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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1910
Page
6
An extended ad extols ITEN'S Crackers and Cookies made in a Snow White Bakery. It promotes absolute sanitary conditions, daily towel use, clean uniforms, frequent air changes, high quality materials, and dust-free facilities. The copy invites readers to try samples this week and discourage inferior brands.
The city council, on finance committee recommendation, approved and ordered payment of monthly claims and payroll totaling 4607.65. Bonds and coupons were examined and properly cancelled, on file in the recorder's office. Chairman Diercks presided with Aldermen Robbins and Nyenhuis present. Hartwig was absent.
City finance committee met in regular monthly session on June 14, 1919, at the City Recorder's Office to review budgets and expenditures. The meeting agenda included routine fiscal items and updates from department heads.
The finance committee reviews bonds and coupons paid and cancelled since the last meeting and on file with the city recorder. It recommends approving warrants issued by the mayor and city recorder for bond and coupon payments.
The council passed an ordinance granting the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad a right to build and extend a switch across Grandview avenue to serve a public loading track and the Ritchie culvert factory. The meeting also approved a Waterworks property care ordinance, health actions on hogpens deemed a nuisance, and hose replacement funding for the fire department.
Dana Crawford remains seriously ill in Millersburg Illinois. Numerous residents and visitors travel to Aledo Keokuk Keithsburg New Boston and Monmouth for hospital stays visits and excursions between June 6 and 19. A buggy accident near town injures J B Duncan and John Wakeland. a boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Scranton on the 10th weighs 10 12 pounds and is healthy.
Unpaid warrants from the general and lighting funds prompt trials next Monday with default judgments of 33 500 against the city of Muscatine. Mayor Hill says the debt is just and will be paid over two to three years as the new city attorney Kammerer is instructed not to plead.
Mrs E H Collins and Miss Laura E Hoag left for New Sharon to attend a Christian Worker's Summer Assembly. Mrs Howard Garnes and children Cornelia and Howard of Cranston visit J S Garnes's home. Mr and Mrs John Schweitzer and Miss Florence Schweitzer and Miss Maud Roth of Muscatine dined at Martin Schweitzer's. Ben Vanstra visited relatives in Buffalo Prairie Illinois. Mrs Beggs Cedar Valley and Mrs Jackson Park Place visited Miss Ida Drake. Locust Grove and North Star.
On the 11th and 12th, residents of Aledo and Joy hosted visitors and attended local events. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Turner visited Alfred Lemons. a Presbyterian Children's Day drew a large crowd. Mrs. Joseph Harney and her mother joined the L D S meeting and shared dinner. John Terry and family from Joy, Illinois visited J. L. Terry and left for home.
Old Clifton I a June 16 Walter Carl Marie and Emma Wehmeyer dined at A Hank s Monday Lettie Westerman of Cone visited B F Knott home Thursday to Saturday J Fred Moore supped at Robert Baird s Wednesday Mrs J M Robertson and children were at W S Huston s Wednesday afternoon Mrs Sarah Shaum called at W S Hand s Wednesday forenoon B F Knott spent Sunday with his son C J family Mrs J A Owens and son Robert visited A Hank s Sunday Cc O Kemp and family called in afternoon Alice Murray visited B F Knott s Friday J T Kinmouth and wife were at B F Shaum s Sunday Mr and Mrs Earl Orris at Mr Solomon s Sunday Christena and Emma Brauns near Wapello visited A Hank s Monday Myrtle Knott helping Ava Bedwell with house work Blanche Jones left for Wapello to attend normal this week Charley Reece and children and Carl Hancher family at Alex Blake s Sunday
A promotion by J. Linn Hoopes invites readers to buy a lot on weekly installment payments. The ad promises eventual land ownership and outlines a simple path to ownership through regular payments.
The Direct Action Gas Range heats the oven directly so you can bake in a cold oven. It claims to save 10 to 15 minutes of preheating and uses only about 5 feet of gas to bake biscuits on two racks, unlike older ranges that burn 25 to 35 feet per hour.
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