Muscatine Industries Show Strong Growth and Resilience
Muscatine in Iowa touts a diverse factory base led by Roach & Musser and Huttig Manufacturing with large sash and door operations and rubber roof distribution. The community emphasizes buying local to keep money circulating, cites the 1907 panic as a strong test, and lists major plants including Heinz and Ziegler canning, plus numerous metal, woodworking, and textile products.
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Muscatine
Iowa
Roach & Musser Company
Huttig Manufacturing Company
Huttig Concern
H. J. Heinz Company
Ziegler Canning Company
Scotch Skipper Tells of William Fife Jr Incident
Co H J Snider recalls a characteristic scene with William Fife Jr, Scotland’s famed yacht designer and sailor. He describes Fife in the weather berth on port tack dodging the line as the enemy to leeward closes aboard.
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H. J. Snider
William Fife, Jr
Scotland
Leeward
Judge Moves to Murfreesboro and Tries to Spell It
A judge relocated to Murfreesboro and, while starting a letter, puzzled over the town’s spelling. He exclaimed, It give it up How on earth can they spell the name of this place with a K.
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Tennessee
Knoxville
Noxville
Nashville
Knashville
Murfreesboro
Louisville Post
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Mora
Hood
Holsman
Surreys
Smaller Auto and Marine Co
East Front Street
Women’s
Oxfords
Ren’s
Keith Konqueror
John Kelley
East 2Nd Street
Muscatine, Ia
Pearl City
Sults
Hershey
New Court House
Middle West
Fife
Muscatine’s New House
Pierson
Second Street
Mulberry Avenue
A. L. Pierson
Max Sei
East Second Street
H. Kaiser
Pres
Treas. Co. L. L'Ndner
W. A. Kaiser
Asst
Treas
R.C. Schenck
Sec
South Muscatine
Hemlock
Muscatine Muscatine, Iowa