Baseball Standings and Thursday Results Across Leagues
In the American League Detroit Cleveland and Boston lead the pack with New York Chicago Washington St Louis and Philadelphia in pursuit. Thursday results show Chicago defeating Boston 6 to 4, Detroit over Washington 5 to 2, Philadelphia 7 over Cleveland, New York 13 over St. Louis. Tonight Philadelphia plays Detroit, Washington meets Cleveland, New York faces Chicago, and Boston competes with St. Louis. In the National League Cincinnati leads with 68 wins, followed by Brooklyn 61, New York 45, Philadelphia 47, Chicago 38, Pittsburgh 32, St. Louis 38, and Boston 29. further games include St. Louis at Philadelphia with rain.
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Detroit
Cleveland
Boston
New York
Chicago
Washington St. Louisa
Philadelphia
Washington
St. Louis
W.L. Pet
Cincinnati
Ciccnawin
New. York
Cacne
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Municipal Band Concert Schedule and Selections
Assistant Director John Yousling leads the municipal band in an 8:00 p.m. concert featuring John Lloyd Hughes on trumpet with God Bless America and March selections. Program includes Central Park Playfellow, Missouri Waltz, The Garden of Tomorrow, Sound Off, Whispering Hope and Star Spangled Banner. Marches and selections include True Blue, Whistle While You Work, Trumpeters, Blue Bells, and Washington Post.
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North Iowa
Church In the Wildwood
John Lloyd Hughes
Washington Post
Local notes from Ottuma and area events this week
Marvin Greene acts as vacation manager in the National Tea grocery during David Thompson's two week leave with Mrs. Thompson and Margery. A July 20 church comedy An Old Fashioned Mother at Pleasant Hill church. tickets 25 cents. Mr and Mrs Mast relocate to 200 East Polk Street. Sidwell ice cream promotes silver plated spoons with purchase. Turnipseed guests and varied social visits noted. Des Moines job for Helen Appleeste at Consolidated Products. Fred Downing attends veterans birthday party in Knoxville. remarks as American Legion district commander.
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Marvin Greene
Ottuma
National Tea Store
David Thompson
Fred Downing
Knoxville
Downing
American Legion
Fresh eggs and social visits noted in Davenport
Fresh eggs retail at i3c per dozen mentioned alongside social calls in Davenport. Mrs. W J Masson and son David visit Cedar Rapids relatives, and Mr and Mrs Frederick Smith host M R Lee from Chicago and B C Miller from Oskaloosa. Dick McIntosh visits Burlington friends. Mrs P Lipson travels to Los Angeles after weeks with the Antonoffs family. Lisle Maxwell and daughter Jane visit Crawfordsville while Mabel Larson visits from Bwodesburg.
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W. J. Masson
David
R. P. Taylor
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Rock Island
P. Lipson
Los Angeles
Calif
Phil Antonoff
Mr. Antonoff
Cyma Sharon
Lisle Maxwell
Jane
Crawfordsville
Mabel Larson
Bwodesburg
Twin births and a hospital listing across local families
The piece notes births for Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Fritz a twin girl weighing six and a half pounds each, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Griffin a single eight pound daughter. It also follows visits and travels of multiple locals including Mrs. Roscoe Jones and relatives, with references to residences in San Francisco, Tempe, Davenport, and Chan tigua.
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Lawrence Fritz
South Avenue B
Clarence Griffin
East Fourth Strega
Roscoe Jones
San Francisco
Calif
R. L. Livingston
Jones
Tirza Samsol
R. L
S. W. Livingston
Chantigiqua, N. Y
Mt. Pleasant
Yields in small grain from Wayland fields
In Wayland on July 26 the report lists wheat yields up to 34 bushels per acre by Fred Wyse and 50 bushels of oats per acre by A F Runner east of town. C J Freyenberger led oats at 49 bu per acre, with Emery Kigsti next at 41. The item also records community notices and family visits surrounding the Miller, Eigsti, Widmer, and Schmitt families amid local social events.
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Wayland
Fred Wyse
C. J. Freyenberger
Emery Kigsti
Mahlon Miller
Don
Morton
Phyllis Otto Skips Defense at Spencer Event
Phyllis Otto of Atlantic will not defend her title at the Spencer northwest Iowa women’s tournament next week due to a scheduling clash with the Atlantic-A tournament in Chicago and an exhibition in Washington on Aug. 1.
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Atlantic
Chicago
Phyllis Otto
Northwest Iowa
Spencer
Washington
Graham Hay to Speak on WMT Sunday Afternoon
Graham Hay of Waterloo, president of the Christian business men's committee, will address listeners on WMT at five o'clock Sunday afternoon. He is a former resident and nephew of Mrs. P. Wylie and Mark Hay of Washington.
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Graham Hay
Waterloo
Christian Business Men's Committee
WMT
Mr. Hay
P. Wylie
Mark Hay
Washington
Anti Third Term Democrats Back Willkie Candidacy
Former undersecretary of the treasury John W. Hanes and ex-budget director Lewis W. Douglas joined F D R era figures in forming an independent Democrat group opposing the president. They advocate Wendell L. Willkie as the Republican nominee.
