Antique cast iron toys on view at Laura Musser Gallery
Selections from an outstanding collection of antique cast iron and tin toys will be on view at The Laura Musser Art Gallery and Museum through Jan 11 1970. The display honors Pat and Pat Ruhl of Davenport and includes a rare horse drawn patrol wagon and two long fire wagons with ladders. The collection also features a cast iron pull toy sidewheel steamer a multi oared boat and a spring driven Bessmobail fin model among many others. Also noted are new non fiction books added to the Musser Public Library collection and a lighthearted note from Honolulu about a mongrel mother and her 16 pups after one day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Musser
Pat Ruhl
Pioneer
Davenport
Muscatine Power Boat Club elects officers at turkey supper
The Muscatine Power Boat Club held its annual feed and election of officers with about 140 members present. Pat Hopewell was elected commodore, James Devin vice commodore, Ray Novak secretary, Art Steinbaugh treasurer, Dan Nichols fleet captain, and Joe Rogers three year trustee. A moment of silence and prayer was observed for deceased member Carl Darting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine Power Boat' S Club
Pat Hopewell
James Devin
Ray Novak
Art Steinbaugh
Dan Nichols
Joe Rogers
Carl Darting
Northwestern Bell lays 18000 feet of buried cable in Muscatine
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company installs about 18200 feet of underground cable in Muscatine to meet current and future rural service needs. The project, costing 54900 dollars, runs from 10th and Cedar west along Cedar Street to Houser and aims to improve service and aesthetics. In Seattle, Mrs Richard Burrows reports her purse stolen at an inaugural mayoral reception at City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Muscatine
Harold Peters
10Th and
Cedar
Cedar St
Houser
Seattle
Richard Burrows
Wesley Uhlman
City Hall
Macy's Toy Dept Hosts 1000 Kids for Christmas
New York AP report describes Macy's department store giving more than 1,000 disadvantaged children each a five dollar bill to spend in the toy section during a Christmas shopping event called Operation Happy Child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Macy’s Toy Department
Happy Chil
Holiday Toy Fair Draws Children and Local Shoppers
A department store and the Junior Chamber of Commerce hosted a holiday toy fair drawing families to the aisles. Children toured the store as Santa Claus, clowns, and a hand offered festive entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ldren
Department Store
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Muscatine Journal details office hours and ownership
The Muscatine Journal lists office hours daily with Saturday morning closure, notes publication schedule excluding Sundays and holidays, and identifies Lee Enterprises as the publisher at 301 East Ward Street Muscatine Iowa. It also states second class mailing and AP news rights for fiscal reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine Journal
Fuscatine -Journal
Mumber
Lee Enterprises
Incorpo Aled
E.ard St
Muscatine
Iowa
Posiifice
Associated Press
Muscatine Newspaper Subscription Rates
Rates for daily delivery in Muscatine and surrounding areas are listed. In city delivery 7.00 per month in advance. Other Muscatine carrier 1.75 per month. Motor carrier 2.00 per month. Mail within fifty miles 18.00 per year. Mail to towns with carrier 27.00 per year. Over fifty miles 74.0 per year. Servicemen 18.00 per year. Students nine months 13.50. Special delivery until 6:26 am weekdays and 2:30 pm Saturdays. dial 763-2331.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Muscatine
Aorrier
Stolen Goods Reported Across Muscatine Area
Police report multiple thefts including a $150 tape player from a home on 416 E 7th St owned by Marsha Keen, an undetermined amount of gasoline from Weed Park gas pump shed, about $13 cash from Don Sprouse's Pepsi Cola warehouse on Sampson St, a broken gas pump nozzle at the same site, a garage break-in attempt at 112 Canon Ave by Mrs A M MacLennan with no entry, a broken left-front car window at 707 W 3rd St, and four eight ply tires stolen from a Farm Fleet warehouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Marsha Keen
Weed Park
Paul Colberg
Pepsi Cola
Don Sprouse
Sampson St
A.M. MacLennan
Canon Ave
Larry Embree
3Rd St
Lippelgoes Home closes doors to Valley View Manor
