Open Paving On Route 32 Near Durant Delayed Detours Outlined
County engineer announces Route 32 paving east of Durant is completed with anticipated opening July 1. Detours remain for sections from West Liberty to Nichols with detour routes and bridge work affecting traffic. Crews also advancing on No 61 with temporary openings as grading nears completion before paving starts.
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Durant
F. P. G. Halbfass
Phelps
Tipton
West Liberty
Johnson County
Steen Corner
Wapsie Creek
Steen Road
Nicholson
Nichols
Muscatine- Nichols
Walbrass
Salisbury Bride
Oak Tree Corner
Muscatine-Nichols
Simpson Bridge
Conesville Road
Cedar River
Pigeon marked 104 R I P C found near fire station
A carrier pigeon with leg band 104 and R I P C was picked up near the central fire station by Capt. Louis Faulhaber. The bird appeared dazed after likely striking a wall or post.
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Central Fire Station
Louis Faulhaber
Warmer Weather and Showers Promised in State
Forecast calls for warmer weather and showers across the state tonight and Thursday. Temperatures edge back toward normal after a recent drop, with 60 degrees recorded this morning. Tuesday’s heavy shower deposited .18 inches of rain as river levels slipped 1 inch to 5.2 feet.
Court approves Hartman adoption in district decree
A decree signed by Judge D V Jackson approves the adoption by Mr and Mrs Fred Hartman of a minor girl. Nichols Tipton and Tipton represented the Hartmans.
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D. V. Jackson
Fred Hartman
Nichols, Tipton
Tipton
Hartmans
Assessors Eye Small Shifts in Personal Property Values
State board reviews minor changes proposed by township assessors to personal property valuations. The process targets small adjustments in listed assets, ensuring consistency across jurisdictions while maintaining current assessment practices.
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State Board of Cq
Retreat Ceremony Instills Patriotism At Muscatine Scout Camp
Nine Muscatine Boy Scouts attend a week of summer camp near Dixon with about 50 in residence. The retreat ceremony signals the day’s end with a color guard, taps, campfire stories, and community songs. Activities include a 20 mile Wansi River trip, swimming supervision, life guards, buddy system, fern study, and tree identification. W. V. Allen and Glenn D. Custer praise camp administration.
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Muscatine
Dixon
S. E. Phillips
Mulberry Avenue
Phillips
W. A. Matthews
Park Avenue
Matthews
Wansie
Ideal Council
W. V. Allen
Glenn D. Custer
Obituary Notice Clarence Higgerson Dies After Heart Illness
Funeral services for Clarence Higgerson were held at Wittich Funeral Home at 10 30 this morning conducted by Rev Vernon L Shantz pastor of the First Baptist church Burial followed in Greenwood cemetery He collapsed in the front yard of his Webster Avenue home Monday after a heart illness.
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Clarence Higgerson
Wittich
Vernon L. Shantz
First Baptist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Mr. Higgerson
Webster Avenue
Salvation Army Adjutant Conducts Special Muscatine Meetings
Adjutant J. W. Westbrook of Chicago, regional Salvation Army spiritual director, leads multiple open air gatherings from July 4 to 9 in Muscatine. Noon factory meetings, street services every evening, and hall meetings at 131 West Second Street, with Weed Park events on July 4 and the following Sunday. A children’s special is set for 3:30 Saturday afternoon at the hall.
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J. W. Westbrook
Chicago
Salvation Army Corps
Central States
Muscatine Corps
West Second Street
Weed Park
Pageant at Muscatine High School Feature Open Door Program
Pupils from four Muscatine Daily Vacation Bible schools will perform The Church of the Open Door in the high school auditorium at 8 p m Friday. Musical selections accompany the pageant and handwork by pupils will be displayed in the main hallways from 7 to 8 p m for inspection before the program.
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Muscatine
Muscatine High School
Des Moines Meeting Approves County Assessments
According to county auditor C. H. Pitchforth Muscatine values set by assessors were accepted by the board of supervisors at the regular mid month meeting in Des Moines on July 9.
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Des Moines
C. H. Pitchforth
Muscatine County
Board of Supervisors
O. R. C. Members to Attend Summer Camp at Camp McCoy
Muscatine officers reserve corps members depart Sunday by motor for Camp McCoy near Sparta Wisconsin for a two week encampment. Names include Col O W Mull Capt R A Grimm Capt C S Narvis Capt S C Samuels Capt T Ray Brown First Lieut H A Bomke First Lieut E A Lack regiment chaplain First Lieut F W Allen First Lieut Harold Chant Second Lieut Ernest Hoopes. Thirty one county registrants join July training in govt military camps.