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the Treasury
Securities and Exchange Commission
John W. Hanes
Lewis W. Douglas
Wendell L. Willkie
Long waives preliminary in intoxicated driving case
W Long appeared before Justice W S Eldridge this morning and waived preliminary hearing. He was bound over to the September term of district court for trial on the charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated with bonds set at 500 dollars.
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Justice of the Pea
W. S. Eldridge
W. Long
Grand Jury
Mr. Long
County Uniform Teacher Examinations Scheduled
County Superintendent Lester B. Krabill announces uniform teacher examinations will be held at the court house on July 31, August 1 and August 2.
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Court House
Lester B. Krabill
Hats Made From Kitchen Utensils At Rural Club Meeting
Rural Woman's Club members attended a meeting in Bart Gregory's home wearing hats crafted from kitchen utensils. Prizes honored the prettiest hat and hats with most and plainest utensils. Events included entertainment, a planned picnic at Sunset Park, and contests with several prizewinners named.
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Grant Humston
Jou Rhodebeck
Lakin Barthelow
Loren Palmer
Will Marie
Bart Gregory
Stanley Henderson
Keota
Helen Rhodebeck
Annabelle Jackson
Sunset Park
Mary Shields
Palmer Holden
Clarence Jackson
Will Warie
Henderson
Helen Rhodeveck
Gregory
Druggist 82 Dies after Refusing to Retire
Humboldt recalls Harry Trubbard a longtime druggist who began as a pharmacist in DeWitt in 1874 and spent 66 years serving Humboldt as its oldest active businessman. He recently underwent a major operation and refused to retire.
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Humboldt Harry
Trubbard
Humboldt
DeWitt
Social Calendar Highlights Local Club Events
Friday social for Friendship club members and families hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Shaw. Sunday Damascus Shrine people invited to a southern Iowa Shrine picnic at Leighton Park Ottumwa with 1 p.m. dinner. bring table service and picnic food. drinks and ice cream provided. call 751-A by Friday. Wednesday Homemakers club meets afternoon with Mrs. Carl Hering. Thursday Pilotburg Ladies Aid society meets afternoon with Mrs. Cecil Davison.
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Friendship Club
Alvin Shaw
Damascus Shrine
Southern Iowa Shrine
Leighton Park
Ottumwa
Homemakers Club
Carl Hering
Pilotburg Ladies Aid Society
Cecil Davison
Birthday List Highlights Out-of-Town Celebrants
The column notes many birthdays including Helen Hamilton Newton Henry Little Columbus Junction Harry Bishop Crawfordsville and Washington residents Mrs Ray mond Minick Lyle Wison Claude McKee Arthur L Duen sing Louie Wagenknecht plus eight year old Dontie Vogel of Keota. A county treasurer’s office party honors Besse Jones with cooling refreshments this afternoon.
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Helen Hamilton
Newton
Henry Little
Columbus Junction
Harry Bishop
Crawfordsville
Washington
Raymond Minick
Lyle Wison
Claude McKee
Arthur L. Duensing
Louie Wagenknecht
Besse Jones
Woman's Relief Corps District Picnic in Fairfield
Announcement lists multiple local gatherings: Woman's Relief Corps first district picnic in Fairfield at Chautauqua Park on Wednesday July 31 with potluck style meals and a 10 30 a m arrival. Kolosiek reunion in Wellman Park on Sunday August 4. Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters potluck supper at Sunset Park on Sunday July 28 at 6 30 p m for knights wives and Pythian Sisters husbands.
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Wellman Park
Knights of Pythias
Sunset Park
New York Packaged Sweet Corn and Succotash Diversity
New York state houses roughly 20 firms packing sweet corn and is among the few states where canners also pack succotash using fresh green lima beans.
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New York State
Clever fur fashions with dressmaker tricks for August sales
August fur sales preview features three models. A safari brown Alaska sealskin coat with trench pockets and neck collar. Jane Wyman wears a white fox dyed to resemble lynx jacket with broad shoulders. A silver fox stole and pretzel design skins illustrate graceful shoulder drape and hand-slit ends for evening wear.
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Jane Wyman
Homemakers Club to Meet Next Wednesday
Homemakers club members will gather Wednesday afternoon for a roll call with canning hints. Mrs. Carl Hering hosts at her home with program committee members Mrs. L. C. Zook and Mrs. Marion Robertson assisting.
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Homemakers Club
Carl Hering
L. C. Zook
Marion Robertson
Shower honors Mrs. Arlis Knauss by sister Mrs. Glider
Mrs. Francis Glider hosted about twenty guests Tuesday evening at the Sowash home to honor her sister, Mrs. Arlis Knauss. Doroty Sowash, the bride, was married on July 3. Guests played games and enjoyed social time as gifts were guessed before unwrapping. Refreshments concluded the evening.
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Francis Glider
Arlis Knauss
John Sowash
Mrs McLaughlin Hosts Brunch for Eight Guests
Mrs C W McLaughlin hosted eight guests at a 10 30 am brunch in her West Main street home yesterday morning. Tables featured summertime colors and a felthorn motif centerpiece. After breakfast Mrs T A Michels shared experiences from the Republican National Convention.
