Notable Local Travel and Visits Highlight Mild Week
A. F. Critz travels to Grinnell on business. Perry Cross of Red Willow Creek Neb. visits city with relatives. Judge John A. Rowan visits Moline relatives before returning. R Willis Durkee travels for Dillaway Crockery to Newton Iowa. Mrs Effie Rogers visits Wilton with husband’s mother. Mrs Fred T. Nesper visits Washington for a few days. Travel notes also include E L Andrews returning to Omaha. Geo Biles visits from Holly Colo. Catherine Carney returns to West Liberty after Christmas stay. Local ads promote Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup and Dean's Ointment.
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Perry Cross
Red Willow Creek, Neb
Six Room House With Modern Improvements For Sale
Titus and Jackson advertise a new six room residence featuring modern improvements for sale.
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Titus & Jackson
Muscatine Poised for Regular Monthly Horse Market
Muscatine is expected to become a trading hub for horses with regular monthly sales. Local dealers push a statewide advertising plan to attract buyers and sellers, promising substantial economic benefits and monthly auctions. Plans depend on formal dates, with widespread promotion to ensure success.
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Muscatine
Lehigh Valley Trains Offer Luxurious Eastward Service
The Lehigh Valley railroad advertises comfortable, home like travel to New York or Philadelphia with dining cars a la carte. Through tickets allow a Niagara Falls stop over en route to either city.
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Lehigh Valley Railroad
New York
Philadelphia
Niagara Falls
Chicago bound trips and local notices on Saturday night
A collection of brief items notes A LeMoyne Porter and Miss Emma Hudler traveling to Chicago on business and visits to Davenport by John Meyers and Miss Rose Woods. Also mentions Kembe Kemble W L Roach J L Giesler Will Musser and local investment opportunities with $1000 lots. Ends with advertisements for Monarch over pain Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil and Burdock Blood Bitters.
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A. LeMoyne Porter
Chicago
Emma Hudler
Messrs
W. L. Roach
J. L. Giesler
Will Musser
Escaped prisoner captured after year on run
Mark Ellis also known as Frank Smith, the bootlegger who escaped Deputy Marshal Fulton in Burlington last winter, has been recaptured in Muscatine then sent to Wapello for a thirty day hold. Marshal Fulton, proud to reclaim the arrest, displayed the belt and chain restraining Ellis in the Hawkeye office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal of
Marshal Balluff
Mark Ellis
Muscatine
Wapello
Ellis
Grandview
Burlington Hawkeye
City Editorial Rooms
Hawkeye
Ulster
United States
Harry Fulton
Keokuk
Frank Smith
Bootlerger
Burlington
Union Station
Smith
United States Internal Revenue
United States Court
Fulton
Saunders
Louisa County
Fire at Pine Creek burns buggy shed. wagon saved
Pine Creek Iowa January 20 fire destroyed George Dodge’s buggy shed burning a buggy and a new wagon. Miss Amy Irwin is sick. The young folks gathered at the scene as onlookers.
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Sherry
Libby Reeves
Lyda_ Sick
Amy Irwin
Mary Welch
Katie Welch
Marie Brussart
Roy Reeves
John Sick
Fred Bare
Gus. Brussart
Ed. Fix
George Gayhart
Ed. Wedeger
Albert Wedeger
Neal Miles
Mrs. Repburn
James Metz
Pine Creek
George Dodge
Musserville Notes and Local Developments in Brief
In Musserville last Tuesday a playful betting game at the Boston button factory ends with Mr. Lamb winning a lunch from Mr. Rainbow after a staged fish hook ruse. The piece also notes a Musserville church musical program, several local illness updates, and railroad improvements by the C R L P R R Co including new bridges and a planned depot.
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Boston
Lamb
Frankie
Musserville M. E
Hattie Eldred
S. H. Knouse
Hershey
Co. A. Weltz
Hershey Lower Mill
J H. Kaiser
News Tribune
South Muscatine
Peter Johnson
Leutke
Park Place
H. V. Howard
Oysters with Mushrooms and Parsley Broiled in Skewers
A vintage instructive recipe describes draining and chilling large oysters, mixing in fresh mushrooms minced onion parsley and a butter brown sauce, then assembling two oysters per skewer, broiling quickly, finishing with butter pepper and bacon slices. The guidance cites Linda Hull from January Woman's Home Companion.
