Rice Bros Circus Set to Play Muscatine on June 18
Preliminary plans prepare for the Rice Bros. three ring circus to perform in Muscatine with shows at 2 PM and 8 PM. The 84th annual tour features Buck Sells and his western panorama, Madam Bedini the equestrienne, Mary Muller aerial ballet, dancing elephants, trained animals, and a full cast of clowns, jugglers, and acrobats.
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Muscatine
Rice Bros. Circus
Dan Rice
Buck Sells
Madam Bedini
Equestrienne
Mary Muller
Jessie
Lizette
May Vehicle Registrations Show Tough Gains
May registrations of autos and trucks rose beyond recent years with total motor vehicle fees of 7 673 75. Auto registrations reached 7 208 and trucks 1 100 versus last year 6 930 autos and 1 056 trucks. Collections included autos 4 698 75 trucks 1 970 50 trailers 175 50 motorcycles 9 and transfers 281 total 7 673 75.
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A. J. Nicholson
Deeds Recorded for Muscatine Lot Transfer
Henry Husen transfers three feet of lot 22 in Cypress addition Muscatine to Leonard and Martha Mann by deed recorded with the proper county records.
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Henry Husen
Leonard
Martha Mann
Lot
Cypress
Muscatine
Muscatine Civil War Vets Skip Iowa Encampment First Time
Six living Muscatine Civil War veterans will not attend the state encampment in Des Moines June 7 to 11 marking the first absence since the war. Jim Corbin 91 and others aged 88 to 96 note the Shelby Norman post is disorganized. Ida Warfield will represent Muscatine at the national encampment via the Daughters of Union Veterans.
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Muscatine
Des Moines
Jim Corbin
Shelby Norman Post
Mr. Corbin
Joe H. Miller
August Eichoff
Joe N. Platt
Fred Giesler
J. E. Coe
Washington, D. C
Corbin
Ida Warfield
Daughters of Union Veterans
Scouts to Hold Two Day Camporee in Buffalo Area
Boy Scouts from Muscatine and nearby towns will gather at Weed Park on Friday and Saturday June 19 20 for one of three camporees sponsored in the Buffalo area this year. The Cedar county district camporee runs Saturday and Sunday and Davenport district on Friday and Saturday June 12 13. Scouts must be registered in good standing and each troop or ship accompanied by an approved leader. Each patrol brings its own tents blankets cooking gear and food for three meals.
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Muscatine
Weed Park
Buffalo
Cedar County
Davenport
Mercer Lodges Schedule District Meeting At North Henderson
Members of the Odd Fellows and Rebekah lodges in Mercer county will hold a district meeting at North Henderson on Tuesday evening June 12. Dave L. Murphy of Aledo, district president, announced the postponement from New Boston and the change of venue.
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Aledo
Odd Fellow
Rebekah
Mercer County
North Henderson
Dave L. Murphy
New Boston
Franklin School Eighth Grade A Presents Class Program
The eighth A class at Franklin School closed its year with a program. The program opened with the choir, featured a class prophecy by Maudie Hays and Esther Adams, a saxophone duet by Pauline Colberg and Glen Bloom, and included a class will by Robert Young. The play The Top of the World showcased Pauline Colberg and others in the cast.
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Franklin
Maudie Hays
Esther Adams
Pauline Colberg
Glen Bloom
Robert Young
Mar
Wild Welcome for Italy's Conquering Heroes
Class presents school gift to fund stage footlights. Margaret Curtis delivers the gift as class president after a night featuring selections by the chorus and performances by Garet Curtis Doris Vetter Esther Schultz Glen Bloom Archie King Fred Miller and Wilbert Heiland.
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Garet Curtis
Doris Vetter
Esther Schultz
Glen Bloom
Archie
Margaret Curtis
Venus flytrap resumes response after repeated deception
The Venus flytrap known as Carolina closes on bait it does not want and then opens again quickly. If fooled two or three times in a row, the plant ceases to respond for a time before reacting again.
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Carolina
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Rice Bros. Company
Gov. Curley
Lillian Duval
Swaynsboro, Ga
Broadway
Paul Curley
Massachusetts
Lynnbrook
Sya
Mercer Lodges
Franklin School
Italy
Con
Mussolini
Littorio
Rome
Bruno
Vittorio Mussolini
Count Ciano
Fascist
Air Corps
Foxcroft
Batterson
Patricia Moody
Metzel
Drug Store
Mulberry Ave
Seltzer
Philli
Sloan Liniment
Temple Ing
Schick
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