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Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1928

Page

2

Oakville Assault Case Postponed as Victim Fights Recovery

Preliminary hearing for Benjamin Heinold Sam Goble and Art Goble on assault charges was postponed to July 12. Victim Samuel Kupperschmidt remains homebound from injuries, with dizziness and no clear recovery yet. Heinold, Gobles remain jailed on $3900 bonds. other defendants bail set at $2000.

Oakville Benjamin Heineld Sam Art Goble William Heinold Lester Dearmin Burlington Samuel Kupperschmidt Benjamin Heinold Bonde H. M. Ofelt Kupperschmidt

Theatres A Muse-t Presents A Thief in the Dark

Fox Films brings A Thief in the Dark to the A Muse U Friday with Harry Oliver directing trick sets and stage work. Oliver, a former backstage hand with Houdini and Kellar, heads technicians for the Albert Ray mystery melodrama known for thrills and laughs.

Fox Moving Pictures Harry Houdin Harry Kellar Houdini

Golden wedding anniversary for S R Drake and wife in Columbus Junction

The Rev. and Mrs. S R Drake mark 50 years of marriage with family dinner in Columbus Junction Iowa. They wed June 13 1878 at the bride's Union township home. They have 19 children eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The couple plans to attend the world Sunday School convention in Los Angeles in July.

Columbus Junction S. R. Drake Ernest Rock Ira Coon Haskins Marion Barnes Wapello Misa Margaret J. Raymond Henry Raymond Samuel R. Drake Union Township Louisa County Iowa Drake William D. Drake Moscow Township Muscatine County Wideawake Roy Drake Richland Will Drake New Lenox Ill I E. Drake Elm Hurst Tra Coon Ernest Drake George Harold James Gerfield Christian Church Los Angeles Myrtle Carpenter Chicago Okmulgee Okla Mac Carpenter Iola Kas S. A. Slater

Exposed Crystal Gazers and Fox Production Paraphernalia

Report describes spiritualistic charlatans exposed for using fake crystal gazing tricks and the method of manufacturing false materializations, while noting Fox television production of the expose. Simultaneously 56 miles of concrete highway between Little Rock and Hot Springs receives new trees and shrubs planting along its route.

Fox Little Rock Hot Springs

Eleventh Iowa District Meet Aims to Nominate GOP Candidate

Des Moines June 13 AP A meeting of the Eleventh Iowa district congressional committee at Sioux City on Saturday June 18 has been called by E N Hogue district committee man The meeting will issue a call and fix the time of the district congressional convention to nominate a Republican candidate to succeed retiring Representative W D Rojes The recent primary election failed to elect a nominee.

Des Moines Eleventh Iowa District Congressional Committee Sioux City E. N. Hogue Congress W. D. Rojes

Engineers Prepare to Raise Two Roman Galleys From Lake Nemi

Engineers plan to recover two imperial Roman galleys that have rested in the muddy bed of Lake Nemi for almost two thousand years. The operation aims to preserve ancient vessels once used by early emperors and display them as historic artifacts.

Rome Imperial Lake Nemi

Building in Iowa Shows Big Gains

May building and engineering work in Iowa totaled 5 770 100 dollars, up 50 percent from May 1927 and 1 1 percent from April this year. Public works and utilities led at 2 787 400 dollars, residential 1 445 900, commercial 623 900, social and recreational 323 000. First five months total 24 490 700, up 29 percent from last year. A mating pair of angler fish forms a lifelong union when the male fuses lips and remains a hanger on the female.

Iowa F. W. Dodge Corporation

Dear Editor Calls Out Civic Waste and Woe

A reader criticizes city officials for ignored street debris eight days after a storm. They urge the editor to inspect West Third and Linn streets where windblown grass and toppled trees clog storm drains, questioning two years of civic improvement.

West Third Linn Canaille

American fisher near extinction warns Nature magazine

The fisher, closely related to the marten, is described as exclusively American and never common. Settlement and unrestricted trapping have driven it toward virtual extinction, according to Nature magazine. Subscribe for the Journal.

Nature Magazine

Muscatine County Excursion Tickets Issued For July 6

Dr. Julia Warner president of the Muscatine County Council of Religious Education issues tickets to Sunday school superintendents for a boat excursion on July 6 jointly sponsored with the First Baptist church. Reports on sales due July 1 and funds returned July 2. Bible dramatizations to be featured as a substitute for the county picnic and parade.

Julia Warner Muscatine

Lutherans Adopt Budget System at Synod Convention

Des Moines Iowa June 18 AP the Lutheran Augustana synod approved a budget system covering all synodical activities including Augustana college and related operations during the sixty-ninth annual convention in session here.

Des Moines Lutheran Augustana Synod Augustana College

Lutheran Synod Sets 1929 Budget and Reforms

The synod outlines a $388000 budget for 1929 to fund the Rock Island theological seminary St Louis Immanuel Deaconess hospital Omaha the immigrant home New York City and other missions. Otto Leonardsen of Minneapolis is named stewardship secretary to inaugurate the budget system. The synod also votes to end all special collections subscriptions and offerings in churches except relief funds.

Nature's playground cottage rental ad brief

Journal Want Ads helps readers locate a cottage to rent in nature’s playground. Advertisements guide you to available getaways and seasonal rentals.

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