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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1909

Page

21

City Finance Committee Reports Five Thousand Dollar Month

The city finance committee yesterday approved a monthly report showing expenditures just over 5000 dollars distributed among 80 department claims. The meeting, held December 14 1909 at 8 pm, included Aldermen Holmes Leu and Hartwig with Ald Hahn away on family business.

City Finance Committee City Recorder's Office Holmes Leu Hartwig Ald Hahn Quincy Ill

Public Works Payroll and Purchases List

A detailed Muscatine County payroll and supply ledger shows payments to engineers, aldermen, officials, and firms. Items include Chaudoin El Sup Co payroll deductions, Muscatine County disbursements, and multiple vendors such as Eppel Schlosser Co and Keuffel Esser Co, with totals and small itemized amounts for services, equipment, and building needs.

Tees GEO. Smich Veroreis The Detective Pub Eppel-Schlosser Co Barardé G. A. Chaudoin el Sup Eranun Bowman L. App’n W. D. Goldsberry W. W. Richards Ptg App'n Sale Ee Ea Sonenel Ce Ins Muscatine Herald App SEAR Muscatine County Tate McQuesten & Sawyer Co Keuffe] & Esser Co M. H. Hess Machine Works G. A. Chaudoin el. Sup Co Geo. Fuller Pimita Ik Os Siconos Frank Bowman

Miscellaneous funds and cemetery payroll ledger items

A historic ledger lists miscellaneous funds including cemetery payroll totalling amounts such as 113.80 for sexton pay, Fire Fund disbursements, and various charges to local firms like Vienna Pearl Button Co and J Schmidt & Son Co. Also noted are Road Dist and gas lighting adjustments with uneven entries and insufficiency deductions.

Sexton’s Esa Wien Vienna Pearl Button Co Frank Bowman Thompson Bros. Co Fiecke Mira Hershey Lumber Co John Redmond Ilecere Dey CO G. A. Chaudoin E. Sup. Co W. W Richards Richards

Turkish Missionary Rev White To Speak At First Congregational

Rev George E White of Marso van Turkey speaks Sunday at First Congregational Muscatine on the waxing and waning of the Turkish crescent in the morning and the new regime in Turkey in the evening He is an instructor at Antolia College and has spent a decade in Turkey traveling and teaching He and his wife and family have been staying in Grinnell during vacation and will soon return to Chicago Theological Seminary where he lectured recently

Ideal Muscatine George E. White Marsovan Turkey America First Congregational Church White John A. Robbins A. B. Robbins Rev. White

Miss May Fry Secured as Assistant Secretary for YWCA

Miss May Fry of Sioux City has been secured by the local YWCA association as assistant secretary for a few months to fill the vacancy from Miss Frances Hawley’s withdrawal due to her mother’s illness. Fry, a Minneapolis YWCA training center graduate, comes highly recommended and will begin duties the second week of January.

May Fry Sioux City Minneapolis Frances Hawley Mis Fry

Notice to Clean Walks in Muscatine City

Notice directs removal of ice from sidewalks or application of salt or other material to prevent slips and injuries. Signed by Chief of Police W. J. Vannatta. Also mentions Mr and Mrs L R Duncan of Wilton traveling home after a day in the city. Read The Journal, 10c per week.

Muscatine Galt Mrs. L. R. Duncan Wilton

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Bibles Bill Books Pocket Books Stamp Books Monthly Report General Fund Iad I. Nievel Imp. Pone Conrad Koehler Bb. T. Alien Darby Phil Murphy John Koetting Niver Iron Works Co W. D. Goldsberry John H. Hoffman John Morris John Hoffman, Jr Mus. Lumber & Box Co City Lumber Yard Mira Hershey Lbr Gas & el Wat Cleveland Vapor Lt. Co H. L. Putman Vienna Mfg W. L. Steinbaugh Road Richard Smith Button Co South Muscatine Button Co City Recorder W. J. Vannatta Finance Committee Ald. Hartwig T. W. Holmes Congrega Lnstruc Tor Geo Eltman Geo. Eitman Miss May Fry Y. W Minneapolis Y. W Fred Schmidt Police David Bogard
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