South Muscatine Button Factories Shut Down For Holidays
Industrial South Muscatine faces a quiet period as major plants halt work through Christmas week and many smaller button firms close. McKee Bliven will close December 26 to January 1, Model Button stops last night with 53 workers out, Schmalz and Bishop Hagerman plants suspend two weeks, Roach Musser sash and door plant shut for a week, with resumption after the new year.
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South Muscatine
McKee & Bliven
Schmalz
Bishop & Hagerman
Roach & Musser
Christmas Parties in Franklin School Observed
On the last day before the Christmas holidays Franklin and Garfield schools held festive observances. In the Franklin building upper grades organized parties for younger pupils, with rooms decorated festively, short programs, and surprises for the children.
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Franklin and Garfield
Franklin
Garfield School Thanksgiving Entertainments Held sparsely
The Garfield school held entertainments in only a few rooms due to the short time since Thanksgiving was observed. Many parents attended as guests in the rooms where events took place.
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Garfield School
Aged Grandma George Stricken by Pneumonia in Epidemic Days
Mrs. Sallie George known as Grandma George, ninety two, remains confined to bed with pneumonia at the home of her daughter Mrs. Al Wilson on Nebraska street. She is one of the city pioneers, having lived here since the 1850s cholera era when her husband and two children died.
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Sally George
Grandma George
al. Wilson
Nebraska Street
George
Bluff Road
Christmas Treat at Musser ville Friends' Church
The Sunday school department of Musserville Friends' church presented a Christmas entertainment to a large crowd last evening. A candy distribution followed the program, and the church was prettily decorated. Miss Mollie Hintz returned to Nichols Thursday after visiting here.
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Musserville Friends’ Church
Mollie Hintz
Nichols
County and City Tax Lists Show Shifts in 1910
County Auditor A S Lawrence released the 1910 tax list payable 1911 showing county taxes down and city taxes up. The total tax bill is 37597300 with county 26869706 and city 10727594.
Muscatine City Taxes Consolidated Costs Shown
Tax figures list the Muscatine city consolidated total at 93 054 04 water 8 643 62 road 1 074 37 road 2 3 061 48 road 3 756 43 road polls 686 00 with grand total 375 973 00 and overall 107 275 94 for certain district accounts.
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Muscatine
Ccess
Cenad
Aene
Discoverer of North Pole to provide documents to Congress
Captain Robert E. Pearl, the Arctic explorer, has promised to furnish proofs for his claim of reaching the North Pole. The move follows long refusal on contract interference grounds with publishers. The House Naval Affairs Committee will soon consider a bill rewarding Pearl with a rear admiralcy, facing opposition from Rep. Macon and others.
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North Pole
Congress
Washington, D. C
Robert E. Pearl
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Macon
Arkansas
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