Rail schedule for Muscatine and Wilton branches
Traveler's Guide lists trains between Muscatine Montezuma and Wilton with times for passenger and freight service. Eastbound No 12 departs 4:02 am, No 15 at 11:35 am, No 7 at 5:05 pm, and No 85 freight at 9:00 am. westbound and Wilton branch times shown with daily and Sunday options.
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Sanat
Chicago
Denver
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Evans
Washington
Wilton
Muscatine
Muscat
Dlag
Fruitland
Grandview
Walilo
Elrick
Ly Ali
Muscatine N. and S. Railroad Time Table 1899
Taking effect Monday July 10 1899 the Muscatine North and South Railroad announces connections with the Burlington and Mississippi for Burlington and South and from Burlington to Muscatine with Iowa Central points east west and north. R M Darley General Passenger Agent.
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Muscatine N. & S
Burlington
Muscatine
Iowa Central
Fashionable Furniture Showcases Distinctive Modern Pieces
An advertisement touts durable well made furniture with artistic design. It contrasts its stock as different from other stores and invites customers to visit anytime to see the uniquely crafted lines.
Carnegie gift brings new library plan to Davenport
Davenport welcomes a $50,000 donation from Andrew Carnegie for a public library. The city must provide a suitable site and fund ongoing maintenance estimated at $4,000 annually, a condition the city has agreed to meet.
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Davenport
Andrew Carnegie
New York
Hardware prices rise as prosperity grows
Col J R Nutting reports Davenport residents see price increases in hardware items. Nails barb wire staples and similar goods have gone up $5 per ton since the start of the year while white lead prices also climbed on Tuesday. Despite higher costs, overall prosperity remains strong with cash in hand and demand steady.
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J. R. Nutting
Davenport Republican
Press Opinions On Des Moines Senatorial Race
Des Moines News predicts Gear will be elected while urging voters to judge truth after the race ends. Sioux City Tribune notes railroads show faith in the State with extensive track work last year. Oskaloosa Herald frames the battle as the man with the bill surpassing the man with the hoe since January 1.
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Des Moines News
Gear
Des Moines
Sioux City
Iowa
Oskaloosa Herald
Iowa SN Brief Highlights From State Archives
Items note the Iowa Retail Grocers convention at Cedar Rapids on April 24 to 26, state purchase of fifty head of sheep for Independence insane asylum, Davenport wine room infamy in court, Christmas reunion for Mrs. Wingert in Tipton, 1899 stockyards totals at Sioux City, arrests in Robson murder case, A P Doe Co retirement in Davenport, large corn harvest near Odebolt, gas accident for Mrs Searles in Charles City, Illinois Central spending plans in Waterloo.
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Iowa State Retail Grocers
Cedar Rapids
Jones County
Independence Insane Asylum
Davenport
Peter Wingert
Tipton
Sioux City
Ed Patterson
John Shields
John E. Robson
A. P. Doe & Co
Odebolt
The Christ of the Future Exalts Love Over Force
Prof George D. Herron argues that Christianity wanes as a formal institution yet the common life becomes a temple of love and a path to Jesus. He asserts love as the universal life force, reshaping democracy and world order toward harmony, liberty, and unity against tyranny.
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George D. Herron
New York Journal
Jesus
Christ
World Administration
God
Centuri
Iron Is King and the Rise of American Industry
A Philadelphia writer argues the 1890s iron boom proves prosperity lasting with higher iron and steel prices. He cites U S and world production, exports, and demand for rails locomotives bridges and ships, and notes Minnesota’s underutilized ore potential. He predicts continued growth if currency and policy stabilizes.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
Republican Party
Gage
United States
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Chambers & Frazier
Transvaal
McCormick
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippine Islands
Japan
China
Russia
Glasgow
Scotland
Europe
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Duluth
Iron furnace’s future in iron manufacture described
George C. Stone argues the ore price does not affect this ore class and a successful furnace could lead to broader building, enabling pig iron production and lower prices near Lake Superior, with implications for St. Paul and Minneapolis iron industries.
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Lake Superior
Pittsburg
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
George C. Stone
Festival and telephones mark Buffalo Prairie notes
The community reports improved winter weather and numerous New Year reunions. Mattie McGinnis of Davenport visited her mother for Christmas. A new switchboard at E M Castle’s brings better telephone service to Buffalo Prairie and Duncan township. A festival at Excelsior schoolhouse on Saturday night, January 6, features oysters peaches and cake to raise funds for a library, taught by Mrs Carrie Walter. Rev Thornton had a good turnout last Sunday. services shift to afternoon in winter with Rev Thornton at 2 pm and Rev Shepard at 10:30 am next Sunday.
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Mattie McGinnis
Davenport
Iowa
E.m.castle
Buffalo Prairie
Duncan Township
Excelsior
Carrie Walter
Thornton
Rev
Shepard
Guarantee on Tar Syrup Bottles by Local Firms
The undersigned pledge refunds on a 60 cent bottle of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it does not cure coughs or colds and a 25 cent bottle to prove satisfaction or money returned. Signatories include G. A. Reinicke V. B. Barkalow Nesper and Co. Jno J Havercamp J Theo Kuechmann.
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Greene’s
G. A. Reinicke
V. B. Barkalow
Nesper & Co
Jno
J. Havercamp
J. Theo. Kuechmann
No matter how poor a magazine may be it has its leaves uncut
A concise observation noting that even lacking quality publications retain some integrity through uncut pages, suggesting value in unread or imperfect works.
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Traveler’s Guide
C.,r. L & P. Railroad
R. M. Darley
Stein
STOR
Muscatine Savings Bank
First National Bank
J Carskaddan
J. B. Dougherty
Chas. Page
Hershey State Bank
Sara Hershey Eddy
Mira Hershey
P. W. Francis
Henry Jayne
Ju. G. Burnett
G. Stein
D. V. Jackson
S. M. Hughes
S. G. Stein
Chas Page
J. Carskaddan
F. P. Sawyer
Ss. M. Hughes
Foreign Exchange
Cook, Musser & CO State Bank and Trust Co
Banking and Exchange
Iona Ave
Second St
Lowa
the Muscatine Journal
John Mahin and Sons
Journal
Journal Printing CO
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Carter
Carters
the Christ OF the Future
IRON
Mr. Stone
Alva Merrill
Peoria
State of Illinois
House of Representatives
Dodd
Northampton
Ill
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Cme
Warr le
Buffalo, N. Y
McColm Dry Goods Co
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