Rock Island plans big Iowa depot and double track expansion
Rock Island railroad plans include spending about 2 million dollars in Iowa to build at least a dozen depots including Muscatine and a new Ottumwa freight depot. The main line from Iowa City to the state end will be double tracked, with wide improvements seen across western railroads amid a coal shortage and winter slowdowns.
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Rock Island Railroad System
Iowa
Muscatine
Ottumwa
Iowa City
Rock Island
Western Railroad
Local notes and farm ad in Muscatine area column
The Esquimo The Esquimo eats blubber. The lumbermen eat pork. Weather keeps Congregational and M E churches sparsely attended. Local visits include L King and Charles King, Dick Walker, Will Kelly, Chas Mathews, J Stingle, and changes with N McGill opening a meat market. Typhoid illness affects A Honodle and wife.
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M. E
Congregational
L. King
Muscatine
Charles
Dick Walker
Toolsboro
Will Kelly
Wapello
Chas. Mathews
December Marries Peak With 34 Licenses Issued
December saw 34 marriage licenses issued by County Clerk Charles Richman. December 10 was the busiest day with five licenses. The list includes couples such as J L Tarpy and Agnes B Tipton, Fletcher W Stinehart and Katie Mull, Joseph L Powers and Nettie Stiles, and many more through December 30.
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Chas. Richman
J. L. Tarpy
Agnes B. Tipton
Fletcher W
Higley Family Christmas Visit Near Grandview
Grandview Iowa telegram notes Prof Higley of Chicago visiting his brother Dr D J Higley over Christmas. M N S L Woodruff of Columbus Junction also spent Sunday with local relatives as Christmas entertainments unfolded in the community.
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N. McGill
Chas. King
Mr. Feastal
Fairport
Miss Rhyner
Muscatines
James Guthrie
Wapello
Miss Johnston
Vinnie King
J. R. Boal
Vinnie Gamble
Columbus Junction
Euelah Stineman
Edna Williams
T. Lacy Dodder
A. Honodle
Grandview
Iowa
Prof
Higley
Chicago
D. J. Higley
M. N
S. L. Woodruff
Mrs. Fuestel and family visit Keota
A trained nurse from Muscatine cares for Mrs. A. J. Fuestel as her family, now visiting at Keota, expects to return home later this week.
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Muscatine
A. J. Fuestel
Keota
Cure a Cold in One Day Warns of Refund Promise
An old advertisement claims Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day with a money back guarantee. The box features E. W. Grove’s signature seal and is priced at 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Laxative Brome Quinine Tablets Box Label Note
The label shows a prescription style line reading hia signature mH fg on every box with price marked 25c for Lee. The OCR fragment suggests a medicinal packaging note without clear context or full data.
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Lee
Special One Day Colonist Rates Offer Published
Announcement lists special colonist ticket rates on the first and third Tuesdays monthly through April 1993 for travel to Arkansas Missouri Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska South Dakota and other points. Encourages contacting Iowa Central agents or A B Cutts in Minneapolis for rates and information. January 5 1903 marks resumption of Chicago to Florida through service via Pennsylvania Short Line with a sleeping car train leaving 8 40 p m from Chicago Union Station.
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Iowa Central R. A
Arkansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Iowa Central
A. B. Cutts
Minneapolis
Minn
Chicago
Florida
Pennsylvania
Chicago Union Station
Louisville
Atlanta
Macon
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
H. R. Dering
A. G. P. Agt
South
Clark St
Geo. H. Phillips
Ater
Grain and Produce Prices for Local Market
New corn 30 to 40 cents. Oats local market six 25 cents. Oats oat meal mill 28 cents. Wheat 50 15 cents. Rye 30 4 cents. Barley 25 40 cents. New hay 106 to 13 dollars. Hay baled 12 to 14 dollars. Illinois hay bottom hay six dollars. Holly 15 cents retail. Hides five cents. Eggs fresh twenty cents.
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Graham
Rio
Illinois
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Alden R. Schreurs
Lillie O. Chatfield
Charles H. Musch
Nora A. Thornton
H. D. Parchett
Elizabeth Schmidt
Geo. S. Burtner
Avalone Turner
Earl V. Idle
Irene May Chapman
H. C. Barnes
Mary Webster
Charles T. Hawkins
Grace B. Cornell
Frank Boke
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Eva FE. Chapmann
Carl Ray Templeman
Myrtle L. Meredith
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Alice Reinier
Geo. C. Wise
Marcia
Ernest Schermer
Margaretta Frohberg
Wm. A. Weikert
Emma A. Taylor
Strauss Bros
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J. C. Coster
O.” Journal
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Park Place
Harragon Bros
Slough Road
Moler College
Hines
East 2Nd Street
Thos. Watson
East Third Street
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Vail Building
Reliance Loan Co
West Second Street
Susie W. Battey
Nelson Land Company—Incorporated
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J. W. Eells
Fast Second Street
Louise Eversmeyer
Iowa Avenue
Clymer A. Coldren
A We McKee
Coldren
M’kee
East Second Street
J. Carskaddan
W. D. Burke Carskaddan & Burk
T. R. Fitzgerald
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Hershey State Bank
Corner Laws Avenue
Second Street
M. Titus
Jackson
Titus & Jackson
Scott Richman
E. F. Richman Richman & Richman
H. Jayne
W. Smotman, Jayne & Hoffman
Laws Avenue
P. Ingham
Attorney
BE. 24 Street
Fred S. Pentzer
Cook, Musser & Co.'s
West Third Street
H. M. Dean
H. J. Dean
H. J. Deane
D. P. Miller
Reedence
West Fifth Street
Nellie Elizabeth Robertson
F. W. Root
Third Street
West
J. E. Little
E. Second Street
Dunbar
Banking House
Cook, Musser & CO
State Bank and Trust Co. Banking and Exchange
Iown Avenue
Second St
Muscatine, la
P. W. Francis
Henry Jayne
L. G. Burnett
Sara Hershey Eddy
Mira Hershey
lLoans
First National Bank
S. G. Stein
D. V. Jackson
S. M. Hughes
G. Stein
J. B. Dougherty
Chas. Page J. Carskaddan
F. P. Sawyer
Muscatine Savings Bank
J. Carckaddan
Chas. Page
Cashiell
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