Russell Brothers Circus Endorsed by Muscatine Business Men
Muscatine business leaders who attended a Clinton show endorsed Russell Brothers three ring circus as the highest class and announced a June 20 performance at the South Muscatine showgrounds. The two hour program features Bob Fisher's Fearless Flyers and trained elephants led by Rubber among more than 50 acts.
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Muscatine
Clinton
Russell Brothers
South Muscatine Showgrounds
H. W. Greer
Batterson’s
W. W. Freeborn
McColm’s
Harold Ogilvie
I. and I. Grocery
C. R. Rabedeaux
A. M. Geibel
The
Journal
Greer
Ogilvie
Bob Fisher
United States
Russell Brothers Circus
South Muscatine Show Grounds
Repairs on City Streets Planned
City council approves a work relief project with William Naber as engineer. Total cost about 1,500 from the city and 14,000 from FERA for materials and labor. 13,000 for labor, 1,000 from FERA for materials, and 1,500 from the city for materials. Project to start in six weeks once the Mulberry Avenue sewer crew finishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Naber
FERA
Naber
Mulberry Avenue
Wanted Ends Long Hunt for Relatives
Kenneth Carlock, a Redwood City high school caretaker, learns his sister Esther Leoland in Rockford saw a Gazette ad that reunites him with his father Curtis in Rockford and brother Philip in Burlington. The family had been separated 47 years after his mother’s death and his placement with three foster families.
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Redwood City
Calif
Kenneth Carlock
City
Burlington-Hawkeye
Esther Leoland
Rockford
Leonard
Carlock
Curtis
Philip
Burlington
Highway bids called for 8.6 miles in Cedar and Johnson counties
The state highway commission announced bids for a second course of bituminous surfacing on 8.6 miles of highway 1 from Iowa City to West Branch. Bids due June 18 at Ames, with additional bids for a Lincoln highway relocation near Belle Plaine and various storm damaged resurfacing projects.
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Cedar
Johnson Counties
State Highway Commission
Ames
Associated Press
Iowa City
West Branch
Dispatch
Belle Plaine
Wapello Restaurant Targeted in Overnight Theft
Wapello authorities probe a night break in at the Worrell Mackey restaurant in the business district. About $110 was taken. no arrests have been made. Investigators await further leads.
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Wapello
Louisa County
Margaret Weaver Named Beneficiary in Her Own Will
A Wilton will shows Margaret Ann Weaver named herself executrix and beneficiary of her estate. Relatives have moved to change the instrument and inform the court Myrtle V. Weaver is to be excluded. Hearing on the will is set for June 1, drawn February 24, 1922.
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Margaret Ann Weaver
Wilton
Co. F. Weaver
E. A. Weaver
Henrietta Leech
Clara Wilkerson
Myrtle V. Weaver
Pair on Scaffold and California Killer Face Execution
The Delaware woman Mrs Carey and her husband Morton face execution after a wakeful night as witnesses heard their final remarks. Mrs Carey walked to the trap, offered a prayer, and refused to speak further. Howard claimed innocence and expressed hope to see his children. The pair killed Robert Hitchens for a $2000 life insurance payout. In California Edward Lange awaits hanging for the Santa Monica jeweler murder, nervous as the hour neared.
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Morton
Carey
Delaware
Howard
Mikes
Robert Hitchens
Lewis Mallin
Santa Monica
Lange
Certificates Awarded at ISU Cedar Falls Commencement
Helen Lois Witmer of Tipton and Margaret McFadden of Letts received certificates at spring term commencement exercises at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls. Miss McFadden earned a primary teacher's diploma while Miss Witmer received a bachelor of arts in music.
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Helen Lois Witmer
Tipton
Margaret McFadden
Letts
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Miss McFadden
Miss Witmer
Batchelor
Illness Fatal to John J. Kadora
John J. Kadora a 77 year old West Branch resident died at his Oasis area home Thursday evening after recent heart trouble. Born in Bohemia April 1 1858 he came to the United States at 18 and married Mary Zenisek in 1883. He leaves a large family including widow two daughters three sons and 13 grandchildren with funeral Sunday at 2:30 p m at the home and Oasis cemetery burial arranged by F A Brosh Solon.
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Journal News Service
West Branch
John J. Kadora
Oasis
Mr. Kadora
Bohemia
Mary Zenisek
Cedar Bluffs
Cedar County
Frank Grizel
Downey
Joe Horn
Joseph
Charles
Lillie
John Sladek
Jacob
Iowa City
Wesley
Lisburn
N. ©. Crock
Oasis Cemetery
F. A. Brosh
Solon
Mrs. Erickson and Daughter Return to Viola After Visit
Mrs. John Erickson and daughter Martha Jean return to Viola Illinois after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs A H Sands in Keota Iowa. Mr and Mrs Ray Hulse and daughter Janet from Keota visited the Sands on Sunday. Floyd Blankenhorn and son Donald attended Iowa City graduation where Irene Blankenhorn earned a nurses training diploma. Edith Richards hosted the Tuesday Bridge club with high score for the day. Next meeting will be with Eva Blarkenhorn. Don Rabenold returned Monday from northern Minnesota after several days fishing.
