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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1917
Page
2
Des Moines reports Battery C and Batteries A and B in Clinton Davenport Muscatine to mobilize within forty eight hours. Headquarters and supply units also to move. Battalion to proceed to Fort Roots Arkansas.
The commission approved plans for a levee terminal warehouse near Chestnut Street submitted by Engineer J J Ryan. Bids will be advertised immediately with all bids to be opened Tuesday July 10.
A dramatic account compares a diver’s fear to a shark encounter and recalls Allan Holubar’s sea adventure as captains rise from a submarine. The report also notes a boy injuring his finger while cutting grass and local notices, including housing and employment ads.
A city commission passes a plan to clear Muscatino riverfront from Orange to Pine. It requires permits for any occupancy of riverfront land and orders holders to secure permits or relocate. The rule aims to prevent haphazard cabin boat landings and improve the riverfront area.
A major amateur showdown is slated for the South End lot as the Independents of the city face the Ardon team in a sunlit afternoon event. The lineup features Canh Tin and other former St. Ambrose College stars from Davenport, Trafford, with the event carrying local civic fanfare and a mounted drill set for 7 o'clock tomorrow morning. Port Van Tryfie, 1st Sergeant, notes schedule adjustments. also reported today are the births of a daughter to Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Greiner of Bartlett Street and the birth of a boy to Edward Schlacht of Kanaan Street.
Wallace Reid and Myrtle Stedman headline the AaMune U showing The World Apart with Eugene Paltette as the heavy. A fight scene nearly derailed by an on set accident, leaving Reid prone as Pallotte tripped. Director Taylor called cut while the stunt was reev luated. Also playing Unconquered at the A Muse O tonight stars Fannie Ward in another tale.
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