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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1901
Page
6
J. W. Anderson writes of oil prospects in Oklahoma with a prairie dog town yielding quart oil per hole and 40,000 holes producing vast sums. The article blends a mock lottery tale with local society notes and quirky interviews from Muscatine.
Columbus Junction prepared for a major fair as residents traveled for weekend visits. Mrs. R J Reaney and her daughters Agnes and Louisa went to Letts to visit her mother Mrs. Eliason. Elsie and James joined a trip to Wellman to see Grandma Eliza Reaney. Photographer J C Corning visited for business, while Nellie McRoberts returned from Letts. General Marion left Keokuk after eight days at his sister’s bedside in Columbus City.
West Liberty Iowa residents guests and travels at week’s end include Mrs Henry Speight and family north of town, Misses Mead visiting from Plymouth and Minneapolis, Mary Phelps en route Sigourney, Mrs Howard Simpson returning from Brooklyn, Rev A V Kendrick and family guests of Charles Chase, Mesdames Wilshire and Jones to Buffalo, W O Leabhart visiting Frank Barnes, girls to Davenport and up Mississippi to St Paul, Simpson and Karr to Chicago for fall stock, funeral of Elleanor McElravy held Aug 24 with local clergy and musicians, grave at Oakridge cemetery amid floral tributes.
The obituary notes her disposition and noble qualities endearing her to many. Survived by her father and mother two sisters and two brothers. Funeral largely attended with relatives from Muscatine Des Moines Avoca Iowa City Cedar Rapids Maquoketa and other areas.
Musserville notes J H Pitchforth leaves Musser Lumber for Miller Lumber in Davenport to be filled by J E Howes mechanic. Mrs Maul Smith returns from Newark Ohio. Excursion to tri cities, dance at Appels hall, and a box factory restart at Muscatine Lumber and Box Co after a brief layoff. Firemen parade prep and church notices invite participation.
Charles Bray sold his 160 acre Riverside farm to Robert Toben and will move to Kansas likely to acquire land. Threshing is nearly finished as report. A theft at Frank Stransky’s meat market yielded two boiled hams and 75 pounds of sausage with no clue. Lizzie Kalens died in Colorado after accompanied by Mrs. Brockway. A local tale claims Shellady family caught 509 pounds of fish by wading the river.
The republicans of Lake township will meet in caucus Thursday Aug. 29 at Lucas Grove school house to select delegates to the county convention and to transact such business as may come before the house. J. D. Stuart, Committeeman.
The Muscatine Electric Railway invites customers using steam heat to renew contracts for the upcoming season starting September 1. Those interested should visit the office to renew.
The Muscatine North and South By. Co. announces its official start date taking effect at noon on June Mth 1901. The note confirms the new railroad line's operation commencement and timing.
Fragmented OCR text shows travel notices with rail and street timing and garbled place names. The readable fragments reference east bound and west bound movements and a clock time around 7:39 a.m with scattered initials and numbers. The overall meaning is unclear due to heavy transcription errors.
The W J Young sails from Davenport Sundays Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays at 6:00 am. It reaches Burlington at 9:55 am and stays until 3:15 pm. Return trips depart Burlington at 4:15 pm and arrive Davenport around 10:30 pm. The route includes stops at Muscatine Oquawka Keithsburg New Boston and Andalusia with morning departures to the south and evening returns to Burlington.
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