M W of A Muscatine Camp Holds Weekly Meetings
The M W of A Muscatine Camp No 106 meets Tuesdays at Woodman hall Olds Block JC Cees and J A Leyda serve as officers. Fraternal Brotherhood of the World meets in G A R hall on the first and third Thursdays with J J Webb as president and J H Connor as secretary.
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K. C
T. M. Muscatine
Maccabee Hall
Asthauer
Iowa Avenue
E. G. O’brien
J. W. Hahn
Ellen Civil
Ladies OF the Maccabees
Muscatine Tive
Asthatter Building
Emma Sterneman
Carrie Rankin
M. W
A. Muscatine Camp
Woodmen of America
Woodman Hall
Olds’ Block
JC. Cees
Fraternal Brotherhood of the World
G. A. R. Hall
J. J. Webb
J. H. Connor
IOWA LEGION OF HONOR REORGANIZED AND MEETS
IOWA LEGION OF HONOR incorporated 1879 reorganized 1901 Argus Lodge No 17 holds meetings the first and third Monday evenings at the G A R hall visiting members welcome W W Millett president A Hopkinson recording secretary
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. A. Bend City Lodge
Modern Brotherhood of America
Kh. of P
J. J. Cosgrove
Sue Browning
Iowa Legion OF Honor
Argus Lodge No. 17
G. A. R. Hall
W. W. Millett
A. €. Hopkinson
Des Moines Weather Dims Heat as Crops Show Promise
Des Moines reports a week with two to three degrees below normal temperatures and light rainfall but heavy local showers in the south and east. Conditions favor stacking and threshing with generally satisfactory yields for wheat and barley and above average winter wheat. Corn and oats show strong potential though flood damage affects some areas. Potatoes and minor crops also look promising.
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Des Moines
Dr Gunsaulus Considered for London Nonconformist Post
Dr Frank W Gunsaulus president of Armour Institute of Technology and Chicago pastor is in London and has been preaching at City Temple for a month. The 1869 founded church led by the aging Dr Joseph Parker is seen as likely to offer him the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frank W. Gunsaulus
Armour Institute of Technology
Central Church of
Gunsaulus
Knight Publishes Book on Drink Water Analysis
Mt. Vernon Iowa August 12 Professor Nicholas Knight of Cornell College publishes a book through A S Barnes New York on quantitative gravimetric and volumetric analysis with a valuable chapter on the analysis of ordinary drinking water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Nicholas Knight
Cornell College
East
A. S. Barnes Publishing House
New York
Excursion Tickets To Clinton For Spiritualists Meet
W G Block, general agent for the Diamond Jv line, has instructions from Isaac P Lusk G P A to sell excursion tickets to Clinton and return for 1 25 due to the Mississippi Valley Spiritualists association annual meeting. Tickets go on sale July 19 through August 22 with return by August 30.
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W. G. Block
Diamond Jv
Isaac P. Lusk
Clinton
Mississippi Valley Spiritualists Association
Rock Island Stock Break Sinks to New Low
New York traders saw Rock Island shares slide about five points marking the lowest level since the readjustment plant was announced. The market showed broader weakness as investors reassessed railroad stocks and industrial issues amid thin volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rock Island
Grand Trunk Route To Boston And Portland From Chicago
The Grand Trunk Railway offers a scenic route to Musketa and Kawartha Lakes and the St. Lawrence area with drawing room sleeping cars leaving Chicago daily at 3 02 p m starting June 23. Travel through Port Huron Toronto and Montreal en route to Portland and Boston. For tourist publications contact Geo W Vaux at 135 Adams St Chicago.
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Grand Trunk Railway
Musketa
Kawartha Lakes
St. Lawrence River
Rapids
White Mountains
Atlantic Sea Coast
Chicago
Portland
Boston
Port Huron
Toronto
Montreal
Adams St
Farm Land Near Alta Sells at 150 Per Acre
Storm Lake Iowa August 12 activity in farm realty heats up with Elias Farney selling a forty acre tract near Alta to John Grigsby Auretta for 6600 dollars equal to 150 dollars per acre the highest price in the county.
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Alta
Storm Lake
Elias Farney
John Grigsby
Auretta
Baseball Scores and Local Notes From Monday Sports
In American League results Chicago defeated Boston five to four while St. Louis beat Washington eight to one and Philadelphia edged Detroit one to zero in thirteen innings. Cleveland toppled Baltimore seventeen to eleven. in the National League Chicago and New York tied three to three in eleven, Brooklyn won three to one, St. Louis blanked eight to nothing. Today matches: Baltimore at Cleveland in the American League and Chicago at Brooklyn with the National League. Local social items mention Miss Louie Murdock and Miss Della Beeding visiting Tuesday night, Mrs. Bertie Bull visiting her sister Cora McCormick in Duncan township, and Eld. M. D. Murdock visiting Taylor Ridge. the 82-year-old Father McDonald is reported failing. Oats yield 25 to 40 bushels per acre. some barley is badly damaged. Mr. Hoffman of Muscatine is expected to secure the second district congressional nomination, with Republicans urged to elect him.
