Muscatine Year in Review: Veterans, Schools and Fire
A detailed Muscatine annual roundup lists events from September to December including the Thirty-Fifth Iowa Veterans reunion attendees, kindergarten enrollments totaling 126, naturalization tests passed by residents, several deaths, major fires, road and utility projects, river port discussions, and sports results. It notes civic activities, school milestones, and local tragedies shaping the year's end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirty- Fifth Iowa Reunion Association
Memorial Hall
E. A. Sparling
Margaret Jane Cozad
West Fourth Street
Muscatine
Court House
Mollie” Wiles
Thirty
Iowa Veterans Association
Hershey Hospital
Franklin School
Pig Muskies
LaSalle
Ira Hawley
United Brethren Church
Iowa
John James Boxleiter
Mulberry Avenue
Niage
Onogram
P. M. Musseri
Iowa Electric Company
Fast Fourth Street
Green Street
Hershey Avenue
Armory Hall
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Nazarene
Rita Berry
Muscatine Teachers’ Federation
Muscatine Industrial Association
G. M. Titus
G. W. Wiggers
Bloomington Township
Ames
Trinity Episcopal Church
Stanley P. Jones
Plattsmouth
Neb
Ada J. Seazer
Davenport
Fox West Coast Theater Company
Grand
Stockton
Durant
Muscatine County
Lee Toyne
George Cornell
Trinity Episcopal Parish
Fuel Service Co Prospers Through Sale of Tee Coal
The Fuel Service company at 716 East Second Street Muscatine prospers with coal sales and artificial ice made by high air pressure to remove impurities. E. J. Messier owns the firm which combines ice and coal into a year round business backed by a growing Muscatine trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuel Service Co
Tee, Coal
Fuel Service Company
East Second Street
E. J. Messier
Bulbs Trade Flourishes at Hermann Nursery on Lucas
The Greenwood Gardens run by Mr and Mrs George Hermann on Lucas street specialize in tulip hyacinth lily and gladiolus bulbs. They have grown rapidly the site transformed from a cornfield to a flower garden with yearly additions. Shipments go to over 40 states and bulbs come from Holland while lilies arrive from France China and Japan. Mrs Hermann arranges flowers for funerals and has studied the art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood Gardens
George Hermann
Lucas Street
Hermann
Holland
France
China
Japan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hobenadel & Gettert
Muscatine High School
Mt. Pleasant
Barbara Vetter
Siegel Street
Walnut Street
Donald Kincaid
Paul Jackson
East Moline
Linc
Anamosa
Carl Scannell
Mayme Jericho
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Denver
Colo
F. P. Bradley
Savannah
Til
Axel Skovgaard
First Presbyterian Church
Reason B. Huff
J. H. Callier
Newton
Bethel A. M. E
Charles Thomas
Horst and Strieter Company
Ruth Cessna
Farm Bureau
Old Ladies’ Home Association
Scott County
Goshen
Sweetland
G. E. Flater
Goshen Bureau
A. J. Wood
Sweetland Institute Board
Jack Gowdy
S. E. Phillips
Buffalo Bill
L. C. Lemon
Lacey
Pike Township
Iowa State Teachers Association
Des Moines
Velma Grimm
Follies
House of David
Ray L. Dean
Riers
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Community United
American Legion
St. Louis
Mississippi Valley Association
John Dill Robertson
Chicago
West Park Board
Kiwanis Club
P. D. Moore
St. Mathias Church
Catholic Church
Center Grove
John Bishop
Eliza
Bishop
Alma Koeppe
Thompson Motor Corporation
Herbert G. Thompson
Midwest Outboard Association
C. P. Hanley
Daughters of Union Veterans
Elks Hall
Albert Garrett
Muscatine Airport
West Third Street
Glenn C. Haynes
Second District Legion
R. O. MccCaughey
Eugene D. Stirlen
Corporation
Jefferson School
Clifford Hansen
Mercury
Dan Christensen
Rockwell
South Muscatine
Barry Pulley Manufacturing Company
Barry Company
Ray Downer
Newton Lang
Clara Lang
Minnie Lake
Joeelive Lang
Jona Downer
Excelsior Literary Society
Sarah Hart
Cedar Street
Mississippi River
First Baptist Church
J. F. Devitt
A. C. Bruemmer
M. A. Conway
George Ellman
Mary Welch
West Ninth Street
P. H. Snyder
Eldora
Eighth Street
Iowa Avenue
Henry Welch
Muscatine Power Boat Club
Clifford Rice
Paul Havercamp
W. H. Graff
Clarencé Christopherson
Edward Fuller
Muscatine Typographical Union
Hugo Braasch
Earl Sissell
Charles Whitmore
Clinton
Wartburg College
W. L. Kelley
Grace Samuels
Carl Rylander
LaGrange
Municipal Electric Light
Board of Trustees
John Tillie
East Sixth Street
Joe F. Hill
Cornucopia Club
Masonic Temple
C. E. Graebner
F. W. Allen
W. R. Ashford
Morris Breen
West Front Street
Daniel Klein
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Beulah
N. D
E. R. Sherfey
Ainsworth
Robert Tillie
Burton Ingwersen
Lions Club
Josephine Balluff
Joseph W. Havercamp
Havercamp
Christ
Anna C. Schwalm
Iowa Buffet
Knight Grocery
F. P. G. Halbfass
State Highway Commission
Board of Supervisors
Emma M. Kellosg
Libbey High
Toledo
Jefferson Gym
Hermanns
Lucas
Frigidaire
Westinghouse Electric
G. A. Chaudoin
West
American Savings Bank
First Trust & Savings Bank
First National Bank
Hershey State Bank
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