Muscatine City Council Approves Sidewalks and Repairs
In a regular monthly session Mayor Schmidt presided as aldermen Halstead Diercks Engel Riggs Gremmel Richards Bartemeier and Schenck discussed sidewalk projects. They referred culverts and repairs on Fourth Street and Monroe near the pickle works to the street and alley committee and handled several street walk repairs and name-change petitions. The police judge fee return to the treasury was referred to the committee of the whole.
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City of
Musecatine
Schmidt
Halstead
Diercks
Engel
Riggs Gremmel
Richards
Bartemeier
Schenck
Ald. Gremmel
Dougherty
Front Street
Ald. Halstead
Gremmel
Ald
Cypress
Poplar Streets
Monroe
Pickle Works
First Avenue
Fourth Street
Canon
Canon Street
Fourth
Willow Street
C. B. Fuller
Police Board
John Powers
Eighth Street
Oak
Orange
Grand Opera House
City council orders several street and alley improvements
The council set crossings on Wisconsin and Dewey streets and Sampson street, plus an alley on Hanover street. Work orders covered Goetzman and Will Evans walks, water on Franklin street, West Third street railing, and grading on Lucas Logan streets. Fire department parade invite accepted, minor fire supplies referred, and several property walk repairs and fence work instructed.
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Ninth Street
Chayka
Brook Street
Park Avenue
Ald. Diercks
Wisconsin Street
Dewey Avenue
Sampson Street
Kansas Street
Hanover Street
Bismarck Avenue
Evans Street
Goetzman
Hanover
Will Evans
Franklin Street
West Third Street
Devitt
City Council Proceedings Move On Tax, Bridges and Buildings
The Muscatine council handles petitions to abate Mrs. Rabbitt taxes and rename Maiden Jane, orders repairs along Mulberry Street, and reviews a frame building permit. Reports show weighmaster and marshal receipts, gravesite income, arrests, and city treasurer figures. The city attorney declines tax payment on Muscatine Water Works plant. committee discussions on sewer work are deferred. new cemetery chapel use urged.
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Muscatine Water Works Company
J. F. Devitt
City Board votes sewer connections and vault cleanings
May 16 1901 city board of health met in called session Mayor Schmidt presiding. Notices went to Batterson Graham Wheeler Shields Burnett Cook Musser M Bitzer to connect to sewers and provide sanitary facilities within 20 days. Vaults ordered cleaned within five days for Dougherty Stein Mittman Bliven Thompson Rock Island Brewery Nisley Realing. Chas Moore nominated for re election as city stranger. Marshal ordered to curb cows and wagons in resident areas within five days with prosecutions if ignored. $5.85 bill from C B Fuller approved.
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City Recorder’s Office
City Board of Health
Schmidt
Alds. Richards
Engel
Messrs
J. J. Ryan
C. Hetzel
S. M. Batterson
Hunt Restaurant
FE. L. Graham
Graham Drug Store
M. W. Wheeler
Second Street Estore
G. Shields
Whisler’s
L. G. Burnett
Neidig Book Store
Cook Musser & Co
Gremmel Cigar Store
Martin H. Bitzer
West Corner Fourth and Mulberry
J. B. Dougherty
Mulberry
S. G. Stein
M. Mittman
Front Street
W. Bliven
Seventh
Cedar
W. B. Thompson
East Ninth Street
Rock Island Brewery Co
J. R. Nisley
Ninth and
Orange
J. R. Realing
West Corner
Crystal Wedding Honor for Van Camp Anniversary
Friends and neighbors gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs J H Van Camp in Sweetland to celebrate their fifteenth wedding anniversary. The hospitable couple hosted a cheerful evening of good will and satisfaction, marking a season of happiness for the well known pair.
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J. H. van Camp
Sweetland
Van Camp Returns Home After Long Residence
Mr Van Camp has lived in the area most of his life and Mrs Van Camp once lived in Dakota. They hosted a supper that was enjoyed and several sentimental presents were given to remind them of the many years ahead.
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van Camp
Dakota
Sweetland
N Camp
New Orient Figures Rise In Street And Track
The Journal notes a wave of new Orient leaders and athletes emerging on streets and tracks as desires for prominence spread. Community observers highlight quick growth and public interest in these figures and their pursuits.
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New Orients
New Mile
Orient
New Orient
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