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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1902
Page
6
Wilton residents list families camping at the camp ground and share social updates. A birthday party for Lysle Brumbaugh, travel notices, and plans to attend Labor Day events in Muscatine are noted alongside obituaries and local incidents, including a typhoid death and a fatal river-area accident report.
Riverside In Iowa August reports Havel ships two cars of cattle and Yom Knottie ships one car of cattle and one of hogs. Captain Frank Critz plans a Davenport excursion next Monday praising a good time. A Letts area resident mentions oversized potatoes in a domestic aside.
Oak Grove Louisiana August 15 No services at Spangler chapel on Sunday August 17 due to camp meeting Attend camp meeting All who attend urged to come The Clicks enjoyed an outing Thursday Pleasant weather Muscatine Labor Day celebration planned for September 1 Quiet wedding William Bronner Charlotte Cole married by Rev W L Clapp Only immediate families present Morgan Houser and A G Titus new hay barrack John TeStrake building large barn Miss Bessie Duffield visiting Miss Osee Lake Friends of Mrs Will Hendricks and Miss Heitman report improvement
Yankee Hollow Iowa reports on family travel for a funeral in Creslin Ohio, local moves, and visits. The school board selected teachers for fall term with Nellie McSwiggen replacing Hayes. fall term begins August 25. winter term applications due by the third Monday in September. Obituary notes Albert McKilligan, a Wilton area resident, died of typhoid at 36, survived by parents, five sisters, and two brothers. The region faced flood damage with Mud Creek at a peak not seen since 1883.
In Mason City Iowa Roy Bowers 23, of New Hampton, killed himself. Earlier in 1897 his father shot himself nearby, and six months later Ed Bowers 24 died by shooting in the same wooded sands. Locals fear a hereditary insanity pattern in the family.
Iowa Central Railway introduces a new Limited service with sleeping cars and coaches from Elrick Junction at 7 39 p m daily arriving Minneapolis at 8 00 a m Travelers to the Twin Cities and Northwest urged to note low rates and book through local ticket agent.
A claim notes that the palm contains about 2595 pores per square inch and, if linked end to end, would stretch roughly five miles.
Mrs G R Deihl and Blanche return from Muscatine. Lena Glass visits her uncle R F McConnell before attending Chautauqua in Columbus Junction. The Baxter Canning factory resumes operations and packs 8,000 cans on day one. July rains raise the Iowa River. September terms set with large dockets. Wapello Gun Club to hold a two day tournament August 20 and 21 at the fair grounds with twelve events daily and prizes.
Mrs Robt Bryars and daughters are back in St Louis after weeks with the Watsons. Misses Ella and Becka Keller to host friends Thursday evening. Woodmen camp Foster to hold a box supper Saturday at Bowser house. Misses Anna Lizzie Aderman return to Muscatine after visits. Misses Kate Watson Minnie Ricketts to Wilton Friday for camp meet. Grandpa Shirkey ages to ninety four last Sunday. Ira S Miller family return from western trip via Kansas and Colorado Springs. Samuel Beardsley home from health trip to St Paul. Rev Flanders to preach on Bad Boy Sunday morning.
An invitation urged attendance at the morning service with evening services at 8 p m. A Sabbath school convention was arranged at the German M E church for Sunday August 31 inviting all to attend. Mrs Wm Reynold returned from Buffalo Prairie where she helped care for granddaughter Marie McGinnis who was very ill but is improving.
Rain falls heavy Tuesday night with three to four inches recorded. Social visits include Miss Mabel Stanwood of Muscatine and Miss Laura Deitrick of Muscatine. Visits from Frank Burnside in Oskaloosa and Mrs Brookhart from Conesville. Rev John Day of Des Moines to visit relatives. Church painting by Harry Seems and no services next Sunday.
George Crocker died at 52 at his sister’s home in Des Moines after years with dropsy. He leaves a mother, sister, brother Samuel and two sons. burial at Coffin cemetery after services by Rev. Orr. Readings include rain, cholera infants, Chautauqua attendance, and Labor Day plans in Muscatine area.
Atalissa Iowa reports a severe storm Tuesday night with a lightning strike destroying Allen Miller’s barn and its contents. The community notes social events postponed by rain and upcoming school term starting September 1. Other items include visits from relatives, guests from Pittsburg and Washington, and local travel plans for Labor Day celebrations in Muscatine.
The Iowa Central railway offers placer tickets at very low rates to St Paul Minneapolis and Minnesota resorts with return by Oct 31. Summer Minnesota resorts promise health pleasure or recreation with fine fishing. Consult Iowa Central agents for further details. Prismatic lake in Yellowstone is noted as the largest hot water body in the world.
Public notice states a special stockholder meeting of the Illinois Central Railroad Company will be held in Chicago on August 29 1902 at 11 am. The regular annual meeting follows on October 15 1902 at noon. Stockholders receive travel tickets for the Chicago trips.
Freight arrives from Montezuma as the schedule shows service to Montezuma with daily passenger departures excluding Sundays and freight movements noted.
Brief railroad notice fragment mentions C R and P Railroad with unclear details and no readable events or dates.
Fragmented OCR excerpt shows time stamps and coordinates. Names and locations are unclear. Data appears to record directional notes with times 37, 20, 38 and coded references. Unable to determine concrete entities or events from the readable text.
A historical timetable lists trains for Muscatine area with stops at Elrick Junction Wapello Grandview Fruitland Roundhouse and arrivals at Burlington. It notes Train No 1 and No 3 of the B C R N lines serving Peoria Monmouth local east and west routes with connections to Iowa Central at Elrick Junction and other major cities Minneapolis Oskaloosa Grinnell Marshalltown Mason City.
Train times listed for Elrick Junction Iowa show north bound No 3 St Paul Express daily at 810 pm No 5 Mason City Mail on Sundays 1159 am No 25 Way Freight Sundays 1005 am and south bound No 6 Peoria Mall Sundays 245 pm No 4 Peoria Express daily 536 am No 16 Way Freight Sundays 150 pm Coupon tickets available to all points in the United States Canada and Mexico for rates and folders contact A B Cutts Minneapolis or G L Seevers Elrick Junction Iowa
Carnival City Packet lists sailings for the Helen Blair and W J Young Jr with times on Mondays Wednesdays Fridays in Davenport and Burlington and midweek slots on other days. Managers W A Blair and W G Block provide contact, telephone 49, for more information.
The Diamond Jo Line lists northbound departures at 7:00 a m with dates June to August and southbound departures at 11:30 a m with similar date ranges. Steamer Quincy runs on multiple July and August dates. Travel times: St Louis to Muscatine 2 days. St Paul to Muscatine 1 day and Muscatine to St Louis 1 day.
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