Local Residents Headed Out for Short Trips and Health News
Miss Slater left for Chicago for two to three weeks. Mrs. C. H. Armstrong went to Wilton for a visit. S. A. Crull rode Firefly to Fredonia for a short family visit. Mrs. Elmer McBride traveled to Clinton for a few days with relatives. Charles Conway, injured weeks ago, was seen outdoors for the first time since the accident. Miss Inez Sterlin rode Firefly to Keota to stay with her aunt. Miss Grace Unterkircher and Miss Hilda Stoecks visited Florence Nevens in the city. Cal Towers, homebound on Front street, grew worse and will delay plans with Forepaugh & Sells Bros. for now.
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Charles Conway
Inez Sterlin
Keota
W. McKee
Cal Towers
Forepaugh & Sells Bros
New Royal Muskoka Hotel Opens This Summer
The New Royal Muskoka Hotel sits in the Muskoka Lakes resort region and will be open to guests starting June 15. For further particulars and descriptive matter write Geo. W. Vaux A G P and T A Grand Trunk railway Chicago.
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Royal
Twenty third Convention at Wilton Opens Septembers Three Four
The Muscatine Sunday School Association holds its twenty third annual convention at Wilton Presbyterian Church on September 3 and 4. Three state workers will attend and speak on each line of Sunday school work. Delegates urged from each school, with a full program of devotional sessions, talks, round tables, and officer reports.
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Muscatine Sunday School Association
Wilton
Presbyterian Church
A. S. Millett. Muscatine
Muscatine opens new business college quarters
Grand opening announced with new and elegant quarters and rapid seat registrations. Arthur Blicker leaves for Des Moines to spend two weeks visiting his sisters and brother. Holy communion at First German M. E. church scheduled for next Sunday at 10 30 AM with full member attendance urged. Mr and Mrs A L Child depart after visiting in city to the Firefly fog Wapello to visit Mrs H B Davidson.
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Robert Bennett
Montpelier
C. F. Nevins
Muscatine
Mary Parkhurst
Davenport
B. F. Mitchell
Des Moines
Thomas Lewis
William Murchie
Allerton
S. Millett
John Bennison
America
Des Moines, Ta
Muscatine Business College
Arthur Blicker
M. E
A. L. Child
J. Linn Hoopes
Wapello
H. B. Davidson
Plague of the Prairie Dog Faces Natural Enemies
The article from The Pilgrim for August describes predators of prairie dogs. Coyotes creep to colony borders to ambush from burrows, badgers drive prey into holes then dig out their victim, and black-footed ferrets enter burrows to pursue and capture them, potentially decimating large colonies.
Black Diamond Express Offers Luxurious Rail Service
The Black Diamond Express departs Buffalo at noon on the Lehigh Valley line bound for New York. It features a la carte dining car service and luxurious parlor and day coaches with stop-overs allowed at Niagara Falls on through tickets to New York and Philadelphia.
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Buffalo
Lehigh Valley Railroad
New York
Niagara Falls
Philadelphia
Nickel Belonging Sparks Kid Fight
A youth explains his attack on another boy saying he beat him to reclaim a nickel that belongs to him, while an adult suggests a back strike, reflecting local street justice dialogue and juvenile mischief.
City Girl and Uncle Reud Debate Electric Power Source
In a humorous exchange a City Girl asks where electricity comes from and Uncle Reud remarks Goshen would fail to have power for shocking corn. The dialogue playful lines hint at rural life and practical power needs.
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Reud
Goshen
Unclaimed Letters at Muscatine Post Office Aug 19 1902
Remaining unclaimed at the Muscatine Iowa post office for the week ending August 19 1902. Men’s list includes Connor Dillon Downing Eberhardt Freeze Libbee Stewart Van Patten Welch. Ladies’ list lists Mrs. Dicky Deltz Miss Kohlmer Mayer. Parties must say Advertised. Wm L Roach P M.
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Muscatine
Iowa
Will Connor
F. J. Dillon
Eli Downing
Wm. Eberhardt
Isaiah Freeze
Edward Libbee
Dod. C. Stewart
Willie van Patten
Will E. Welch
Blanche Dicky
Alice Deltz
Ollie Kohlmer
Emma Mayer
Wm. L. Roach
P. M
Pleasant Prairie Birth And Baptist Trip Notes
Pleasant Prairie records a baby boy born August 19 to Mr and Mrs Claus Thompson. The Baptist excursion Tuesday included P R Baker Floy Baker Hattie Gatton Roy Baker Henry Parr and Albert Nettleton with Pearl McElroy visiting_followed by unspecified additional details.
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Pleasant Prairie
Claus Thompson
P. R. Baker
Floy Baker
Hattie Gatton
Roy Baker
Henry Parr
Albert Nettleton
Pearl McElroy
Shiloh Socials and Local News Briefs
Miss Pearl Adams and sister from Adams Station visited Miss Emma Freyermuth for a week. Shafer family from near Grandview spent Monday with Nic Freyermuth. J W Miller family from Atalissa visited Otto home Friday. Peter Freyermuth and his wife left for St Louis after visiting relatives. John Daugherty’s barn was struck by lightning with no major damage. Jacob Freyermuth bought a home on Iowa Avenue to occupy late October. Ben Greiner and S M Hoskins attended the Republican convention in Clinton.
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Shiloh
Pearl Adams
Adams Station
Emma Freyermuth
John Daugherty
Jacob Freyermuth
Iowa Avenue
Ben Greiner
S. M. Hoskins
Clinton
A Choice of Evils Constance and Algy Sail or Launch
Pene lope warns Constance that naphta launches are dangerous as Algy offers a choice between riding with him on the naphta launch or his sailboat. Constance accepts the risky option, aware of the danger.
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Constance
Algy
Penelope
Puck
Fortune telling bargain sparks roguish warning
Suburbanite recalls a street fortune teller exchange in which a Gypsy offers a fortune for fifty cents. The suburbian child retorts with a threat promising to reveal the gang if any chickens vanish, a tongue in cheek warning reported by the Chicago Tribune.
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Chicago Tribune
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