Delightful Summer Vacation Contest Opens in Muscatine
The Journal launches a voting contest to pick two popular young ladies. One winner will be a Muscatine resident and the other from the surrounding area. Each will win a grand trip to a major street town destination.
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Muscatine
Journal
West Liberty
Wilton
Columbus Junction
Letts
Iowa
Illinois
the Journal
Daily Journal
Atlantic Coast
Glasgow Exposition Letters Describe Amusements and Electric Rails
Two pupils from Scotland recount Glasgow International Exhibition attractions and the electric streetcar system. John Cuthbertson details the water chute, switchback, band stands, Indian theater, and field sports at the Kelvin grounds. Robert Anderson explains Glasgow Corporation electric cars, trolley wires, intercar divisions, fares, and operation.
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Scotland
Muscatine
Camden Street School
Glasgow
Gine
Sousa
Plymouth Royal Marines
John Cuthbertson
Hospital St
Glasgow Corporation
G A R Letters From Missouri Comrade In Iowa
Ira Hendrix, a former Caldwell Post member now in Missouri, sends a letter to G A R comrades in Avalon and Seventy-Six township. He describes his move to Missouri, life at his home, attendance hopes for the Caldwell Post reunion, and notes other veterans in Avalon and Bedio. The message ends with patriotic exhortations and travel plans for excursions.
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Hendrix
Missouri
Wm. Hendrix
Seventy-Six Township
Caldwell Post
Ira Hendrix
Avalon
S. Caldwell Post
Providence
B. F. Contant
Pacific Beach
California
John Geiger
Ben
Caldwell
Iowa
Louisa
Muscatine
C. S
Bedio
Shiloh
Louisiana Tigers
F. C
I. Hendrix
Homeseekers Excursions Ticket Sale Announcement
Homeseekers' excursion tickets for Burlington Cedar Rapids Northern Line north of Abbott Iowa go on sale on specified dates. Tickets are valid 21 days from sale with stopovers allowed on the return trip in certain territory. Full information about lands along the line available from Ilten & Brooks immigration agents.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
John G. Farmer
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern
Abbott
Messrs. Ilten & Brooks
World's Fair to Open in 1903 Says St Louis Officials
St Louis officials insist the World’s Fair will proceed in 1903 despite delays. The organizers reaffirm commitment amid continuing planning and public interest as the event date approaches.
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St. Louis
Jan
Roosevelt Asked to Use Water for Kaiser's Yacht Christening
In Council Bluffs on January 20 the Women’s Christian Association sent a communication urging Alice Roosevelt to use water instead of wine in christening the Kaiser’s yacht.
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Council Bluffs
Woman's Christian Association
Alice Roosevelt
Kaiser
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Senenenens
Tell OF
Kelvin
Venice
Robert Anderson
Crown St
G. A. R. Boys
Stevens
Miss Roosevelt
Stead
Muscatine Electric
Railway
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