Audit demand for Muscatine electric plant audit and appraisal
D A Willis of Muscatine presented a written eight page demand at the city council meeting through William Spieth. He urged annual audits of the electric light plant, criticized capitalization, and cited Hannibal Mo. as a model for department cost tracking. The council postponed action to the next regular meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Willis
Muscatine
William Spieth
Willis
Wicked Power Trust
Hannibal
Iowa
Municipal Electric
Washington and Lucas Streets to Receive Repairs
City council approved soft top repairs for Washington and Lucas streets after City Engineer H. H. Fitzgerald reported about 20 000 yards of soft top paving in need of work. The flush coat would extend life, with state reimbursement of 350 per mile. Alderman Bartell urged proceeding despite minor overrun. street commissioner to supervise work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucas
Washington
H. H. Fitzgerald
Eric Bartell
D X Parade Through City Streets Led by Petro Employees
A parade marched through downtown led by a decorated broadcasting truck playing music. Mid-Continent Petroleum employees and their vehicles carried signs promoting a new product for lubricating motor fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D-X Broadcasting
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Divorce Trial Set for Dr Hackett in District Court
In Muscatine County district court a contested divorce action between Dr C J Hackett retired veterinarian and Minnie Hackett is scheduled for Saturday at 9 a m before Judge D V Jackson. Other notes include receivership reports approved for several Muscatine banks, leg injuries treated at Hershey Hospital, and local social updates from Wyoming lodge Knights of Pythias to trips and visits of residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Hackett
Minnie Hackett
D. V. Jackson
L. A. Andrew
Muscatine County
D. W. Jackson
Pleasant Prairie
Atalissa and Nichols
Citizens Savings Bank of
West Liberty
City Council Pursues Nuisance Abatement and Notices
Muscatine city council orders police inquiry into west Chestnut street swallow nests and sets next meeting for report. It issues notices to curb alley dumping near Secona and Sycamore streets and to property owners to maintain weeds and trimmed trees. Mayor Lord’s flag ceremony address is filed. Traffic and license issues include weigh sheets, mail rate changes, and license enforcement for curb pump operators Pitchforth and Wollett. Airport loan renewal discussed. finance committee to act. A new sidewalk is approved on Baker Investment property. Oregon street crossing repair to be addressed by CRI&P. Filling station permit requested for East Second Street location.
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Chestnut Street
Tenth Street
City Council Backs Rail Reoperation Request
A Muscatine council resolution urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to grant full authority requested by the Burlington Muscatine and Northwestern Railway for re operation of its property in Muscatine and Burlington. The measure cites job relief and regional stability as benefits and authorizes J M Roth to present the resolution to the ICC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Burlington, Muscatine and Northwestern Railway Company
Muscatine
Iowa
Burlington
Muscatine County
J M. Roth
Chamber of Commerce of
Herman Lord
Gustav Weis
Eric C. Bartelt
William B. Blessing
R. Stolzenau
G. W. Meerdink
City approves sidewalk shift and street paving measures
The council granted permission to adjust a sidewalk line at Sheridan street and Park avenue to clear owner property. A six foot setback was approved to align with county level at Wehr street and First avenue at a cost around 125 dollars. Repairs on Stewart road Miles avenue were ordered due to water runoff on nearby property. C D and M railway paving along tracks from Sixth and Mulberry to Eighth and Cypress to be repaired. Street Commissioner Dale may test paving at Van Horn street and Roscoe avenue intersection.
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Wehr Street
Stolzenau
Stewart Road
Miles Avenue
Blessing
C. D. and
M. Railway
Sixth and Mulberry
Eighth and Cypress
Dale
van Horn Street
Roscoe Avenue
City Engineer to Coordinate Gravel Pulling for Stock Piles
City Engineer Fitzgerald will contact drag line operators to pull gravel from the city site and form stock piles. He will report findings at the next meeting.
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Fitzgerald
Citg
Cemetery Trust Fund Created Under Grafe Will
A perpetual trust of 100 dollars for St Marys cemetery and 50 dollars for masses is created under the will of Eliza Grafe filed for probate in Columbus Junction. The hearing is set for August 2 with markers to be placed on Mrs Graves and her husband graves and the estate divided among five beneficiaries including Walter Theodore Mamie Schlunz Esther Duncan and J Walter Baker. Dunnie named executrix without end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Cemetery
Eliza Grafe
Columbus Junction
Esther Duncan
J. Walter Baker
Dunnie
Council Discusses Natural Gas for City Hall Heating
W. H. Lear of Iowa Electric urged installing natural gas in city hall for heating. He cited saving from replacing 180 tons of coal in 1932 33 and a cost of 28 cents per 1000 cubic feet. Benefits include smoke reduction automatic control cheaper maintenance and soot elimination. Committee to study the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Lear
Iowa Electric Company
Crozer Company Wins City Hose Supply Contract
The Crozer Plumbing firm was awarded the city contract to furnish 300 feet of rubber covered sewer hose with 2.5 inch diameter and 400 pound pressure. Bids were opened at Thursday night’s city council meeting. Crozer’s price is 69 cents per foot plus 3.75 dollars per coupling set. Only three bids were received.
