New Projector Installed At Local Theater
The A Muse Theater shows a Simplex projector boosting front row visibility and rear seating comfort. After Wednesday’s Pickford film and Chaplin’s A Dor's Life, management announces Muscatine Camp Cody footage to be shown June 4 with Mary Pickford’s return in a later release, drawing large crowds.
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Iocal
Heston
Muscatine
Camp Cody
Floral Theater
Mary Pickford
aAmariny
Inside Story of War Told in Film at Grand Theater
A vivid motion picture adaptation of James W. Gerard’s My Four Years In Germany unfolds the Zabern affair and the push for U S entry, urging unity against a common foe. The Grand theater screens the film June 2 to 8 as the nation’s eyes focus on wartime events.
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James W. Gerard
United States
Plewire
Mr. Gerard
Germany
America
Grand Theater
Potato Eating Demonstration Promotes Potatoes
Miss Fell led the first local food demonstration at Sleepy Hollow school to boost potato use and conserve flour. The session highlighted potato preparation methods and aimed to increase consumption in coming days, with talks scheduled at Fruitland this afternoon.
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Take Township
Miss Fell
Sleepy Hollow
Fruitland
Mother of Seven Sues for Divorce
Lene Christiansen of Wilton Junction petitions for divorce from Christian Christiansen in district court. Married March 1898, separated last April. They have seven children aged five to nineteen. She claims extreme irascibility, beating of children, and coercion over items. She seeks personal property, homestead, and custody of the children.
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Lene Christiansen
Wilton Junction
F. A. Martin
Christian Christiansen
Mra. Hather
Reynolds
Deming
N. M
Hea
Homstead
Bullet glazes body of child near Hast Ninth Street
Walter Crow eight, son of Mr. and Mrs. Crow, and his eight year old friend from 914 Last Ninth Street played with a revolver at the Bowler home. Bowler boy, pretending the gun was empty, pulled the trigger. The bullet grazed Walter’s clothing, missing his body by inches.
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Walter Crow
Marcus Crow
Hast Ninth Street
Crow
Clinton Bowler
Permalife Batteries Guaranteed for Ife and Ady
Permalife Batteries imaranteed for Ife Freers Tire and Battery Works Ady For reliable insurance Mark and iSon are the acknowledged loaders Ady
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Permalife
Ife
Freers Tire & Battery Works
Ady
Mark
iSon
Mercy Drive Carries On Amidst Rain in Red Cross Campaign
Rain drenches Muscatine as Red Cross fund drive proceeds. Nichols leads with early quota, oversubscribing in Libery Campain club coverage. Over top status reported in Tike township, West Liberty also above goal. Goshen and Waonpineno districts supportive. Officials urge remaining residents to donate at Association headquarters.
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Home Board
Muscating
Red Cross War Fund
Liberty Campaien Club
Red Cross
Organization of Mercy
Thois
Tike Township
West Libarty
Wiapsinenoe
Goshen
al Muscatine
Association Loce
Red Cross canvass hopes rise despite rain delays
The canvassing teams, halted by rain, will press on through tomorrow and Monday if needed as the state campaign continues to Monday evening. No county response figures were available this afternoon, yet headquarters reported encouraging early reports from the teams.
U S Bakery Changes Name to Avoid German Origins
The Vion bakery will be known as the U.S bakery in a decision announced by O I Stutsman proprietor. The change aims to remove names of Germanic origin amid wartime sentiment and to distance from Austrian or Genoan Empire associations as part of wartime branding.
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Vion
U.S
O. I. Stutsman
Els
Local Iowa Telephone workers praised for Liberty loans
A message from U N Bethell of American Telephone and Telegraph congratulates Bell Telephone System employees on their Liberty loan participation. It notes that final figures were not yet tabulated but over 100000 employees subscribed more than 7 million dollars.
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Iowa Telephone Company
C, EB
U. N. Bethell
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell Telephone System
English riveter sets UK riveting record at Barrow
London May 24 A new riveting record for the United Kingdom was made at Barrow by William Moses of Vickers Limited Using a 28 pound riveting hammer on firing beams for 9.2 inches he drove 6 804 rivets in nine hours Moses demonstrated exceptional speed and stamina in this industrial feat.
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London
United Kingdom
Mabile
Barrow
William Moses
Vickers Limited
Moses
Rivets and Tools Listed in Historic Panel Text
A fragment notes two rivet types used in a historic project along with countersunk and snap head tools, mentioning a twelve month period.
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Theater
Nichols IS
Red Cross Fund
Agency
Yen Yard Iit
Wayne
Johnny
Rea Aes Shoes
Courneriowa
Ings
Hershey
State Bank
Hershey State Bank Third
Sycamore Muscatine, Iowa
City Hall
Coats & Suits
Lilly’s
Ben Lilly
First National Bank
First Trust & Savings Bank
Muscatine, Iowa
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