Notable arrivals and local notices in Muscatine area
Mrs. Julius Schmidt traveled to Letts yesterday evening. Adam Hild, visiting from Wilton, arrived in the city this morning. Rev Father Mierman came in on the Firefly from Davenport for a short visit with Father Laurent. Fred Reppert returned from the west on the plug with a hunting trip. Lizzie Aderman vacationing near Grandview with Miss Josie Freyer. Elmer Batterson returns home after six weeks across the Pacific states with a pleasant trip report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Mierman
Davenport
Father Laurent
Fred Reppert
Elmer Batterson
Pacific States
Contract Not Let and City Paving Bid Delays
City council opened bids for street paving and excavation on East Eighth Street. Firms Horrabin Baker Fuller Bros. submitted estimates totaling about 32 to 34 thousand dollars. Residents petitioned to defer paving until next year due to recent excavations and unsettled ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schmidt
Wm. Horravin
Iowa City
E. Baker and Fuller Bros
Wm. Horrabin
Galesburg
Purington
East Eighth Street
Eighth Street
Dublin
Wm. M.narvis
Margaret Curran
Mariz Stockdale
Mary Meerdink
G. B. Scheetz
H. Runyon
Mary Lewis
Marie Overman
N. Barry, Jr
Ald. Schenck
Asthalter Building to Feature Stone Trimmings Front
The Asthalter building on Iowa Avenue will showcase a pressed brick and brown stone front similar to the Musser Public Library. The owner plans a modern, complete renovation for a contemporary structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asthalter
Iowa Avenue
Unclaimed Post Office Letters at Muscatine Iowa
Remaining unclaimed items listed for week ending August 13 1901 include a Men’s List with 14 names and a Ladies’ List with 11 names. Addressees urged to call at the post office and say advertised. Wm L Roach postmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Iowa
Frank Bryan
S. L. Burgess
Walter S. Edris
Jas. A. Holmes
Oscar E. Knouse
L. McAljack
Fred Maine
M. Montgomery
Earnest Moore
Chas. F. Port, Jr
R. W. Rogers
Harry Shepard
H. B. Terry
Fred Zimmerman
Lou Bell
Agnes Douglas
Cubans Free February Fifteenth Nineteen O Two
The passage notes the Cuban struggle and declares So-do an antiseptic powder that relieves human suffering from wounds and sores. It claims quick pain relief and healing and advertises availability from druggists at 25 cents a box.
Ely's Liquid Cream Balm Ad Promotes Nasal Relief
Proprietors offer Ely's Liquid Cream Balm for nasal congestion with atomizer use. Priced at 75 cents including the praying tube, available from Druggists or by mail. Liquid form preserves the solid’s medicinal properties and absorbs without drying secretions. Ely Brothers, 56 Warren St New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ELY Brothers
Warren Street
New York
Ely
Warren St
N. Y
Fight Among Roosters On Urania Levee
On the Urania levee a midday rooster fight broke out as Harry Smith clashed with Red Roberts and others. Smith threw a knife at Roberts, wounding him, then fled by river but escaped pursuing deckhands and a police officer. Roberts’s injury is not serious, while Smith is likely to avoid the levee in port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ald
Gremmel
Marshalltown
Bartemeier
Riggs
Burlington Hawkeye
Harry Smith
Smith
Roberts
Urania
Paul
Diamond to Line Steamers Schedule Notice
The Quincy and St Paul passenger steamers depart Muscatine for St Louis and St Paul with north bound runs on August 2 7 11 16 20 25 29 and August 2 11 20 29 for the St Paul. South bound departures occur August 2 6 11 15 20 24. Inquiries directed to W G Block, Agent, Muscatine Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
St. Paul
Muscatine
St Louis
A. m
W. G. Block
Iowa
Peoples' Pulpit Column Set Aside by the Journal
A column given to readers for signed communications in the Journal seeks only to provide a medium for expression of ideas and will not endorse or condemn the sentiments published.
Drifting Morals and Courtroom Evidence in Public Morality
The speaker laments perceived moral decline, citing biblical prophecies about wickedness. He condemns drunkenness, family harm, and hypocrisy while criticizing how mothers and daughters face ostracism versus leniency toward male perpetrators. He argues for firm moral action amid rising social permissiveness.
Debauchery and Drunkenness Criticized by Citizen
M D Murdock calls for public awakening against widespread vice and debauchery in society urging good citizenship to erase the prevailing drunkenness. The note appears in the Journal Want Column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D. Murdock
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Hay
Hartina
Thehito Hay Specialities Co
Newark
N. J
Express
May
Keuchman’s
Havercamp’s
McBride & Cope
Nesper & CO
Riemcke
Mulberry
Coady & Morgan's
Daily Journal
Glover
McBride & Cope’s
City Drug Store
W. &. Battey
John A. Robbins
Olds Block
Julius Schmidt
Letts
Adam Hild
City
Wilton
Lewis
Lizzie Aderman
Josie Freyer
Grandview
Dr. Thomas
Riasal Gatarre
Arthur Fowler
Chicago
Carl Bezey
W. L. Cope
C. W. Coffey
Kalona
John Newman
East Hill
Kansas
Dean
John Bennison
Miss Beulah
Gertrude Herr
Kansas City
Mia Vaughn
Edna Smatey
Detroit, Mich
West Liberty
Deroit
Fannie Hoffman
Kewanee, UL
State Medical Company
J. N. Newman
Burlfizton
Kan
Adelaide Davis
Emery Stevens
Ed. Ogilvie
Ald. Gremmel
Wodegal
Climer Street
Halstead
West School
Council Chamber
Alds
Partemeier
Schenck
J. Beckey & Som
Boro
Andrew Guessregen
Saan
A. Guessregen
al. Schenck
Herman Gremmel
Diamond
Cardus
Card
Miss Garlen
Rockford
Tenn
E. Garlen
Chattanooga Medicine Company
Chattanooga
Tenh
Peoples’ Pulpit
Dett
EXAS
Red River Division
Denison and
Sherman, Texas
St. Louis
Texas
Waa
Asty
Muscatine Electric
Grand Opera House
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