Rube pair brings mystery and vaudeville to Muscatine
Si Stebbins 72 and wife Mary travel from Cincinnati as a country couple to Muscatine under Kautz Baking sponsorship. The act blends memory card tricks with humor, dance, and a staged persona, drawing crowds in grocery stores and shops for impromptu performances during a multi-stop tour.
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Muscatine
Si and
Mary
Will H. Coffin
Cincinnati
Kautz Baking Company
St. Vitus
Si Stebbins
Rube
Compilation of School Census Under Way Here
The biennial school census in Muscatine is under way to record names ages and addresses of all children five to twenty one and list handicapped or mentally deficient individuals for education access. Officials use the data for apportionment library funds local taxes and identifying eligible students and adults for services.
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Muscatine
Addiion
Thom
County Board of Education
Creaking Joints Reward Workers on WPA Project
About 25 WPA workers under Harry Hopkins endure creaking joints and aches on a concrete task at the county courthouse. They haul concrete from ground level to a tower 1000 feet away, climbing 120 steps and six flights of stairs, initially with a pail in each hand before dropping the second bucket.
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WPA
Harry Hopkins
Court House
Holstein Producers Will Meet Friday Show At Fairgrounds
Holstein producers from this state section will attend a one day district Holstein show at West Liberty’s fairgrounds. The event is sponsored by the state association with final preparations underway and many entries expected from counties. A picnic luncheon is planned for noon.
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West Liberty
State Association
Fairgrounds
FBI Seeks More Funds for Cash Kidnapping Case
Senator Adams predicts a $50,000 mandatory appropriation for the Cash kidnapping probe. President Roosevelt backs the request stating the FBI asked $90,000 to cover investigation expenses. Five-year-old James Bailey Cash was abducted May 28 from Princeton Florida. ransom paid, child not returned. agents focus on tracing ransom bills.
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Washington
Adams
D.-Colo
Senate Appropriations
James Bailey Cash
Roosevelt
Garner
Budget Bureau
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Princeton
Fla
Officials Confer on Relief Matters in Des Moines
A Muscatine county delegation led by attorney G. Albee relief administrator A J Magnus and welfare board chair George Sayer met Des Moines state relief officials to discuss county aid matters. Fritz Beller and Ralph were among participants.
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Muscatine County
Des Moines
State Relief Department
Attorney G. Albee
A. J. Magnus
The
Welfare Board
George Sayer
Fritz Beller
Ralph
Program at Spangler Chapel Sunday Children’s Day Program
A Children’s Day program at Spangler Chapel Methodist Church will feature avceiiations songs exercises and solo numbers. The event is set for 10:30 a.m. Sunday and will be open to the public.
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Spengler Chapel Methodist Church
West Branch Man Injured in Omaha Traffic Crash
Phillip Mattison of West Branch suffered a severe neck cut in a traffic collision involving two automobiles and two street cars in Omaha. Evans of Muscatine county board of supervisors headed a board committee with Sauer and Belter named.
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West Branch
Omaha
Evans
Muscatine County
Heart Facts Highlight Club Talk on Blood Circulation
Dr. G A Sywassink addressed the M s Men's club on heart physiology and circulation. He explained the heart beats about 72 times a minute, works three tenths of a second then rests five tenths, and that blood circulates through fixed channels only about 300 years after William Harvey. He warned against misconceptions and noted risks from strenuous athletic contests. Lev Smull chaired the program.
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G. A. Sywassink
M's. Men's Club
W.C. A
Sywassink
William Harvey
Synassins
Lev. Smull
Patrol Boys Award Meeting Friday at City Hall
Patrol boys who served at the grade buildings during the past term will receive awards at a city hall meeting Friday night starting at 6 45. Special awards from the American Automobile Association will be presented by Mayor Samuel G Brenner. Later the boys will be entertained at a motion picture show.
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Graée
City Hall
American Automobile Association
Samuel G. Brenner
Death at Laurens ruled suicide in woman's death
A coroner's jury returned a verdict of death by own action in the death of Mrs. Mar sha Eggersson, 59, of Laurens, whose body was found in a cistern at her home. Authorities said she had been despondent because of ill health.
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Sovanontas
Marsha Eggersson
Laurens
Order New Roof for Jefferson School Building
The Jefferson School Building will receive a new roof as the major repair item authorized by the board of education during their annual tour of all district buildings on Tuesday afternoon. Miscellaneous repairs, mainly maintenance, were recommended at other buildings as they visited each site before leaving the city hall shortly after 1 PM.
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Jefferson Building
Board of Education
May collections total from county treasurer office
The May collection total reached 42914.82 as arcane income streams are itemized by the office of County Treasurer Arthur J. Nicholson. The monthly summary lists state funds 818.01 county funds 5730 district schools 688.94 town corporations 107 township cemetery funds 1 Muscatine corporation 1631.03 Muscatine paving 31.68 drainage districts 787.14 old age pension 262.63 automobile licenses 3953.75 use tax 51.1 Ty stave sinking fund 872.91 gasoline tax 4602.92 and miscellaneous items 82.
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Arthur J. Nicholson
Muscatine Corporation
Ty Stave Sinking Fund
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Si and Mary
Journal
FBI
Penneys White Fair
Steven
Ney
Batiste
Spangler Chapel
Patrol Boys
London
Ahove
Jefferson
Carter
America
G.¢Pstein Furniture CO
Iowa ‘Ave
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