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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1903
Page
5
The district court of Muscatine County adjourned its unusually heavy June term this afternoon. The court and local lawyers call it the busiest summer session in years. The September term will start September 8 with Judge A. J. House of Maquoketa presiding.
The P. M. Musser library in Muscatine expanded by more than 100 volumes this month. New additions cover fiction history poetry German and nature studies with notable titles including Thomas Nelson Page Gordon Keith The Captain by Churchill Williams and The Soul of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois German literature rises in demand and Love Letters of Margaret Fuller garners attention.
Father F J Leonard of St Matthias church conducted the Oxford funeral for John Curry a former resident born May 25 1855. He lived many years in Oxford and is remembered by older residents for his life and deeds reported by the local paper.
Sergeant Chas Hanley, Sergeant Homer Junkin, Corporals Eeward Stuart, Ralph Othmer, and Private Chas Kulp arrived at noon from Cedar Rapids where they attended the state rifle range shoot. They praised the event and the State Rifle Association formed there earlier in the week.
Special market dispatch notes Open High Low Close figures for Wheat Corn Oats and Pork and Beef futures. Includes Chicago live stock receipts hogs cattle and sheep with price ranges and carlot receipts Kansas City Omaha Liverpool and bank reserve movements and loan totals.
Quotations on bonds and securities listed in New York show open, high, low, and close values for leading stocks. Notable entries include Atchison 62.5 62.5 62 62.25, Missouri Pacific 98.5 98.5 97.5 97.5, Southern Pacific 44.5 44.5 43 43, New York Central 120.5 120.5 119 119.5, Penna 123.5 124 123.5 123.0, See 20.56 21 20.5 21, St Paul 141.5 141.5 140 141, Rock Island 24 24 23.5 23.5, U S Steel 23.5 24 23 23, Copper 41 41 41 41, BRT 45 45 45 45, Manitowoc 133 183.5 182.5 133.
For sale listing offers a 170 acre grain and stock farm in Sweetland township eight miles from the city two miles from the railroad station at fifty dollars per acre. A 93 acre dairy farm four miles from the city at sixty two and a half dollars per acre. An 80 acre farm six miles from the city at forty dollars per acre.
H. M. Dean of 695 West Third street visits his brother and family in Evanston Illinois. Mrs G A Moore of West Liberty arrives to spend Sunday with Dr and Mrs T F Beveridge on Mulberry street. Mrs Homer Burk recovers well after Thursday operation by Drs Weaver King Morgridge and Norton. Miss Helen Platt of Rock Island arrives on the Firefly to visit friends in the city.
Morse and Johnson County report a fire that destroyed property in Iowa City causing an estimated loss of 3500 dollars. The blaze was reported in the early hours and investigated by local authorities.
Mrs. Alice Galey of New Hartford Iowa was struck and killed by an Illinois Central train late Friday afternoon. Authorities reported the fatal accident occurred near the railroad crossing as the victim attempted to cross the tracks. The Illinois Central line was temporarily halted as investigators examined the scene.
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