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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1900
Page
30
Letts Town Tells Its Early Growth and Enterprises
Letts Iowa, once a prairie-scarred settlement, grew from 20 residents in 1856 to a thriving incorporated town of 500. Banks, hotels, a grain elevator, churches, and the McDaniel Ellis Snyder firm highlight a modern community led by Mayor Milton Shear and prominent merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letts
Green and Wald
Muscatine
Onwa
Prairrie
E. R. Williams
Commercial Hotel
Journal
Charles and Welk Furnas
William Moses
Green County
Iowa
Sam Harvey
Charles Siley
Milton Shear
Ranner
Garrett Bros
Citizen's Bank
John Huff
H. N. Small
W. M. McCormick
Wm. Lieberknecht
James H. Letts
William Lieberknecht
James 4. Letts
Thomas Newell
John Geiger
Wm. Wilson
McDaniel, Ellis & Snyder
Enduring Pain Women Display More Pluck Says Denver Times
A Denver Times dialogue notes that women show greater resilience to cold and hardship than men. The exchange compares a woman braving the cold without a wrap to wearing an old jacket instead of staying warm.
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Denver Times
Fairport A Thriving Little River Town
Fairport, a small village of about 150 on the Rock Island line near the Mississippi, thrives on pottery with two shops run by Schelihorn and Feustel. The town, nicknamed Jugtown, supports schools, a Methodist church, a War era past, clam fishing, pearl hunting, and a growing railroad harbor with varied local businesses and Stock farming nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island Railroad
Fairport
Rock Island
Mississippi
Davenport
Muscatine
Salem
John Schelihorn
John Feustel
Jugtown
Missa Anna Pardee
Crull
Frank Vandolah
A. Y. Sylvester
John Feuster
The Three Firms of Pleasant Prairie
The hamlet Pleasant Prairie near Muscatine sits at a crossroads with a general store post office and blacksmith shop. Elder residents recall prairie days and early settlers like Eis Allbee Fowler Statton Parr McElroy while Jacob Grimm runs a well stocked general store. A Methodist church and a solid school serve a quiet community of industrious farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Gatton
John McEvoy
Uncle Sam
W. O. Quinn
John Dollmer
E. F. Stull
Pleasant Prairie
Muscatine
Jacob Eis
David Allbee
J. L. Fowler
Journal
Fowler
John
Frank Statton
Henry Parr
W. J. McElroy
M. E. Church
Jacob Grimm
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Haviland
Libbey
Haviland China
Dillaways Crockery
Lettsville
J. Rorick & Son
BE. F. Stull
D. Dusenberry
Anna Leah
N. H. Weeks
Court of Honor
Isaac Myers
Caroline Schellhorn
John Schellhorn
A Gatton
Ira Reeves
D. L. Brunson
Joe Keck
Sentinel
Philip Hunn
John Brase
Rosa Brase
Herman Budzene
Franklins
George Lee
Elizabeth A. Machemer
Shipping Center
St. Paul
St. Louis
Benj. B. Chambliss
Harvey Baker
Andrew Baker
California
Rufus
Buck Gen. Funston
Aldridge
Lady Babe
Glenn WicCurdy
E. Sixth Street
EK. Tyler MD
Muscatine, IA
E. C. Peto
Florida
Gulf
C. L. Stone
General Pass
Louisville, Ky
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