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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1912
Page
10
The Muscatine city council debated cemetery care charges and perpetual maintenance. A long ordinance established schedules for burial lots, graves, and perpetual care, with finance and reporting provisions, while other items included street grading, lighting changes, and a proposed park commission.
The Muscatine City Council votes a special tax levy to cover sidewalk construction costs on multiple parcels including Terrace Heights and West Addition. Assessments total $69.90 for North Muscatine, $62.22 for West Addition, and $75.39 for Terrace Heights, with interest and collection per legal timelines. The city recorder is instructed to spread the tax, payable immediately at 6 percent interest, and the 1912 tax distribution is read for various funds totaling over $121,000.
East Hill Lincoln School has formed one of the fastest grade school hockey teams the city has seen. Daily practice since formation and the recent ice thick enough to bear their weight have produced a vigorous squad led by captain Griffith Goddard. Other listed players include Floyd Luserhaus, Javad Yindiey, Lsso Pulse, Robert McGaughey, Kirk Gronder, Harry Carl, Harold Obershuys, Edward Miller, and Francis Brandt.
Professor Herbert J. Webber of Cornell University passed through Ames on his way to California to establish experimental stations for the University of California in lower California. He was born in Marshalltown and is famed for cedar experiments. The trip includes securing plans and communicating needs to the city recorder. Local aldermen discussed street and crossing improvements, railings repair on Fourth Street foot bridge, condemnation of a shed on Chestnut Street, and port house authority to be shared with county supervisors.
A local official asserts one of the Ames buildings remains a standard for the area. He highlights its design, durability, and community role, urging continued attention to preservation and upkeep.
Special Davenport interurban cars will run Sunday at 7:30 am to accommodate 80 100 members attending the dedication of the new German Lutheran church in Davenport. No regular service, Sunday school only.
White Prairie Iowa December 20 The Wilton Pomona Grange will meet Thursday evening at the Masonic hall in Wilton for the annual creation of officers and to transact any other business. Several local residents and visitors from Chadron Columbus Junction North Concord and Davenport are mentioned in cross notices of visits and family gatherings amid community events and measles closures.
Garrie Vandyke of near Bart visited her sister Mrs S Kulp over the weekend. Leal Curtis and Roy visited the fore ver’s son Cella and family. Mrs Cord Mejiinijel spent last Sunday with relatives in the area.
Governor elect George W. Clarke and Senator A. Cummins will headline the Emancipation Proclamation anniversary celebration to mark the signing of the document. The event is set for January 1 at Plymouth Congregational Church in Deg Monies.
Promoter pitches rich Mississippi land for truck farming with three crops yearly and high spring prices. Claims $420 per acre earnings from truck farming and offers flexible payment plans. Encourages sending a card to learn what $16.00 an acre can yield and notes 40 years in business in Davenport, Iowa, with contact details.
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