Stranded Trio From Michigan Seek Shelter at Police HQ
A 65 year old woman Mrs. Kattie Woods, her 38 year old niece Miss Lillian Miller, and her 34 year old son William Woods arrived at Muscatine police headquarters after five weeks of hiking from St. Agnes Michigan toward Stud Oklahoma. They carried their possessions in a dilapidated suitcase and two boxes and said they lived mainly on Salvation Army aid. The group planned to stay with Mrs Woods sister in Stud but stayed for lunch and breakfast provided by local welfare.
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Muscatine
Kattie Woods
Lillian Miller
William Woods
Mercury Reaches 84 As Iowa Sees Hot Day
Des Moines records a 91 degree peak at noon with hot weather statewide. Overnight forecasts promise cooler conditions tonight and Friday as the heat eases. River level drops three inches in the last day, now at two feet.
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Des Moines
A. P
Iowa
Hi Y Club Opens First Meeting Next Thursday
The Hi Y cabinet at the YMCA decided the first Hi Y meeting for the new year will be Thursday evening September 24. Members will set weekly meeting times for winter and run programs themselves. The textbook chosen is Christian and Economic Problems. Committees were named: Walter Te Strake chairing the program, William Connor and Harry Kern for membership, Harry Weigand for social.
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Hi-Y
Hi-C
Walter Te Strake
William Connor
Harry Kern
Harry Weigand
Birthday Party Honor for Edna Schlippf
A surprise party was held at 216 Grandview Avenue honoring Edna Schlippf on her sixteenth birthday. Twenty six guests attended with piano and vocal performances by Mary Schneider and Dorothy and John Holzhauer, plus orchestra music and dancing. Nor bert Plessy won the high prize in games, Bernard Schneider the consolation. a three course supper followed and gifts were presented.
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Edna Schlipf
Antone Schlipf
Grandview Avenue
Edna
Mary Schneider
Dorothy
John Holzhauer
Norbert Plessy
Bernard Schneider
Hill Seeks Repeal of Day Amendment
Columbus Nebraska September 17 Congressman John P Hill of Maryland arrives at the mid Nebraska exposition and announces he will introduce a bill in December to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment. He has not yet reported further details.
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Columbus
Neb
A. P
John P. Hill
Maryland
National Congress
Court actions list guardians and estates in county records
District Court names permanent guardian for Christ Wimmon and Julius Welsch. Final reports approved for P E Britton estate and for Wilhelmine Miller guardianship ending. Will of J W Thompson admitted to probate with Kate Thompson executrix. Administrators named for Ann Jarvis and William Johnson estates. Several attorneys noted including Nichols Tipton Tipton Drake Wilson and others.
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R. A. Daedlow
Christ Wimmon
William Nachbaur
Nichols, Tipton & Tipton
J. W. Thompson
Kate Thompson
R.S. Jackson
William Johnson
Clara Johnson
Drake & Wilson
Legion Drive Near Three Thousand in City Endowment Push
Fred Fichenauer city chairman for Edward H. Bitzer post announced the Legion endowment drive had raised between 2800 and 3000 dollars with canvass teams still working. Only a small amount remained to meet the city quota after a first canvass.
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American Legion Endowment Fund
Fred Fichenauer
Edward H. Bitzer
The
Legion
Roads Block Ford Tomatoes to Heinz by Freight
Farmers from Sweetland and Pleasant Prairie shipped about eight carloads over Clinton Davenport and Muscatine interurban to the H J Heinz plant due to impassable roads. Freight transport began last Tuesday moving over 6,000 baskets to the Muscatine area.
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Sweetland
Pleasant Prairie
H. J. Heinz Company
Clinton, Davenport
Muscatine
Fire Prevention Week Proclaimed by Governor Hammill
Governor Hammill proclaims Fire Prevention Week urging Oct 9 as a special observance. Des Moines report notes nationwide Oct 5 to 10 observance with emphasis on inspections, trash removal, and repairing heating systems before cold weather. Muscatine Fire Chief J J Brown urges premises checks and deferral of flue repairs while warm. State Fire Marshal J A Tracy asks winter prep and safety education in schools. Iowa saw 1924 fires cause 7929650 in losses with 70 deaths.
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Des Moines
J. J. Brown
Muscatine
J. A. Tracy
Iowa
Baker Outlines Sell Muscatine Plan on KTNT Radio
Norman Baker of KTNT addresses the Lions club detailing a campaign to promote Muscatine. He cites the storm proof city and cheap electricity as key inducements and says tests are near completion with government inspection pending before broadcasting begins.