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Muscatine
Officers Reserve Corps
Camp McCoy
Sparta
Wis
O. W. Mull
R. A. Grimm
C. S. Narvis
S. C. Samuels
T. Ray Brown
H. A. Bomke
E. A. Lack
F. W. Allen
Harold Chant
Ernest Hoopes
Muscatine County
Civic Club Offices Announce New Hours and Staff
City hall offices of the Business and Labor Association will be open 8 30 to 12 a m and 1 to 5 p m. L E West secretary announced the schedule. Miss Gladys Cox starts as Mr Wests assistant and will run the office today.
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City Hall
the Business and Labor Association
L. E. West
Gladys Cox
Robert Bruce Mantell, Shakespearean actor, dies at 74
Robert Bruce Mantell, renowned Shakespearean actor and producer, died at his Atlantic Highlands home after a two month illness. He was 74 years old.
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Atlantic Highlands
N. J
Robert Bruce Mantell
Big Tim Murphy Falls Victim In Chicago Gangland
June 27 Chicago AP reports gangland power figure Big Tim Murphy was killed by a machine gun blast through a sedan window. The 42 year old former Leavenworth convict led rackets and politics amid labor and narcotics rumors. his widow vowed vengeance as police hunted rivals and suspected foes across rackets including cleaning dyeing operations and Capone connections.
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Big Tim” Murphy
Chicago
Tim Murphy
Murphy
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Dearborn Street
Gas Workers’ Union
Timothy D. Murphy
Tim
Big Tim
Armour and Company
J Ogden Armour
Congress
Gas Workers Union
Leavenworth
South Side
Capone
Loop District
West Victor in Farm Skirmish Before 1928 Democratic Drafting Panel
In Houston on June 27 the resolutions committee backed a move to add farm leader Thomas Cashman to the 11 member sub committee drafting the 1928 Democratic platform. Oklahoma’s John Simpson pressed for Cashman, Glass ruled, then consent was obtained after Caraway and others intervened. The dry faction, led by Daniels Moody and Glass, prepared to push prohibition planks. Public hearings on prohibition and farm issues were set before work began.
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James L. West
Associated Press
Houston
Friends of Organized Agriculture
Resolutions Committee
John A. Simpson
Oklahoma
Thomas E. Cashman
Minnesota
Key Pittman
Nevada
Cashman
Simpson
Glass
K. C
F. J. Thomas
Nebraska
Kansas City
Caraway
Arkansas
Pittman
Virginia
Moody
Texas
Harrison
Mississippi
Raw
Utah
Walsh
Massachusetts
Ellingham
Indiana
Wagner
New York
Jones, Famsas
Bratten
New Mexico
New Muscatine County Map Shows Road Markings
New maps of Muscatine county prepared under County Engineer F. P. G. Halbfass mark county roads with letters and include state primary roads. Maps reflect corrections to May 1 and note new roads to Wildcat Den state park as well as Durant Letts and Walcott. A sign plan is being arranged and markers may be erected this fall. maps are available to schools and libraries with printing costs for other copies.
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Muscatine County
Iowa
Ottumwa
F. P. G. Halbfass
Wildcat den State Park
Durant, Letts
Walcott
Revs Campbell and Braun to Speak at Parish Dinner
Parish members meet in Trinity church parish hall for a dinner at 6 30 to hear Rev R J Campbell Cedar Rapids and L J Braun Davenport discuss Student center work at Iowa State College Ames. No fund raising or dinner charge.
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Trinity Church
R. J. Campbell
Cedar Rapids
L. J. Braun
Davenport
Iowa State College
Ames
Nominating Delegates for Luther League Meeting in Dubuque
The Zion Lutheran church league nominated Miss Anna Havemann Miss Florence Koester and Carl Freeman for delegates to the Luther League convention in Dubuque in July. A program was presented with a reading by Miss Hilda Henning a play A Cure for Neuralgia a violin solo and songs by the committee. The Rhoda Bible class will hold a picnic at Weed park Thursday serving sandwiches a second article and dishes at 6 30. Cedar Street Methodist Ladies aid meets in July moved up a week to avoid July 4. Mission circle of Mulford Congregational postpones meeting two weeks due to button shortages.
