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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1903

Page

3

Muscatine City Council Proceedings March to April 1903 Funds Report

City notes March and April 1903 collections across bond, improvement, grading, sewer, general, gas and electric light, bridge, water sinking, library, road districts, and water works funds. Treasurer E E Davidson submits balances and itemized accounts with approvals and filings.

OGG Doug Rond Fund Improvement Fund Ee Severand Gas and Electric Light Fund Wibrary Fund E. E. Davidson

Muscatine City Treasury Report May 1903 Highlights

City treasury transactions April 25 to May 15 1903 show receipts and expenditures by fund with balances in Water Works Library and Improvement districts. Report includes overdrafts balances and city clerk notes plus a finance committee session approving accounts and warrants.

Hutchinson Seiler City Treasury Boards of Water Works and Library Trustees E. E. Davidson Peerless Button Co Royal Pearl Button Co Leo. H. Hirsch & Co Leo H. Hirsch & Co Automatic Button Co Switzer Electrical Supply Co Neiver Iron Works Company Brandenburg J. Richman Journal Printing C the Record Printing Co

Aldermen Vote On Fire House Purchase And Wage Advance

In ten days Second Alderman Riggs and Alderman Spaethe clashed over buying the old Hershey hose company house and equipment. Alderman Bartemeier urged approval of the fire committee report. The council also debated granting the petition for wage advances by teamsters and day laborers. A tied vote prompted the mayor to cast the deciding negative ballot.

Bartemeier Riggs Hutchinson City of Muscatine Spaethe Duffield Washburn Engel Seiler Spaedhe Whicher Street Hershey Hose Company Setler

Southern Lands Investments Prospectus Offer

Investment prospectus claims southern lands sell below value with high returns. Promotes free circulars about Kentucky West Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana lands near the Illinois Central railroad for homeseekers and investors. Address requests to J. F. Merry assistant general passenger agent Louisville and Nashville?

South Kentucky West Tennessee Mississippi Louisiana Illinois Central Railroad J. F. Merry Pass Dubuque Iowa

Community Society Gatherings In Muscatine

Local fraternal groups list monthly meeting times in Muscatine Iowa. Masonic lodge A F and A M meets first Tuesday. American Yeomen Foreman. Muscatine Homestead No 336 meets second and fourth Tuesdays. Quasipolitical R. M. lodge meets Thursday. various lodges of I O O F D O H and other orders invite members in good standing to attend.

Muscatine O. O. F. Muscatine Lodge Miriam Lodge D. of R Prairie Encampment Woodman Bal M. B. A. Bend City Lodge Modern Brotherhood of America K. of P J . Cosgrove G. H. Arnold A. O. U. W. Faglf Lodge A. O. U. W. Hall Second Street P. Ingham Howe Recordgr Ee. H. Dolsen K. O. T. M. Muscatine Maccabee Hall Anthalter Iowa Avenue Ee. G. O'Brien J. W. Hahn Fraternal Aid Association Bloomington F. A Hall Shammo Aird J. J. Reindl E. P. Day Bankers’ Pioneer Association Valley Forge Post Knights OF Pythias Wyoming Lodge No. 76 J. W. Miller C. C. H. S. Howe Iowa Legion OF Honor Argus Lodge No. 17 G. A. R. Hall W. W. Millett A. ©. Hopkinson Woodbine Camp NO Royal Neighbors of America Catherine Moncrief Oracle Katie Parvin Amanda Tarr

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