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Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1903

Page

4

West Liberty hosts large county fair with prize hogs and cattle

Exhibitors from West Liberty and Iowa City showcase red hogs Poland China and Aberdeen Angus cattle. Notable entries include E. T. Davis herd and C S Barclay seventeen shorthorns. Also present are farm stock, poultry shows, racing horses, and a large cadet turnout. Children attend free with a merry go round incentive.

McFadden Poland China McFadden & Son E. R. Moore West Liberty Mr. Kruse Levi Pickering Pickering C. S. Barclay E. T. Davis Iowa City Chicago A. T. Stutzman Crescent Stock Farm New Sharon A. H. Floyd Filmore Millick Fred Kirchner Nichols W. Emmons F. A. Shellabarger West Hill Poultry Yards Muscatine Porter Black Ray Griffih Plymouth Rocks Fred Wright Ed. Armstrong West Branch W. C. Brown Fredonia FP. M. Ziegler Langshans

Strikers at Bishop and Hagerman Discuss Settlement

About twenty five workers from the Bishop and Hagerman button factory on West Front Street held a meeting at Maccabee hall to hear a report from the negotiating committee. They pressed for restoration of the old wage scale and warned no settlement was expected this afternoon.

Bishop and Hagerman West Front Street Chas Bierman Hagerman Maccabee Hall Bierman Floyd Whitman Fred Butler

Work Savvy Keeps a Man From Want

A cautious worker learns to rely on skill over shrinking wages. Hard times test an able man who prioritizes steady craft and preparedness as a safety net.

Columbus Junction to Host Hobson Speech on World Power

Columbus Junction plans a September 4 afternoon speech by Capt. Richmond P. Hobson on America as a World Power. The town discusses rail changes at Fredonia, local visits, school events, and community notes from Aug. 19.

Columbus Junction Richmond P. Hobson America Hobson Fredonia Rock Island Road J. J. Carr J. A. Thompson Letts Pacific Coast W. P. Paugh Chicago Charlie

Band Concert and Lawn Festival at St Mathias Church

A Tuesday evening event at St Mathias church grounds corner Eighth and Chestnut streets offers a band concert and lawn festival under church ladies management. All arrangements are complete for a general good time and an evening of community enjoyment.

St. Mathias Church Eighth and Chestnut Streets Ladies of the Church Us. Com

Berlin Studio displays finest city photos in window

Local display near Grand Hotel advertises Thiesen talcum and pure drugs at Thiesen’s. Short notes report steamer J. S. left for Burlington with Baptist group and Miss Maud Lincoln recovering after appendicitis operation. Officers to be elected at Friends Missionary meeting. Lincoln J. Carter play The Two Little Waifs set for Grand on Aug 24. Birthday surprise for Mary Battey at Miss Bertha Breckon’s.

T. J. Meyers Columbus Junction Columbus City Church Washington Chanute Fredda Louisa County W. A. Smith Wapelio Dan McKay J. E. Utt Frank Koeckeritz Muscatine Frances Mills Ottumwa High School Mt. Vernon Mediapolis Edwin Swank Mazie Sprague W. A. Carr J. E. Ott Gertrude Klotz Detroit Miss Klots Elizabeth Watson Mary Moore Jesse Hanft Chicago Cago Texas Will Mulhern Letts Phil Westbrook Will Nettie Blair Convent of the Sacred Heart Robt. J. Reaney Cotter School of Columbus Junction Bertha Gobble Anna Sullivan Davenport Fairfield Berlin Grand Hotel Friends Missionary Society Lincoln J. Carter the Grand Bertha Breckon East Sixth Street C. Winnemore Sweetland Township Mary Battey Winnemore Ella Middagh Aleta Barger May Bowser Nola Kennedy Myrle Nesper Elsie Jones Caroline Schafer Messrs Roy Gates Robin Groth Scott Berry Sam Morehead Glen McCurdy Harry le DD. Cochran Ray Reesink

Right Road Trains Link Major Midwest Routes

Muscatine Iowa outlines passenger train service on the Right Road connecting Chicago Omaha St Louis Denver Memphis Colorado Springs Fort Worth St Joseph St Paul Kansas City Minneapolis and beyond. Timetable lists East and Southwest departures with numbers 12 8 4 3 7 11 and 15 16 and notes limited vestibule service between Chicago and Denver via Kansas City or St Joseph and route changes for Nos 7 8 3 4 11 12.

Muscatine Iowa Chicago Omaha ST. Louis Denver Memphis Colorado Spring Troria Port Worth ST. Joseph ST. Paul Kansas City Minneapolis FEE Ecekouns

May Organize Uniform Rank for Maccabees

At a regular meeting at the hall on Iowa avenue the Maccabees appointed local deputy Robert Freers to investigate forming a uniform rank in the city. Officers caution the action is preliminary and results remain uncertain.

Maccabees The Iowa Avenue Lodge Robert Freers Order of the Maccabees

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