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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1901
Page
8
Local notices promote the Wonder fire sale with 50 cent bargains on dry goods and shoes each night this week. The item also notes passenger movements to Columbus Junction and Marshalltown, plus social visits and fairs, with several residents traveling on the Firefly and Young trains.
Open high low and close figures for Wheat Corn Oats in Sept Dec May futures. Hogs Cattle Sheep listings with receipts and price ranges. Weather notes include light showers in the Dakotas and Nebraska with forecasts for Fargo Grand Forks Winnipeg. Cattle Reeves and Texas Western price ranges listed.
A Muscatine native and nephew of William Huttig, C H Huttig rose in St Louis banking, aiding Third National Bank's growth from 2.6 million to over 15 million in deposits in five years. The bank, now capitalized at 2 million with surplus over 1 million, is led by President C H Huttig with W B Wells as VP, G W Galbreath as cashier, and J R Cooke as assistant cashier.
Notice to customers of the Muscatine Electric Railway inviting those using steam heat to renew their contracts for the coming season starting September 1. Call at the office to renew.
A notice states a special meeting of union clerks is called for half past Thursday at p m per order of the president.
The C. R. L. P. railway will sell round trip tickets to Des Moines with one fair grounds admission. On sale August 22 to 31 with return September 2. Rate five dollars and fifty seven cents. Agent M. Gould.
The C. R. I. and P. Ry offers round trip excursion tickets at reduced rates for Columbus Junction fair on sale August 26 to August 30 with return August 31. Agent M. Gould will issue the tickets.
Adam Neechwitz injured earlier at the button factory shows improvement and plans to resume work soon at the same plant.
Dr J E Wells of Kalona took Esther and Andrew Maxwell to Chicago to the Pasteur Institute for rabies treatment after a dog bite north of Kalona. The community raised 160 of 250 dollars. Kalona council covered the rest with railroad help. The institute, founded in 1890, vaccinates bitten individuals. the youths should return in about two weeks.
Oliver Crandall, a traveling grocer, brought several ears of corn to the Journal office. The ears 10 to 12 inches long are well filled to the end. Crandall reports a yield better than half a crop and predicts a fair overall harvest for farmers.
Walter Johnson arrived at his Wilton residence last night following a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Jule Mc Coskry. He was accompanied by his brother V. M. Johnson.
In Plymouth County Iowa Reichmann is sued for damages after calling an insurance agent and bank officials damned thief and forger over a note misprint. Judgments awarded against Reichmann prompt his appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court in the case of John Zurowski v Reichmann. The dispute centers on a note for 62.50 allegedly altered to 312.50 and subsequent accusations of fraud.
Wm. H. Fishburn announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination as sheriff of Muscatine County, subject to the decision of the Republican county convention.
A. W. Morton of Monmouth, U S, spent the night in the city and departed this morning for Washington.
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