Des Moines Firemen Prepare for Thirty Fifth State Tourney
Muscatine firemen join hundreds from across Iowa for the Thirty-Fifth annual Town Firemen's State Association tournament at the State Fair Grounds Des Moines July 25 to 28. Prize money exceeds three thousand dollars in purses medals and trophies with events including hose races flag race ladder race and paid open competition. local companies have not yet decided on attendance.
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Muscatine
Des Moines
State Fair Grounds
Ig Buck
Capitol City
Iowa
Pearl
Board of Control
Weednnesday
Association
State -Firemen’s Association
Razer
Lews
Muscatine Board of Health launches cleaner city campaign
Muscatine Iowa boards move to sanitary drive after complaints at slaughterhouses. City Food Inspector Til le Tille reports May to June 1911 inspections found slaughterhouses moderately sanitary, with improvements planned. Milk tests all above legal fat, eight seven tests noted. some complaints against butchers corrected. Health Officer Husted reports no contagious diseases in May, births and deaths tallied, and several privy repairs ordered. one resident failed to start repairs.
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Muscatine Board of Health
Tillie Wee
L. "Husted
Board of Health
City Board of Health
Hin
Ald
Kendig
Zeidler
Young
Graebner
Muscatine
John Tille
Carrlee
Thhe
Kendlg
Miles
Zeldier
Husted
City of
Towa
Local Residents Return and Travel Notices in City
Dr Halstead of 124 B 2nd St treated diseases of the stomach liver and kidneys. Mrs Fred Watting of Fairfield returned home after a brief visit in the city. Mrs Lt Hartman left for Columbus Junction after a few days in the city with friends.
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Halstead
Fred Watting
Fairfield
Unnamed residents travel amid city visits and sales ads
Miss Worth Zeng and Mila Maeglin left for Burlington to visit friends. Sirma Mastive headed to a Nichols home after visiting relatives. Marie Holmes departed for Wapello for a few days. L M Grigsby went to Nichols for a district conference. Mrs H Kelshner returned to Nichols. Prices listed: Lyon and Healy upright plane 175 dollars. Hirt and Foster Piano Co. offers sofas and loans notes.
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Sirma Mastive
Nichols
Miss Marie Holmes
Wapello
Lawson
Lyon and Healy
Hirt & Foster Piane Co
Hershey
Alyina Keoshner
Hirst
Tus Loan & Investment& Co
HAILSTORMS DO DAMAGE IN CONNECTICUT TOWNS
A June hailstorm swept across Connecticut causing widespread destruction. Tobacco farms lost many thousands of young plants while Gaylordsville apple trees were uprooted. Long Mountain windows shattered in every house and Milford saw record colored hailstones. A large hailstone weighed over an ounce and a 300 carat irregular gem was found by a town constable for weighing.
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New Milford
Conn
Connecticut
Gaylordsville
Edward Wungerford
Long Mountain
Milford
List of unclaimed letters at Muscatine post office 1911
Week ending June 20 1911 Muscatine Iowa post office lists unclaimed letters. Co men Fred Barr Geo Blood Claude Hufford Chas Johnson Chas Katzenmeyer Wm Lambert Geo W Londenschlager Ralph McKernan Richard Lord Master Gryde Rice J B Thorton Ned Tolle F J Walker John Webb John Winters Ladies Mrs Hildenbran Mrs Dellie Myers Lulu O'Brien Mrs Lee Wilsey Mrs H Williams Mrs Sarah Young. Calls for above letters should say Advertised. Robert S. McNutt P M.
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Muscatine
Iowa
Fred Barr
Geo, Blood
Claude Hufford
Chas
Johnson
Katzenmeyer
Lambert
Geo
Londenschlager
Ralph McKernan
Richard Lord
Master Gryde
Rice
J. BE. Thorton
Ned Tolle
F. J. Walker
John Webb
John Winters
Wil ‘Hlldenbran
Dellie Myers
Lulu O’brien
Lee Wilsey
H. Williams
Sarah Young
Robert 8. McNutt
P. M
Health board acts on safety for pitch matters
The health board instructs enforcement of health laws on pitch matters. A Drake University bill for waiter analysis totaling $10,000 is recommended for council payment. City Engineer Young moves to order property owners in Block 34 Original Town to abandon or repair a private sewer, with the street commissioner ordered to temporarily repair the same. Alderman Kendig moves the board, seconded by Alderman Zoldier, and carried.
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Drake University
Young
Kendig
Natura
Zoldier
Census report on Iowa crops highlights 1909 values and 1899-1909 changes
Washington bulletin presents decennial census data for Iowa crops. It lists 1909 leading crops by value such as corn, hay, oats, and wheat, with acreage and yield changes since 1899. Notable shifts show corn declines and hay gains, plus declines in oats, potatoes, and barley across the decade.
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Washington
D. C
Iowa
Crop Comparisons Show Wheat, Corn Yields and Values
Cereals occupied 15,031,039 acres in 1909, down from 16,920,095 in 1809 by 1,899,066 acres or 11.2 percent. Corn led cereal values per acre. overall cereal average value was $21.90, far above hay and forage. Timothy and clover mixtures dominated hay acreage and value, with Timothy alone ranking second in both.
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Rathe
Ryn
King’s New Discovery Cures Consumption Claims
W R Patterson of Wellington Texas describes severe lung trouble and weight loss, crediting Dr King’s New Discovery for a complete cure after two years of treatment and family deaths from consumption. He endorses it for coughs colds asthma and throat and lung troubles, with trial bottle offers and guarantees.
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W. Bends
Thas
Iiver
Sidney
Dr. King
Havercamp’s
W. R. Patterson
Wellington
Tex
Havercanp
Protecting Health Push on Fruit and Milk Checks
Muscatine officials discuss mandatory display sanitation for produce with glass covers to fight dirt and insects. The board supports action and will compare with state guidelines, plus possible shift from cardboard milk coupons to metal checks. Action referred to July meeting. Dr Norton, Eye Ear Nose and Throat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Board of Health
H. L. Husted
State Health Board
Husted
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Lieflander
East 8Th St
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Grandview
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Town City
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Muscatine Produce & Ice Co
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