Water Use in Muscatine Tops 249 Million Gallons in July
Muscatine homes and industries used more than 249 million gallons of water in July. K M White, superintendent, told the board of trustees Tuesday night. An experimental project to raise the water level in the Maple Grove well field has begun with a dike around wells and Mississippi water pumped in for recharge tests. The power plant coal supply at month end stood at 19,949 tons, down 8,237 tons for July, with 12,767 tons burned that month. James Fuller noted a refund action by the board.
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Muscatine
K. M. White
Board of Trustees
Maple Grove Avenue
Mississippi
White
James Fuller
Hershey Memorial convalescent home open house
Wide corridor in the new addition at Hershey Memorial convalescent home hosts open house this afternoon until 7 o'clock with Hershey Guild members leading tours. Formal dedication set for Sunday Aug 21. Also notes federal flood damage grant of 10 708 93 and city expenditures for electric and water departments plus water main contract planning on Park avenue north of Lake Park boulevard for a commercial development.
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Hershey Memorial Convalescent Home
Mem
Bers
Hershey Guild
Jon Lev
Electric Department
Water Department
Ralph Stark
Park Avenue
Lake Park Boulevard
Muscatine Area Students Receiving Iowa Degrees
Muscatine area residents will receive degrees at the University of Iowa summer commencement in Iowa City. Names include Ronald Anderson West Liberty with MBA, William Griffin 1211 Town Ave with Law, and several others earning BA, BBA, and MA in education, political science, English, Spanish, and labor and management.
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Muscatine Area
Iowa
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Ronald Anderson
West, Liberty
William Griffin
Town Ave
Mabel Arp
Mulberry
Lois Brugman
Busch
Areta Sneil Schmidt
Rt. 4
Janet Sulzberger
Hamman
Thomas Waller
the St
Ronald Gordy
Marianne Barnhart Phelps
Nichols
Marilyn Bower
Stockton
Charles Lorber
Wilton
Glen Anderson
West Liberty
James Reier
California Man Heads Knights of Pythias in Indy
Olle E. Nobis of Stockton California was elected supreme chancellor at the Knights of Pythias 83rd bi annual convention in Indianapolis Indiana. Other officers named include supreme secretary Joseph B. Hacker Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Olle E. Nobis
Stockton
Califf
The
Knights of Pythias
Joseph B. Hacker
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Lockmaster Wins Suggestion Award for Movable Windows
Alva J. Ingwersen lock master at Lock and Dam No. 16 Muscatine received a 355 cash award from the Rock Island District Corps of Engineers for a suggestion to improve operations. His idea uses removable windows to eliminate ladder or scaffold work and is estimated to save the agency over 1000 dollars annually.
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Alva J. Ingwersen
Muscatine
Rock Island
Corps of Engineers
Ingwersen
Gerischer
Howard B. Coffman Jr
Louis P. Gerischer
Rt. 3
Thunderbird river cruise draws 94 couples in Muscatine
The Thunderbird excursion boat based at Davenport hosted a private Muscatine cruise Tuesday evening with 94 couples aboard. The boat left the Muscatine ramp at 8 p.m. and returned by 11 p.m. The Dixie Lads provided music and couples in charge of arrangements were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Paetz, Mr. and Mrs. George Hart, Mr. and Mrs. John McClellan, and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald D. Nelson.
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Thunderbird
Davenport
Muscatine
Dixie Lads
Jack Paetz
George Hart
John McClellan
Gerald D. Nelson
Great River Days Team Plans Sept Events in Muscatine
Eight committee members organize Mascaline Great River Days with dances boat rides river show and multiple music acts in the business district on September 16 and 17. The Delta Queen will dock first day afternoon bound for Minneapolis.
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Mississippi
Upper
Minneapolis
Vincent Beckey
Muscatine Journal Information Page
The Muscatine Journal is published daily except Sundays and holidays by The Muscatine Journal, a Lee Enterprises member, at 301 First Street, Muscatine Iowa. It is entered as second class matter in Muscatine Post Office under the act of March 1879. The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to local news in this paper.
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Muscatine Journal
Lee Enterprises, Incorporated
Ird
St. Muscatine
Iowa
Muscatine
Associated Presse
AP News
Subscription Rates for Muscatine Daily Delivery
Subscriptions delivered daily by carrier in Muscatine are $2.00 per month in advance. Non Muscatine carriers are forty cents a week. Mail rates: within fifty miles of Muscatine twelve dollars a year, over fifty miles twenty dollars. All mail in advance. Office hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Special delivery for missed papers until 6:38. Dial 263-2331.
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Subscribrian
City of Muscatine
Muscatine
Dial
Western Canyon Sand Sculpture Photo Downriver
A Journal photo by Tem Korte shows sand dredged from the Mississippi River forming an eroded mountain effect on a lower island across from the Moose farm below Muscatine. Water movement shapes the dune like landscape.
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South Dakota
Mississippi River
Muscatine
Tem Korte
Leg Injured Tramp Over Falls On Mississippi Bridge
Russel Arndt of Grand Rapids Michigan, a transient, was treated at Muscatine General Hospital for leg injuries after his foot slipped through a gap in the river bridge sidewalk. X rays showed no broken bones.
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Russel Arndt
Grand Rapids
Mich
Muscatine General Hospital
Arndt
Mississippi River Bridge
Iowa Weather Remains Cool and Drying Forecast
Iowa's cool spell persisted as the Weather Bureau trimmed its rain outlook. Light showers occurred mainly in southern counties Tuesday night, Lamoni recording the heaviest fall at .32 of an inch, with only a chance of more scattered showers in the southeast today.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Lamoni
Mrs Dora Minton Admitted At Mercy Hospital Iowa City
Mrs Dora Minton of 408 East Sixth Street is a patient at Mercy hospital in Iowa City, assigned to room 427.
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Iowa City
Dora Minton
E. Sixth St
Mercy Hospital
Grave Marker Returned to Nye Cemetery Site Near Wild Cat Den
The sandstone gravestone of Nancy M Shelley who died in 1832 was returned to the Nye cemetery near the Wild Cat Den state park entrance after being found beside a rural Montpelier township road. Deputy Bob Miller documented the find and local Edgar Kemper confirmed the marker likely belonged there. The marker, about three feet long, had been left near a tree among other stones during cemetery restoration efforts.
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Nancy M. Shelley
Old Nye
Wild Cat den
Bob Miller
Shelley
Montpelier Township
Edgar Kemper
Nye
Miller
Father-Son Baseball Trip Postponed by Rain
The YMCA Fun Club cancels the father son baseball trip to Davenport tonight due to rain. The planned viewing of the Quail-Cities Angels game is postponed as officials report wet conditions.
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Ymca Fune Club
Davenport
Quail-Cities Angels
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