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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1902
Page
7
The speaker notes Las Vegas as a Santa Fe division point with railroad facilities and an under construction electric street railway. He praises the water supply drawn from mountain springs and its clear, cool quality. The climate is described as admirable and government experts call it unequalled in the United States.
An abundance of nuts of all kinds is reported this fall. Walnut and hickory trees are loaded and will ripen soon, with hazelnuts large and worm-free due to wet weather. Nuts of all kinds are expected to be unusually large across many groves in the county.
Keokuk Constitution-Democrat notes an earlier clip claiming only six rafters remain on the upper Mississippi rafting trade. A Keokuk resident provides a list of 31 named steamboats currently active, with several more unlisted, indicating the previous six-raft figure is incorrect.
Short items describe medicinal advert claims for Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil and Burbock s Blood Bitters. Local observations report Mrs C W Kemble traveling to Davenport, Mabel Stanwood returning to Lone Tree for teaching, and Walter Reuling planning to enter Iowa State College at Ames followed by studies at the Polytechnical College in Boston.
M H Truesdell of Davenport visited this city on railroad interests. Miss Mayme Bodeman rode the Helen Blair to Davenport. Scott Berry vacationing with Wilton friends. Geor g J Williams traveled on the Western to Lone Tree.
A reply to a church choir position ad offers services as organist and music teacher. The letter notes the applicant has been both roles for several years and is open to either gender, pleasing the advertiser per the London Globe report.
Frank J. Cheney, senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. The affidavit, dated December 6, 1886, notes the product is taken internally and claims to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists. testimonials offered.
Pleasant Prairie M E church holds a preaching service next Sabbath August 31 at 2 30 p m. It will be the last regular service of the conference year. All are cordially invited by the pastor.
The Iowa Central railway offers greatly reduced one way tickets for harvest hands and laborers to destinations in Minnesota and North and South Dakota through August 19. Check with local ticket agents for details.
Pa Smith asserts Adam influenced bridal travel trends by taking Eve from the Garden of Eden soon after their marriage, a remark reported by Carroll Herald.
Theron Thompson and family recently visited Las Vegas New Mexico to see brother W L Thompson and toured mountains nearby. He praises the city’s growth, climate, cottages and brick architecture, noting its status as a wool industry hub with vast wholesale trade and extensive wool shipments.
The Des Moines Register and Leader reports Muscatine now connected to Des Moines by a copper toll line built by a Jasper county company allied with the Mutual and Hawkeye. The network runs copper circuits from Des Moines to Colfax Newton Grinnell Prairie City Monroe Pella Oskalossa Ottumwa Marengo Marshalltown Iowa City Cedar Rapids Muscatine Keokuk Burlington and other points. Rebuilding north and west to copper wire advances rapidly and about 2000 miles of new line are expected in service before cold weather.
Horace Husted of Muscatine Iowa will arrive in Seattle soon to serve as office secretary for the YMCA. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer notes the educational work planned for the coming year will require twenty teachers and be supervised by A S Allen with M M Moss directing the program. Dc E Kirk will replace Robert Cary as membership secretary, who moves to Everett.
A. F. Sissel and son John left for Indiana on business. Threshing oats in the shock is slow with all machines in use. James Metz threshes at Buffalo. Early corn grows well but late corn and late potatoes are poor and weeded. Road washouts keep the supervisor busy. Arno Kretchmer is sick. John Hart visited Buffalo on Sunday and Monday this week.
Prairie chicken season starts next Monday with strong expectations of good hunting across northern counties. Iowa reports plenty of birds in Winnebago Emmett and Kossuth while Dakotas and southern Minnesota also show good stocks. Hunters prep gear with talk of chokes, cylinders, and dogs as the season nears.
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