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Dubuque
League of the Zion Lutheran Church
Anna Havemann
Florence Koester
Carl Freeman
Anita Haefner
Hilda Henning
Paul Witte
Rhoda Bible Class
Protestant Evangelical Church
Weed Park
Cedar Street Methodist Episcopal Ladies Aid Society
Sullivan Sees Big Smith Victory With Farm Relief
Houston June 27 AP John T Sullivan a longtime Democratic delegate from Waterloo predicted Iowa will deliver a large Smith majority in November The farm relief plank would win it and Bowers keynote speech was the best since 1892 Sullivan noted a farmers parade in the keynote signaled new sentiment in the Midwest Mrs W L Etter of Sigourney Iowa was welcomed as the new national committee woman and Dr J W Reynolds began duties as national committeeman.
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Robert Broad
Associated Press
Houston
John T. SuLlivan
Iowa
al Smith
New York
Sullivan
Waterloo
Claude G. Bowers
Middle West
Kansas City
W. L. Etter
Sigourney
J. W. Reynolds
Hoover to resign soon for presidential campaign
Secretary Hoover plans to resign his cabinet post to pursue the presidential campaign. The Commerce Department announced the move, with the resignation expected to reach President Coolidge before July 15.
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Washington
Hoover
Commerce Department
Coolidge
Examinations Opened for County Teachers Certificates
Examinations for county teachers certificates opened this morning at the office of E. D. Bradley. Three applicants took the tests this morning. Examinations continue Thursday and Friday.
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E. D. Bradley
Amundsen plane sighting report nears confirmation
A Tromsoe dispatch cites a Norwegian sealer sighting Roald Amundsen’s missing plane on June 20 on an ice floe southeast of Northeastland. Dense ice hindered approach. crew seen through a telescope. message relayed by a Russian steamer.
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Norway
Roald Amundsen
Tromsoe
Lokal Anzeiger
Archangelisk
Russia
Lief Dietrichsen
Rene Builbaud
Spitzbergen
Amundsen
Snitzbergen
Moscow
Nyenhuis campaign costs total $2.20
William Nyenhuis Republican candidate for Third ward committeeman filed a $2.20 campaign expense at the county auditor’s office. Other primary filings show H F E Will Republican for Lake township clerk and William Grigg Democrat for a 1929 term as supervisor, with neither reporting expenditures.
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William Nyenhuis
H. F E. Will
Lake Township
William Grigg
Beamer Fined for Short-Changing Muscatine Merchants
Fined 200 dollars and costs in district court after pleading guilty to obtaining money by false pretenses. F. H. Beamer, 26, was arrested last week for short-changing several Muscatine merchants. Judge D. W. Jackson imposed the sentence. Beamer lacked the money to pay the fine and was represented by Harold E. Wilson with County Attorney Stafford prosecuting.
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F. H. Beamer
Muscatine
D. W. Jackson
Beamer
Harold E. Wilson
Stafford
Melo: A Sudsy Solution for Hard Water Cleaning
A soap product Melo claims to soften hard city water, boost soap lather, and reduce tub scum. The ad urges three cans for kitchen laundry and bathroom, promising remarkable cleaning with or without soap.
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Walter Koever
Noller & McCreedy
J. E. Joens
Lone Tree
Minnie Horst
West Eighth Street
Madison, Wis
Guy L. Cooper
Guy, Jr
Calista
Humboldt, Mo
F. FE. Sawyer
G. E. Sawyer
Margaret Sawyer
Lucille Sawyer
Elizabeth T. Vale of
Dallas, Tex
Mrs. C. O. McBride
West Fourth Street
John Fisher
Nebraska Street
Bellevue Hospital
F. Huebner
J. Elzear Ries
Margaret
Iowa City
City
Mark Taylor
Police Department
Cal Schreiber
Lady
Frederick B. Boldt
West Seventh Street
Boldt
Dorothy Detthof
Omaha, Neb
Sycamore Street
Third
Fourth
Fred Alteneder
Grant Nichols
William Jones
Addie Loomis
Near West Liberty
Anna McCartney
University Hospital
Babe Romann
Perham, Minn
Peter Romann
Cedar Street
Women's Relief Corps
Josephine Ames
B. Pearce
Portland
Ore
D. R. Randieman
Washington, D. C
Mail Department
Wallace M. Roberts
Fay Lincoln
G. Clyde Parks
Laura Mills
Maple Avenue
Camp Menneyata
Salvation Army
Bible School
Civic Club
Hunt
Mike de Pike
Heitler
Michael Grady
West Victor
Josephus Daniels
North Carolina
Senator Glass
Campbell
Braun
FISK
Pitchforth Storage Battery Co
Mulford
Democratic Farm Relief
Bowers
Joyce
East Second Street
Phoenix Hose Headquarters
Berlin
Nyenhuis
Journal
Melo
the Hygienic Products CO
Canton, Ohio
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