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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1903
Page
13
A long list of residents and families appears, featuring numerous given names and surnames such as Smith, Wilson, Williams, Wood, and many others. The compilation catalogs individuals with varied initials, reflecting a broad local register of households and property holders.
The life of Joseph Walter Lloyd of Edgington Illinois long time farmer and public servant is summarized. Born May 10 1818 in Erie County Pennsylvania he moved to Illinois in 1838 and worked as a tailor then farmer. He served as justice of the peace Edgington township four terms on the Rock Island county board of supervisors and in 1865 was elected to the Illinois legislature. He celebrated his golden wedding in 1894 and died November 27 1903 aged 85 years six months and seventeen days. His family included eight children and a wife Eunice Beardsley. Funeral services were held at the Edgington residence and interment followed in Reynolds cemetery.
The Nickel Plate Road sells holiday tickets December 24 25 and 31 1903 and January 1 1904 at a fare and a third for trips up to 150 miles with return by January 4 1904. Dining cars offer meals 35 to 100 cents. No excess fare on any Nickel Plate train. Chicago offices at 111 Adams Street and Auditorium Annex with depot details and phone Central 2057.
In Muscatine a district judge ruled that a Des Moines Scottish Rite Mason consistory will is invalid unless it explicitly mentions property. The case stems from William Trailer of Maine Cass county who left a prior will and a later consistory will. The daughter’s rights were recognized via a deathbed settlement, and the ruling prompts concern about other consistory wills.
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