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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1902
Page
10
City recorder report lists warrants paid and outstanding across multiple bond issues and districts. Details include bond numbers, payments, overdrafts, balances, and cancellations totaling about 6 337.91, with various sub districts and improvement bonds itemized and balance figures carried forward.
Burlington Route offers two publications for two cents. Nebraska describes state resources with farm images and a sectional map, while Big Horn Basin outlines Northwestern Wyoming lands with openings for small ranches and government land open for settlement. Send stamps to J Francis Omaha.
The Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway announces one way colonists rates in March and April at all stations. Key destinations include Denver, Salt Lake City, Helena, Butte, Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, with many additional points. Settlers’ rates from all points to northwestern destinations also apply.
A column note explains the Journal reserves space for signed communications by readers. It states the Journal will not judge or endorse the opinions, merely provide a medium for expression. The policy clarifies it is not approving or disapproving of the sentiments published.
A reader debate links queenly womanhood to suffrage and child welfare. A tale from Nichols Iowa criticizes local country schools for vice, praising reform and personal interest while discussing I M B and W S Fultz responses.
Voters in Muscatine Iowa will gather at the Muscatine city hall on April 9 1902 to decide whether the Independent School District should issue bonds totaling twenty five thousand dollars for constructing school buildings and adding classrooms. Polls open 1 p m close 7 p m. President G O Morgridge and Secretary A K Raff preside.
City of Muscatine Iowa informs property holders on Eighth Street between Iowa Avenue and Mulberry Street that on November 4 1901 a resolution ordered permanent 5 foot wide sidewalks with inner edge 1 foot from property lines. Construction required by May 1 1902 or the city will build them at premises cost charged to the owners.
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