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Chicago
Boston
St. Louis
Washington
Philadelphia
Detroit
Cleveland
Baltimore
New York
Brooklyn
Louie Murdock
Della Beeding
Bertie Bull
Cora McCormick
Duncan Township
Eld
M. D. Murdock
Taylor Ridge
McDonald's
Edgington
Hoffman
Muscatine
W. L. Pet
Ww L Pet
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Pet
Rockford
Terre Haute
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Bloomington
Rock Island
Decatur
Evansville
Wilton Notes on Weddings Visits and Local Developments
John Eaton a former Wilton boy wed Lillian Lunburg in Duluth on Aug 6 and returned to Wilton with plans to work as a cashier for the Great Northern in St Paul. The column records several hometown visits, travels, camp meetings, and local property and construction updates including Downer brick building work and Cyrus Shuger buying the Crisman property.
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W. C. Trego
Cumberland
Iowa
al. Trego
J. T. Downer
Trego
Henry County
James Norton
Pheenix
Arizona
C. W. Norton
Albert Slade
Iowa City
Myrtle Whitmer
Clear Lake
F. B. James
Edith Lark
Marion
Cyrus Shuger
C. W. Crisman
North
Wilton
East Buffalo health steady amid threshing activity
East Buffalo Illinois reports residents in good health as farmers thresh small grain. A incident involved N A Bulls' young son who drank kerosene on the 7th and fell into a stupor but recovered by the next morning. J F Lewis traveled through the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Buffalo
Iil
N. A. Bull
J. F. Lewis
Low Summer Excursion Raves to St Paul and Minneapolis
The Iowa Central railway offers very low rate tickets to St Paul Minneapolis and Minnesota resorts with return by October 21. The lakes state resorts are praised for health and recreation with fishing touted. Consult Iowa Central agents for details.
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St Paul
Minneapolis
Iowa Central Railway
Minnesota
Iowa Central
Lightning Strikes Farm Barn Near Washington Injures Cattle
A heavy Saturday rainstorm struck the large new barn five miles southeast of Washington, owned by John Kephart and filled with Chas. Gorham’s hay and grain. A hog and six cattle were killed by the lightning. The barn carried $300 in insurance and the hay and grain $500. no grain was stored. Ed Brown, north of the city, lost six cattle to the same storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Journal
Chas. Miller
John Kephart
Chas. Gorham
East Side
Jackson Township
Ed. Brown
Special Saturday to Clear Lake at low excursion rate
Iowa Central railway offers special low rate excursion tickets to Clear Lake on Saturdays through Sept 30, return Monday. Great for a quick and affordable outing for busy men. See your local ticket agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clear Lake
Iowa Central Railway
Illinois Central R R Free Travel for Special and Annual Meetings
Public notice announces a special stockholders meeting in Chicago on August 29 1902 and the annual meeting on October 15 1902. Free travel tickets are issued to stockholders of record to attend the meetings, valid for travel to Chicago and return during the days around the meetings, with countersigned issuance by the Assistant Secretary.
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Thelinois Central Railroad Company
Chicago
Ilinois
Illinois
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Ilinois Central Railroad
W. G. Bruen
A. G. Hackstaff
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K. P. Hall
F. Whitman
Sachem
A. Johnson
C. of P
Masonic
A. F
A. M
G. A. Riemcke
W. M
L. Johnson
Sec'y
Washington Charter No. 4
DE Molay Commandery
No. 1
K. T
Geo. B. Jackson
E. C
Miriam Lodge
D. of R
Prairie Encampment
Muscatine Lod
Speer
Second
Cedar Streets
Cedar Street
Muscatine Camp
A. J. Barger
J. M. Conner
Eagle Lodge
U. W
U. W. Hall
Second Street
S. Howe
E. H. Dolsen
Rathbone Sisters
E. S
Electa
A. L. Lindner
Emma Manlove
Sec’y
J. A. Leyda
Knights OF Pythias
Wyoming Lodge No. 76
K. of P
K. P
Town Avenue
J. M. Bauer
C. C. U. S. Howe
K. of R
Thomas Brown
Choice Western Lands
First National
DR. Gunsaulus
London
Knight
Cornell
Muscatine Lbr. & Box Co
East Second Street
Walsh
Pree
McCullough Bidg
West
Fo Us Elais Third Street
Owa
Sports
American League Today
National League Today
Illinois Central
R.R
Lion & Healy
Demorest Avenue
TJ. B. Shoemaker
E. O. Burnside
A. G. Tyler
West Second Street
Arkansas
M. C. Bishop
Fast Fifth Street
H. M. Bartlett
Barnes
C. W. Mathis
Mulberry
Fourth Street
Park Place
Monroe Street
East Second
West Third Street
Brookbank Pony Farm
Brookbank Farm
C. C. and
E. W. Horton
Cypress
Roscoe Avenue
Eighth Street
Samuel McNutt
Col. Horton
Ogilvie Hill
J. H. Munroe & Son
Pine Street
Pickle
H. J. Heinz Co
Harry Wilson
East Hill Grocer
Motor College
West Front Street
Muscatine County
Inter-State Corres
Reliance Loan Co
J. M. Beck
Journal Office
Ringo
Moler College
Chestnut
New Process Laundry
Sixth Street
Power
Challenge Cigar Factory
M. A. Barr
Swan's
Lowarhone
Pentzer
Mulberry Street
Insurance
J. Linn Hoopes
Vienna
Pearl Button Mfg. Company
Broadway
N.Y
CIA
Pearl Button Mfz. Co
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