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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1930
Page
9
A Muscatine county Farm Bureau women’s group will host an all day session at the high school auditorium on Tuesday April 1 to launch Musical Moments with Foreign Mothers. Miss Fannie Buchanan will lead, with five delegates from each township and PTA and music supervisors invited to participate.
Pleasant Prairie Iowa March 26 Mr and Mrs Arthur Sissel entertained relatives and friends with music and the game Five Hundred High score claimed by Mrs Walter Petersen and Edwin Watham Consolation prize to Mrs Robert Bermel Attending were Mr and Mrs Robert Bermel Mr and Mrs Clarence Sissel and family Mr and Mrs Walter Petersen Mr and Mrs Floyd Nicewanner and family Mr and Mrs Edwin Watham and family Flaine Erwin daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis Erwin has been ill for several days
Wapello March 26 report notes Mrs. Oscar Davis hosting the J A O club. Train times altered for Rock Island trains: northbound 6 40 a m and 1 27 p m No 63 and 67. southbound 5 28 a m and 4 55 p m No 62 and 66. Local illnesses, travels, funerals, and visits are listed among residents and families, including Wilson Robb’s illness, Rith Robb of Burlington visiting, and Kathleen Wilson returning to school after burns.
Phonograph records offering ten different languages are being sold in Egypt, expanding access to multilingual music formats across retailers. The move highlights diverse language options available to Egyptian consumers.
Crawford Jones, trombonist with the Four Square evangelical party, will headline nightly services at the tabernacle on Sixth and Cedar. A city-wide campaign kicks off Thursday evening to promote the event.
The March grand jury impaneled Tuesday afternoon with L. E. Downer of Seventy Six township as foreman began deliberations at 10 o clock on a dozen criminal actions. A short session was held Tuesday afternoon and a day and a half may be needed for the cases, County Attorney Harold E. Wilson said.
Sheriff Fred Nesper returned to Muscatine after a late arrival caused by a severe snowstorm in Chicago. He observed proceedings in the so called racketeers court with Judge Immelshausen, watching pleas from alleged underworld figures.
Mr and Mrs Ted Drumm hosted a Sunday evening dinner with bridge games and high score prizes won by Mrs Charles Buchanan Mrs J L Young Donald Young and Edward Ehrecke Guests included Mr and Mrs Charles Buchanan Mr and Mrs Edward Fahrecke and others from Davenport Muscatine The Ladies Aid at United Brethren church will meet at the church Thursday afternoon due to missing buttons The Girl Knights meet Friday at Mrs Alfred Hechts home Buttons will be carded Tests show radio waves reflect downward from a layer 50 to 130 miles high Italians experiment with esparto grass in Africa colonies to make rayon
Thousands report relief as Zemo soothes itching and burning on the skin. The product claims to stop itching almost instantly when it touches inflamed surfaces and draws out infection to clear blemishes. Sold by dealers at one dollar with a family antiseptic guarantee.
A long list of candidates is named for the popularity contest across districts. Notable names include Flossie Christiansen Frances Cochran Ruth Demorest Lucy Tennyson Josephine Blakely Leila Glatstein Mary Ella Fuller Sarah Fitzgerald Beulah McCallen Violet Erickson Edythe Maxwell Vivian Filble Lorraine Downey Helen Chaudoin Dorothy DeMean Rita Predmore Alberta Ziegenhorn Olive Douglass Pauline Alexander Madeline Shockley Alice Jones June Downer Dorothy Minear Ferris Warman Jeanne Russell Gertrude Badeaux Betty Brown Twila Anderson Alice Barry Hazel Richardson Edna McGee Mary Doran Alma Childres Catherine Fowler Ina Fae Paul Lillian Wiggers Margaret Looney Florence Hopkins Marie Lorraine Snell Helen Hoag Dorothea Snell Lucille McFadden Clara Luedtke Anna Belle Coyner Vivian McCleary Leah Littrell Adeline Light Mary Nortman Doris Poole Margaret Kile Beulah Sutton Goldie Carney Davila Billick Leota Bailey Lydia Hancon Ruth Meeker Lillian Fox Marie McCann Dorothy Vanatta Margie Mullegan Harriett Tomfeld Edna Tomfeld Twila Hendricks Londa Phegley Hilda Hartman Leota Hammer Helen Smith Cleo Owens Esther Fry Dorothy Nugent Marion Dover Florence Winder Myrtle Davis Margaret Hull Lula Schneider Creta Knauss Esther Stratton Vanneta Powers Carolyn Atkinson Lizzie Kuehl Dela Buell Aletha Burr Shirley Burr Mildred Flake Dela Buell Shirley F Burr Mildred Flake Lucille Tyler Bernice Powell Marguerite Thomas
Betty and Ellyn visit multiple shops in Muscatine enjoying clothing, shoes, dry cleaning, and cosmetics. They tour Leu & Sons for ice cream, Grimm's Drug Store, Goodyear Repair Shop, and Barnard's Jewelry to compare brands and pay on credit.
An advertisement promotes Cascarets as a nightly aid to revitalize a tired appetite and improve digestion. It claims candy tablets clear bilious states, stimulate bowels, and create a refreshed feeling, urging universal use and noting a dime price in drug stores.
A list of residents and associated rural routes and towns including Ernestine Gifford Joy Illinois Blanche Elliott Reynolds Il Lois McGinnis rural route 7 Evelyn Gifford rural route 1 Illinois City district 1 Letha Retherford Joy Illinois Margaret Amlong Aledo Illinois Bessie Wilson Aledo Illinois Blanche Terrill rural route 3 New Boston Illinois.
The Davenport district census supervisor explains farm status for 1930, saying land under three acres counts only if it yields over 250 dollars of farm produce. Ownership size matters not. the farm is based on what the operator grows, with tenancy creating multiple farms if land is divided among tenants.
The rule draws a line between small edge town plots and true farms. Homes of workers with minor gardens may qualify if the value exceeds or by estate size reaches thresholds, with judgments by enumerators for three acres or more.
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