Muscatine Council Faces Street Lighting Dilemma
Superintendent H T Fiske of Muscatine Electric Railway outlines costs and long term savings in street lighting proposals. He favors the railway plan for cheaper gas and higher tax base from East Hill extension, while Roach and Giesler indicate willingness to step aside for new bids and city interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Journal Reporter
Fiske
H. T. Fiske
Muscatine Electric Railway Company
Muscatine Electrice Railway Company
East Hill
Roach
Giesler
Fit
Roach and
Poultry Show Opens Tonight at Armory
The Daily Journal reports the monster poultry show opens this evening at the Armory with over 175 birds on display and more arriving hourly. Birds hail from surrounding areas and include some of the finest strains, while the venue has been prepared with sawdust on the floor and coops arranged for clear viewing. The event is open to the public starting at 7 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Journal
Boy narrowly escapes drowning on Mississippi ice rescue
Russell, 305 E. 6th street, nearly drowns near the river mouth while a clay pigeon hunt on weak ice. Markmen fail to reach him until Hartman, towing a cabin boat, ties a rope and pulls the boy to safety. He is warmed at Von Dresky's before a vehicle takes him home.
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Russell
E. 6Th Street
Hartman
von Dresky
Local Exzema Cure Gains Praise in Muscatine
Citizens testify to relief from exzema using Heerd's Exzema Butter with many reporting rapid improvements. The ad notes cures for shell poison among pearl button workers and mentions Dr. Birchard, Soenke Lorenzen, and others, plus availability through local dealers and J F Heerd at 116 West Eighth.
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Heerd
Birchard
Soenke Lorenzen
Geo. Volger
E. L. Graham
J. B. Dougherty
H. Geiss
J. F. Heerd
West Eighth Street
Mechanics' Band Delights Armory Hall Crowd
Armory Hall hosted a second Mechanics' Band concert and dance drawing a crowded audience. The evening featured Cuban Independence Overture and light selections with cornet solos and waltzes, followed by a lively dance that lasted late into the night.
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Armory Hall
Mechanics’ Band
L Bellini
C. L. Barnhous
Chas Box
Tryphosa
Col. Nutting
Lee B. Brabbe
RIPON
Tex Nea
Bso
Css
New Era Sunday School Elects Officers
New Era Sunday school elected officers led by Superintendent Miss Clara Brandt and Vice Superintendent Miss Edith Clemons. Secretary Arthur Brandt, Assistant Secretary Mrs Berdie Dodge, Treasurer Wm. Sauer, Organist Miss Lottie Sywassink, Assistant Organist Miss Lillie Alteneder. Lottie Sywassink ill with la grippe and Miss Addie Dodge ill. Miss Minnie Nagel recovering. Arthur Brandt traveled to Muscatine and back. Neil Meyers ill with smallpox under Dr. Oliver care. Will Ziegler family and the Brandt family spent Christmas week at New Era farm.
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New Era
New Era Sunday School
Clara Brandt
Edith Clemons
Arthur Brandt
Berdie Dodge
Wm. Sauer
Lottie Sywassink
Lillie Alteneder
Lottie Sywassing
Dr. Oliver
Muscatine
Addie Dodge
Minnie Nagel
Neil Meyers
Shelby Norman Post G A R installs officers
The Shelby Norman Post G A R held an evening session at their hall on Tuesday to install officers for the coming year. The roster included Commandant A K Raff Senior Vice Commander M O Stanwood Junior Vice Commander S L Culp Adjutant N M Brown Quartermaster H S Howe Surgeon Dr H M Dean Officer of the Day Robert Armstrong Chaplain John M Duncan Officer of the Guard Ed O'Brien.
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Shelby Norman Post G. A. R
A A. K. Raff
M. O. Stanwood
S. L. Culp
N. M. Brown
H. S. Howe
H. M. Dean
Robert Arm
Wood and Coal Best Grade at Cadle's
Cadle's offers best grade wood and coal at the lowest price. The Daily Journal notes a 10 cent weekly price for the newspaper.
Ask Your Neighbor Home Endorsement Appeals to Muscatine Readers
A Muscatine citizen urges readers to value local neighbor endorsements over distant opinions. Mrs. J. W. Lowry of 543 Cedar Street recounts a 25 year struggle with gravel and hints at relief from a home remedy or treatment.
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J. W. Lowry
Cedar Street
Franklin era friction machine on display at Harvard exhibit
A large stationary friction electricity machine from the Revolutionary era sits in the Jefferson physical laboratory at Harvard. It was once purchased for Benjamin Franklin when he served as American commissioner to France. The display contrasts the old apparatus with a modern, palm sized machine that produces a seven inch spark, highlighting progress in electrical science.
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Jeffeson Physical Laboratory
Harva
Cambridge
Benjamin Franklin
France
Siz
Franklin
Pickings From Fiction Silences and Opinions On Life
Excerpts from various works reflect on silence justification confession and gendered perspectives. The quotations span themes of personal belief growth mindsets and life stages highlighting diverse authorial voices and social observations.
Weather calm as mail service falters in East Buffalo
East Buffalo Illinois reports fine weather and smooth roads but mail service disrupted after carrier quit. Residents rely on volunteers. Ithamer Lamb plans to move belongings to Letts Iowa farm. Mrs Mealfeldt of Viola visits relatives. measles illness affects her niece's family. Ed Fox Otis Kimball visit Joy to see Fox parents. Laurence Boney arrives from Welch Louisiana with local relatives.
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Buffalo
Keuneman
Laurence Boney
Welch
Louisiana
Logan Drury
Call Up Chas Cadie for Wood or Coal Deals
Local advertisement urges readers to contact Chas Cadie for top quality wood and coal products. It promises reliable service and competitive pricing.
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Chas. Cadie
Orono plat filed for Wagner addition and two marriages
The Wagner addition plat was filed with the county recorder on Wednesday. Marriage licenses were issued today to Edward Graebner and Emma H Wah and to D F Sullivan and Mary C O'Brien.
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Wagner
Town
Orono
Edward Graebner
Emma H. Wah
D. F. Sullivan
Mary C. O’brien
Excursion Tickets On Sale For Burlington Route
On the first and third Tuesdays of October November and December round trip excursion tickets will be offered to allotments on the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway north of Abbott Shell Rock and Waverly Iowa. Tickets have a 21 day limit. On the same days round trip excursion tickets to other states and territories will also be sold at all B R N stations. Jno G Farmer GP T A B C R N Ry Cedar Rapids Iowa. 102 1230.
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Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Ry
Abbott, Shell Rock
Waverly
Jno. G. Farmer
Cc. R
N. Ry
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
The Indian and the Northwest illustrated history book
A handsomely illustrated cloth bound volume with 115 pages on Great Northwest settlement. Includes half tone engravings of Black Hawk Sitting Bull Red Cloud and other chiefs plus Custer battleground and ten colored map plates dating to 1600. Price 60 cents postpaid from W B Kniskern Chicago.
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Northwest
Great Northwest
Black Hawk
Sitting Bull
Red Cloud
Custer
W. B. Kniskern
Fifth Avenue
Chicago
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