City Council Approves Mulberry Avenue Speed Crackdown
The council ordered 26 cast aluminum slow signs at 7.50 each for Iowa avenue and West Third street to curb speeding during resurfacing. City Marshal J J Healey was instructed to arrest speeders on Mulberry avenue amid concerns the street would become hazardous after paving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Engineering Company of
Muscatine
Iowa Avenue
Front Street
Fulham Avenue
West Third Street
Broadway
J. J. Healey
Mulberry Avenue
Victor Record and NBC Programs Schedule Summary
Radio listings for Sunday and Monday outline Victor Record Program periods, NBC broadcasts, concert segments, talk shows, weather reports, and market updates. Notable entries include Capitol Theater events in New York, Maytag and Stetson Shoe Co segments, and performances by Herbie Koch, Howard Watch Time, and Sheasby and His Orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Record
Roxy Stroll
NBC
Stetson Shoe Co
Capitol Theater
N. Y
Maytag Company
Christensen
Ft. Des Moines
David Lawrence
Fham
Victor
U. S. Dept of Agriculture
Herbie Koch
Radio Farm Service
Dept of Agriculture
Iowa Homestead
John Thompson
the Ambassadors
Roxy
O'Cedar Corporation
A. & P. Gypsies
General Motors
Fish Tire Company
Howard Watch Time
Benzo Gas Company
Janssen
Hofbrau Orchestra
Sheasby
WOI Program Schedule for the Week
A readable weekly schedule lists events at WOI from Sunday June 3 to Saturday June 9. Highlights include chimes, chapel services, concerts, Drake University programs, Homemaker Half Hour, history talks, textile manufacture lecture, general engineering talks, and a Warren County Farm Bureau program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Schilletter
Drake University
Homemakers
G. Seidel
Scranton
Warren County Farm Bureau
Flames Hit Roach and Musser Factory Fire Briefly Burns
A fire at the Roach and Musser factory caused little damage as trucks No 1 and 2 and the hook and ladder unit responded at 5 25 Friday afternoon. The blaze originated from furnaces feeding sawdust and extended into the cyclones atop the fire room before being controlled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roach & Musser
Bygone Muscatine Notes From Historical Journal Snips
Brief sketches recall weather 59 years past with umbrellas unused amid a cloudy day. Muscatine Fire Department elects William Neff chief with 106 votes, William Priester first assistant and Louie Kautz second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Muscatine Journal
William Neff
William Priester
Louie Kautz
Muscatine Airport Board Names Officers
S. G. Stein was elected president and Mayor Herbert G. Thompson is vice president R. L. Fairbanks secretary and W. F. Bishop treasurer FE. L. McColm is the fifth director The directors approved the acquisition of the Hintermeister farm site of the new landing field and an abstract is being prepared The formal transfer will be effected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. G. Stein
Muscatine Airport
Estate trustees and administrators approved in district court
District Court Judge D W Jackson approved the final report of John B Schenck as trustee in the Charles G Schenk estate with attorney Robert Brooke. The Norton estate administrator Dr W S Norton also received court approval with attorney C R Stafford. H G Thompson was named administrator of Amanda Cornell's estate. A fire on Musser Street required 40 gallons of chemical and a hose line to control, causing only slight pipe damage and red hot pipes. Truck 3 responded at 2 34 p m when a railway crossing fire, likely from sparks from a passing locomotive, was extinguished with six gallons of chemical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Stafford
Muscatine
Des Moines
Irl
J. H. Gustafson
Stafford
Supreme Court
D. W. Jackson
John B. Schenck
Charles G Schenk
Robert Brooke
W. S. Norton
Myrta FE
Norton
C.R. Stafford
Musser Street
Pupil Recital Highlights at Wilton studio recital
The second piano recital by Miss Olive A. Burrows featured her intermediate pupils before about seventy parents and friends. Performances included military march, Home Sweet Home, The Dance, Ringing violins, and duets with several soloists and a final group from advanced pupils announced for June 8 at Presbyterian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton
Olive A. Burrows
Schubert Mildred Johnson
Gretchen Schroeder
Clara Wacker
Wilma Campbell
Steinheimer
Newcomb
Freddie Holtz
Freddie Holtz Prestissimo
Rolling Gretchen Schroeder
Rea
Doris Jasperson
Gaynor
Kenneth Jordan
Sutrouth Happel
Mary Josephine Dwyer
Burrows
Presbyterian Church
Ruth Happel
Anastacia McCoy
Ruth Long
Evelyn Chapman
Grant School Sets City Banking Record
Grant school achieved a perfect weekly record in the thrift campaign with 38 pupils across four grades contributing to a total citywide deposit rise of 6597.05 dollars. Increased deposits grew from 16178.87 on Sept 13 to 22775.92 on May 29 1928, averaging over eight dollars per pupil.
