Regular Monthly City Council Session Notes 1928
City Council held its regular monthly meeting in Council Chambers on June 21 1928 at 7 30 p m with Mayor Thompson presiding. Proceedings cover street repairs sidewalk work bids accounts cigarette permits levee and park commissions budget planning and special police appointments.
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Thompson
City Council
Board of Health
East 2Nd St
Fulham Ave
Fivc
Sanitary Plumbing & Heating Co
Jacob Danz
Pond St
City Hall
West 6Th St
Pine St
Th St
Woodlawn Ave
Oak St
Isett Ave
4Th St
North Muscatine
Bik
Fair Oaks
Jos. Hoefflin
Roscoe Ave
Whicher St
Fred Lechtner
Nyenhuis
7Th St
Sycamore
Clay St
First Ave
2Nd St
KTNT
Highway Commission
Monroe St
Lincoln Boulevard
Hiade
Jackson St
Bond St
Liberty and
Frans St
Liberty St
Zaehringer
Imp. Dist
Mr. Paul
Francis Orr
Louis Miller
Park Place
Henry Heinz
Council
Norman Peter
Second Sts
Brook St
Third Ward
H. J. Welch
Finance Committee
Peta
Rennes
Towit
Werner Axel
Joe Bisesi & Bros
Mike
Frank Bisesi
Peter Bisesi
Frerett Clay
John Downey
Mabel Edwards
Fichenauer
Elks Lodge
Geo. F. Evans
Louis Ga
Horst & Strieter
Bowman Roofing Co
Carl Tiecke
Batterson Stores
Recorder
Riverside Park
Levee Commission
Park Commission
Muscatine Lighting Co
Jess Stephens
9Th St
Hershey Hospital
Parham St
Workmens’ Compensation
Fd Schott
Muscatine
Marriage for Arthur Bader In Stockton Community
Word arrives of the marriage of Arthur Bader, only son of Mr and Mrs Theodore Bader former locals. The newlyweds will reside in Bettendorf. EF A Holst and Otto Schiele return from a Chicago business trip. Rural telephone patrons meet at the local bank to discuss improved service. Mrs B M Kruse and sons Lane and Donald and Miss Alice Anderson visit Durant Tuesday.
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Stockton
Arthur Bader
Theodore Bader
Bettendorf
EF. A. Holst
Otto Schiele
Chicago
B. M. Kruse
Lane
Donald
Alice Anderson
Durant
Stafford Funeral for A J Stafford Set Saturday
Funeral services for A J Stafford aged 85 will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 30 from Snider's chapel in West Liberty with the Rev. (rest of details not readable)
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Stafford
West Liberty
A. J. Stafford
Snider
Noel T. Adams
Masonic Lodge
American Legion
Mr. Stafford
35Th Iowa Infantry
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Masonic Picnic Draws Hundreds at Junction
About three hundred Masons and Eastern Stars attended the Louisa county picnic at Chautauqua park in Columbus Junction, with a community dinner, music by the Columbus Junction band, and a talk by Dr. A. S. Smith of Fairfield.
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Columbus Junction
Louisa County
Chautauqua Park
A. S. Smith
Fairfield
Sells-Floto Circus Promises Record Breaking Show
Friday July 13 attendance at Sells-Floto Circus to see Miss Mamie Ward the sole woman aerialist performing a double somersault. The Nine Flying Wards headline a historic program joining The Famous Hanneford family and Miss Erma Ward in a lineup touted as America’s Greatest Show. Siberian tigers and African lions perform together for the first time, trained by Peter Taylor noted for nerve and daring.
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Sells-Floto Circus
Mamie Ward
Miss Ward
Sells-Floto
America
Hanneford
George
Erma Ward
Peter Taylor
Local visitors honor graves on June 30 evening
Residents decorate graves that evening in a community observance. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Boyles and children Edith Fred and Marie of Minneapolis visit cousins Mrs. H. S. May and James and Evan Edwards.
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Frank Boyles
Edith
Fred
Marie
Minneapolis
H. S. May
James
Evan Edwards
Death notice inquiry reaches Letts from Dakota City
Mayor E R King received a telegram from Dakota City Nebraska stating J T Thomas died there on June 25 and asking about relatives in Letts Iowa. A man named Thomas from England once worked for D H Westbrook, mentioning a mother and sister in England. No relatives found locally. Also notes visits: Lee Hudly family from Colorado Corrine and Jack Ross Keota visiting friends Rev O B Rogers returned from Des Moines school session.
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Keota
O. B. Rogers
Des Moines
Nesper Campaign Expenses Reported in Primary
Campaign expenses of $56.03 were listed by F. B. Nesper, successful Republican candidate for the nomination as sheriff in the June 4 primary election. E. W. Wedekind, candidate for the Republican nomination for supervisor, 1929 term, listed no expenses.
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F. B. Nesper
E. W. Wedekind
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George Clark
A & P Tea Co
Chris
Geo. Kranz & Son
Iowa Avenue
West Liberty Fair Grounds
The
Knights OF the Campus
Iowa City
Junction
Degeption
Jennie Robertson
Knoxville College
Knoxville
Tenn
Thomas
Jay Robinson
Lee Bonnell
Loveland
Colo
E. C. Turkington
Mises Bessie Shearer
H. Shearer
Ida Grove
Nana Paxson
Omaha
J. C. Buffington T Dewery Smith
Iowa University
Mark Brockway
Mildred and
Peherta
Conesville
Charles Billines
C. C. Snyder
Letts
W. H. Blair
Florence Oswalt
Colfax
Harold Smith
Columbus Chautauana
George F. Morse
Herrick Maleouartet
F. T. Hagerman
Harmony Sineers
Norman
Wapello
T. A. Wykert
Margaret Wykert
Letha Simons
Pudolah Votroubek
Solon
L. Votroubek
Billy Darrow
Ft. Snelline
E. D. Arington
Bellevue
John Edgar
Woman's Relief Corps
Columbus City Cemetery
Nesper
Journal
Joe Weninger
Milwaukee
Wis
Henderson’s Drug Stores
Dankert’s Market
Sycamore Street
Capitol
Aspices
Iowa
Streckful Steamboat Line
St.Louis
Muscatine County
Chapman & Cutler
Bond Department
American Savings Bank
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