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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1900
Page
7
The timetable lists eastbound and southwestbound passenger trains with departure and arrival times between Muscatine and Wilton and on the Wilton branch. Services run daily with Sunday exceptions noted and include morning to late evening slots.
General Passenger Agent announces connections to Burlington and South with B R M and from Burlington to Muscatine and Iowa Central points east west and north. Readiness for passengers to transfer at key junctions and alignment with regional schedules.
The timetable for the Rock Island Davenport Clinton railroad outlines improved transport facilities for Muscatine citizens traveling to points above Rock Island and Davenport, as previously noted.
Personal social and political notes from Joyous Births to philosophical observations chronicled by Journal correspondents in a lively local roundup.
The Journal is on sale daily at R A Doimes and E E Davidsons news stand. All customers can be supplied.
Local notes report Miss Grace Musser as a Wilton passenger yesterday afternoon. Items note city property sold on installment with easy terms, a cloak and remnant sale at B. E. Lilly’s, and various visits and travels among residents including the Davenport Muscatine basketball event at the Y M C A on January 15. The Iowa College gymnasium dedication and $25,000 cost are highlighted as a major college milestone.
Thursday marked Auntie Williams 81st birthday at the Park Avenue corner home with a protracted gathering. Friends from Flat Iron Point Sweetland Center and city guests joined a dinner hosted by teachers to honor her. Several local residents and visiting relations were mentioned in a lively social roundup.
Mayor G W Breneman calls a mass meeting of Louisa county citizens at city hall Saturday January 13 at 8 PM to organize for bringing a normal school to Columbus Junction. The town touts natural advantages and railroad access, with Professor Langenberg leading the band project and local improvements noted.
Funeral services for Daniel Rover were held at the home of his son Cal Rover conducted by Rev G W Birch. Remains sent to Illinois for burial. He was 82 and had just moved to town. His wife died a week earlier on her 82nd birthday. Mrs R C Wagner and daughter Olive hosted small receptions on Thursday and Friday at their Seventh Street home. Filmore Mellick family to move into new North Calhoun street home near Atalissa around March first. Mrs J W Horman and three children of Adams County visited two weeks with her parents.
Miss Lizzie Hunter returned from an extended visit with her mother. Several local residents including Mrs Joe Clark Miss Ella Hogue and Laura Wright are reported improving from illness. N W Halderman arrived from Missouri and Miss Lizzie Shipman returned to Red Oak while Mrs L A Baird is ill with la grippe.
Transfers cover multiple parcels in Muscatine and adjoining additions. Parties include Muscatine Imp. & Mfg. Co Wm C Detwiler Pearl Detwiler Huttig Bros. Mfg. Co. Jacob Lorenz Eliza Smalley Mary Wickey Thos Neitzel Julius Schmidt Elizabeth N Wendinger Sarah Wendinger Levi Newman Louisa Cox Mary E Washburn Margaret Dennison Charles Schroeder Edward Elliott F. Regnier F Bacon and others. Totals show varied sums and property descriptions across Park Place South Muscatine North Muscatine and surrounding sections.
Ben Hershey Berkshire son of John Berkshire of Winona Missouri and heir to a Missouri lumber business married Margaret Clem formerly of Fordland in a Kansas City ceremony. The account notes his playful bachelor past and mixed reactions from parents and friends as the union is revealed to Mississippi river acquaintances. Also referenced are railroad travel lines and a brief investment ad.
Readers are told that catarrh is curable in all stages. Hall's Catarrh Cure is described as a constitutional internal medicine that cleanses blood and mucous surfaces. The ad offers one hundred dollars for any case not cured and requests testimonials, claiming wide efficacy and urging purchase through Cruegists.
A Chicago Daily News quotation notes a man learns from prior paths and avoids the same obstacle on a second walk, implying experience reduces error and repetition.
A lively Muscatine town presents plans for a new opera house after years without a theater. The piece describes opening night rituals from ticket purchase to usher service and a performance featuring an orchestra, costumes, and a crowd of elite patrons in the new venue.
Mrs. Fanny Howell Kasser of Muscatine Iowa, born in Ridgbury New York, married 1887 to Charles V. Kasser. Survived by husband, son, mother and sister. Funeral held Thursday at Island M E Church. interment in Muscatine cemetery. She joined Presbyterian church and was beloved by family and neighbors.
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