Amusement Concessions to Open in Muscatine Next Week
The Great Patterson Shows arrive in Muscatine under the Red Men Lodge banner with eighteen attractions including a wild animal display featuring elephants and a monster hippopotamus, a motordrome stunt duo, and a Swiss village exhibit. A band of twenty five musicians and singer Miss Zada DeLong head a lineup of rides, shows, and midway refreshments promising a clean wholesome carnival experience.
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Patterson
Red Men Lodge
Lobbie Jewell
Fearless
Mile
Joraine
Don Carlos
Jolly Trixie
Kempf
Zada DeLong
Fire at South Carolina insane asylum kills at least sixteen
A ward at the state hospital for the insane in Columbia burned early today. At least 16 patients died, eleven others are missing, and five were badly burned with one later dying.
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Cassociated Press
Columbia
S. C
State Hospital For the Insane
Rivet Record Set in United Kingdom at Queens Island
Belfast May 29 A new riveting mark for the United Kingdom was made at Queens Island Tuesday by John Lowry who drove 7841 rivets in nine hours He also established a record for an hour with 922 rivets
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Belfast
United Kingdom
Queens Island
John Lowry
Rural schools reach full funding and Red Cross drives
Twenty seven rural and township schools are reported 100 percent funded. Wild Rose school in Pike township held a box social raising 56.30 dollars with 15 donated to Junior Red Cross and 20 to Nichols Red Cross, the remainder for school supplies. A cake sale yielded over 20 dollars. Will R Schmidt was auctioneer. Four townships, Bloomington Seventy six Goshen and Wapsinonoc, now have Junior Red Cross units, while Aion Lutheran Muscatine and St Marys parochial schools show near 100 percent.
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E. B. Bradley
Wild Rose School
Pike Township
Nichols
Junior Red Cross Society
The
Red Cross
Will R. Schmidt
Bloomington
Goshen and Wapsinonoc
Aion Lutheran
School of Muscatine
St. Mary's Parochial School
Aluminum price fixed by Wilson under war board plan
The president set a maximum base price of 83 cents per pound for aluminum in 60 ton lots or more for 9 5 to 99 percent grade. The rate takes effect June 1 and runs through September 1, with sheet rod and wire differentials rising about 12 44 percent and other differentials remaining as approved March 3.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
War Industries Board
FIX ZONE RATE ON NEWSPAPER
Washington post reports that the postmaster general issued zone based postal rates for newspapers and magazines with July 1 effective changes. Reading matter, advertising sections see tiered rates from 1% to 3 cents per pound in year one and higher in subsequent years across eight zones with annual adjustments through 1920 and beyond.
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Washington, D. C
Meeting Change at Maccabee Hat This Week
The MBOA announces a meeting moved to Friday May 31 at Maccabee Hat. The session was originally set for June 7 and now occurs earlier this week with details unchanged.
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Maccabee Hat
Fearson Lost On Moldavia casualty list shocks Muscatine
Fifty seven American soldiers were killed when the British transport Moldavia was torpedoed. Among the names reported is John Kobus, but local officials cannot confirm whether he is the Muscatine youth Henry John Kobes. The Muscatine family has strong ties and relatives remain unsure if the casualty refers to the local Kobes family.
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Moldavia
John Kobus
John Kobes
Cemetery
Lane
Kobus
South Milwaukee
Muscatine
Kobes
Emerary Lane
Gertrude
John
Harry
Clarena
Margaret
Eddie
Albert
Iowa Farm Mortgages Offer Reliable Investment
Conservative and experienced investors view Iowa Farm Mortgages as a secure investment backed by productive land in thriving communities. The Titus Loan & Investment Company promotes first mortgage loans funded by their own capital, with prompt interest remittance and full management of taxes and insurance, inviting inquiries at 211 213 Iowa Ave.
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Iowa
United States
Titus Loan & Investment Company
Iowa Ave
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R. C. Social
U.S
J. B. Mark and Son
W. C. Harris
Nomination County Recorder
Postmaster General
Fearson
Henry
U. S
Clyde
Ershey State
Bank Third and
Sycamore Muscatine
Wilson Sioe
Endicotts Johnson
Red Men Lodge Tribe
Show Grounds South Muscatine
Muscatine Lighting Co
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