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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1902
Page
6
The message notes a leave for Montezuma and a daily service at 6:00 p.m. through Sunday with a freight adjustment. It lists C. M. Gounp as agent and references Montezuma arrivals and a schedule tweak in 2020.
The release lists East and Southwest routes for the C R I P R rail lines with trains numbers 12 16 15 85 209 and 7 11 12 including through services to Kansas City Denver El Paso Mexico and California. It details daily except Sunday frequencies and branch timings for the Wilton Muscatine line with specific departure and arrival times.
Rail schedule for Muscatine area effective April 20 1902 showing trains No 1 No 3 and No 4 with local stops at Muscatine Roundhouse Fruitland Grandview Wapello Elrick Jet and connections to Burlington Iowa Central and other routes. Includes departure and arrival times and transfer details. Charles Howard General Agent.
The notice lists Iowa Central routes with both northbound and southbound trains including the St. Paul Express No. 3, Mason City Mail No. 5, Way Freight No. 25, Peoria Mail No. and Express No. 4, and Way Freight No. 16 with Sunday ex relations. Coupon tickets valid to all points in the United States Canada and Mexico with contact details for A B Cutts and G L Seevers in Minneapolis and Elrick Junction Iowa.
The notice lists steamer departures for Burlington with Helen Blair on Monday Wednesday and Friday at 6 30 a m Suan day at 7 a m and W J Young Jr on Monday Wednesday and Friday at 7 p m.
Local market price list details corn oats wheat rye barley and various grain products. Includes hay prices, livestock and poultry rates, apples onions cabbage and numerous vegetables and fruits with unit prices. Fernandina style exchange names conditions and measurements appear as a dense catalog of 19th century prices.
W G Block general agent has instructions from Isaac P Lusk to issue excursion tickets from July 19 through August 22 with return by August 6. Tickets to Clinton available for $1.25 for the Mississippi Valley Spiritualists annual meeting. Sale of 20.
Hoopesville residents celebrate the arrival of a baby girl weighing eight and a half pounds born Aug. The town notes several visitors and events including typhoid illnesses, lawn parties, and community gatherings. Muscatine Island figures prominently with levee work and local planning for flood protection.
In Moscow Iowa on August 18 S R Chase aged 93 was surrounded by his descendants as they wish him to reach a century more in the same health. Rev John McClelland visited friend Frank Leimkuehler. Annie Riter and daughter Bidna left for Market Tree Arkansas. Sugar Creek flood damaged much property after joining Mud Creek. A C Miller suffered heavy losses from a fire in his barn with four horses two colts a carriage three harness sets eighteen tons of hay and more. Burglar case yields no new leads except a suspect seen near the deed slept in Fred Stucker's barn near Attlissa and tied up with his pocketful of money.
A fragment notes strong suspicion of a man connected with a deed and mentions cigars, a southern journey, and that Muscatine Labor Day events will be attended by many locals.
Real estate transfers for the week ending Aug 15 1902 transcribed by Titus & Jackson list multiple parcels in Wilton, Muscatine, and adjacent towns. Names include Frances M. Baker, Paul S. Baker, Clara M. Crisman, Annie E. Shuger, Alex Grisenbrock, Augusts Rider, Emma Kaufmann, J. E. Kranz, Bert C. Hershe, H. J. Hyink, Norman Beuthien, Claus Rollet, May Grisenbrock, Geo. W. Smalley, Adam Fletcher, Bert C. Hershe, Thos. Z. Erwin, Eleanor Luse, Henry C. Nichols, Logan Enyart, Jeff Chambliss, and others. Various lots, out-lots, and fractions detailed with respective conveyances and interests.
Candy Cathartic cures constipation with Cascarets. Price 20 cents. The ad promises a refund from druggists if CCC fails.
Mrs Ruth Spencer departed for Kansas after visiting her uncle John McGinness. Mrs Carl ill at daughter S Winns. Mrs Geo Stonebarger returned from a two month visit in South Dakota. Miss Nellie Morey Anamosa visiting uncle H L Page. Miss Carrie Page back from Wyoming Ia to teach in Jones county. Mrs Alice Fountain moved to Morning Sun for a high school post. Miss Grace Lane to Kansas City for extended visit. Caleb Sweet to hospital in Iowa City suffering rheumatism. Mrs Herman Weise and Mr and Mrs John France attended Chautauqua at Columbus Junction. Mrs Clark visiting with Mrs Jessie Holdeman returned to Sioux Falls. Chautauqua at Columbus City praised. Rob Blonda returned to work at Tipton.
The Diamond Jo Line Steamers announce north bound departures at 7 00 am and south bound at 1130 am with service on Steamer Dubuque and Steamer Quincy. Travel paths include Muscatine to St Paul and St Louis with intermediate dates in August and September.
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