Muscatines Fine Commercial Club Honors History and Leaders
The Muscatine Commercial Club started in 1892 under Wm L Roach and J C Gobble, consolidating business leadership. It funded the Muscatine North and South Railroad influence, built an opera house, and supported the Musser Library while expanding city improvements and public spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. L. Roach
Commercial Club
Roms
Commercial Hotel
Stein
West Second Street
J. M. Gobble
Wm. Hunttig
E. C. Cook
W. G. Block
W. L. Roach
Fred Daut
J. W. Eells
Wm. Huttig
C. F. Cadle
W. L. Mull
J. H. Munroe
Ed. C. Cook
Standard Oil Co
Muscatine
Muscatine North and South
Mississippi Valley
Opera House
Musser
Three medical students draw straws for beheading
Three medical students settle a dispute by drawing straws to decide who should be beheaded. Marrow draws the long straw and is executed, the trap triggered as the head falls. The witnesses hear the victim mutter Ev. Branden burg. Sells Paints not pants. 218 Iowa avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marrow
Ev. Brandenburg
Lowa Avenue
Students Return Home Fare Offer For Holiday Travel
Nickel Plate Road offers round trip tickets at one and a third cents for all Central Passenger Association territory. Tickets available at school closing and day before closing, valid until school reconvenes but not after January 1901. Inquiries to John Y. Calahan, general agent, 111 Adams St Chicago.
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Nickel Plate Road
Central Passenger Association
Ft Wayne
Cleveland
Fostoria
Erie
John Y. Calahan
Adams, St
Chicago
van Buren Street
Pacific Avenue
Stockton A County Shipping Center
Stockton Iowa emerges as a busy grain and stock shipping hub in Muscatine County. With two railroads, a thriving elevator, multiple businesses, a strong farming economy, independent school district, and a 200 resident population, the village centers regional commerce and rail employment despite lacking a church.
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Muscatine County
Stockton
Fulton
Farnham
Conesville
Stockton Elevator Company
J. H. Tiel
Chicago
Omaha
William Williams
West Liberty
Bertha Haller
Durant
Rock Island Road
E. E. Miller & Co
Hans Andersen
Chris Jefferson
John Puttgier
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Muscatine’s
J. S. Blackwell
S. M. Hughes
W. D. Burke
T. N. Brown
F. A. Neidig
R. B. Huff
W. L. Bliven
J. P. Breen
L. G. Burnett
J. B. Richman
A. B. Brown
G. M. Titus
Cc. E. Stewart
Geo. W. Dillaway
G. Schmidt
Frank Koeckeritz
H. W. Moore
E. L. Graham
Cc. R. Musser
G. A. Bischoff
J. Carskaddan
J. M. Kemble
J. L. Knopp
H. M. Dean
J. A. Bishop
W. M. Narvis
H. W. Huttig
D. S&s
R. S. McNutt
D. P. Johnson
W. H. Hoopes
Cc. R. Fox
Richard Musser
C. L. Warfield
W. H. Hughes
F. Garlock
Cc. O. McBride
Peter Musser
Chas. Narvis
Truman Cawell
Henry Jayne
Sherwood Kerr
R. A. Holmes
T. B. Holcomb
S. G. Stein
G. D. Lezotte
J. B. Hudson
Wm. Molis
J. A. Stevenson
I. A. Kerr
George Suepel
A. A. Bowers
Frank Jackson
Chas. Tappe
KE. Rosenbaum
Arnold Barber
Sam Cohn
J. B. Chaplin
S. P. Sawyer
A. F. Hutchins
Ed. Mayburn
J. C. van Lent
J. S. Sterneman
P. J. Mackey
Chas. Page
H. M. Lewis
B. H. Hershire
A. Mull
Nic Barry
J. T. Davidson
Co. H. Bartlett
Frank Warfield
A. Davis
E. M. Warner
J. W. Reinert
Wm. Hoffman
J. L. Hoopes
C. A. Coldren
C. P. Jackson
H. J. Mahin
J. E. Sterneman
Reece
Achter
H. B. Bishop
W. F. Borger
S. A. Burke
W. D. Blackwell
J. S. Breen
P. J. Burnett
L. G. Barry
N -J. Black
F. O. Baker
E. Bowman
G., Jr. Blanchard
F. Cook
S. B. Cadle
C. F. Cohn
Samu Cohn
W.S. Clark
T. C. Coldren
Clymer Cadle
Cornelius Dougherty
J. B. Day
L. C. Dean
H. Jo Eelis
J. W. Foyle
W. H. Fitzgerald
T Francis
P. Fiske
H. T. Graham
E. Gould
C .H. Gray
C. L. Huttig
Wm. Hill
W. S. Huffman
W. Holmes
G. M. Tyler
E. K. Vail
J. H. Vail
C. B. Warner
E. M. Will
C. H. Zeidler
F. J. Wittich
Geo. Non-Resi Sanlee
A. D. Kohrer
Neiver
Howard, Chas
Huttig, H. W
Vail
Iowa
West
Kansas City
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Indinapolis
St. Joe
Johnathan Parker
Prairie Mills
Burrows and Prettyman
A. C. Fulton
J. M. Burrows
N. Fevervary
J. M. Wither
R. M. Prettyman
Davenport
J. C. Newell
Andrew Smith
John Barron
Thomas Brickley
Sigegigeissesoimiliail
ISG
West 2Nd Street
J. Linn Hoopes
Park Place
J.B. Hunt
Siligilsiilinaliliilds
W. D. van Gent
Hl. M. Dean
H. Johnson Dean
Cook, Musser & Co.’s Bank
West Third Street
Washington, D. C
T. R. Fitzgerald
Hershey State Bank
She
Dibba Aadeh Ode Asade As
Adel
Lowa
Martin H. Bitzer
Pioneer Grocer
Fourth
Mulberry Streets
S. Hill
East 2Nd St
Muscatine, Iowa
James Figg
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