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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1928
Page
7
A crowd of children braved cool breezes as the Weet park swimming pool opened for the first time today at 9 a.m. The same hours will be followed this year as last with water changes twice weekly.
One of the greatest casts gathered for a single picture arrives at the Palace Friday. John Fox Jr.'s Kentucky mountains Civil War tale stars Richard Barthelmess with a host of notable character actors including Gardner James Victor Patel Falalie Jensen Nelson McDowell David Torrence Martha Mattox Mark Hamilton Walter Lewis Ralph Yearsley Bob Milasch Claude Gillingwater Gustav von Seyffertitz and others.
Education figures from the federal bureau of education show the United States has more than 1,000,900 students in colleges and universities, surpassing other nations combined. World totals include about 195,000,000 students outside the U S and 29,900,000 inside, with the United States spending as much on education as the rest of the world combined.
The Heinz 57 club defeated the Iowa Pearl Button Company baseball team 5 to 0 at Weed Park in the Factory league. Mulford Congregationals beat Musterville Methodists 9 to 2 in the Sunday School league at League Field. A Baptist versus Musterville game was postponed to Weed Park.
Members of the joint board of supervisors of Muscatine and Louisa counties began a tour of inspection of Leutzinger creek and nearby drainage ditches in District No. 13 four miles west of Muscatine. The creek’s outlet ditch shows significant silt buildup from heavy upstream deposits. C. H. Young of Central States Engineering Company accompanied the board.
AP reports a sweltering third day at the Democratic National Convention in Houston. Humidity stood at 88 percent at 7 am with the temperature at 78 degrees, rising to 85 by 10 am as speakers prepared for the day's activities.
Geneva Golf and Country Club schedules a July 4 party with dinner at seven followed by bridge games and a fireworks display. Three additional dinner and bridge events are listed for July 11 18 and 25 at the club.
Needlework was arranged for an all day meeting of the Ladies Aid Society of the Ziegler Memorial Lutheran Church at New Era in the new community house. A pot luck dinner was served at noon and the ladies plan to meet again in two weeks.
Mr and Mrs Bert Lukenbach entertained at their New Hampshire street home for their son Lysle's birthday anniversary. About thirty relatives and friends attended with music and games. The Ladies Aid of United Brethren church met at the parlor, adopting monthly reports and naming a committee to plan the church sale and supper on November 7.
An entertainment is planned for Friday at Island Cathedral Episcopal Church. The program includes multiple musical numbers and readings led by Rev. V. A. Bloomquist with participants Inez Cross Ruth Fowler Mary Fowler Maude Forte Dora Bartenhagen and others. The event features piano solos duets and instrumental pieces ending with Good Night performed by four girls.
The official temperature this morning was 62 degrees at 7 o clock. Rainfall measured .20 of an inch, up from .18, and the river stage stood at 5.1, down one inch. Cloudy with possible showers and little temperature change. 24 hour forecast remains steady. Separate note reports that in Manchester England last year over half of 72 fatal accidents were due to pedestrian carelessness.
NEA Service notes Hoover would join Taylor and Grant as presidents elected who had never before run for office. It recalls other leaders with prior offices and lists 11 first ballot nominations by both parties through 1928, including Hoover.
Funeral services for Mrs Josephine Ames following a paralytic stroke were held at 2 PM at the First Baptist church with Rev Vernon L Shantz officiating. The Women's Relief corps led a short tribute. Burial followed at Greenwood cemetery.
Word comes from Mrs. Agnes Winslow of Sterling Til formerly of this city of the death of her son Frederick Winslow aged 22 on Wednesday. Funeral services will be held in Sterling at 9 o clock Saturday morning with burial there.
Capt. Frank T. Courtney completed the initial leg of a trans Atlantic flight, landing at Horta on Fayal Island in the Azores from Lisbon in a Dornier Napier Whale after a 1,000 mile hop. Read the ads on Classified Page.
Both Republicans and Democrats hold county conventions Saturday at the courthouse. Republicans meet at 11 AM and Democrats at 1 PM. Delegates were named at prior caucuses. Each convention will select delegates to state party and state judicial conventions.
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