Poster and Essay Contest Winners Announced in Muscatine
Winners announced today by the Muscatine Chamber of Commerce Fire Prevention committee for Fire Prevention Week. In the poster contest at Muscatine High and Muscatine Catholic High, first prize 3 dollars went to Alicia Zahnizer with second shared by Marion Sywassnik and M Lofgren and third to Josie Jessup. Catholic High winners were Robert Lemkau first Nancy O Leary second and Elizabeth Bekker third. Essay winners in junior high include Kath leen Hawkins first Tommy Hoopes second Nancy Cook third at Muscatine Junior High. St Marys Ann Moots first Montgomery second Larry Otter third. St Mathias Phillipa Gaeta first Paul Hines second Richard Funk third. Zion Lutheran June Marolf first David Timm second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine Chamber of Commerce
Muscatine High
Muscatine Catholic High
Muscatine High School
Alicia Zahnizer
Marion Sywassnik
M. Lofgren
Josie Jessup
Rock Island Railroad Receives Muscatine Anniversary Wishes
Messages of congratulations were sent by the Muscatine Chamber of Commerce and Mayor Elmo Ferguson as the Rock Island railroad marked its 100th anniversary. Telegrams went to Marry Toussaint the Muscatine agent and J D Farrington of Chicago.
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Rock Island Railroad
Muscatine Chamber of Commerce
Elmo Ferguson
Marry Toussaint
Muscatine
J. D. Farrington
Chicago
Chamber Aid
Rock Island
Fair and Warmer Weather Coming Saturday
Weather outlook predicts milder conditions with highs near 72 degrees this weekend. Readings show 66 on Thursday and a chilly 32 early morning. Tonigot may reach around 40 as Iowa stays mild into Sunday.
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Iowa
Trade Absorbs Big Supply Hog Prices Strong
Hogs 8 000 fairly active steady to strong on butchers with several 25 cent higher lots. Sows steady to strong across weights. top 19.90 for choice 240 260 lb, 18.75 19.75 for other weights. Cattle 800 head, calves 300. steers and heifers scarce, cows steady to 25 cents higher. bulls steady to weak. Sheep 600 head, native lambs steady 18.50 24.50, some 26.50 26.60 top.
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Chicago
USDA
Local Markets Report on Poultry Eggs and Hog Prices
The market lists heavy hens at 17c and Leghorns at 14c with various heavy breed spring weights and egg prices No. 1 at 44c Med 36c No 2 25c Pullet 20c. Hog prices show trucks 140 160 lb at 15.25 16.00 up to 330 lb and stags 10.25 14.75.
Old Indian Trail to Be Traced by Muscatine Boy Scouts
Muscatine Boy Scouts plan a trail tracing trip Saturday afternoon to follow an ancient Indian route. Guide Oscar Grossheim, longtime local photographer and Indian history enthusiast, leads scouts meeting at the post office at 3 p.m. The trail started at the Mississippi crossing point and wound through Muscatine toward the Cedar River, remaining in use into Grossheim’s youth and passing near his Grant street birthplace.
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Muscatine
Oscar Grossheim
Cedar River
Mr. Grossheim
Grant Street
Dr J J Coady 78 Former Muscatine Resident Dies
Dr J J Coady aged 78 formerly of Muscatine died at 11 p m Thursday in Minooka NL He was born July 3 1874 in Seventy Six township son of John and Anne Cosgrove Coady He worked with Al Morgan in Muscatine later studied medicine and practiced at Mokena NL and Minooka He married Mildred Brinkerhof of Minooka and leaves a daughter Mrs Marjorie Ericson and two sons Charles and John Coady all of Minooka plus a sister Bryde Coady of Muscatine Funeral services and burial will be in Minooka.
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J. J. Coady
Muscatine
Minooka
Seventy- Six
Dr. Coady
John and
Anne Cosgrove Coady
al Morgan
Mokena
Mildred Brinkerhof
Marjorie Ericson
Charles
John Coady
Bryde Coady
Meerdink Presents Fire Hazard Film At Club Meeting
Fire prevention was stressed at a Muscatine club noon meeting at the Hotel. Fire Chief Paul Meerdink was the guest and screened a film illustrating fire hazards and prevention methods. The session included a brief business portion.
