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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1902
Page
10
Daily except Sunday timetable shows passenger and freight service with arrivals from Montezuma. Passenger and freight at 7 10 a m and 6 00 p m, with 15 minute offset noted for freight. C M Govton, Agent.
Train numbers 12 8 30 and 29 operate between Chicago and Denver via Kansas City or St. Joseph with limited vestibule service on Nos 11 12. Nos 15 16 route Chicago to Denver via Kansas City only and Nos 7 8 85 86 adjust to Evans and Washington none on Sundays. Wilton Muscatine branch timetable shows daily departures with limited Sunday service.
Train schedule effective April 20 1902 lists times for Muscatine Roundhouse Fruitland Grandview Wapello Elrick Jet and connections with B C R N Iowa Central and Iowa Central service. Notes show departures Saturdays and Mondays with connections at Elrick Junction and Wapello. Charles Howard is listed as General Agent.
Going North services include the St. Paul Express at 8:10 p.m. and Mason City Mail at 11:59 a.m. No. 25 Way Freight heads Sunday at 10:05 a.m. Going South offers the Peoria Mail at 2:45 p.m. and Peoria Express at 5:36 a.m. Also No. 16 Way Freight at 1:50 p.m. Coupon tickets cover all U S Canada and Mexico points with rates and folders available from A B Cutts in Minneapolis or G L Seevers at Elrick Junction Iowa.
Davenport posts passenger steamer times with Helen Blair on Monday Wednesday and Friday at 6 50 am Sunday 7 am and W J Young Jr on Monday Wednesday and Friday at 7 pm reflecting local transit plan.
The Diamond Line lists northbound and southbound departures from Dubuque and Quincy with specific August and September dates. It details goat, boat, and Muscatine to St Paul and St Louis transit times, including stopovers and arrival times, as well as roundtrip timings and daily departure windows.
A harbor scene story follows Betty Marshall as she imagines a fairy tale for Princess Otto and the Knight of the Foamy Crest aboard a steamer. The princess, weighing wealth against love, discovers a deeper longing as Betty nudges toward a hopeful union through a child’s belief in romance.
Betty Marshall prepares for a first voyage aboard the Martha Washington as the boat reaches Old Bay. Pink Johnson helps with her belongings while the ship unloads crates and crates of goods and a calf moans from a crate. Betty bonds with the captain and stewardess as she meets the princess and prince aboard the ship.
A poor woman asks Oliver Goldsmith for aid for her ailing husband. Goldsmith visits, promises help in an hour, and secretly sends ten guineas in a chip box with a note urging patience and good heart. The money proves a humane remedy to ease suffering.
A colloquial notice references a man’s death connected to water intake and a large number of unspecified water-related fatalities. Local tones emphasize caution and public health concerns surrounding hydration and safety.
A Kentucky farmer with twelve children and a $1000 start seeks advice on relocation. The piece suggests truck farming in the South, notably North Carolina and Atlantic coast regions, with crops like strawberries, potatoes, and beans. It warns about educational access and urges gathering railway and state guidance literature before inspection.
With guidance, Timothy plans sowing the forepart of September for crops and delays clover sowing until spring to suit growing conditions and maximize yields.
A whimsical proverb imagines a young rooster craving the frying pan as if it seeks him, turning a kitchen object into a playful mirror of fate and appetite. The line invites imagination and humor in rural lore.
Cows clover and corn offer financial relief for western prairie farmers when properly combined. The approach highlights livestock grazing crops and corn harvests as a cohesive farm plan to boost underlying income and stability.
Census data show Iowa generates about one million dollars per day in farm products across the year. The finding highlights Iowa's role as a leading agricultural state with steady daily production.
The article notes many farmers labor for decades to fund a final attempt at health in sanitariums, spending savings in a futile effort to recover deteriorating wellbeing and extend life.
The article notes sowing the purple top Swede turnip around August 1 yields top table quality. It states turnips grow best in moist cool autumn days and highlights this crop as a prime autumn offering.
Farmers resist state restrictions on hunting and fishing rights claiming they should harvest game and fish on their lands irrespective of defined closed seasons and legal limits.
Katydids appeared around July 26 this year, earlier than the usual August 10. The adage six weeks to frost suggests an early September frost could affect late corn, signaling potential harvest pressure.
Farmers report clover curing problems due to frequent showers during the cutting season. Only a small portion of the large crop from the winter lived was secured in good condition this year.
