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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1908
Page
10
A busy Muscatine roundup with visits by J Timmons and Dr Rankin, new Leibbrand items, floral and funeral notices for Mrs R Fuller, births at 1102 Mulberry and West Second, horse trades and biscuit demos at McQuesten Sawyer, and postponement of the Hopewell Valentine event due to Mrs Walton’s illness.
Excellent first mortgage farm loans offered with lands personally examined. Safe as U.S. government bonds. Amounts from 500 to 5000 dollars. Call and examine. J. E. Stevenson at 209 Iowa Avenue.
Muscatine introduces radical changes to mail routes with new deliveries at 7 9 and 3 30 p m for the business district and 9 30 a m for residence areas. A mounted postman is hoped to expand service once funding is available, with further testing of the new collection times beginning at 6 30 a m on Second Street.
The notice details residence district coverage and afternoon mail collection at 3 p m on Second street, followed by a general city collection at 6 p m. An 8 o clock collection will occur in the business district only.
Dr. Carl Kulhorst former Presbyterian minister and practicing physician died at the state hospital for the insane after a self inflicted exposure and injuries from attempting to drown himself in a creek near the asylum in Lincoln Nebraska. He had been expelled from the church for preaching heresies and was once highly regarded.
An advertisement promotes first mortgage farm loans from $100 to $10,000 offered by Titus Loan and Investment Co with G. M. Titus as president. It claims safety comparable to government bonds and notes no charges to investors for interest and principal collection.
Jas. R. Kaye, Presbyterian pastor of Wheaton Illinois, recently convicted of counterfeiting, has been invited to preach by his congregation while out on bond. He has been in jail but granted a writ of superseders and will be released when it arrives. He has accepted the invitation.
Feb 7 dispatch from Tiflis reports general belief of imminent war between Russia and Turkey in spring. Both sides rush troops to the border despite the czar's warning. The czar is expected to back the shah in the boundary dispute as tensions mount.
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