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Meerdink
Muscatine Club
Hotel Muscatine
Paul Meerdink
Chicago Produce Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago market note shows unsettled butter receipts 481512 and wholesale prices steady with grades AA and A, B and C listed. Eggs firm for some lines, U S mediums down 13 cents a dozen, other prices noted. live poultry market steady with heavy and light hens, roosters, fryers, and ducklings prices.
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Chicago
U.S
U. S
U. & Standards
USDA
Chicago Potatoes Market Report Strikes Potent Tone
USDA potato arrivals reach 106 with track 291 on hand and total U S shipments 806. Supplies are light while demand remains strong for limited track offerings. Idaho russets sell around 4.90 to 5.20 and Wisconsin round whites at about 4.15.
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Chicago
USDA
U. S
Idaho
Wisconsin
Muscatine Toastmasters postpone meeting elects president
Conflicting events push the Muscatine Toastmasters club meeting to Oct 23 at Hotel Muscatine where a president will be elected to replace James Ryan who has resigned. Other officers will be installed and the program will be presented. Local police search Cedar Rapids for George Duffy, 22, wanted for questioning in a shotgun incident. Nearby notices include hospital admittances and dismissals, motor vehicle registrations, and a political speech by Leo Elthon in Fertile, Ia.
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Muscatine Toastmasters Club
Hotel Muscatine
James Ryan
George Duffy
Cedar Rapids
Yellow Cab Co
George Meadows
Palola
Lester Isaacs
West Fifth Street
Washington, D. C
Virginia Highbarger
Cecil Lane
Moscow
John Harold Kemble
Veterans of Foreign Wars
W. E
L. G. Ruthenberg
Newell Avenue
Plymouth
Warren B. Harris
East Fifth Street
Buick
Martin F. Wiedemann
van Horn Street
Ford
Harold K
Mamie E. Hayes
Lucas Street
Studebaker
D. H. Reindl
West Third Street
Chevrolet
Edward Thicker
Bellevue Hospital
Wesley Krueger
Illinois City
Velma Anderson
Breese Avenue
Charles Lo Bianco
Iowa Avenue
Eugene Ryan
Cannon Avenue
Franklin Huber
East Third Street
Carl Schreiber
Nellie Negus
East Second Street
Fred Edwards
Orange Street
Joseph L. Troy
West Sixth Street
W. S. Smalley
Muscatine
Martha Lucy Douglass
Douglas N. McConnaha
Fairfield
George H. Holmes
Wapello
University Hospital
Iowa City
Dorothy Welsch
Cedar Street
Arthur Strong
Culver Street
Hershey Hospital
Noah Lacey
Hershey Avenue
E. J. Angerer
Barry Avenue
Frank Scott
Wilton Junction
William E. Scott
Co. C
81St Med
CC “B
5Th Armored Division
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Herbert Noll
Route 4
Glen Johnson
Johnson
Canon Avenue
Norma May Bryant
Isett Avenue
Floyd V. Law
West Fulham Avenue
St. Luke’s Hospital
Davenport
Leo Elthon
Fertile
Fire Prevention Week Keeps Muscatine Firemen Busy
Muscatine firefighters faced a string of grass and trash fires during Fire Prevention Week amid dry, hot weather. Chief Paul Meerdink urged residents to burn only with caution as 11 calls since Sunday strained equipment. Thursday saw six calls including a roof blaze at 1179 Lucas and a Maple Grove road house fire outside city limits.
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Muscatine
Paul Meerdink
Meerdink
L. J. Downham
Lucas Street
Lyle Estabrook
Maple Grove Road
Central Station
Oregon Street
East Seventh Street
Scott Street
Lauren Jarrett
Mulberry Avenue
Park Avenue
East Fifth Street
Princess Yori Weds English Country Squire After Shinto Rite
The third daughter of Emperor Hirohito, Princess Yori, married a country squire in Tokyo in a 17 minute austere Shinto ceremony. The event linked the imperial household with a private English family lineage.
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Hirohito
Tokyo
Yori
Public Young Republicans Meeting Tonight at Courthouse
A Young Republican meeting is scheduled for 8 o'clock tonight at the courthouse and open to the public. Earlier today at about 1 15 p.m. a grass fire spread to a small storage building on Ohio Street causing minor damage. The Rock Island railroad property storage building held sand.
