Local residents spend Saturday shopping and visiting in the city
Local notes record numerous Letts Grandview Council Bluffs Nichols and Lone Tree residents spending Saturday in the city for shopping and visiting friends and relatives. Several travelers depart for Grandview New London and Wellman while others return home after daytime activities. An ice cream social is announced by Sweetland church ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlon Pentzel
Council Bluffs, In
Louis Dietrich
West Ninth Street
Mary Schwartz
East Eighth Street
Grandview
Record Printing Company
Ralph Finley
Hershey Avenue
L. C. Rhodes
Margaret
Spruce Street
New London
C. Slater
Nichols
Mrs. C. Utter
Letts
Lulu Davidson
R. C. Amlong
R. S. Amlong
Cedar Street
Wellman
Ruby Lee
E. Stone
Schley Avenue
Lone Tree
Amanda Rhemels
Nicholds
J. Joyner
Walnut Street
Former resident of Owa City is killed in cave-in
Iowa City Aug 11 Death ten feet under ground due to a cave-in while digging a cistern claimed the life of J A Marner an old Sharon township resident who moved to Warden Washington He had lined the cistern sides with concrete ten feet down and planned to go two feet lower when the walls collapsed His wife Eva Guffin was buried to her armpits in a second cave in but passersby freed her Marner aged 48 died at the scene Surviving is his widow formerly Miss Eva Guffin of Iowa City
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
J. A. Marner
Sharon Township
Warden, Wash
Marner
Washington
Eva Guffin
Towa City
Towa University
F. C. Ensign
State Board of Education
Robert Rienow
Independence
Ensign
Masons
Frank B. Whittaker
Iowa Lodge
Tillisboro
N. R. Parvin
Cedar Rapids
Jae
Bob Monahan
Kinross
Marengo
County farm adviser Kirkpatrick outlined in Muscatine plans
A Muscatine county farm adviser, Kirkpatrick, is described in a Technical World article as guiding a comprehensive farm program. The piece details seed selection, model gardens, fruit and vegetable experiments, farm stationery for Each farmer, farm name branding, and centralized office hours to aid farmers and avoid costly missteps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine County
Farma
Ay “Kirkpatrick
John Anson Ford
Technical World” Magazine
Muscatine
Tatill
Iowa
Julius Rosenwald
Chicago
Kirkpatrick
Hichurst
Elmnwood
Borax Promises Clean Home Through Borax Soap
A vintage advertisement touts Borax as dirt's worst enemy and a versatile home cleaner. It promotes 20-Mule Team Borax with soap for effective cleaning, claims many uses, and invites readers to request a booklet "The Magic Crystal" from Pacific Coast Borax Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borax
Pacific Coast
Borax Co
McCormick’ Building
Chicago
Driver’s On-Duty Mileage Pay Cited In Article
The excerpt notes a driver who must supply his own car and receives seven cents per mile for each mile he operates while on duty, outlining compensation in a historical employment context. This detail reflects traditional vehicle allowance practices and labor terms from the period.
No Material Increase in Taxes Next Year
State secretary's council urges county and local boards to keep levies low and avoid tax hikes despite higher farm land valuations. It advocates reducing levy rates and easing tax burdens, while noting state levy reductions and the need for prudent local budgeting. Numerous property transfers and small-dollar transactions follow in Muscatine and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine County
State Executive Council
H. C. Shoemaker
A. H. Davison
State Executive, Council
State Council
Board of Supervisors
Real Estate Transfers from Titua-Loan & In vestment Co District
Transcribed transfers list properties sold by Titua-Loan and Investment Co to Davenport and Muscatine Railway Co for 3 acres 16.14 in W of 3 W % Sec 24 77 22 West and other parcels. Included are James and Jane Davis transfers to W E Loeb and to Davis, Butterfield additions in Wilton and various fractional sections in West divisions with nominal sums noted. Names include Jennie Sinnett Isabelle Sinnett Samuel Sinnett Charles Sinnett Sadie Donaldson Ames and Wilton listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Brown
E. Side
S. W
West
Carson
Hattie
Silvester Miller
B. Kemper
N. E
S. BE
Hickey
Sarah
Etta Feltman
Gertrude Feltman
Cora Hoover
Calla Weber
Butterfield
Wilton
Myers
Anna
J. E. Hoopes
Park Place
Muscatine
Titus Loan & Investment Company
B. M. Henle
Iota
Sycamore Street
Y Holcomb
T. B
Titus Loan & Investment Co
Holcomb’s
Hoopes
Warren
W. A
George Norton
Oak Park
West Liberty
Russell
J. J
Edna Od.blackwell
Horton
Susan
Loren C. Horton
Conesville
Muscatine Athletic Association
Prentiss V. Daniel
Titua-Loan & Investment Company
Iowa Avenue
George
Georgia
Jennie Sinnett
Isabelle Sinnett
Samuel T. Sinnett
Charles E. Sinnett
Sadie Donaldson
Davenport & Muscatina Railway Company
W. Iy
Ames
W. E. Loeb
Nichols
Davia
James
M. Davis
Davis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Power Department
Muscatine Lighting Co
Mrs. L. Adams
John A. Robbins
A. Roch
C. Fauler
Walnut, Street
Sweetland M. E
Julia Wiese
Garden City
J. C. Kline
Orange Street
O. E. Pinkerton
H. Hendricks
Wilson
O. Snyder
Esther Graham
Adams
Guy Harding
Leila
Charles Radebaugh
Sampson Street
New York
N. Y
Martinique
House OF
Taylor
Broadway
32Nd
33Rd Street
Fifth Avenue
Pennsylvania Station
Grand Central Station
Chas
Leigh Taylor
Walter Gilson
Walter Chandler, Jr
Owa. City
West—State University
Cog A and C
Col. Hare Circle
Technical World “Magazine
Sive Review of Work
Dirt
H. Beachey
C. C. Kaufman
W. A. Cooling
LOWER
LEVY
Coun
South Park
Fielder
James F
Wm.Tilden
Fiderlein
Wm. E
John A. Iriland
James A. Fiderlein
N. EB
S. & Acres
N. W
N. WW
Nolind
Leah
F. Criger
S& WL
Liberty Stree
Miller
Katie Sulzberger
Reed
John A
Spratt
Titua Loan & Iny. Co—Ady
Western Union
Tel AM
Theo
WN. Vail
Menu Leeanen
THE
Western Union Telegraph Company
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