Fire protection work advances in South End Muscatine
South Muscatine news reports progress on extending a lumber line under Oregon street toward Grandview to connect with the near end by the Royal Button factory and then toward the pumping island. Delays persist as pump workers slow the pace.
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South Muscatine
Oregon Street
Grandview Avenue
West Hill
Royal Button Factory
Loewood
Rue Washburn
Cildren
Nebraska Street
Jake Jones
Geo. Hayes
Wapello
al. Davidson
Rock Island
G. W. McAvoy
Sampson
Wisconsin
Lon Elridge
Fire Chief Election Marks City Laddie Chiefs Night
Fire laddies gather at city hall to elect a new fire chief for the year. Louis Kautz, current chief, is the favorite and likely to win another term amid broad support. William Priester of South Muscatine is a contender for re election, with uptown firefighters favoring a more centrally located leader. The vote is expected to stay cordial and in the department’s best interests. Also Muscatine YWCA plans discussed as 160 of 200 names secured for September 1 formation. meeting at Congregational church led by Mrs. Ella Jayne with remarks by state secretary Abbie McElroy.
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Fusserville
Ida Nallingham
Martha Owens
Carl Pheiffer
Bertha Blake
Bessie Brown
Rachel Jeneson
Josephine Butler
Ruth Concannon
Rhoda Concannon
South Muscatine
R. Blanchard
Minnesota
Des Moines
Louis Kautz
William Priester
William Neff
Uptown
Mrs E B Carter Makes Letts Shopping Day Visit
Mrs. E. B. Carter of Letts spent the day in the city shopping and returned home Saturday evening.
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E. B. Carter
Letts
Local club outlines life and sustaining memberships
The group offers life memberships at 100 dollars and sustaining memberships at five dollars with about 160 names secured, noting several sustaining memberships. A meeting is set for tomorrow afternoon between 4 and 5 o'clock in the basement of the First Baptist church to finalize plans and report progress. The women leading the effort urge dedicated work to achieve much.
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First Baptist Church
Diamond Jo steamer pamphlet touts Muscatine sights
The Diamond Jo Line publishes a 20 page illustrated panorama of the upper Mississippi from St. Louis to Saint Paul. Muscatine is featured with a rocky bluff, famed sweet potatoes and melons from Muscatine Island, and notes on steamer rates and schedules. Muscatine is listed as 93 miles from St. Louis and 436 miles from St. Paul.
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Diamond Jo Line
Mississippi
St. Louis
St. Paul
Upper
Saint Paul
Diamond
Muscatine
Great Bend
Muscatine Island
Prospects Bright for Interurban Line Through Wilton
Aurora capitalists led by Colonel Hord plan an interstate visit to Davenport to survey a Davenport to Iowa City interurban. A route survey begins in Davenport to assess entering the city via Locust street and a private right of way to Walcott. A party including William George and Theo Worcester will inspect ground this week with Tri-City Railway offering access and favorable power terms.
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Muscatine County
Davenport
Iowa City
Colonel Hord
Aurora
Illinois
DeKalb
Davenport Exchange
Iowa
Davenpot & Western Railway Company
A. P. Hord
Hord
W.E. Snider
Strat
Walcott
Durant
Wilton
Schuetzen Park
William George
Aurora, Jr
National Bankers’ Association of Illinois
W. A. Watkins
American Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
Theo. Worcester
Aurora and DeKalb Electric Railway Company
Tri-City Railway Company
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Sea McColls Dry Goods Company
Erybody
McColm Dry Goods Co
Musserville Friends’ Church
Gram
Musserville
Friends
South End
South Musca
the South
Pany
G. M. Titus
Kautz
Office
Muscatine Y. W. C. A
Diamond Jo
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