Work Started on New Seed Station in Muscatine
Construction began on a cotton seed mill on the Muscatine riverfront near the grain elevators. The 30 by 40 foot building, costing about 2000 dollars, will process cotton seed for stock feed and may handle small grain and corn, with up to five workers. Products will be shipped to the middle west, sourcing seed from the south and reground at Muscatine. The Mississippi Valley Grain Company leads the project.
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Muscatine
Mississippi Valley Grain Company
Kansas City
Middle West
I. V. Howenstine
Muscatine Players Lead All-State High School Play Cast
Muscatine will be represented in the cast for the second and final performance of the 1935 all state high school play The Farmers Wife at the University of Iowa. Arthur Howe Jr and Harold Blean are Muscatine graduates in the selected group. The Eden Phillpotts drama marks the class’s sole public appearance with representation also from Columbus Junction Iowa City and Oakville.
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Muscatine
University of Iowa
Arthur Howe, Jr
Harold Blean
Muscatine High School
Eden Phillpotts
Columbus Junction
Iowa City
Oakville
Nautical Summer Pattern Sends For Children
Assistant Professor notes practical sailor collar dress patterns for boys and girls in blue and white. Models include seersucker and crepe options. sizes 2 4 and 6. Price includes brother and sister pattern in same size. different sizes add 15 cents each. Include 15 cents for pattern and address details to Muscatine Journal Pattern Department. Summer Fashion Book costs ten cents. book and pattern together twenty five cents.
Measurements of Muscatine Wheat Contracts Near Final Step
County agent Carl Rylander checks 48 Muscatine county contracts as part of the wheat compliance program. Contracts move from Ames to Washington for final checks, with timing still undetermined. Also notes a London-born composer and a statistic about 228 Negro publications in the United States.
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Muscatine County
Carl Rylander
Ames
AAA
Washington, D. C
30 Boys From CCC Camp Pass Through City in Big Truck
Approximately 30 boys from the Oakville CCC camp passed through Muscatine today in a semitrailer en route to Davenport for furlough at home. The camp, opened last Sunday, houses about 185 youths shipped from Arkansas, with barracks not yet completed and tents in use. Permanent buildings due in about two weeks. Reforestation, drainage control, and soil improvement efforts noted.
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CCC
Oakville
Muscatine
Davenport
Iowa
Arkansas
Girls Spend Week at Narvis Cottage by Cedar River
A group of girls led by chaperone Bernice Eversmeyer spends the week at Narvis cottage along the Cedar River. Included are Patricia Tipton Charlotte Braun Ella Mae Demorest Birdie Sickman Frances Highbarger Miriam Glatstein Wilma Kautz Margaret Eversmeyer Gloria Peck formerly of Muscatine visiting in the city with aunt Mrs Fred Schreurs and Cy Peck. Also New York guests visit C R Pratt home with Thuman family.
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Narvis Cottage
Cedar River
Patricia Tipton
Charlotte Braun
Ella Mae Demorest
Birdie Sickman
Frances Highbarger
Miriam Glatstein
Wilma Kautz
Margaret Eversmeyer
Gloria Peck
Chicago
Miss Peck
Muscatine
Fred Schreurs
Cy Peck
Bernice Eversmeyer
New York
Park projects enhance Muscatine’s popular picnic area
Weed park workers completed two projects at Muscatine’s park. A shelter house with benches and tables attracts picnickers while water flows into a new lagoon adjacent to the old one. All construction is finished and the park will be ready for use soon.
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Weed Park
Muscatine
Farm Prospects Appear Bright in Muscatine County
Muscatine county farms show improved prospects after heavy rains this year. County Agent Carl Rylander notes some losses to church bug pests but far less than last year. Corn stands fair in many areas with warm, clear weather likely to boost growth. small grains look especially promising.
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Muscatine County
Carl Rylander
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