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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1902
Page
5
A dense listing of farm and retail prices across produce, grains, live stock, dairy, fruit, vegetables, fish, and fuel. Entries include corn 63 66c, oats 48 50c, wheat 65 70c, hay and hay products, hogs 6.50 7.00, cattle 3.60 4.00, potatoes 30c, eggs 17%% per dozen, butter 16 20c, beef, pork, and fish prices, and soft coal 3.25 4.00, cord wood 4.25.
Miss Sarah Rhinehart of Washington visits over Sunday. Trim Wince and family attend the funeral of Samuel Baldry at the M E church. Mrs Hanna visits her daughter Lynne in Nebraska. Sumner Kulp of Columbus Junction spends Saturday with Joe Kulp. Dr Lewis and wife welcome a daughter born Aug 2. Grace Utt leaves for El Paso Texas to visit her uncle Joe Utt. Will and Grace McCormick of Orono visit J T McCormick. Mrs Baldry travels to Wapello on business. Markie Merrick of Wapello visits town. Lillie Patton of Washington stays with relatives. Bruce Hanna and children of Mason City visit. Chas Orr and wife visit Albia. Bessie Wince of Cairo visits grandma Mrs Baldry.
Oakland Iowa residents share visits and illness updates as Aug 11 reports several calls and sick lists. Mr and Mrs John Dyche visited John Schomberg. Agnes Hines Grace Morse and Mrs Milton Wolfe are noted ill but improving. Arch Smith visited John Baker Sr and Will Morse called on friends as threshing season rushes.
Iowa Central offers round trip tickets to Salt Lake for the Elks Grand Lodge meeting August 12 to 14 with fares under one rate. Stop overs allowed west of Denver and Cheyenne. Tickets on sale August 7 to 10 with return limit September 30. Inquiries to local Iowa Central agents for side trips and details.
Hoopesville notes John Diercks very sick and not improving, Fred Seltzer out with heart trouble but improving, Harriet Markle visiting friends, and multiple residents traveling or visiting relatives. Several health updates including August Silberhorn recovering, a sick infant with malaria issues, and J E Hoopes hosting a Bible class party. Calls for local business and social events, with Mrs. Beatty's equal suffrage talk and Chautauqua plans.
A historic advertisement touts Cascarets candy cathartic as a cure for constipation with a money back guarantee from druggists if a customer is not satisfied. The slogan promises a painless solution and promotes digestive relief.
Shiloh Ia August events include an ice cream social at the Miller home to aid North Prairie church. Visitors from Muscatine attend relatives events and local gatherings while Mrs Reed from St Louis visits. Other residents host and travel to Columbus Junction to hear Mr Bryan and Willing Workers Sewing Society meets near Summit.
The Muscatine County Board of Supervisors met Aug 4 1902 with five members present. Auditors confirmed July warrants and cash disbursements. They approved Justice claims and Township Relief bills, reviewed the poor overseer report, and approved several fund transfers before adjourning sine die.
A scattered ledger of state versus individuals cases with multiple defendants and witnesses. Names include Wilson Obrien Davidson Fetrow Wright Neimeyer and others with jurors, constables, and clerks listed alongside fees and expenses for court actions, freight, labor, and prisoner care. The fragment shows proceedings, payments, and personnel in a county or state court.
A county ledger shows payments to J. D. Stuart for postage and straw 5 50 L. M. Woods and Geo Behrer for guarding prisoners 20 00 300 Mi. XM Dowd SppHeRnw cece ccs-20 F. Giesenhaus supplies . MO Mus. City Water Works 32 23 A Hopkinson supplies 22 25 Corry & Vernentin plumbing 06 DD Vanatta liquor assessment A Dr G A Heidel med att jail 4.00 Journal Prig Co printing 22 0 Mus News o printing 1966 Der Correspondent printing 9 63 Deutscher Anzeiger printing 9 83 McEllavy Keepers printing 9 63 Mus News Co printing 3 30 M Bernick board member 21 20 E F Day board member 26 95 D I Webster board member 26 05 W H Fishburn board member 25 Shannon board member
Listing of individuals including Morgridge Norton Mina Gladstone A Criner and EF B Fulham with monetary figures beside Muscatine two. Durkee LeZotte and W A Warren from Wapsinonce two appear with various amounts. The fragment notes amounts such as 20 00 15 00 21 00 2 00 1 06 10 00 and 7 00.
Fragmentary notes show Morgridge and Norton handling matters with J. D. Stuart. Mrs. Wolf to Mr. Pleas Lee regarding actions. CREA W. Hoffman as insane commissioner. R. J. Wiley noted as executor in Wolf case.
A garbled payroll fragment lists workers such as G A Allbee labor John Benedict and I N Moorhead with miscellaneous lumber company names and small monetary figures. The text references hauling and lumber firms including Mueller and Wheeler Lumber Co. with scattered cents and dollars.
A partial OCR styled list shows merchants and shops in Muscatine including Wilson Shoe Store S A Borger clothing W S Hill groceries Ruthenberg & Son J Fisch & Sons hardware Hartman & Fitman groceries J A Bartemeier Thompson Bros hardware Hackett veterinary Geo B Jackson dry goods Lilly dry goods Grady Bros blacksmithing M Newman painting Iowa Tel Co service Mrs M Houser butter Hinkel & Flannery groceries S W Tenant groceries Huttig Bros Mfg Co lumber Mestride & Cope drugs Wilcox painting City of Muscatine digging J Bridgman & Son Insurance. various monetary marks unclear.
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