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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1903
Page
6
Society cards list local organizations and meeting times. It names American Yeomen Scatine Homestead 386 G A R hall Musquitine Tribe 95 IO of RM Muscatine Lodge 5 Miriam Lodge 27 D of R Prairie Campment 4 and related Masonic and Royal Arch groups with their usual meeting nights and officers.
Steamer Helen Blair sails to Davenport on Monday Wednesday and Friday at 6 30 am and Sundays at 7 am returning each evening Burlington departures set for Monday Wednesday and Friday at 8 30 pm through the summer schedule of the White Collar Line.
Chas Fisher and family returned from Wisconsin to Shiloh. Iva Childs Blanche and Anna Dill of Muscatine visited sitter J. S. Long in Summit. Hiram Cromer and George Cromer of Cedar county hosted Sabbath guests. Families and friends from Wilton Muscatine West Liberty and Summit shared visits and outings including hunting and dinners.
Miss Elberta Knapp of Churdan Iowa visits Muscatine Island this week with friend Cora Fitzsimmons. A chicken thief stole about two dozen chickens from Charles Young's coop. Jack Frazzel yields the champion oats at sixty one to sixty two bushels per acre, praised by neighbors. Co. K Beatty begins road work by mowing weeds, improving the township highway. Mrs Lorber suffers a severe ague attack.
Rev C N Pace preached at First M E in Burlington on Sunday. The Junior Epworth League plans an ice cream social on the parsonage lawn next Saturday evening. Hills beat Lone Tree in a recent game. Funeral services for James Windess were held at the Reformed church Friday. George Shibley learned of his brother’s death in Edgerton Wisconsin.
Ralph Connor and his son John are visiting in Cedar county this week. Joe Westerfelt suffers a painful sore foot after stepping on a rusty nail. Mr. Lindner of Muscatine called in Fruitland. Fred Lindsay heads to North Dakota for an extended visit. Mr. and Mrs. John Lindsay and family spent Sunday with friends in Seville. Mr. and Mrs. Craddock and...
Adams spent Sunday with friends at Summit. Will Heidelbaugh of Letts visited Monday in Fruitland. J. W. Rankin left for his Ottumwa home Friday after visiting here for a few weeks.
J L Ste men from Muscatine visited Conesville. Schwob brothers stayed with their uncle in Wapello. McWilliams of Washington IA visited his son Charles. Abel moved belongings to Browers’ new house. Theodore Schwab's wife heads to Iowa City for operation. Earl Chapman back from Cedar Rapids business college. Rev Potter to speak on What I Saw of the Great Rebellion at M E church admission 10c. Oak land visitors Shomberg and son with Marion Chapman. Chautauqua a success. Al McCullaugh Sylvia with Austin Nelson party. Herman and Mrs Nelson of Nichols visited. Mrs Reynolds Sibyl depart for Chillicothe MO. Mr Klink brakeman killed near Rutledge. funeral details noted.
West Liberty notices recount visits from Mr. and Mrs. L. A. McKee of Trenton Missouri to Mrs. Sarah E. Jelly on North Calhoun street. Emma Templeman of St Charles Louisiana departs after a visit with Carl Templeman. Carrie Schooley returns from Mediapolis to help in local millinery business. Various relatives visit or travel, and Grace Newsom shows improvement. Junior M E Sunday school held a picnic on G L Pratts lawn with about sixty attendees.
The M E ladies bustle about preparing meals for the fair opening today. A quiet day otherwise as the fair takes center stage with hams boiling for dinners and attendees gathering for the event.
A health ad claims Electric Bitters prevent death by self destruction by boosting nerves and body strength. It presents the tonic as a regulator for stomach, liver, and kidneys and offers 50c bottles with guaranteed satisfaction from Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
The estate of Sherman Arenschield, a Rock Island engineer based in Muscatine, plans to sue the railroad for damages after his death last winter when he was struck by a switch engine coming down a grade from the Eldon coal chute. Reports say discussions of Great Western sale to Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul and Missouri Kansas and Texas are denied, though speculation persists about Gould interests seeking the line to gain access to the twin cities and northwest.
About 2,000 people rode the excursion steamer J S on a trip from Muscatine to Davenport and Rock Island with First Baptist church sponsoring. The ship carried 2,000 passengers, near capacity, and returns to Muscatine around 7:30 this evening.
Four year old boy suffered colic and stomach cramps despite morphine treatment. After giving Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, the child slept within half an hour and recovered. Local witness F L Wilkins of Shell Lake Wisconsin, bookkeeper at Shell Lake Lumber Co. advertises the remedy sold by all druggists.
The eastern reader learns of Colorado hotels and boarding houses in Denver, Colorado Springs, Manitou, and Glenwood. Luxury lodging contrasts with affordable lodges and camping around $7 to $10. The Rock Island System offers a guide with listings, rates, and travel details to Colorado destinations.
The Iowa Central railway announces reduced summer excursion rates from Elrick Junction for June 1 to September 30 1903 to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Glenwood Springs Salt Lake City Ogden Deadwood Lead City Hot Springs and Custer with return. Rates include 24.25 to Denver area 26.25 to Glenwood Springs 27.25 to Salt Lake City and Ogden. Stopovers and diverse routes are offered. For folders and rates contact any Iowa Central agent or A B Cutts G P F T A Minneapolis Minnesota.
Hartwick residents approve a bond issue totaling $20,000 to fund a new school house. The measure passed in a local vote, funding construction and related costs for the community education facility.
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