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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1914
Page
2
Firecrackers and sky rockets fill store windows as the season peaks. Laws ban concealed weapons and prohibits dynamite caps while permits to carry may be hard to obtain. No toy pistols or long paper caps. new noise makers promise spectacle for the holiday.
Muscatine city council ordered City Engineer H Young to prepare plans and estimates for a new East Second street bridge over Mad Creek. The proposed structure would replace both the current city and railroad bridges at an estimated cost near 25000 dollars, with Railroads possibly contributing. Some aldermen opposed due to funds, but vote carried. Other items included tax exemption for a proposed armory, street worker hours reduced, and talks on grading Lombard street and Mulberry Avenue.
Alderman Sullivan opposed a motion to have the city attorney draw up papers for sale. The council approved receiving bids for the Martian and Sexton houses in Greenwood Cemetery on June 30. Engineer Young estimated 1400 to grade Nyenburg and fill Gerischer plots, with bids to be advertised for June 30.
A readable OCR fragment notes the address of Dr. W. E. Shallenberger at 4563 Lake Avenue, Chicago Illinois. The line provides no further context or action.
A heated Muscatine city council session centered on who has authority to order street flushing and curb work. Alderman Heard pressed the mayor for grounds of expenditure, sparking clashes over powers between the street and alley committee, city engineer Charles Young, and the mayor. The mayor announced he would step back from the matter, insisting he acted for the city’s best interests, while the street and alley committee was instructed to handle future work under existing ordinances.
The German M B Sunday school held its annual picnic yesterday at Weed Park with over 200 attendees. Children enjoyed races and contests after a 6:30 picnic supper in the clubhouse while officers and teachers gathered for the event. The Brotherhood plans a meeting tonight to discuss summer activities including a possible moonlight excursion and whether meetings will continue through summer.
In Rock Island Illinois a man over seventy fell backward down the steps of the Rock Island State Bank building on East Side. He escaped with scalp wounds and a head abrasion three inches in diameter. Passersby assisted him and a local doctor treated his minor injuries.
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