Spreckles claims a new refining process cuts costs to one dollar per ton versus seven dollars for the sugar trust. He says the method is simple enough to be done on plantations with inexpensive equipment and can refine raw sugar where produced.
A friend of farmers mutual insurance companies advocates paying all losses up to two thirds of the insured property value regardless of how the fire occurred, except in cases of incendiary action.
The text argues that for every acre of crops destroyed on bottom and slough lands of the central west and northwest this year due to excessive rain, five acres of splendid crops will be produced on areas with normally scant rainfall, turning a loss into a gain.
A reminiscence notes that a stubborn old buckskin horse could be calmed by wrapping a split plug of tobacco around its bit, making the animal ill enough to forget its aggression in a short time. The passage reflects practical, old‑time horse training methods.
The writer notes August is the best time to plow under stubble and weeds. This summer-like fallow cleans the land and burying plant material yields valuable organic matter for the next season.
The author laments weed aggressiveness and intolerance in gardens. He questions why burdock thrives with little care while nearby tomato plants remain weak and unproductive when grown without proper cultivation.
Readers warned about a dead smell in gardens from a hidden stink horn mushroom near a post. Search for the odor, then locate the mushroom rather than a dead cat to explain the trouble.
The union reports no state surpasses Nebraska in crop value this year with the harvest matching the land that produced it across much of the state.
Farmers in a western state were quickly alerted by telephone to a late attempted corner in corn in Chicago. Every man holding corn of the contract grade was reached in a hurry by the phone.
It describes widespread crop destruction across prairie sections due to heavy summer rains, affecting lands that were originally sloughs basins and marshes, with drainage and seed ing down likely needed for cultivation.
A row of dewberries trained along a low wire fence simplifies picking, avoiding the common problem of vines sprawling on the ground and making gathering easier.
A permanent drought grips inland Australia reducing livestock. Sheep and rabbits suffer with scarce rainfall causing extensive stock losses and ruin to the region's pastoral economy.
A quirky old saying is challenged by a case of rain distribution where water reaches both the just man downstream and the unjust man upstream. The passage uses humorous, archaic phrasing to question equity in nature’s fairness.
Observers report cattle gathering along fence lines during severe weather across pastures. The wire fences may lack proper grounding, increasing fatalities when lightning strikes the conductors.
The piece praises traditional oatmeal over modern germ and malted cereals. It notes the canny Scotsman as the legitimate product of oatmeal and the Shorter Catechism, highlighting enduring quality amid new foods.
Farmers should sow rape in modest fields and cut early for tender foliage. If left to grow, the plants become strong and tough, reducing palatability and usefulness for feeding stock throughout the season.
The community discusses saving corn fodder, noting its proven value through the past winter. Even with overall cheaper feeds this year, well cured corn fodder remains the best farm fodder and worth preserving.
The writer urges an elderly man to find a deserving young person and provide financial help. Such investments can yield financial profit and deep personal satisfaction through generous acts.
A commentator blasts a farmer for paying 45 dollars annually on a ten thousand dollar farm and urges him to see how taxation works in Bulgaria Turkey Egypt and India, arguing no country offers more value for taxes than America.
A fifteen year look back shows a fierce quarrel over dehorning cattle with humane societies denouncing the practice as barbaric while supporters argued its humanity. The controversy faded as the method gained acceptance and protest faded.
Residents report frequent horse losses near fences due to barbed wire. Horses suffer injuries from feet snagging, escaping onto fences, or being struck by careless drivers. Lightning during storms also kills horses near electrical barriers.
A late census bulletin shows 9,355 butter and cheese factories operating, led by Iowa for butter and New York for cheese. Capital invested reaches 36.5 million dollars and product value 131.2 million, up 109 percent in ten years, with dairy boosting farm fertility and broader agricultural wealth. The cow has done great things for the country.
A bundle of $500 is transferred between banks and later paid to a farmer who discovers a $200 shortfall after depositing the money. The higher court held the bank liable, arguing neither party counted the funds when transferred. The opinion suggests the loss should be shared since neither counted the money at payment.
The house martin competes with the English sparrow for nesting sites and generally wins the annual contest. Other small birds such as warblers bluebirds wrens grosbeaks orioles song sparrows and cat birds are driven away from sparrow congregations. Observation by keen bird life researchers supports these findings.
The article notes that there will not be a lumber famine in the United States for many years as the South holds vast untouched forests. In Mississippi, 25 counties contain 5,860,000 acres of pine land expected to yield about 34,160,600,000 feet of lumber at an estimated value of $541,690,000, even if prices rise.
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