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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1930
Page
8
The New Era community plans a two day thirteenth annual festival on Sept 10 and 11 with nine prize divisions from apples to flowers. Phinindosia club sponsors prepare booths, refreshment stands, and evening programs while awards totaling dollars are announced at the closing session.
Miss Margaret Atkinson wife of Jerome Hughes was married at the First Methodist Episcopal church in Sheffield Ia. The ceremony featured Rev Frank P Shaffer and Rev H F Mercer with maid of honor Miss Elizabeth Benham and best man Ed Allen. About 60 guests attended the reception at the Atkinson home and the couple will reside in Berea Ky. Both are Grinnell College graduates.
Twelve men were listed on the police blotter for intoxication and will face hearings Tuesday morning. Carson Tyler was booked for double parking on Second Street. The intoxication defendants include Claude Webster Frank Tucker Edward Riddle John Eberlin Henry Marsh of Wilton William Brown Ross Blodgett Wayne Stump Chris Madsen Lauren J Goddard William Homier and Ed Smith of Des Moines.
Heinz plant manager N. J. Simpson said a surge in ripened tomato deliveries this week will require 150 to 200 extra workers and the addition of a night shift. The plant will operate around the clock with peak production in sight and yields matching last year’s record volume. While a brief dry spell slowed ripening, quality remains high enough to demand continuous processing.
Charlie Ruggles and Frank Morgan star in a Paramount film version of Queen High at the Fox Palace. The comedy, adapted from the Broadway hit A Pair of Sixes by Edward H. Peples, retains its brisk wit and farcical touch as the duo stumble through garter producing antics to crowd-pleasing results.
Announcement states Miss Hilda Henning daughter of Mr and Mrs J W C Henning of Lake township will wed Elmer Windman son of Mr and Mrs Henry Windman of Bloomington township. The wedding is planned for early September at the Henning home. A preliminary courtesy event at the Satterthwaite home in Bloomington township featured games and gifts in bridal pink and white.
More than 50 relatives gathered at Weed park on Sunday to honor the seventy ninth birthday of Daniel Grimm Sr of 109 Cannon Avenue. The informal picnic featured a noon basket dinner at a long table with guests including Daniel Grimm Sr Mr and Mrs George Brei and daughter Inez and son Jake of New Era Mr and Mrs George Grimm and daughter Marvel of Melpine Mr and Mrs D A Grimm and daughter Arline and son Gerald and Mr and Mrs Will Fix and sons Leo and Rolland of the area.
Pleasant Prairie and Muscatine residents led by Andrew Grimm gather with relatives including Kenneth Berry of Melpine Jacob Grimm Clarence Pilgrim Arthur Pilgrim Fred Karg Louis Grimm and Louis Jr J Long Ollie Brei and Hazel Brei. Christened and extended kin attended while Dan Brei of Boston and Walter Grimm of Des Moines could not.
Miss Florence Koester was elected secretary of Lutheran leagues of southeastern Iowa at the convention business meeting in Brighton. The Muscatine delegation returned late Sunday while others remained for today’s session. Next year’s meeting place is not yet set. Mrs. Etta Chant and Mrs. Ethel Sissell will host Miriam Rebekah lodge Past Noble Grands on Wednesday at 407 East Fifth Street.
Health bulletin shows overall low new cases of communicable diseases in Iowa with no county reports. Diptheria totals six, scarlet fever five, typhoid fever one, smallpox six, and whooping cough noted in summary.
Muscatine school officials announce the continuation of the school thrift campaign for the new year. About 2,200 students joined last year and deposits grew from 21,756.32 to 27,795.96 by year end. The program began under C. K. Hayes and has grown in popularity each year.
Data fragment lists diseases with numbers: cough 8, chickenpox 2, malaria 3, mumps 3, infantile paralysis 6, tuberculosis 4, social disease 105.
The year ended with little change as interest on deposits reached about $675. About 83 percent of city school pupils maintained a bank account throughout the year.
Rain in Muscatine in August totaled 1.71 inches across 11 days, down from 2.33 inches a year earlier. River stages averaged 2.6 feet with 3.2 feet high and 1.8 feet low, while August 1929 averaged 4.6 feet. Temperature averaged 66 degrees, with highs of 82 and lows of 60, and the month had nine clear, eleven cloudy and six partly cloudy days.
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