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Ohio Street
Rock Island Railroad
Albert C Lumpe Services to Be Held Saturday
The body of Albert C. Lumpe 74 of Seattle Washington who died Monday in a Seattle hospital arrived in Muscatine and was taken to the George M Wittich Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home with Dr J M Kennedy pastor of the First Presbyterian church in charge. Burial will be in Greenwood cemetery. He was born April 30 1878 in Muscatine and was the son of Fred and Wilhelmina Kessler Lumpe. He was in the lumber business all his life and moved to Seattle about 10 years ago. Survivors include two brothers Ernest C of Seattle and Walter C of Chicago and two sisters Mrs Laura Miller of Chicago and Mrs Helen M Jenks of Waterloo. He was preceded in death by his parents one sister and one brother.
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Albert C. Lumpe
Seattle
Wash
Muscatine
Geo. M. Wittich
J. M. Kennedy
First Presbyterian Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Mr. Lumpe
Fred and
Wilhelmina Kessler Lumpe
Ernest C
Walter C
Chicago
Laura Miller
Helen M. Jenks
Waterloo
Misel Car Upset near Edge of City
Edward A. Misel of route 6 and his three sons escaped serious injury when a 1948 Nash sedan overturn on highway 61 at the east city limits. Larry J. Misel drove eastbound the car reportedly turning from the shoulder back onto the pavement at about 10 45 a m sheriff Charles Anson said.
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Edward A. Misel
Route 6
Larry J. Misel
Misel
Charles Anson
Larry
Robin Acquitted Of Girl's Death in Cedar Rapids
A district court jury found Wesley Robin, 24, Cedar Rapids, not guilty of manslaughter in the August crash that killed a 12 to 18 month old girl. Robin testified he had three drinks and a beer, while the baby’s mother, Virgil Schmile, 18, was a passenger in the car.
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Cedar Rapids
Wesley Robin
Robin
Virgil Schmile
Estimated Receipts for Saturday Livestock in Chicago
USDA estimates salable livestock receipts for Saturday as hogs 200 cattle 200 and sheep 100. The figures reflect market activity in Chicago with quick turnout anticipated for buyers and sellers. The report provides a snapshot of supply by species for the weekend trading session.
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Chicago
USDA
Funeral Rites for Marion H. Compton
Funeral rites for Marion H. Compton of rural route No 4 were held at 3 p m at Geo M Wittich Funeral home with Rev Ned Gillum of the First Christian church in charge. Mrs Stephen Vorwerk played the organ and burial followed in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Marion H. Compton
Geo. M. Wittich
Ned Gillum
First Christian Church
Stephen Vorwerk
Greenwood Cemetery
Birth Announcements From Hershey Hospitals
Biographies Chapter One reports births at local hospitals. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs McConnaha on Thursday at route 4. A son was born to Mr and Mrs H at 2011 Mulberry Avenue.
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Hershey
City approves bridge alterations for new Mississippi locks
Keokuk council grants federal permission to modify the municipal bridge as preparation for the 1,200 foot Mississippi River locks. Preliminary contracts will be awarded soon.
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Keokuk
U.S
Mississippi River
Chicago Cash Grain Market Report Highlights Prices
Chicago cash grain closes list prices for corn oats barley and seeds with No 1 yellow corn around 1.68 dollars per bushel and soybeans near 2.96 dollars per bushel Indiana origin No 2 at 2.87 Illinois origin No 3 at 2.96 and mixed classifications across corn soybeans oats barley and field seeds.
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Chicago
Indiana
Iowa City Men Held on OMVI and Intoxication Charges
Iowa City residents George Abbott and John Robert Kelley were detained by state patrol on Highway 6 near the No 38 intersection on OMVI and intoxication charges. Both were set for hearings before Justice Robert Jehring this afternoon.
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Iowa City
OMVI
George Abbott
South Linn Street
Iowa Highway Patrol
No. 38
John Robert Kelley
Riverside Drive
Justice of the Peace
Robert Jehring
Iowan Dies in Crash Near Chester Howard County
Frank Moss aged 48 died when his car left a county road two miles south of Chester in Howard county near the Minnesota line Thursday night.
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Iowan
Chester
Frank Moss
Howard County
Minnesota
Muscatine Seeks Bids for City Hall Concrete Sidewalk
Sealed bids are invited by the Muscatine City Council for replacing a concrete sidewalk and curb around City Hall. Work covers about 825 feet of sidewalk and 50 feet of inner curb, with removal by city forces. Bids due October 16, 1952, at 3:00 PM CST.
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Muscatine
Iowa
City Hall
City of Muscatine
Robert H. Smith
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