Salisbury Bridge to Be Extended
The Perry Jayne company of Cedar Rapids won the contract to extend the Salisbury bridge over the Cedar River on county road W. The bid was 5434.73, beating Otto Wendling of Conesville at 5511.57. Extensions include a 100 foot high western truss and a 90 foot high eastern truss with a 28 foot I beam approach, starting Aug 5 and finishing by Sept 21.
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Salisbury
Cedar River
Perry Jayne Company
Cedar Rapids
Board of Supervisors
Court House
Otto Wendling
Conesville
Muscatine
Four Muscatine Pupils Earn Reading Diploma
In a reading contest at the P M Musser public library four of 32 Muscatine grade school pupils from fifth to eighth grade have earned diplomas by completing ten books from a recommended list. Genevieve Crow Albert Krise Harold Oetzel and Louis Peters are the diploma recipients. The contest runs through August 31 with six weeks remaining.
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Muscatine
P. M. Musser Public Library
Genevieve Crow
Albert Krise
Harold Oetzel
Louis Peters
Radio Program Tonight and Saturday Schedule Notes
Radio listings outline nightly and Saturday lineups with NBC CBS and local stations featuring orchestras hosts and performances. The page also notes a nautical fact about buoys along the English Welsh coast detailing 30 buoy types and weight range from 500 to 20 000 pounds.
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England
Wales
Engineers visit Dam No 16 construction by boat
About 200 engineers draftsmen and clerks from the United States Engineers office at Rock Island Arsenal visited Dam No 16 across the Mississippi above Muscatine. They came down on two trips of the U S S Elden with L E Levis in charge on the first trip and Charles F Stafford in charge on the second.
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United States Engineers
Rock Island Arsenal
Fatal illness claims Ainsworth girl
Lavonne Miller 17 daughter of Mr and Mrs Glen Miller died in Big Stone City South Dakota at 10 30 am Thursday after months of illness She was a 1955 Ainsworth high school graduate unable to attend graduation due to illness Surviving are her parents a sister Virginia and a brother Earl Funeral services set for 2 pm Monday in Ainsworth
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Journal News Service
Ainsworth
Lavonne Miller
Glen Miller
Big Stone City
S. D
Virginia
Earl
Wilton Postpones Celebration Day to August 31
Wilton Day moved from August 10 to August 31 to avoid peak farm and threshing season. Committee plans an attractive entertainment program for the updated date. Read the Classified Ads.
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Journal News Service
Wilton
Year of 1935 Convictions Noted in District Court
A report from Clerk of Court E. C. Erwin shows 35 criminal convictions in district court for the year ending June 30 1935 with sentences up to 10 years. 127 cases were disposed of, 92 dismissed on county attorney’s recommendation. one acquittal recorded.
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E. C. Erwin
Louis Gaeta
Anamosa
Ft. Madison
Changes in Personal Property Assessments Adopted in 1935
The Iowa State Board of Assessment and Review adopted three minor changes for 1935 personal property adjustments. A one-year-old colt allowance drops 30 percent, a two-year-old colt drops 13 percent, and swine over nine months drop 15 percent.
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Iowa State Board of Assessment and Review
Kenneth Coder
John K. Valentine
James Corbin 90th birthday noted in Muscatine
James Corbin a Civil War veteran and one of Muscatine’s last Grand Army of the Republic members quietly marked his 90th birthday today. Born in 1845 in Pennsylvania he moved to Muscatine in 1850 and has lived there ever since.
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Muscatine
Grand Army of the Republic
James Corbin
Young Corbin
Thomas
Shoulder Creek
Nashville
Hood
Soldiers’ Memorial
Court House
Pennsylvania
Corbin
Hag
Judge J. E. Coe
Cedar Rapids
Joe Pomeroy
George Plett
Muscatine Farmers Must Meet Corn Hog Quota Rule
Muscatine county farmers enrolled in the 1935 corn hog program must raise at least 25 percent of their total corn acreage and hog quota to comply with contract provisions. William Cashman, president of the Muscatine county corn hog association, warns that raising too few or too many hogs and corn can cancel contracts, with rules strictly enforced.
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Muscatine County
AAA
William Cashman
Corn-Hog Association
Cashman
County Tests for Teachers Set for July 31 to Aug 2
Regular county examinations will be held at the office of Superintendent E. D. Bradley starting Wednesday July 31 and continuing Thursday and Friday. Common branches will be reviewed as part of the schedule.
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E. D. Bradley
Mrs. Hubert Hafner Honored at Surprise Birthday Party
Mrs. Hubert Hafner was the guest of honor at a surprise party in Cranston for her forty sixth birthday hosted by neighbors. Attendees included H M Shearer Sam Easterla and family Donald Morrison and family Russell Hafner Eddie Kloptstein Mary Brookhart Martha Tomfeld Ed Havery Hubert Hafner and daughter Dorothy Lillian Flowers and her sons Clinton and Charles. A note adds a fact about a female alligator laying 60 or more eggs in clusters.
Tests Outlined for First Grade Subjects
A notice states tests over first grade subjects will be given on Friday. It mentions Wednesday and Thursday as prior viewing days and confirms the Friday testing schedule.
Townships Select Healthiest Four-H Girls for Contest
Muscatine county Four-H girls finish health examinations under Miss Dorothy Simmons home demonstration agent. Health champions named in each township within a week. In August township champions compete to pick county representative for the Iowa state fair in Des Moines.
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Muscatine County
Dorothy Simmons
Des Moines
License Plate Marks Offenses with Five Xs in Belgrade
In Belgrade, Yugoslavia a distinctive automobile license plate displays a large blank area marked by five Xs. These Xs automatically cancel the plate when traffic offenses are recorded against the motorist.
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Fach Automobile
Belgrade
Yugo Slavia
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