Huttig Discusses Muscatine Lighting Rates at Council Meeting
In Muscatine the council adopted ordinances capping gas at 1.25 per thousand cubic feet and electric lighting charges of 74 per year per street light with special night rates. Harry Huttig of Citizens' Light and Power says rates are the lowest in Iowa, noting plans to cut gas price after a new plant completion and comments on electric light charges.
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Muscatine
Harry Huttig
Citizens’ Light and Power Company
Huttig
Iowa
Mr. Huttig
United States
Cuba
Messrs. Prior
de Vitt
Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets touted as universal stomach cure
The piece reviews Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets as a claimed specific cure for indigestion and related stomach troubles after three years of testing. It notes availability at druggists for 50 cents, cautions it won’t treat other diseases, and asserts the remedy aids digestion without dieting.
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Stuart
Rock Island to Build Fort Worth Galveston Line for Gulf Route
The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific plans a Fort Worth to Galveston railroad to shorten grain shipments to Europe. Contracts let for 290 miles of track, surveys ongoing, aiming for completion within nine months and possible rail service before 1904. Local officials expect a major shift of grain traffic to the Galveston Gulf route.
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Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company
Fort Worth
Galveston
Europe
Rock Island Company
Texas
Rock Island
Gulf of Mexico
Kansas City
Gulf
Liverpool
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Great Britain
Chicago
Fire devastates five story factory in Cleveland
Fire last night destroyed the Likly and Rockett Trunk Co. and Borden and Oliver Machine Co. buildings. A wall fell at three this morning killing one firefighter and wounding five, two of whom are expected to die. The deceased is Sam Jones.
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Cleveland
Likly and Rockett Trunk Co
Borden and Oliver Machine Co
Sam Jones
Card of Thanks for A. C. Heitman
A. C. Heitman’s family thanks friends and neighbors for help and kindness shown during the recent bereavement in his death.
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A. C. Heitman
Discovery of Coffee and Its Effects Across Centuries
An old account traces coffee from sixth century Arabia to Europe, detailing its discovery by a shepherd, its narcotic stimulation, and subsequent harms. It notes caffeine as the stimulant and cites a Sebastopol woman praising Postum Food Coffee as a nerve soothing alternative, attributed to the Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Michigan.
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France
Sebastopol
Cal
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Trade routes shift from rail to sea for grain exports
The quotation notes that better arrangements with steamship companies serving the gulf to the great grain centers of the old world may yield advantages over dealings with eastern roads near Chicago.
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The
Gulf
Old World
Chicago
Local Notes from Fairport and Surroundings
Fairport and nearby towns record social visits and daily life on December 4. Residents travel to Muscatine Davenport and Alvord for family, holiday plans, and medical updates while preparations for a Christmas program unfold at the schoolhouse.
Davenport Social News Roundup
Mrs. George Black entertains her mother Mrs. M. Fisher who arrived from Muscatine. C. & Fuller of Muscatine returns home after visiting sons at St Ambrose college. Mrs. John Harbaugh of Muscatine and Miss Edith Liebrandt of Clinton visit Mrs. Alice Peterson in Davenport. Miss Myrtle Nesper returns to Muscatine after visiting J. F. Wright in Davenport. Mr and Mrs M Schaab of Muscatine visit grandchildren Chas and Leonard Fuller at St Ambrose.
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George Cramer
Will Hobart
van Reeves
John Sibley
Muscatine
Reise
Will Chatterton
John Feustel
Third Street
Chatterton
George Feustel
Peoria
Gilmer
Vashti
Aledo
Ill
Rev
Peterson
Sixthanley Streets
Davenport
George Black
Harrison Street
M. Fisher
C. &. Fuller
Charles
Leonard
St. Ambrose College
John Harbaugh
Edith Liebrandt
Clinton
Alice Peterson
West Second Street
Myrtle Nesper
J. F. Wright
Arlington Avenue
M. Schaab
Chas
Leonard Fuller
Local Youth Joins United States Navy
Word reached this city via John Weigand from his son John Grover Wiegand of Chicago stating he has passed the examination and gained entrance into the United States navy. He left Chicago for the east to receive training for several weeks. the enlistment requires four years of service and he is well known here with many friends wishing him success.
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John Weigand
John Grover Wiegand
Chicago
United States Navy
Mrs Kaiser of Muscatine Visits Davenport Home
Mrs. William Kaiser of Muscatine arrived this noon and is visiting at the home of a Davenport family, details follow in today’s society notes.
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Davenport
William Kaiser
Muscatine
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H. W. Huttig
Mr. Huttig Seen
W. F. Miksch
South Muscatine
Tel
Rock Island Road
Mexico
Oregon St
Cheap John
H. F. Barnard
Noeckeritz & Wagner
Frank
Pearl Dealer
Fairport
Fairport, Ia
Joe Brossart
Fairport Wednes
Mr. Monsen
Mr. Keenig
F. J. Feuster
Parker
Rodzine
Lafe Chatterton
Johnson
East Second Street
Goodyear Glove Rubber Co
Queen
Leysen’s Shoe Store
HE Star Clothing Company
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