City administration oversteps by appropriating funds beyond revenues
City records show the 1908 appropriation ordinance exceeded legal revenues, with the council basing anticipations on nonlegal mulct tax. Despite a reported deficit of about 10 thousand dollars, officials approved expenditures totaling 127,800 while revenue estimates projected around 116,985, risking a financial shortfall.
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Journal
City of Muscatine
Board of Health
Gustav Weis
City Recorder
Slayer Pickard in Custody Ties to Teets Murder
Neighbors recall a farm laborer from St Louis area who killed Teets after rumored romance with widow Dickerson. Coroner's inquest notes Pickard expressed remorse if overstepping his aim. Kin and witnesses connect long pursuit across decades with local families in Grandview and Letts.
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Illinois
St. Louis
Jess Dickerson
Dickerson
Teets
Pickard
Deed
Ross Crow
Oscar Ross
Lettsville
Jacob Teets
Grandview
Texas
Simpkins
John Smire
William Teets
Nettie Teets
Sherman Teets
Muscatine
John Teets
Des Moines
Sel Thompson
Muscatine Island
Jacob Beckey
Stap Brothers
Willian Teets
Josephine
Stineman
Town Avenue
Liza McGill
Nettie Riggs
Clarence
Iowa
Jessie Letts
Letts
Lem
John
Will Dickerson
Chicago Grain and Livestock Markets in Early Jan
Markets report from Miner & Co at Chicago Board of Trade with prices for wheat corn oats pork lard ribs and hogs. Highlights include May wheat around 1.04 per bushel July oats around 46 cents and May pork about 13.37 with May lard near 8.02.
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Miner & Co
Chicago Board of Trade
H. J. Frenzel
Chicago
Chicago Markets Weathered Mixed on Jan Seventeenth
Wheat prices ranged from No 2 red one dollar and one cent to 1.06 for hard varieties. Chicago live stock receipts showed cattle and hogs with a general price drift. Poultry and dairy items stayed firm with butter and eggs holding steady. Muscatine market notes listed corn oats wheat and related grains with retail prices for cracked corn and popcorn.
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Chicago
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Just
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Edward Ek. Strauss
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Spei Coma Bees
Spee Sinree
White
Muscatine Markets
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