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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1903
Page
4
Rock Island schedule details for passengers and freight from Muscatine to major points including Chicago Omaha St Louis Denver and more. Lists train numbers times limiteds and changes to Evans and Washington routes with contact through Rock Island wicket agents.
Readable lines show Cee R L P and Main Line trains at Wilton with times 4:20 p.m. 10:16 p.m. 10:33 p.m. No. 21 Flag and No. 41 schedules. notes include morning times 7:39 a.m. and 10:20 a.m. indicating westbound services and press or departure references.
G H Van Houten, former Iowa State Agricultural Society secretary, warns Muscatine and Iowa residents to think carefully before relocating to Alaska. In a Dutch Harbor letter from July 1903 he assesses farming viability, mining and fisheries, noting short seasons, scarce timber, high costs, and legal mine disputes, advising caution with investments and homesteads.
The Muscatine North and South by rail schedule takes effect May 31 at 1 PM. Southbound trains run daily except Sundays with departures from Muscatine Roundhouse Fruitland Grandview Wapello Evrick Junction, while northbound trains run daily except Sundays from Flrick Junction to Muscatine, with corresponding return times.
Train No 1 Rock Island at Wapello arrives Burlington 1 50 PM. Iowa Central No 4 at Elrick Junction for Peoria and east. Train No 3 Rock Island at Wapello arrives Burlington 10 00 PM. Iowa Central No 5 at Elrick Junction for locals west plus Oskaloosa Grimpil Marshalltown Mason City Minneapolis St Paul. Saturdays Elrick Junction 6 00 PM to Muscatine 9 45 PM connects with Iowa Central No 5 from Peoria. Mondays Muscatine 5 00 AM to Elrick 6 45 AM connects to Iowa Central for Peoria Monmouth and locals east. CHARLES HOWARD General Manager.
OWA CENTRAL Going North No 3 Mason City Mail No 15 St Paul Express No 45 Way Freight Going South No 4 Peoria Mail No 16 Peoria Express No 44 Way Freight Coupon Tickets on sale to all points in the United States Canada and Mexico Rates and folders available from A B Cutts Minneapolis and J A Ewing El rick Junction Iowa
Thomas Watson and Charles Beil were arrested after a Sycamore street saloon dispute escalated in an alley. Beil sustained a knife wound in the arm and side, Watson was struck with a knife and battered. Deputy McElravy used a club to subdue Watson and both men await a morning trial.
Columbus Junction reports aug 7 large Chautauqua attendance with 6000 to 8000 listeners as Booker T. Washington speaks on progress for Black people urging work, trades, land, banking, and savings. Forecasts favorable outlook, concerts by local groups, and daily Bible studies. Saturday host Maud Booth and poet Fred Emerson Brooks featured.
F P Gulliver notes in Journal of Geography on how Boston’s streets mirror ancient geographic features. Atlantic Avenue follows the original shoreline while Washington Street preserves the old neck land path to Tremont. Beacon Street marks the mill dam and Park Square traces Back Bay’s former shore as skaters once glided there.
A German case describes a woman who disappeared and three years later the court declared her dead and handed her estate to kin. She returned home and asked for her property but the court refused, stating she was legally dead. An appeal failed as an official notice declared she could not be restored to life.
Mr and Mrs H K Boyer entertained many friends Wednesday evening with a launch party up the river and back. Tempting refreshments aboard and a moonlit Mississippi scene made the evening memorable. guests expressed gratitude to the hosts for the enjoyable outing.
The funeral for John Bersch will be held Saturday morning at St. Marys Church with Father J I Grieser presiding.
Tasajo and jerked beef are cited as Uruguay's principal export, with an annual figure of 8,500,000 pounds. The article notes Cuba as a major market for the product.
A Russian bride endures six fasts before her ceremony and a farewell party the day prior. The wedding is held in the evening, and bridesmaids and bridesmen provide sweets. A gold and silver carving of Chris stands near the altar, and the bride’s nurse moves her dowry from the father to the husband’s home.
Salted peanuts at St. John's and spring chickens at Van Gent & Kobas. Birth announced for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smaltz. Various locals travel and visit, including Iowa City guests, hotel and street addresses, and community notices about eczema remedies and local commerce. A forthcoming band concert is postponed due to travel duties with a new concert planned next Friday.
Local farmers debate the impact if farm hands in the area organized unions. Eastern unions demand wage floors of 2 to 3 dollars a day and ban owners and their families from work on farms, envisioning owners as idle spectators while union labor does the farming.
The Iowa Central railway announces summer excursion rates from Elrick Junction valid June 1 to September 30 1993 to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Glenwood Springs Salt Lake City and Ogden with lower return fares to Deadwood Lead City Hot Springs and Custer. Diverse routes and stopovers are offered. For folders and rates contact an Iowa Central agent or A B Cutts FP&T A Minneapolis MN.
Want ads note a ladies navy blue blouse jacket found on Park Ave and instructs the owner to claim it at this office by calling the number provided.
The first public test of the air pump occurred in 1654 with Otto van Guericke before Emperor Ferdinand. He joined two ground metal hemispheres and failed to separate them against atmospheric pressure, marking a major success for the Disapparatus.
The family doctor arrived after a hasty summons to a tenement stair. A woman met him in a fat doorway and revealed the child had swallowed a coin. She then explained the coin was only a nickel, not a quarter, easing concern.
In Venezuela, Colombia and other South American nations boys as young as ten or twelve carry rifles and march to battle in civil wars. Often of Indian descent, these youths fight as well as veteran soldiers and appear throughout regional conflicts.
A dialogue nugget shows Mrs Second Time teasingly recalling her first husband allowed her freedom and paying the price when he died. Mr S asks about consequences, she replies with the punchline that he died.
A reflective aphorism from the Atchison Globe extols the paradox that no loafer earns respect, while a diligent person admires those clever enough to enjoy leisure.
A compact reflection compares people to a river where only spikes in behavior draw notice, suggesting a pattern of attention through disruption rather than steady conduct. The line frames social perception and the allure of extreme actions.
An unknown disease has attacked oat fields in Buchanan County, affecting crop health. Local agronomy officials urge rapid reporting of abnormal yellowing and lodging to track the outbreak and guide control measures. Further testing will determine pathogen type and recommended treatments.
A writer recalls a New Englander answering a direct question with cautious humor. An eastern friend with a cautious family responds after a moment, saying his father’s behavior was “rather sudden” in a restrained manner.
A Philadelphia Press item reports Hans keeps seeking a servant girl with a big appetite to stop “having things warmed over the next day.” The employment agent finds the request unusual while Hans presses his unusual need.
Dr Holmes notes a man's life lamp has three wicks brain blood and breath turning down any wick quenches the other two. He remarks on wounds survivors cherish head heart and lungs unhurt, a longstanding wonder of war history.
A Times Democrat quote notes that true musical expression emerges when a woman takes charge and plays the strings, suggesting poetic power and evocative artistry in gendered performance.
A pragmatic girl rejects marriage as a necessary option, asking if there is another escape, reflecting a sharp dialogue tone from the Chicago Post.
A dramatic note reflects a tension between devotion and wealth as the Stech heiress questions affection while declaring reverence for the inheritance she may receive, revealing motives tied to status and desire.
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