Shaft Breaks in South Muscatine Mill Delays Work
A counter shaft broke at the South Muscatine mill around 7 am halting production until repairs finished by afternoon. Workers enjoyed a morning layoff with games and visits to nearby factories while rumors swirled about a Rock Island railroad strike and its impact on melon shipments and fruit growers.
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Muscatine
Rock Island Road
Island
South Muscatine
Milwaukee
Sudbury Junction
Rock Island
Oregon Street
Muscatine Bargains Hit High Heat
Local Muscatine merchants push summer bargains as heat lingers. Seiler Bros cuts prices on hammocks wallpaper and pictures. McColm Dry Goods clears odds and ends. Wilson Shoe Store offers low priced shoes. Boston Store features attractive deals. Wednesday bargain day urged.
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Muscatine
Seiler Bros
McColm Dry Goods Company
Wilson Shoe Store
Boston
July Weather Report for 1903 Observed Averages and Extremes
The July readings show a typical month with warm days and no complaints. Mrs. J. P. Walton records a maximum of 96 degrees and a mean of 75.16, above the sixty year average of 73.11, with rainfall at 4.79 inches, and wettest July 1876 at 9.15 inches.
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J. P. Walton
Social Notes From Oak Grove Aug Fourth
Miss Eva Kingsly visits friend Miss Ella Broomer in Oak Grove. Mrs. Adam Beck and Mrs. S Cornell are mentioned with varying health updates. Lucy Corriell travels from Wilton due to her mother’s illness. No church service at Spangler next Sunday as members attend camp meeting. Ed Barnard family and Olive join Guy Olds at Sweetland. Dorcas Society picnic scheduled for last Wednesday in August at City Railway park.
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Oak Grove
Eva Kingsly
Ella Broomer
Adam Beck
S. Cornell
Lucy Corriell
Wilton
S. Corriell
Spangler
Ed. Barnard
Olive
Guy Olds
Sweetland
Dorcas Society
City Railway Park
Des Moines Waiters’ Union Sets Unionization Push
The waiters' union plans a broad effort to organize every restaurant in Des Moines, aiming to consolidate labor representation citywide and improve wages and working conditions.
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Waiters’ Union
Des Moines
Wilton Social Notes Highlight Local Guests
In Wilton Aug 4, Mrs C F Bowers of Chicago visited Wilton friends. Miss Gertrude Chenoweth of Muscatine stayed with Miss Ida Wise. Miss Edna Brown of Beatrice Neb visited grandparents Mr and Mrs James Davis. Miss Lute Dove returned to Iowa City after a Wilton visit. Miss Hattie Johnston came home from Grinnell after summer school Cedar Falls. Miss Nora Keef of Muscatine visited the town last Thursday and Friday. Miss Margaret Knopp of Columbus, incomplete fragment.
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Wilton
C. F. Bowers
Chicago
Gertrude Chenoweth
Muscatine
Ida Wise
Edna Brown
Beatrice, Neb
James Davis
Lute Dove
Iowa City
Hattie Johnston
Grinnell
Cedar Falls
Nora Keef
Margaret Knopp
Columbus
Social notes from Wilton and nearby towns
Jocund week of visits as residents and relatives travel between Davenport Muscatine Iowa City and Rock Island. Notables include Miss Mary Fahey and Miss Nell Downer guests in Muscatine and Iowa City plus Rev. C W Powelson delivering a temperance address at the Wilton M E church.
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South Muscatine Mills
Penings
City
Milwaukee Road
Roach and Musser
Sczoog
Aacanaeaa
Musserville
South End
Sarah Reynolds
Nebraska Street
Hershey Hospital
Reynolds
Lydia Brant
Nettie
Bessie
Bertha Crippen
Davenport
Joe Ejitman
Hershey Avenue
Louis Rosenmund
W. H. Fitzgerald
Grandview Avenue
Ida Apple
Burlington
William Lyons
Bleeker Street
E. A. Linn
John Diercks
Bismarck Street
South Cedar
A. V. Aker
John M. Gibson
West Liberty
Frank T. Gibson
George Vanatta
Pilkington Place
Collins
Marshalltown
B. E. Lilly's Dry Goods Store
Odds and Ends
McColm
McColm Dry Goods Co
M. Benham
East Second St
Phone
Iowa
Bond
Bond's
Bond Hardware Co
M. N. Bond
Mer
Mary Fahey
Nell Downer
D. E. Smith
Olga
Illinois
Lizzie Denneney
Ernest Mills
Anna McSwiggin
Anna Brown
Erwin Potter
J. J. McNulty and Sons
J. L. Pentzer
Preston Conant
Riverside
Umscheid & Seiler
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