Two Youths Sentenced for Watermelon Theft in Muscatine
John Griffith, 23, and Otis Hindbaugh, 18, both of 215 Baker Street, were arraigned before Justice Robert H. Wilson on watermelon theft charges. Each received seven days in jail and $25 costs after being arrested Wednesday night by Sheriff Charles Anson at a watermelon patch south of the gravel pits on the road to the Celon plant. This marks Muscatine County's first watermelon conviction of the year, with patrols by Muscatine Island truck farmers continuing in the district.
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Otis Hindbaugh
Baker Street
Muscatine County
Justice of the Peace
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Charles Anson
Harold Stewart
Anson
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Humming Telegrapher Lines Echo Across Winter Day
On a clear still winter day air moves over telegraph wires creating eddies that first form on one side then the other. The resulting vibration resembles a violin string and the wires emit a hum, with vibrations transmitting strongest to the poles acting as sounding boards.
Chicago Rock Island and Pacific seeks line abandonment
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company filed on July 30 1952 with the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington DC an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to abandon its branch line from Nichols to Lone Tree Iowa 6.67 miles in Muscatine and Johnson Counties Finance Docked No. 17865.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington, D. C
Nichols
Lone Tree
Muscatine
Johnson Counties
Iowa
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