs
Hilda Cox
Gering
Neb
Memorial Park
Frank Canfield
Orange Street
Janesville Film Service
Janesville
Wisconsin
Bird Supplies
Geo. Kranz & Son
East Second St
Girl Scouts
LeClaire
Iowa City Club
Red Paint Store
Mussolini
Katherine DeMille
William Gargan
Kent_Tyler
Charlie Chase
janAt
Edna Ferber
Irene Dunne
Alan Jones
Charles Winninger
Paul Robeson
Universal Picture
FBI
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