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Edith Richards
Seventeen Job Placements Reported This Week
Seventeen placements, mainly on PWA jobs, have been ordered through the federal re employment office this week. Active registrations total 1,382 with 136 women and 130 veterans. Twenty eight other openings have referrals but are not yet reported. Additional activities include 13 new applications 13 re registrations seven renewals and 69 re interviews.
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PWA
Baldwin Heads Cabinet as He Returns to Downing Street
Baldwin heads the English cabinet and returns to Downing Street while MacDonald, departing prime minister, shares a brief farewell on the Mall. The two leaders exchange solemn top hat salutes as they part, MacDonald appearing relieved, wearing a morning coat and silk hat.
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Downing Street
Baldwin
Palace
MacDonald
Record Class Is Graduated Here
Dr. Lane urges a creed of putting in over taking out and outlines frontiers in social security distribution and world peace. He stresses ambition and ingenuity to achieve equitable material distribution and dismisses war as inevitable. Van Hettinga introduces the talk, noting Iowa and Muscatine’s role in secondary education. Muscatine high school graduates 1935, 3,151 alumni have passed through the local school in 70 years, with a year-end program featuring music and diplomas.
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Lane
van Hettinga
Dr. Lane
H. van Hettinga
Iowa
Muscatine
G. Franklin Wells
House Deliberates NRA Skeleton Plan Amid AFL Revolt
Congress weighs the stopgap NRA skeleton as labor unrest grows. AFL warns adoption amounts to surrender and calls for a new NRA act while labor cites wage cuts and hour increases since the court ruling. Bonus and tax debates also swirl as AAA reforms and banking bills linger in Congress.
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Representative Keller
Illinois
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Council of the American Federation of Labor
Supreme Court
House
Clark
Senate
Thomas
D-Okla
AAA
NRA
Congress
Frame Family Is Honored at Letts Letts
A farewell meeting at the Methodist Episcopal church honored Supt and Mrs H Dale Frame and family as they prepare to move to Edgewood Iowa where Mr Frame has been elected superintendent for the coming year. The event featured talks from church and school leaders vocal numbers and a piano duet with congregational singing.
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Letts
H. Dale Frame
Methodist Episcopal Church
Frame
Edgewood
L. E. Downer
Ernst Lieberknecht
J. L
Kidnap Gang Spreads Out Across Pacific Northwest
Detectives Keegan of Portland say Jack Bailey a former Pacific Northwest rum baron and Herbert Lester Johnstone another suspect were seen in Perma Montana. San Francisco Inspector Butz reports J R McKee saw Harold McAtee in the bay city. Keegan links these sightings to a tan sedan racing from Umatilla County deputies chasing kidnap suspects.
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John J. Keegan
Portland
Jack Bailey
Pacific Northwest
Herbert Lester Johnstone
Perma
Mont
Fred Butz
San Francisco
J. R. McKee
Harold McAtee
St. Louis
McAtee
Bay City
Weyerhaeuser
Bailey
Johnstone
Keegan
Umatilla County
Townsend Club Will Hear Judge Moffett
Judge Moffett of Rock Island will address the Muscatine Townsend Old Age Pension club and friends at city hall council chambers Saturday at 8 p m. Delegates to a district conference at Iowa City will be named Saturday night. It was announced Dr Townsend would speak in Davenport on July 14.
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Judge Moffett
Rock Island
Muscatine Townsend Old Age Pension Club
City Hall
Iowa City
Dr. Townsend
Davenport
Marian Star Earns All American Rating for St Marys
The Marian Star monthly publication of St Marys high school earned the highest All American rating from the National Scholastic Press Association. Jeanette Havemann led the staff of students. Copies sent to the association at the University of Minnesota, with the rating announced today.
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Marian Star
St. Mary's
National Scholastic Press Association
Jeanette Havemann
Association
University of Minnesota
Senate debates on public utilities bill and bankers’ debt relief
Chairman Glass said a special bill for indebted bankers had been discussed but no decision made. The bill to abolish public utility holding companies, tempered by Wheeler’s clarifying amendment, continued to hold Senate attention.
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Glass
D-Va
Wheeler
D-Mont
Senate
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Russell
Commission
Wapello Restaurant
Margaret Weaver
Cardinal Richelieu
Cabinet of
England
B. F. Schwartz
C. V. Thomas
Charles Shook
Ask New Nra
Perfection Stove Co
J. J. Callahan Electric Store
East Second St
Amvben
Bill Cody
Townsend Club
West Liberty
Society Doctor
Chester Morris
Billie Burke
London Zoo
China
Ey Ee
Ad Fae
J. J. Callahan
Pampas
Talbot
Roscoe Karns
Henry Kolker
Gaving Gordon
Frankie Darrowe
Rin Tin Tin JR
Rex, King OF Wild Horses
Indianapolis
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