Steamer Capitol Maintains Steady Mississippi Runs
Capitol manager R. M. Streckfus said low river stages have not delayed daily excursions. The steamship recently returned from Winona Minnesota, with engineers and river officials keeping channels open. Captains Blair and Hunter are credited for navigating safely, and rumors of sandbar groundings are denied. The Davenport trip and moonlight cruise signal the end of the 1950 excursion season as Capitol heads south for continued daily service.
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Mississippi River
Capitol
R. M. Streckfus
Joe Streckfus
Streckfus
Winona
Minn
Muscatine
United States
Walter Blair
Walter Hunter
The
Davenport
Firemen Busy Half Hour Fight Three Alarms
Local firefighters answered three alarms in a thirty minute span from 7 to 7 30 pm on Tuesday. Truck No 1 tackled a car blaze on East Front street at 7 08, quickly extinguished. A grass and dump fire on the river front was put out with one hose line at 7 17, followed by a weed blaze in a vacant lot on East Front street at 7 30.
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East Front Street
William Simpson
Front Street
Mulberry Avenue
River Front
Department at Beauty Shop Opens With Hosiery Line
Kate W. Koetting announced that a new department of women's accessories will open at Mrs Lane's Beauty Shop on Iowa Avenue this Saturday. The shop will stock a complete hosiery line.
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Mrs. Lane
Iowa Avenue
Kate W. Koetting
Noted Aviatrix Stops Off Here for Visit
Mrs. Nellie Zabel Willhite, famed flyer with over 400 hours, visits Muscatine from Sheboygan via Des Moines in the Eaglerock plane Pard en route to Chicago air races. She cites 13 as lucky, has flown 8,000 feet in a dust storm, and will attend Chicago's first national 99 Club meeting of licensed women pilots. Her ship honors her father, and she previously carried a message between governors over 460 miles in five hours.
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Nellie Zabel Willhite
Muscatine
Sheboygan
Wis
Des Moines
Eaglerock
Pard
Chicago
Willhite
Marvin E. Young
Lucas Street
Nebraska
Black Hills
Pierre
S. D
New York Avenue
Workmen Rejuvenate City Welcome and Traffic Signs
Ten large metal welcome signs at city limits are removed for repainting under Allen Cross, city street commissioner. New aluminum traffic signs order to guide motorists on speed laws school zones and primary highways. Work ordered at last Thursday’s city council meeting.
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Allen Cross
Central school in Wapsinonoc sold at auction
The Central school house near South Prairie in Wapsinonoc township was sold to Roe Wright for 650 dollars. Built in 1907 at a cost of 8,000 dollars, the two story brick building was never used by local children amid disputes and misunderstandings.
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South Prairie
Wapsinonoc Township
Roe Wright
Rural school building sold to Grange amid idle years
The seven rural township schools shared a graded and high school building sold to the South Frairie Grange for 1050 dollars. The surrounding 3 12 acres went to the grange for 700 dollars. After initial use for about two years, interest waned and the building has stood idle for over two decades.
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South Frairie Grange
Grange
Commission to Open Inquiry Into Los Angeles Bout
The state athletic commission said it would investigate the Ace Hudkins Jack McVey match in Los Angeles last night marked a no contest by referee Jack Kennedy with 30 seconds left in the tenth round. Kennedy suspended both fighters and withheld purses after claims of in ring talk and subpar effort.
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Los Angeles
State Athletic Commission
Ace Hudkins
Jack McVey
Jack Kennedy
McVey
New York
Kennedy
Hodkins
Start Paving On No 84 Soon
Muscatine will host paving operations on Illinois state highway No 84 with work to begin soon after a Davenport company was named low bidder. Concrete mixers and equipment head to Muscatine this week for three to three and a half miles of paving east of the city with remaining work to be let later, to be completed by 1931.
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Muscatine
C. H. Young
Central Engineering Company
Davenport
Muscatine High Bridge
Illinois City
Springfield
Young
Return of Three Pioneer Gridders Is Expected Soon
Grinnell Iowa reports three Grinnell college football players near return from the west coast after summer logging camp work. Captain Ben Douglas of Cedar Rapids leading the group, with Doug Lass fullback, Russell Ruff Ottumwa halfback, and DeWit McCreary Omaha guard each contributing in field preparation and timber clearing duties.
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Grinnell
Ben Douglas
Cedar Rapids
West
Douglas Burley
Russell Ruff
Ottumwa
DeWit McCreary
Omaha
Mary B Berry Obituary a 57 at Muscatine home
Mary B Berry 57 died at 510 Liberty Street at 1 40 Tuesday after a long illness She was born July 7 1873 in Pilot Grove Mo Married to J P Berry June 24 1897 and lived in Muscatine 24 years Survived by husband four children four sisters and one brother Funeral at 2 pm Thursday at her home with Rev C W Hempstead officiating Burial in Greenwood Cemetery Wittich Funeral Home in charge
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Mary B. Berry
Liberty Street
Berry
Pilot Grove
J. P. Berry
Muscatine
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Florence Yordt
Davenport
Henry T. Berry
Dayton
Wash
Anna Simons
Emmaline Berry
Merle Selman
Pearl Rose
Kansas City
Ollie Maddox
Sedalia
Lloyd Kendricks
Kas
Bronze Tablet Honors 15 Years With Studebaker
C M Weber received a bronze tablet marking 15 years with the Studebaker Corporation of America. H S Johnson, district representative, praised Weber as a champion dealer whose work boosted Studebaker sales and earned local acclaim. Weber, accepting the token, called the partnership pleasant and profitable.
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C. M. Weber
Studebaker Corporation of America
Weber
H. S. Johnson
Studebaker
Mr. Johnson
Vikingstyle sailboat Roald Amundsen visits Muscatine
The sailboat Roald Amundsen captained by Gerhard Folgero, built in Norway and completed in 1929, stopped in Muscatine on its river journey up the Mississippi toward St. Paul. The vessel crossed the Atlantic in 53 days from Paris to Havana and uses a 10 horsepower semi-Diesel for river travel.
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Roald Amundsen
Gerhard Folgero
Mississippi River
St. Paul
Muscatine
Norway
Korgen
Krogen
Sweden
Denmark
Germany
England
Spain
France
Paris
Columbus
Havana
Cuba
Folgero
Atlantic
Capitol
County Board Mulls Addition to County Home
The board of supervisors met in special session at the courthouse to authorize H W Zeidler to draft plans and cost estimates for a proposed addition to the county home. Officials say crowding drives the need but no funding solution or decision has been made yet.
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Board of Supervisors
Court House
H. W. Zeidler
C. H. Pitchforth
Rock of Gibraltar composition noted limestone with shale
A geological note identifies the Rock of Gibraltar as composed of limestone crowned by shale. This description emphasizes the rock’s primary limestone core and shale cover.
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Rock of
Gibraltar
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Elliott Nugent, Leila Hyams
Louis Mann
Robert Montgomery
Sam Wood
High Bridge
Hack Wilson
Cubs
Pirates
Geo Kranz & Son
Rock Island
Arctic
John Davis
Roach
Rex Research
Aetom
Stein
Igest
Kautz
MR. Kautz Baking CO
Muscatine, Iowa
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