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Baker
Lions
Muscatine
KTNT
Lions Club
Norman Baker
Negro held for murder of 14 year old girl
Edna Boswell, 14, daughter of a North Bend farmer, was found fatally injured in a ravine near her home and died in a Cincinnati hospital. Doctors said skull fractures proved fatal. officials said no criminal attack occurred and a Black man is being held in connection with the murder.
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Cincinnati
Edna _ Boswell
North Bend
One Year Ago Today in Muscatine Car Crash
Dr J B Gingery veterinary surgeon narrowly escaped serious injury when an automobile he was driving was struck by an interurban car at Richmond's crossing in Muscatine.
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J. B. Gingery
Richmond
Births and local notices fill Muscatine page
Mr and Mrs Howard Hidlebaugh announce a son Howard Jr born yesterday morning. Several local moves include licenses for Studebaker and Nash autos. The Evangelical church posts no services due to the pastor’s absence. Mrs Henriietta Safley visits Cedar Rapids relatives for four weeks. Officer Nelson reports killing a rabid dog near the courthouse. ten G A R chapter initiates with banquet at 6:30. Two train incident suspects released after 24 hours. Mrs Fred Timm travels to Chicago to visit her son. City council invites bids for sidewalks on First Avenue. A daughter born to J R Thompson in Moscow township. Bank weekly totals rise to 1.463 million. Orrie Glatstein and Roy Gauger announce births. Mrs Vincent Fuller loses a diamond at Fall Festival with reward offered. Marriage license issued to Winona Holliday and Harold Windus. Curia Recta Latin club meets at high school annex. talks cover Roman Greek architectural influences. High school orchestra forms with 30 members under Frank Howe. Rock Island train master C C Hawk visits Muscatine yards.
No Decision on Farm Legislation Program
Washington reports indicate the administration may endorse cooperative marketing again but a broad farm relief program faces doubts. Secretary Jardine leans toward targeted marketing support and avoiding a full conference resumption, with Coolidge to address the American Farm Bureau Federation in Chicago. Unemployed aid in Germany is stated as averaging over 60,000 people.
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Coolidge
Farm Bureau
Washington, D. C
Congress
White House
Swampscott
Agricultural Conference
Jardine
Ricultural
Robert E. Carey
Wyoming
Washington
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
C. E. Bradfute
Federation
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Jame
Mercury
Hill
Geo. Washington Cafe
East Second Street
M. W. Conrad
Robert L. Beach
Conrad
D. W. Jackson
People’s State Bank of West Liberty
P. A. Britton
Robert Brooke
Pleasant Prairie Savings Bank of
Fairport
Julius Welsch
Catherine A. Welsch
G. Allbee
Charles J. Shepard
Ann Jarvis
J. J. Fishburn
Garycler
Chrysler
Saak
Phaeton
Chief Brown
Hammill
Howard Hidlebaugh
Baker Street
Howard Jr
A. W. Schmidt
East Seventh Street
Studebaker
W. C. Hopkins
West Front Street
Nash
Ann Elizabeth Benham
Iowa Avenue
C. C. Brooker
Tangley Company
Ford Truck
R. C. Locke
Evangelical Protestant Church
Henriietta Safley
Cedar Rapids
George Nelson
Musser Park
Journal Today
Court House
Nelson
G. A. Riemcke Chapter
Order of DeMolay
John Ginley
Green Street
Fred Wingerter
West Second Street
Kalamazoo
Fred Timm
East Eleventh Street
Earl
First Avenue
J. R. Thompson
Moscow Township
Orrie Glatstein
Canon Avenue
Roy Gauger
Route Five
Vincent E. Fuller
Winona B. Holliday
Harold E Windus
Curia Recta
Kathleen Fabrizius
Alberta Cochran
Dorothy Fox
Margaret Brannan
Frank J. Howe
Howe
C. C. Hawk
Rock Island Railroad
Four
Fisher
Dyche
Germany
Fred Tobias
Aato
Art Gillham
Radio
WOC
Columbia
Merchants’ Fall Festival
Journal
Columbia Phonographic Engineers
Columbia Records
Dixie Stars
al. Bernard
Russel Robinson
New York
Knickerbockers
Ace Brigade
Susie
Bourne and
Ellis
Sugar Foot
Fletcher Henderson and Fils
Fletcher Henderson
California Ramblers
Kitty Gordon—Girl
Ross Gorman
Parl Carrol! Orchestra
Henderson Drug Store
Second Street
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