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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1902
Page
6
Traveler's Guide shows schedule between Muscatine and Montezuma. Passenger service runs daily except Sundays with freight veneer 8408. Arrivals list Montezuma as origin, with Mn Td pm 6:00 p.m. C. M. Gov vp Agent.
Listing details all East and Southwestbound trains from Chicago via Kansas City and St Joseph with passenger and freight numbers, frequencies, and times. It includes Nos 7 8 15 16 11 12 29 30 85 86 and Wilton Muscatine schedules with daily and Sunday patterns and connections to Denver El Paso City of Mexico and California.
The Muscatine North & South by Company announces effective April 20 1902 at noon revised train times. Details list departures from Muscatine Roundhouse Fruitland Grandview Wapello Elrick Junction and connections with BCR&N and Iowa Central trains. General Agent Charles Howard notes weekend and Monday service adjustments and key arrival times.
The Iowa Central operates trains at Elrick Junction with No 3 St Paul Express daily at 8 10 p m No 5 Mason City Mail ex Sunday 11 59 a m No 25 Way Freight ex Sunday 10 05 a m Going South No 6 Peoria Mall ex Sunday 2 45 p m No 4 Peoria Express daily 5 36 a m No 16 Way Freight ex Sunday 1 50 p m Coupon tickets are on sale to all points in the United States Canada and Mexico Rates and folders available from A B Cutts Minneapolis and G L Seevers Elrick Junction Iowa
The Davenport timetable lists Steamer Helen Blair sailing Monday Wednesday and Friday at 6 30 am Sunday 7 am. Steamer W J Young Jr sails Monday Wednesday and Friday at 7 pm. In Burlington sailings are Wednesday and Friday at 8 30 pm for the Helen Blair and Tuesday Thursday Saturday at 2 45 pm for W J Young Jr. For further information call W A Blair Manager and W G Block Agent.
The Diamond Jo Line lists north bound departures at 7 00 a m from Muscatine with Dubuque on August 6 15 24 September 2 11 20 29 and Quincy on August 2 11 20 29 September 7 16 25. South bound boats depart 11 30 a m with Dubuque August 1 10 19 28 September 6 15 24 and Quincy August 6 15 24.
Old riverman Captain George Winans of the Saturn lends his boat free of charge to a large group of Muscatine Sunday school children whose planned J. S. excursion was delayed. The children enjoy a day at Kimble's park after boarding the Saturn and Romping in the woods. No payment is accepted.
Relatives gather in Davenport for the funeral of George Winans who died at Mercy hospital. Mrs. Charles Staley remains on the sick list.
Blue Grass residents at Hazel Dell school house dig a well and organize for the fall term starting September 8. J. C. Watts and J. P. Wunder head to the state fair and plan visits with sisters in Guthrie Center and Barham Iowa. Both expect to return Thursday. The cool cloudy weather signals fall is coming.
Council proceedings detail motions to notify Citizens Railway and Light Co to fill settled trenches on Mulberry and Iowa avenues and to roll unpaved mains. Bids for Oak street storm sewer reviewed. bids range from 1615.00 to 1873.45. Various repairs directed for bridges, washouts, and dirt removal rejections. street commissioner empowered to act and finance certain work.
Cedar Valley Iowa reports week of Aug. 25 recalling the West Liberty fair crowds and local greetings. Miss Lelia Rabes improving after illness, Miss Gertrude Creswell returns home via Muscatine after a visit with Mollie Flater. Mrs Wm Minteer and Illinois visitors stay with Father Reggs and thanks are given to Joseph Morgan for mowing the M. E. church yard.
City council discusses aiding firemen’s Davenport tournament travel costs with 300 dollars to cover expenses including band. Any surplus to be shared among five companies. Finance committee report petitions R R Co and M N and R R Co to fill Bak er avenue tracks and install sidewalk, with a list of local signatories.
Constipation or diarrhoea when your bowels are out of order. Cas carets Candy Cathartic will make them act naturally. Genuine tablets stamped C. C. C. Never sold in bulk. All druggists roc.
Keokuk Gate City and Burlington Hawk-Eye recall Crocker's Brigade from the civil war as a record of gallant service and camaraderie. The Muscatine meeting is expected to be a success, yet dwindling numbers cast a solemn tone on reunions.
Des Moines reports Harry Levich visiting the police station after women in his East Fourth Street and East Court Avenue properties were arrested for disorderly conduct and vagrancy. Levich warned he would act against West Side “swell joints” if targeted, linking his stance to the ongoing murder investigation of Isaac Finkelstein.
A railway assistant general passenger agent from Illinois Central Railroad in Dubuque Iowa urges readers to request a circular about the next land boom and opportunities to make money by real estate.
Ad copy fragment claims a patent style remedy from Sterlog Kennedy Co Chicago or N promising kidney cures. The text is garbled but suggests sensational medical claims and a supplier name.
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