Piano Contest Sees City and Country Leaders Shift
Nesper rises to first in Muscatine city standings while Wetzel slips to second as Pearl Thomas Anna Herwig Lizzie Geer Sylvia Robertson and June C Pfeiffer follow. Ethel Getts of Columbus Junction leads in the country with Mae Whistler Mae Hesser Ruby Runyon Margaret McSwiggin Eva N Lee and Shirley Dawson close behind. The contest offers two grand pianos and two business college scholarships plus coupons and extra votes to boost subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Nesper
Miss Wetzel
Pearl Thomas
Anna Herwig
Lizzie Geer
Sylvia Robertson
June C. Pfeiffer
Ethel Getts
Columbus Junction
Muscatine
Maud Gaines
West Third St
Margaret Linn
Hershey
Vernie Miksch
East 6Th
Clara Connell
East Fifth
Ethel Reinicke
Gracha Thormann
Iowa Ave
Mayme Cattell
Oak St
Dora Goldstine
E. 7Th St
Lily Skeels
7Th
Cedar
Edith Stocker
Bismarck St
Ethel Whitney
Tenth and
Mulberry
Nettie Lau
Mann St
Hazel Connor
Chestnut St
Mildred Murphy
East 7Th St
Anna Giles
6Th St
Mae McDermid
Second Street
Nora Dale
Smalley and
Park Avenues
Mayme Chayka
Cypress St
Agnes Wirtz
West 5Th St
Jessie Chandler
Park Place
Ethel Johnson
Meeker St
Ethel Letts
Mae Hesser
Nichols
Mae Whistler
Ruby Runyon
Letts
Eva N. Lee
Margaret McSwiggin
Wilton
Eva Negus
R. R
May Larrington
Alta George
Ruby Rippey
Scott's Emulsion Promotes Grip Convalescence
Convalescents after grip need strength and nerve support. Scott's Emulsion provides rich blood, healthy flesh, and nourishing energy to the worn system. Free sample offered by Scott & Bowne of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Pearl Street
New York
Extra votes and city notices in Muscatine 1903 edition
The document details subscription bonus votes affecting readers and new subscribers, lists numerous residents by address in Muscatine, Iowa, and includes city council items on sewer projects Sub-Sewerage District No. 1 Main Sewer District No. 3 and related financials, plus city records. Credits and signatures are shown for city engineer James J. Ryan and contractor Day & Donegan, with dates in December 1903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ald. Bartemeier
S. D
State of Iowa
Muscatine County
Ss. I
James J. Ryan
Muscatine
Day and
Soeweneues
TOCOM
Bartemeier
Day & Donagan
Spaethe
Engel
Champion Hose House
Hutchinson
Recorder
H. C. Shoemaker
City Recorder
Reduced Holiday Fares On Nickel Plate Road Tickets
Nickel Plate Road offers a fare of one and a third for round trips within 150 miles on December 24 25 31 1903 and January 1 1904 with return by January 4 1904. Dining cars offer meals 35c to $1. No excess fare on any Nickel Plate train. Chicago ticket offices at 111 Adams St and Auditorium Annex. Depot at LaSalle and Van Buren on the Elevatea Loop. Phone Central 2057.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickel Plate Road
Chicago City
Adams St
Auditorium Annex
LaSalle and
van Buren Sts
Elevatea Loop
Phone Central
Notice of Cash Grocery Business Change
Notice to the public that the speaker will assume the father's grocery business on January 1 and will conduct a strictly cash business thereafter. Signed by Cc. A. Giesenhaus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cc. A. Giesenhaus
County Board Minutes Dec 7 1903 Abatements Approved
The Hoard of Supervisors met December 7 1903 with all members present. Warrants issued in December were examined and approved. Abatements were granted. Session adjourned to 1 30 pm. Public claims and farm bills were examined and allowed. Adjourned to December 8 1903 at 9 30 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Bernick
P. Day
D. D. Webster
W. H. Fishburn
R. T. Shannon
Board session declines real estate abatement request
December 8 1903 board meeting adjourned for 1:30 pm. President George E Baker addressed the board seeking abatement on real estate taxes but it was denied. The agenda included bridge bills township relief claims and insane bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Baker
Muscatine Township Overseer Report Accepted
The report of B. Beach, overseer of poor of Muscatine township, was examined and accepted. Soldiers exemptions were acted upon until Wednesday, December 9, 1903, at 9 30 o'clock a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Beach
Muscatine Township
Muscatine County Ditch Hearing and District Approval
The Muscatine County Board met in regular session to review the South Nichols ditch petition. It found the petition signed by a majority of county residents owning land along the proposed ditch and by a majority of landowners within the assessed district. Objections from listed residents were heard, remonstrants’ attorney Carskaddan moved to dismiss, which the board denied. The board declared lands to be included if built and set January 3, 1904, for owners to show cause. Damages claims were to be appraised. final hearing adjourned sine die to the next January term, with A. C. Noble as county auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Nichols
Muscatine
Towit
Thomas Nugent
John Storm
George Baker
Martha M. Adams
Fred Mapes
W. R. Trautman
S. N. Mansfield
D. H. Richey
L. E. Idle
John Hooley
Eugene Dean
Elizabeth Dean
John Tarpy
M. G. Besley
Carskaddan
Nwe
A. C. Noble
Also Mentioned on This Page
Attorneys AT Law
A. Jayne
W. Horman
Jayne & Hoffmar
Ofice
Lowa Avenue
W. Te. Brannan
Corner Third
Walnut Streets
W. D. Burk
Carskaddan & Burk
Muscatine, Iowa
West Second Street
T. R. Fitzgerald
Hershey State Bank
Iowa Avenue and
Iowa
G. M. Titus
Titus & Jackson
Iowa Avenue
J. Scott Richman
Re. F. Richman
Richman & Richman
P. Ingham
W. B. Thompson & Sons
East Second Street
Thos. Brown
Roy
Brown
Brown & Brown
Illinois
First National Bank
H. D. Horst
Olds Block
Louise Eversmeyer
J. W. Morgan
Jacob Fisch & Sons
D. P. Miller
Fast Second Street
East Fifth Street
Cook
Musser & Co.'s Bank
Weet Third Street
H. M. Dean
H. J. Dean
Henry F. Lange
H. E. Wiley’s
Bankng
G. Stein
D. V. Jackson
S. M. Hughes
Muscatine Savings Bank
J. Carskadden
Chas. Page
F. Giesenhaus
F.giesenhaus
Nesper
Wetzel
the Journal
The
Journal
H. Schmidt & Son Co
Muscatine City
Byrne
Uirt & Fester Co
Muscatine Business College
Chicago
Ers
Fern Nesper
East Sixth Street
Myrtle Wetzel
West 7Th St
Lucas Street
Roscoe Ave
West 7Th Street
Cedar St
South Musca
Cora Miller
Moscow
Maude Rockefeller
West Lib
Erty
Ethel Fowler
Stockton
Jennie Graham
Wapello
Leora Reddick
Seventy
Josephine Havenhill
Cairo
Artie Gates
West Liberty
Hortense Hunt
Nettie Figg
A. H. Thurnes
Buffalo, O
Foley
Havercamp’s
J. K. Miller
Citizens Railway & Light Co
Shannon & Mott Company
Falcon
Falcon Pure Foods
Des Moines
B. Fuller
Hinkle & Flannery
van Gent & Kobés
Geo. Eitman
H. F. Bodman
Hme
McQuesten
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