City Converts to One Street District to End Funding Friction
The Muscatine city council voted to abolish three road districts and unite all streets under one district. Mayor Benham led the move, aiming to equalize funding and curb inequities in street repairs. Some aldermen doubted the plan but agreed on separate accounting for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert C. Benham
Benham
Iowa
Muscatine
B. C. Benham
D. M. Keckler
Third Ward
Watch Party Reservations Pour Into A-Muse-U Theatre
Reservations are being received for seats at the New Year’s Eve frolic at the A-Muse-U theatre. Manager Lady Boston reports rapid planning with Cliff Reckow’s Gang preparing orchestra specialties for the midnight show. The program includes The Gay Retreat with Ted McNamara and Sammy Cohen, short subjects, community singing, and a noisy New Year welcome featuring horns and rattles.
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A-Muse-U
Lady Boston
Cliff Reckow
Gang
Ted McNamara
Sammy Cohen
Morning Radio Schedule for December 30
The program lists Victor Record Program at 8:60 a m. with Housekeepers Chat at 9:45 and Market and Weather Reports at 19:00. Road Reports follow at 10:15, then U S Department of Agriculture Radio Farm Service at 11:30. Market Reports return at 12:00 noon and The Ambassadors perform at 12:15 p m.
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Priday
Victor Record
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Radio Farm Service
the Ambassadors
Radio Rialto Yearend Highlights and Evening Lineup
Radio's Rialto reviews 1927 and previews 1928 with WEAF's 6:30 goodbye to the year and music. The Sentinel, Chicago Civic Opera, Wagner's Lohengrin, and various stations present operatic and instrumental programs, talks, and light entertainment from WOC WDAF WCCO KOIL and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WEAF
George M. Cohan Melodies
Sentinel
WOC
WHO
WCW
Chicago Civic Opera Company
Ocestra
WDAF
WCCO
Billy
Scrappy
Morning radio schedule and talks on WOC
The campus program lists a 6 45 to 7 45 a m Happy Hour drill a 9 45 market opening 10 00 to 10 15 Talks by Betty Crocker for Housekeepers 11 00 Weather Forecast and Market Quotations 1 57 Time Signals 2 00 Weather Forecast and Closing Quotations on Grain Livestock and Dairy 3 00 to 3 30 Home Management talks by Aunt Jane 4 00 to 5 00 Crescent Hour of Music 5 45 to 6 00 Chimes Concert 7 00 to 8 00 Cities Service Concert 8 00 Correct Time Announcement 9 00 to 9 30 Whittall Anglo Persian or 9 30 LaFrance Musical Program Late evening weather forecasts for Iowa and Illinois after 9 00.
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Betty Crocker
Dorothy Day
Aunt Jane
Crescent
Cities Service
Whittall Anglo-Persian Orchestra
LaFrance
Iowa
Illinois
Drury Area Holiday Guests Include Several States
Drury Illinois residents hosted visitors from Oklahoma City Muscatine Iowa Montpelier Iowa and Springfield Illinois over the holiday period. Attendees included Mr and Mrs William Ahlschlager and their children Marion and Harold and Mr and Mrs Charles Shrader and Henry Myer Jr. Others visited Isaac Foster at the Bowser home in Muscatine and Sadie Kleist departed for Springfield to join the Illinois State Teachers Association convention as a delegate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Bowser
Muscatine
Sadie Kleist
Springfield
Ill
Illinois State Teachers’ Association
Journalism heads meet at Iowa City convention
The first of two national journalism conventions opened in Iowa City with directors of schools and heads of departments of journalism from across the United States gathering in the Iowa Union on December 29.
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Iowa City
Iowa Union
William Rhoades Dies in Wellman Hardware Firm
Wellman Iowa December 29 William Rhoades owner and manager of Rhoades Hardware died at his Arch street home after heart trouble and a recent flu attack He survived by his wife two sons Kermith and Dale four daughters Naomi Irma Margaret and Mrs Earl Sample one brother Joshua Rhoades of Colorado and one sister Mrs William Dorrance of Nira Iowa Also obituary notes Mrs Dan Polton death and American Legion Auxiliary officers elected Ida Bull president Adelia Miller first VP Ethel Curl second VP Tresa Yoder secretary Olivia Schlabaugh treasurer and Norma Gardner musician News notes Hewitt Karr ill for two weeks was taken to Excelsior Springs Missouri.
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Wellman, Ia
William Rhoades
Rhoades Hardware
Arch Street
Rhoades
Kermith and
Dale
Wellman
Earl Sample
Persia
Naomi
State University of Iowa
Irma
Margaret
Joshua Rhoades
Colorado
William Dorrance
Nira
Dan Polton
The
American Legion Auxiliary
Ida Bull
Adelia Miller
Ethel Curl
Tresa Yoder
Olivia Schlabaugh
Schachner
Norma Gardner
Hewitt Karr
Excelsior Springs
West Des Moines visitor calls at the Hewitt Karr home
The note describes A Sigler of Des Moines visiting over the weekend at the Hewitt Karr home. Lillie Tedford of Casper Wyoming arrived last week to see her relative Hewitt Karr who was quite ill.
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Wv. A. Sigler
Des Moines
W. W. Er
Lillie Tedford
Casper
Wyo
Hewitt Karr
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RADIO
Rialto
Associated Press
WOI
Koil
Cavaliers
Herbert
Mozart
WOW
la France Orchestra
O’henry
WJZ
Closomeo
Tatotine Net
Philbrick
Younker Tearoom
Seakers Life Little Symphony
Northland ‘Serenaders
Palmolive Peet Co
Ben Bernie
Orch. BC
Younker Tearoom Rch
Drury News
Nets
Jos
Wilson Shoe Store
East Second St
Ball Brand
Combined Credit
Muscatine’s
F. W. Meyers
Mus
Catine
Lars
Theodore McKee
America
Factory-At-Home Service
Velie
West Second Street
Muscatine, Iowa
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