Muscatine County Leads in Small and Large Business Firms
Statistics from the Department of Health Education and Welfare show Muscatine County has 22 businesses per 1,000 residents, higher than the West North Central average of 20 and Iowa's 21. The county houses 734 firms employing 6,815 people, with 92 percent under 20 workers. most are small locally owned enterprises across sizes.
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New York
Muscatine County
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Iowa
Mercer County Livestock Outlook Meeting Set for Sept 13
Mercer County Farm Adviser Howard Haynes announces the annual livestock outlook meeting to discuss 1955 production, prices, feed supplies and market factors. The program includes two specialists from university and marketing agencies, plus a Chicago stockyards representative, at the Aledo Presbyterian Church basement starting 7 30 p m.
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Aledo
Mercer County Livestock Outlook Meeting
Howard Haynes
Presbyterian Church
Attendance At Clinton Rally Urged By Bishop
The ninth annual Eucharistic Holy Name Rally in Clinton is set for Sunday September 18 at 7 30 p m in Riverview Stadium with a 10 000 seat capacity The rally coincides with Clinton centennial observances and Bishop Ralph L Hayes calls attendees to meet the test by their presence He cites faith in God as the nation’s strength and notes a 1955 Davenport diocese Holy Name Rally as precedent General chairman is Monsignor T F Galligan pastor of St Marys Clinton
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Clinton
Ralph L. Hayes
Riverview
Oe Soca Port
Ment
Sol
Hayes
Holy Name
Our Republic
Bishop Hayes
America
Davenport
T. F. Galligan
V.F
St. Mary's Church
Area Wins High Awards at Iowa State Fair Jersey and Other Classes
At Des Moines the Gates and Sons Shadyrest Jersey Farm won first in the two year old heifer class and took multiple placings in the Jersey show. Io Wayside Farm and Stockton duo McHone earned a two year old heifer second. In swine and Belgian horse divisions, Timm and Bartholomew earned runner up and top finishes, with Schneckloth and Son securing multiple firsts in Belgian horse classes.
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Des Moines
Ivan N. Gates
Jersey
Gates and Sons
Ayshire
F. L. McHone
Stockton
Io Wayside Farm
Harold C. Timm
Muscatine
C. W. Bartholomew
Washington
Herbert Schneckloth
Davenport
Granges Plan State Degree Work Meetings
Pomona Grange outlines September and October degree work events at Downey Wapsie Valley hall with 8 pm starts. Degrees to be led by Sweetland Hebron South Prairie and Pomona with drills by Wapsie Valley Bloomington Penn Avenue Cedar Pike and others. Officers and delegates updated. visits by guests and reports on youth camp and life in Germany.
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Mee
Pomona Grange
Wapsie Valley
Downey
Sweetland
Hebron Grange
Bloomington
Cedar, Pike and
Penn Avenue
South Prairie
Pike
Hebron
Muscatine Pomona Grange
Cedar
David Pace
Donald Anderson
Harry Peterson
Manchester
Altemeier
Burdette Annis
Ir. Lane
Ceres
Annis
Burton Mills
Lois Jean Anderson
Tipton
Germany
America
Laurent Council Hosts Regional Knights Meeting
Laurent council and Knights of Columbus will host a regional meeting with councils from southeastern Iowa. The lodge session announced final plans for tonight's fish fry starting at 6 30 p m and urged all Knights to attend.
McCarville Elected Supreme Governor of Moose Fraternity
Paul E. McCarville of Fort Dodge Iowa was unanimously elected supreme governor at the Moose international convention in Philadelphia. He has served the order more than 25 years and held multiple top posts. Born June 30 1901 in Moorland Iowa he trained as a lawyer at Creighton University. He is married to Helen Sabatha McCarville and has two daughters Mary Alice and Ruth Eileen attending Clark College in Dubuque.
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Atty. McCarville
Fort Dodge
Iowa
The
Moose
Philadelphia
Supreme Council
Legion of the Moose
Order
McCarville
Moorland
Nations Represented Among Foreign States in the United States
A report notes 129 distinct nations are represented by foreign residents and communities within the United States highlighting broad international presence across cities and regions.
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Uni
Tokyo City Population Surges with Eight Million Mark
A reading highlights Tokyo reaching eight million residents amid rapid urban growth. Officials note continued development and infrastructure challenges as the metropolis expands its economic and cultural footprint.
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Tokyo
Deeds Recorded for Nichols and Muscatine Properties
Property transfers include Amelia Quinby and others to Robert Elder for lots in Nichols Railroad addition and a later transfer to Nichols Methodist Church. Additional deeds record Clarence Mock to Buckman, Leona Doering to Irving T Green, and Leonard R to Freeman Callison. Notes mention a Muscatine lot claim and West Liberty house addition. A flood water measure aims to replenish underground reservoirs.
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Amelia E. Quinby
Robert Elder
Nichols
Nichols Methodist Church
Muscatine
Railroad
Clarence A
Eva M. Mockmore
Harold J
Donna J. Buckman
Canon
Batterson East Lawn
Leona Doering
Irving T
Christena H. Green
Claim
West Liberty
Leonard and
Iola R
Freeman
Violet Callison
Esa
Stockton
Three republics in the West Indies Cuba Dominican Republic Haiti
The article lists three republics in the West Indies namely Cuba the Dominican Republic and Haiti highlighting regional political units. It notes their status within the Caribbean sphere and references their republican governments.
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West Indies
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Haiti
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Mercer County
Cedar Market
Cedar Street
van Camp
Sawyer
Birdseye
Miracle
Ivory
Peg
Saran
Granges
Order of Moose
Paul E. McCarville
Moose Fraternity
Bazley Iyer
Junedale
Robert and
Wanda Elder
Jack Fleck
Birdies
Sturtevant
Sturtevant’s
Scuttevant’s
Borden's
Union Arcade
Sturievunis
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