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Grant School
Part Time School Classes Invited to Theater Parties
Forty eight continuation school pupils will attend theater parties next week. Palace manager George Gambrill invites Monday class members to see Charlie Chaplin in The Circus. A-Muse-U manager Lady Boston hosts Wednesday class members for Resurrection. Regular schoolwork ends Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palace
A-Muse-U
Anna M. Barr
George Gambrill
The
Charlie Chaplin
Lady Boston
Summer Concerts Begin as Wilton Band Opens Series
A Wilton band plans the first summer concert of the season on Saturday evening. Mrs. Minnie Ayres hosts a guest who arrived Friday to spend a few days at her home. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Friederichson, with Henrietta and Kenneth, left Friday for a month long auto trip through the west visiting their daughter Mrs. Charles Nelson in Phoenix and other California points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Junior Church
Mud Creek
Walter Christianson
Martin Jenson
Peter Hendrickson
Columbus Junction
Laurence Hendrickson
Grandview
Peter Bouland
Salem Lutheran Church
P. A Schmidt
Lena Potter
Arthur
Keswick
Henry Killian
Clifford Hain
Chicago
Herman Ketelsen
Kathryn Ayres
Des Moines
Minnie Ayres
Wilton Band
L. R. Friederichson
Henrietta
Kenneth
West
Charles Nelson
Phoenix
Ariz
California
Wright Company Sets Paving Record in Stockton
The Wright Construction Company laid 1,170 feet of paving in one day, shattering their previous record. If weather holds, completion of the paving is expected next week. Local social notes mention visits and gatherings across Durant, Davenport, Blue Grass, Sunbury, and surrounding areas with multiple families and individuals named.
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Stockton
Wright Construction Company
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Reid
Chuck
Fred Kohler
Underworld
Blood Ship
Jack Luden
Nicolaus
Lions
Leo D. Nicolaus
Lions Club
Airport Board
H. G. Thompson
Amanda Cornell
la Cinquantaine
Gabriel-Marie Dorothy Richards
Olive Kiser
Gaynor Ee RG
Les Velma Glaser
Robin Red
Miriam Johnson
Thayer
Esters
Raymond Moeller
Mendelsohn
Dorothy Richards
Orange Blossoms
Friml
Mildred Johnson
Scart
Tare” Suscchees
Chaminade
G. E. Eckert
Pershing Avenue
Davenport
Geo
Chase Music Studio
J. Or Diercks
Waasie
New York
Jacqueline
Logan
Alec B. Francis
Rex Lease
Cliff and His
Merry Gang
Isowixe
Wright Company
Lillian Reese
Jesse Thiel
Harry Kruse
LeClaire
Ben Kruse
G. F. Broders
Gilbert and
Winslow
Ernest Broders
C. C. Hamilton
Durant
A. Jost
Wayne
Toronto
William Jost
H. P. Bohnsack
Henry Bangert
Blue Grass
E. A. Holst
Harry Macohen
Sunbury
William Dage, Jr
Verna
Dorothy
Laura Macohen
P. Glazer
Forrest Burmeister
Phylora Burmeister
Sioux City
Vyola Bohnsack
Tillie Macohen
Harry Horn
Laurel Bldg
Chaplin
Charlie
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