Light former residents of the Lippelgoes Custodial Home have been admitted to Valley View Manor. Rev. L A Stumme announced the Lippelgoes Home closed this week and that a Valley View Manor wing has opened with two more wings due later this month. Valley View Manor will serve 146 residents once the project completes its 75th anniversary additions. Also, in West Liberty, the rape trial of Michael Heath moved toward jury selection with 12 jurors named and testimony set to begin after lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lippelgoes
Valley View Manor
L.A. Stumme
Lutheran Homes
Stumme
Michael Heath
West Liberty
Man sees doctor for first time in his 91 years
Ott Givens of Blue Creek in Spencer West Virginia was taken to a hospital after a rear bump to his car. For the first time in his life the 91 year old was examined by a physician, received an inoculation, took his first pill, and saw the inside of a hospital. He suffered only cuts to his hand and face and was sent home after treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
W.va
Ott Givens
Blue Creek
Givens
Boy Struck by Auto In Muscatine. Child Injured
A Muscatine boy, Anthony Eberling, 10, was hit by a car on West Fifth Street near Cedar and Chestnut around 7:35 p.m. Wednesday and taken to Muscatine General Hospital in fairly good condition. Ronald Schmoldt, 33, drove a Cadillac involved. the car sustained minor damage. Police note the boy crossed street after exiting a vehicle. Police reported another collision at Cedar and Logan streets involving Charles Henderson, 74, with both vehicles damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Muscatine General Hospital
Anthony Eberling
W. 3Rd St
Riley Ambulance
W. 5Th St
Chestnut St
Mulberry Ave
David William Krueger
Krueger
Logan
Cedar
Henderson
Cedar and
Logan Sts
Charles Arthur Henderson
Four men fined $100 for bets at game in Honolulu
Four men arrested for making bets during a football game drew $100 fines but paid $16,000 before leaving court. Circuit Judge Allen Hawkins ruled that money confiscated by police when they were arrested on November 1 would be forfeited to the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Allen Hawkins
American Movies Reference Book joins library collection
The P. M. Musser Public Library now loans The American Movies Reference Book a 629 page volume chronicling the film industry from the Jazz Singer to The Graduate with sections on players films and Academy Awards available for two week loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. M. Musser Public Library
Gas storage tanks ignite near Green City Missouri
Five storage tanks containing propane gas gasoline and fuel oil exploded on the edge of Green City before daylight. Two truck drivers, Robert Elliott 41 and Charles Wheelbarger 33, both of Kansas City, were treated for burns at a Milan hospital and released. Fire crews from Milan Kirksville and Green City kept flames from spreading as the tanks burned out.
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Green City
Milan
Highway Patrol
Robert Elliott
Charles Wheelbarger
Kansas City
Kirksville
Elliott
Wheelbarger
Also Mentioned on This Page
Young Men's Christian Association
Stan Lewis
Harry Davis
Walter Ross
Vern Walters
Ron Cockshoot
Allen Aswegan
A. MacLennan
R. Barry
R. Stohr
J. Conway
Li'l Abner
Lil Abner
Daisy Mae
Mammy
Pappy Yocum
Clifford Larson
Essee
Tiger
ABM
Chayes
Lindeman
Walcas
Berton
Burgess
Peanuts
Schultz
Kuper
Lasier
Lester
Kauffman
Queens
Franc
Lindbergh
Jerusalem
Kotkar
Teague
Laure
Terry
Minutemen
Jones
Stillman
Manning
Atwood
Namath
Marsh
Roch
Glenn Cox
Ginger
Santa Claus
Richard Melson
Mulberry
St. Bernard
Santa Dog
Santa
Red Waters
Douglas Watters
Orange St
Roger Bates
Power Boat Club
Hopewell
E Phone Company
Peters
Northwestern Bell
MUSEA
YMCA
Front
Keith Herrick
Don Carver
Ira Mc
Fadon
Lef
Bob Sandburg
Fred Hocking
Bob Hansen
Rowe
Journal
Jim Cullen
Port City Taxi
Muskie Music
Elms Restaurant
Bobby Fischer
Highway 61
Harold Wacker Jr
Eugene Fitchner
Evelyn M. Lamp
Albert Freese Jr
Patricia L. Crouse
Floyd Lacy
Lowell W. Titus
Ronald Albright
Merle Glenney
Florine Schwandke
Shirley Meisinger
William J. Shoultz Jr
Doctor
Sandys
Ronald Dean Schmaldt
Fletcher Ave
Farmland Industries of
Sullivan County
Lawa Line
Midway Inn
Atalissa
Birt Reynolds
Yims
Tae Pamela Franklin
Lom Recat Eet
Rock Island Armory
Thurs
Armory
Temple
6Th Aven
Moline
Sears
W. 4Th
Optimist Club of
Hotpava
Holiday On Ice
P.O
Choite
Bach
Zip
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