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C. W. McLaughlin
West Main Street
T. A. Michels
Dave Russell Ships Lumber from Riverside Mill
Dave Russell who ran a lumber sawing camp near Riverside shipped two carloads of lumber from Rock Island yards. The timber comes from his former camp with the Y, now a saw mill operation along the Cedar River between Riverside and Muscatine. Nearby, Navy veteran Donald Klein, recently re enlisted, visits family in the area during a 30 day furlough.
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Riverside
Dave Russell
Rock Island
Russell
Cedar River
Muscatine
Donald Klein
United States Navy
U.S.S. Portland
Long Beach
California
Albert Klein
Donald
Philadelphia
U. S
Mellie Heltzman
Luke McKernan
Dorothy Klein
Iowa City
Sumner Cummings
Letha Cummings
Ernest Buffum
Potluck Supper Noted At Country Club Gathering
About sixteen country members attended the Week potluck supper at the country club last evening. The usual bridge games at supper were dispensed with due to the heat.
District Picnic for Relief Corps in Fairfield
The Woman’s Relief Corps district picnic will be held at Chautauqua Park in Fairfield on Wednesday July 31. Members should bring a covered dish and table service, with assembly at 10 30 a.m. Each corps president will present a program item. Eighteen corps are listed including Burlington, Pleasant, Winfield, Muscatine, Keokuk, Riverside, Kalona and others.
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Woman's Relief Corps First District
Fairfield
Chautauqua Park
Woman's Relief Opervs
Picnie
Burlington Wee Pleasant
Winfield
Mews Union
Lone Tree
Por Madison
Keokuk
Wapello
Weening Sun
Columbus
Juunetoo Muscatine
West Liberty
W Ton Junction
Riverside
Wes Chester
Kalona and
Wuorshes On
Recreation At Luguillo Beach And El Yunque Resort
A reader notes two Puerto Rico sites, Luguillo beach and El Yunque mountain resort, described as distinct destinations about two miles apart by road and each offering coastal and highland recreation accessible within a short drive.
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Luguillo Beach
Puerto Ri
el Yunque
Hospital Notes and Local Travel Mentions
At the hospital Albert Ollinger Keota underwent a major operation. Mrs Bernard Reed Washoe ton and baby Roger Lee were dismissed last night. Fort Madison Mrs Anna Walter returned to the home of her teacher Mrs Earl Walton after a visit in Iowa City with friends in West Branch and Cedar Rapids. Miss Maude McAvoy visits her aunts and relatives. Mrs Mary Hartzler returns to Riverine from Missouri after several weeks with her son Joseph Hartzler who had been ill.
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Kelendes Wood
Fairfield
Theodore Esch
Orie Miller
Peoria
Mary Laws
Henry County Hospital
Margaret Sommer
Amasa Miller
Harry and
Frank Clark
Floyd Shockley
Prody Borkovi
Rural Carriers
Olwein
Albert Ollinger
Keota
Bernard Reed
Washoeton
Roger Lee
Fort Madison
Anna Walter
Taucher
Earl Walton
John Tecum
Itowa City
West Branch
Missouri
Joseph Hartzler
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Central Park
Berlin
Lake Buchtel
Berryman
Buchtel
Holmes
Hawthorne Sousa
Pleasant Hill Church
T. M. Mast and
Gons
East Washington Street
East Polk Street
Sidwell
BE. R
Washington Cleaners
Ainsworth
Helen Appleeste
John Applegate
Des Moines
Consolidated Products Company
Reister Bros
M. R. Lee
B. C. Miller
Oskaloosa
Dick McIntosh
Burlington
Dave Livingston, Jr
Park Ridge, Ill
Tom J. Bailey
Lucile
Tempe
Ariz
Letts
John J. Bailey
Miss Bailey
Ed Larson
Chariton
C. J. Jungbluth
R. BE. Shannon
L. A. Jones
George Morrison
Betty Benz
Charles Benz
Bob
Barbara Benz
Rex Benz
Harold Fleck
Benz
New York City
Dick Longer
Fred Longer
Ezra Wittmer
Wilbur Eicher
Bruce
Rosemary
Victor Staev
Connie
A. J. Wyse
Esther Widmer
Chrissy Widmer
Esther
Bloomington
Mennonite Hospital
Honor
Keith Farmer
Paul Wittrie
Jean
Eva Adame
Russell Watkins
Janet
Vere Poshart
Harlan
Will Boshart
Dorothy Enders
C. W. Schlatter
Jemima McClintie
W. F. Severt
Dot Swartzendruber
Ardith
Mary Beth Saltzman
Rock Island, Til
Fannie Zehr
Wayne Allen
Burlington Hospital
Jefferson Township Farm Bureau
Arthur Wyse
Len Beath
Alice Schantz
Joan Rae
Gary
Ind
C. K. Schantz
Lemmon’s Jewelry Store
East Side Square
Harold Egstrom
KE. Sandblom
Rudolph Sandblom
E. Sandblom
Willkie Boom
Dontie Vogel
Leo Vogel
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