Local notes chronicle visits and travel over the holidays
Miss Mabel Lee travels home to Columbus Junction after visiting in the city. Several residents—Mr. and Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Wiegand and Gladys, Mr. and Mrs. Fahey, Miss Clara Thompson, Mrs. Crocker, Miss Alta Lewis, and others—return from Christmas visits or depart for travels to Cedar Rapids, Manchester, Montreal, Davenport, and Des Moines. The paper also notes train delays, a piano sale by J. J. Griffith, a Christmas cantata at the M. E. church, and a New Year basketball arrangement with Iowa City, plus Harold J. Mahin’s visit from Washington.
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Mabel Lee
Columbus Junction
Mrs. Ashley
Christmas Greeting from Hine Bros Big Hat Store
A 1902 year end thank you note from Hine Bros Big Hat Store expresses gratitude for patronage and promises more 1903 offerings. The message wishes happiness, good cheer, and a bright new year for customers and families.
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Hine Bros
Barry Manufacturing Santa Gift Delivers Turkeys to Workers
Barry Manufacturing Company presented each employee with a Christmas turkey, about 40 turkeys needed to reach all staff, with many expressing satisfaction. Corry & Vernentin Co. also shared yuletide turkeys, eight gobblers supplied this firm’s workers as part of the holiday generosity.
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Barry Manufacturing Company
Corry & Vernentin Couv
Case Continues In Muscatine Light Rate Dispute
The Citizens’ railway and light company of Muscatine seeks injunctive relief against the city to block enforcement of new utility rates. Judge Caldwell granted a continuation to Jan 27 and ordered hearing before Judge McPherson, likely in Keokuk, signaling a possible settlement between the city and company. New ordinances set gas at 1.25 per thousand and electric light charges at 40 to 60 cents monthly, with city paid rates for partial night lighting unchanged.
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Citizens’ Railway and Light Company
City of
Muscatine
Caldwell
St. Louis
Electric Lighting Company
United States
E. M. Warner
The
Light Company
Arthur Hoffman
McPherson
Towa
Keokuk
Messrs. Prior and DeWitt
Court Reporter to Retain Miss Dallas Under New Judge
D V Jackson, newly elected district judge, will take office January first. Sophia Dallas, the efficient court reporter for years, will be retained. Appointed under Judge Walter I Hayes, she has earned high regard from the legal fraternity for handling cases requiring heavy evidentiary work for supreme court appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. V. Jackson
Miss Dallas
Tr. V. Jackson
Sophia Dallas
Walter I. Hayes
Clinton
Supreme Court
Governor Yates to Return Tuesday Health Improves
Springfield Illinois December 26 A message says Governor and Mrs Yates will return to Springfield next Tuesday as the governor is greatly improved in health and able to assume charge of state affairs.
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Springfield
Yates
Marriage of John A Wickey and Mary Simons in Muscatine
The vows were exchanged last evening at 8 at the bride’s mother's home on Cherry street with Rev. W L Clapp officiating. The bride wore lavender and white silk and carried narcissus and smilax. Matron of honor was Mrs Henry Dunker. Only immediate relatives attended. The bride has lived in Muscatine. the groom is a former resident and machinist at Famous Manufacturing Co. in East Chicago. They departed today by train for East Chicago to begin their married life.
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John A. Wickey
Mary Maude Simons
A. B. Simons
Cherry Street
W. L. Clapp
Simons
Muscatine
Wickey
Famous Manufacturing Co
East Chicago
Marriage at the home of the bride's parents
Miss Marcia Isabelle Allbee wed George Chester Wise on Thursday December 25 1902 at two oclock in the afternoon. The ceremony was performed by Rev Charles C Brown of Maine Iowa. The groom is one of Wilton's prom...
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Marcia Isabelle Allbee
George Chester Wise
Charles C. Brown
Maine
Iowa
Wilton
Quiet wedding unites local couple in Pleasant Prairie
A post graduate of the state university and language instructor at Corning Iowa marries a Pleasant Prairie young woman in a quiet home ceremony. The bride, a cherished community member, leaves a bright, cheerful influence behind as the couple plans to settle in Corning. Relatives and close neighbors attended, presenting numerous useful gifts. May God bless the newlyweds.
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Ising
State University
Corning
Iowa
Pleasant Prairie
Jealous Husband Kills Wife Then Ends His Life
In Sioux City on December 26 Harry Adams of Algona shot his wife and then killed himself with a shotgun. The incident followed jealousy and was reported in the Evening Journal.
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Iowa
Sioux City
Harry Adams
Algona
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Daily Journal
Reliance Loan Co
J. E. Kranz
Florist
West Second ST
Thiesen
Mrs. A. Miller
Springdale
Chris
Peterson
John Wiegand
Gladys
Cedar Rapids
John Fahey
Keota
Oak Street
Clara Thompson
Chris, Peterson
J. E. Crocker
Manchester
John Bowley
Alta Lewis
el Paso Flyer
Linda Musser
Bond
Chas, Lindner
Kemble Bros
C. A. Shaw
Davenport
Edgar Francis
Montreal
Canada
F. E. Switzer
Lee Gardner
W. J. Vanatta
Ella Gertenbach
I. W
8. A. Crow
Conesville
Bessie Barry
Chicago
N. Barry, Sr
Mulberry
Hobart M. Cable
J. J. Griffith
West Second Street
Harriet Kempner
Nichols
Wm. Peck
Hattie Schwertfeger
Lone Tree
May Ogilvie
Mrs. C. L. Stafford
Reuben Staford
Des Moines
Mrs. Stafford
Santa Claus
M. E. Church
Association
Foster
C. F. Nevins
Kansas University
Company C Boys
Iowa City
Harold J. Mahin
Washington, D. C
John Mahin
Washington
House of Representatives
Wilson
Shos Store
City of Muscatine
Brandenburg
Gov. Yates
Florida
China Department
China
Boston
Oxford
Sil
Levsen Shoe Store
Wise-Allbee
Eley Orerge
SIGS
Evening Journal
N.C. Hayes
Barnard’s Model Laundry
Sycamore ST
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