Decamp Chosen as Muscatine Delegate at Rural Carriers Meet
At Des Moines the third annual convention of Rural Free Deliverers called for better roads and annual vacations. A resolution urged Postmaster General Payne to retire rural carriers with pay and a 15 day leave. Iowa houses 1,487 rural carriers earning about $64,088, including eleven women. Officers named for the year: President B P Woods Cherokee. First VP C L Litzenberg Indianola. Second VP M E Kelley Mitchellville. Secretary Treasurer G P Clark. Legislative Committee Litzenberg Woods French King Gearhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
G. W. DeCamp
Wapeilo
G. C. Kallenberger
West Liberty
Charles Hessel
Iowa
Des Moines
Payne
Congress
Union
B. P. Woods
Cherokee
C. L. Litzenberg
Indianola
M. E. Kelley
Mitchellville
G. P. Clark
F. F. French
Humboldt
W. B. King
Dubuque
J. B. Gearhart
Mt. Pleasant
Home Visitors Excursions to Ohio Indiana Rail Tickets
Muscatine North and South railroad sells roundtrip excursion tickets to Louisville and all Ohio and Indiana points west of Sandusky Columbus Washington Court House Wilmington and Cincinnati. Tickets dated September 1 15 and October 6 1903 good for thirty days from sale with depot inquiries at M N and S depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Indiana
Muscatine North & South Railroad
Louisville
Kentucky
Sandusky
Columbus
Washington Court House
Wilmington
Cincinnati
Encampment of Fifty Fourth Regiment To Muscatine
The Iowa National Guard fifty fourth encampment will be held at Park Place Muscatine from September 14 to 19. Adjutant General Byers announced after inspecting grounds and comparing Burlington and Muscatine inducements. About 550 to 600 officers and men from companies A through M, plus staff officers, will assemble, with six dozen musicians expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifty Fourth Regiment
Iowa National Guard
Muscatine
Park Place
Byers
Burlington
F. W. Bishop
Harry Kern
Albia
Davenport
Washington
Centerville
Oskaloosa
Ottumwa
Iowa City
Grinnell
Newton
Fairfield
Fort Madison
John Cushing
Dubuque
D. Fairchild
Clinton
R. Jay
Eldon
Journal
Fifty-Fourth Regiment
Bishop
Local residents travel and upcoming Wilton fair noted
Local news lists residents returning from business trips in Quincy Des Moines and Wisconsin plus a call to attend the Wilton fair and races on September 8 9 10. Several families depart for Letts Bayfield Denver Lisbon Oshkosh and Hedrick while others visit relatives and attend funerals and conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Wilton Fair
Muscatine to Welcome Fifty Fourth Regiment Encampment
Pledges for eight hundred dollars are in the hands of Col Bishop and Capt Kern who will cover the remainder if subscriptions fail. The state regiments encampment draws thousands to Muscatine over five days with Governor's day drawing the largest crowds and special trains needed for transport. Muscatine prepares to entertain the Fifty Fourth Regiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop
Kern
Muscatine
Hamilton at Burlington Spectacle Man Held in Jail
Burlington police report the man arrested here for peddling spectacles without a license is in jail awaiting Illinois requisition papers on larceny charges. He has been active in other towns and gave the name Charles Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Muscatine Journal
Ilinois
Charles Hamilton
Special Summer Excursion Rates to the West
The Iowa Central Railway announces summer excursion rates from Elrick Junction to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Glenwood Springs Salt Lake City Ogden Deadwood Lead City Hot Springs and Custer for June 1 to September 20 1903. Round trip prices vary by destination with stops and diverse routes offered. For folders and rates contact any Iowa Central agent or A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Central Railway
Elrick Junction
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Colo
Glenwood Springs
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Utah
Deadwood
Lead City
Hot Springs
Custer
S. C
Iowa Central
A. B. Cutts
Minneapolis, Minn
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the Globe Restaurant
Albert Brazel
Prop
Walsh
McCullough
West Third Street
Blanchard Packing Co
West Second ST
Peoples’ Meat Market
East Second ST
DES Moines Meeting
Lington
LOCAL
W. F. Bishop
Quincy, I
Will A. Burkhard
Cable
Wisconsin
H. W. Huttig
Grat Dalton
Letts
FE. S. Galloway
Arnold Land Company
Helen Blair
Missouri
Grant Bond
East Sixth Street
David Cline
Emma Brazel
West Fourth Street
Bayfield
Wm. Chapman
William Hoffman
Fourth
Pine Streets
Joseph Stein
Harold
Martin Shellabarger
Harry Funck
Burlington Road
J. K. Wilkens
Lucas Street
Janesville
Wis
A. B. Adams
J. B. Mark
East Ninth Street
N. Nevens
S. N. Grosjean
G. Moiniue
Peter Grosjean
Neva Smith
Harry Scholton
Wm. Hazlett
Pocahontas
Anna Aderman
West Fifth Street
Oshkosh
William Price
J. T. Holliday
Laura
Lou Maxon
C. Ogilvie
Edith
Kansas City
Lone Tree
Mabel Stanwood
West Second Street
H. W. White
Hedrick
Peosta
Cea
PLOS
Hamilton
Geneva Briggs
7Th St
THE
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
E. O. Burnside
John Hughes
Victoria
Nels McDonough
Kirkville
J. H. Doty, Courtland, Minn
Nicollet Co
J. M. Allen
Iowa Avenue
Brown & Brown
First National Bank
Jas. Fitzgerald
East Seventh Street
H. J. Heinz Co
H. M. Bartlett
Post Office
N. Rosenberger
E. R. Atwell
Cumorah
Salem Way
N. Y
Omaha, Neb
Susie W. Rattey
2Nd St
Ronvioc
Havercamp’s
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