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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1903

Page

8

Local notices and social updates reported from the city

Miss Slater and Miss Deeder have gone to Chicago on a business trip. Mr H Hibbard of Davenport visits at Carl Quandt's home. A 14 pound baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Geo Hoff on East Second street yesterday. Miss Gretchen Legler goes to Letts to visit friends. Mrs Richmond of Cedar Rapids visits Mrs Jacob Leysen. Miss Gertrude Burkhart returns from Chicago. G A R Circle social committee meets at Mrs J DeForest's home. Miss Beatrice Blachley visiting sister Miss Pansy Blachley. For cheap rail rates and land in Red River valley see Lindle & Daut. Miss Anna Molis departs on steamer Helen Blair to Davenport to visit friends. Charles Augier of Sigourney calls on friends. former city resident. Will F Brannan returns from Harrisburg with a nonserious bullet wound. Park Avenue Sunday school ice cream social August 19 at Park M E church with Forest White and Mr Kinsman. Ralph Hix and Fred Morgan, summering with the former at Eagle Grove, expect to leave August 23. Hix is Latin instructor at the high school.

Ralph Hix Fred Morgan Eagle Grove Mr. Hix

Baptist excursion to Davenport on steamer J. S

A Davenport excursion by the Baptist group on the steamer J. S. leaves Muscatine tomorrow at 8 a.m. with 50 cent tickets and 25 cents for children. Several locals boarded the Firefly and other vessels for daily trips, while various residents travel for visits, church meetings and retail business.

Davenport J. S J. S. Tomorow

Matt Allen Found Dead At Home Near Marshall Town

Matt Allen aged 21 died by hanging at his residence near Marshall town. Authorities reported the death as suicide with no immediate cause established and investigations ongoing.

Matt Allen Marshalltown

Lawn Festival Planned by AT ST MATTHIAS Parish

At a called parish ladies meeting Mrs J F Devitt presided with Mrs T J Ryan as secretary. A lawn festival is set for Tuesday evening Aug 25. Various societies will handle different food and activities with five ice cream tables replacing three. Committees to meet Aug 18 at 7 30 at the school.

J. F. Devitt T. J. Ryan Rosary Society Foresters Switzer W. L. Roach

Colombia Rejects Panama Canal Treaty Proposal

Washington reports that the Colombian senate rejected the Panama canal treaty on August 12 in a cable from States Minister Beaupre to the State Department. The rejection blocks Isthmian canal plans involving Colombia and the United States.

Colombia Washington, D. C States Beaupre State Department

Feast of Assumption Observed by Local Churches

The Catholic churches in the city observed the Feast of Assumption as a holy day of obligation. Masses were said as on Sunday and the day was celebrated worldwide in Rome's sanctuaries. The feast honors Mary mother of Christ and was observed by all churches in Muscatine Saturday.

Church of

Real estate transfers filed in Muscatine County

Transfers recorded by County Recorder Reesink include Peter Gettert to Clinton Bear in section 22 township 77 range one east Muscatine with 25.5? in consideration and Melvin W. Baker and Celia E. Baker to Emma Hannon for tract in section 14 township 76 Muscatine County plus Henry Schumacher to J H Funmersman for lot 8 Butlerville addition with 200 and 6300 dollars noted as consideration.

Geo. M. Titus County Recorder Reesink Peter Gettert Clinton Bear Muscatine Lees Melvin W. Baker Celia E. Baker Emma Hannon Con- Dargtonon Usabies Wes Yee Henry Schumacher J. H. Funmersman Butlerville Addition Considera Sue

Range of Prices on NYSE Stocks and Securities

Quotations on bonds and securities listed in New York at the close of business today show price ranges. The Estherville railroad shops will be enlarged.

New York New York Stock Exchange Estherville Railroad

Mixed up Muscatine professor finds wrong house incident

A Muscatine professor visiting Chariton for the Normal Institute entered the adjacent home by mistake. Mrs. Goldsberry mistook him for a burglar until his admission and his awkward greeting revealed the mix up. He later learned the joke and laughed along.

Painters Meeting Call for All Brothers August 17

The notice calls a special meeting for all painters brothers next Monday evening August 17 with full attendance requested by order.

All Brothers

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Schaefer’s Laundry Reliance Loan Co J. E. Kranz Wrest Second Street Miss Slater Miss Deeder Chicago Mr. H. Hibbard Carl Quandt Kindler Avenue Geo. Hoff East Second Street Gretchen Legler West Fourth Street Letts Mrs. Richmond Cedar Rapids Jacob Leysen East Sixth Gertrude Burkhart West Second G. A. R. Circle Beatrice Blachley Pansy Blachley Iowa Avenue Red River Valley Canada Missouri Oklahoma Lindle & Daut Anna Molis Helen Blair Charles Augier Sigourney Algier Will F. Brannan East Third Street Harrisburg Pennsylvania Park Avenue Park M. E. Church Forest White Mr. Kinsman Yours F.H. Fuller Cigar Co Fred Kincaid Hugh Selmon Rodney Arey Fourth Street Lee Ashcraft Cedar Street The Young People’s Christian Union of the United Brethren Church H. A. Leech Dubuque Florence Fox Commercial Club Gorda Morcombe John Eversmeyer North Mulberry Street Samuel Dale East Hill Moline Frank Ashcraft Sycamore Street Cora Silliman Park Place Rock Island Willis Aynerson Jennie Wilton C. Mohr W. C. A. Busch Hershey Avenue Charles Eddie Davis West Liberty Downey Frank Chambers Minneapolis, Minn Bilkey Havercamp’s W. H. Browning Sue Browning Great Lakes St. Paul James Sargent Athens Mary B. McBride Anna Webb Harry Muir Helen Seattle Wash Roy Yingling East Sixth Street H. M. Harrison Lillie Thoroughman Chas. Young Mayeville A. J. Oliver F. H. Little T. F. Beveridge Lena Lightfoot Hershey Hospital J. L. Giesler Raymond West Second Street Clara Shafit Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store H. L. Fisher Baby Mr. Fisher Iowa City Oxford Oxford Messenger Epworth League Tri-Cities G. L. Barton B. Minter C. W. Wells Walter Cline Charles Brown R. Brown Rollie Brown Nina Pennell Alice Page Edna Page Alice William Effie Wendle Alta Brown Tel Thiesen G. O. Morgridge Nichols Wright Keota John Long Summit Jessie Collins East Tenth Street Henry Davis George Hoffmaster Berlin F. A. Hubbard Columbus Junction Whitmore’s Landing J. M. Harris Arden G. M. Titus Andrew Healey Edna Giesler White Bear Lake Minnesota G. J. Roberts Merrill, Wis That City Sondheim D. J. Gates Clarence Hollingsworth Cypress Street Iowa Iodge No. 2 A. F A. M C. E. McCasiin Willie Frank Fisher H. S. Howe Iowa Telephone Company Zeidler Boston Eldon Southwest Division James Cooper Cooper City Hall Front Street Chief Rice Squire Eversmeyer ST. Matthias Panama W. F. Miksch Oregon St Muscatine Catholic Atchison Pacoy Ae Erie Penna Reading Wabash U. S. Steel Sucar Manhattan Home Savings Bank American Savings Bank H. F. Barnard Co., Jewelers Watch Inspectors House Woman Normal Institute At Chariton Red Oak B. J. Bechtel’s Mrs. Goldsberry M. C. Hayes & Co
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