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Crozer Plumbing Company
Crozer
Ose
Mortgage Appears Erroneously as Deed
A mortgage of Jacobs L. Peters and others to Equitable Assurance Society of the United States for 12000 dollars on 228 acres in section 8 79 3 was recorded in the office of G Clyde Parks on July 3 and was erroneously listed under deeds recorded in The Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacobs L. Peters
Equitable Assurance Society of the
United States
G. Clyde Parks
Alimony Payments in Chicago Rise in Early 1933
A Chicago business note shows alimony payments for the first six months of 1933 increasing by 7 percent over 1932. The figures are $69 547.37 for 1933 and $64 461.88 for 1932.
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Chicago
Iowa Briefs From The Associated Press
Iowa figures at a federal adjutants general conference in Washington D C include Adjutant General Cheries Grah and Maj. Gen. M A Tinley of Council Bluffs. Other items note bank robbery charges in Minnesota, a truck driver suicide in Sioux City, and varied education, banking, and public works updates across Des Moines Ames Marshalltown and other locales. Consul Edward A Dow arrives in Santiago to start duties as consul generale.
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Associated Press
Washington
Cheries Grah
M. A. Tinley
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Federal Militia Bureau
Santiago
Chile
Edward A. Dow
Fort Dodge
Creston and Beyond: Iowa News Roundup
Attorney L A Powers studied information against alleged gasoline tax evaders in Creston. Governor Herring announced no Beatty Bennett law repeal needed for Iowa to access 3.3 billion under the national recovery act, with rights to borrow intact. Carl Mahurin, 15, of Traer area, injured by accidental gunshot near Cedar Rapids. Police Chief Allgood’s preliminary hearing delayed two weeks on a second degree murder charge from a Des Moines river raid. Robbers loot Peoples Ice Co safe in Fairfield, taking 130 dollars. Federal Relief Administrator Hopkins announced a 510 594 grant to Iowa, completing the year’s relief allotment totaling 699 787.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Clyde Herring
Oskaloosa
Howard Allgood
Allgood
Gerald Blackwood
Des Moines
Washington
Hopkins Today
Grace Newton Seeks Court Action for Son to State Hospital
Grace Newton filed in court asking Lysle R. Newton be bound over to the grand jury and sent to the state psychopathic hospital in Iowa City for treatment. He faces larceny charges after allegedly removing several head of cattle from J Swanson’s home weeks earlier.
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Grace Newton
Lysle R. Newton
State Psycopathic Hospital
Iowa City
Newton
J. Swanson
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Lucas Streets
City News
Clyde Vetter
Hershey Hospital
Wyoming Lodge No. 76, Knights of Pythias
Pythian Hall
McCorkle
June Harriett
Los Angeles
Calif
Preston
F. A. Lincoln
East Fifth Street
Ella Hammiel
Evelyn Hammie
Lena Worling
Wilton
Lincoln Home
Elma McGrew
Park Avenue
Grandview
Mr. McGrew
William Kemp
William Pantel
Kindler Avenue
William Wagner
H. D. Horst
Wagner
Pearl Street
W. J. Knight
West Fourth Street
Ralph Knight
Burnside Avenue
Ft. Collins
Denver
Colo
Titus Loan and Investment Company
Board of Supervisors
Maeglin and Diercks
J. R. Thompson
Henry B. Trowbridge
Mulberry Avenue
Colorado
Secona
Sycamore
Robert Dale
Gus Weis
Floyd McKinney
Muscatine Airport
Curb
Pitchforth Storage Battery Works
Harry Wollett
Harvey Allbee
E. Ferguson
C. R. I. & P. Railway
Oregon Street
Baker Investment Company
East Front Street
Cypress and
Lombard Streets
E. Stoneburner
East Second Street
Council
B. M
N. W
Money Universal Model
Universal
Sheridan Street
Albert Stolzenau
First Avenue
HH. Fitz
Cemetery Trust Fund
Grafe Will
Crozer Company
Iowa Briefs
Chris B. Hartshorn
Hitemar, In
National Education Association
Sioux City
Frank Wiggins
Dickinson Republican
Roosevelt
Marshalltown
Leslie Hollingsworth
Iowa River
D. W. Bates
Iowa State
Senate
Charles D. Huston
Cedar Rapids
Internal Revenue Collector
O— Ames
Civilian Conservation Corps
G. B. MacDonald
Iowa State College
Creston
Kraschel
Public Works
Mt. Ayr
L. A. Powers of
Denison
Carl Mahurin
George Mahurin
Traer
St. Francis Hospital
Donald Johnson
Fairfield
Peoples Ice Com
Son
Psycho
Copsright
Mrs. Smoker
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