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Linda Hull
Rock Island to Build New Depot in Chicago
On December 29 1901 Rock Island vacated the Van Buren Street depot and moved trains to Grand Central at Fifth Avenue and Harrison Street. A new passenger station will be built on the old site as soon as possible. Grand Central handles trains from Lake Shore Michigan Southern Nickel Plate and Baltimore Ohio railroads connecting with B C R N trains.
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Rock Island
van Buren Street
Grand Central Depot
Fifth Avenue
Harrison Street
Chicago
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Nickel Plate
Baltimore & Ohio
Piles Cure Offered With Guaranteed Hope of Relief
An advertisement by J. J. Havercamp offers a remedy for piles with a money back guarantee. It promises relief and pledges no cure, no pay with a 50 cent price and free samples.
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J. J. Havercamp
Bicycle usage decline forces capital reduction
The report notes a drop in bicycle use prompting the combination to cut capital stock from 80 million to 27 million dollars.
Side Tracked at the Grand with Walters and Llewellyn
Jule Walters the famed stage tramp and Louise Llewellyn the popular singer visit the Grand on January 20 for Side Tracked a four act comedy with laughable scenes exciting climaxes and lively specialties that inspire audience cheers and handkerchief waves.
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Jule Walters
Louise Llewellyn
Sporting Life comes to the Grand next Wednesday
London melodra ma Sporting Life arrives at the Grand next Wednesday January 22 for a landmark U S. run after strong showings in New York and Chicago. The production features 12 scenes including a training stable Covent Garden at night and Epsom Downs with lavish stage effects.
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London
New York
Chicago
Earl's Court Exhibition
Covent Garden
National Sporting Club
Epsom Downs
Lewis Morrison Delivers Faust Best Ever on Stage
Lewis Morrison presents a dramatized Goethe Faust with a striking portrayal of Satan that adheres to the original conception. The Grand Opera House will feature the production on Friday January 24 with new scenery electrical effects and a strong supporting company. The season’s show is praised for scenic splendor and surpasses Irving's in electrical effects.
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Lewis Morrison
Goethe
Satan
Grand Orra House
Irving
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement promising reward
A vintage advertisement offers one hundred dollars for an uncured catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists endorsements from West Truax and Walpine, Kixxan, and Manvix wholesale druggists of Toledo, claims the remedy acts on blood and mucous surfaces, and sells for one dollar per bottle with free testimonials.
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Joshpe Polhill
Due West
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Walpinc
Kixxan & Manvix
Railroad Death Toll Drops in 1901 Report
The Chicago Tribune notes that railroad accident fatalities in 1901 totaled 3,669, down from 4,109 in 1900 but up from 3,696 in 1899, reflecting a year with fewer deadly incidents compared to the previous year.
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Chicago Tribune
Also Mentioned on This Page
Taber
DR. Taber
IFG. CO
Peoria, Il
Daily Journal
AEF
McBride & Cope’s
Los Angeles
Susie Battey
W. 8Th St
George Bros
Hay Market
John A. Robbins
Oids’ Block
A. F. Critz
Grinnell
John A. Rowan
Moline
R. Willis Durkee
Dillaway Crockery Company
Newton
Iowa
Effie Rogers
Wilton
W. O. Rogers
Fred T. Nesper
Washington
E. L. Andrews
Omaha
Geo. Biles
West
Holly, Colo
Jos. Biles
Catherine Carney
West Liberty
Dean
E. L. Hill
Des Moines
McCormick Harvester Company
City
P. D. Hill
Woodlawn Ave
MXZ
E. P. Day
East Second Street
M. A. Barr
Kembe & Kemble
John Meyers
Davenport
Rose Woods
Monarch
Thomas
Week
Ing
Mark
Ellis Alias
Musserville
Catarre
M. Matson
Lapeer
Mich
Iroe
Sporting Life
J. H. Munroe & Son
Iowa Avenue
Memphis
Birmingham
Montgomery
Mobile
Savannah
Florida
the Southeastern Limited
Alex. Hilton
Allent
Bryan Snyder
Saint Louis
Hershey Lumber
F. Giesenhaus
Bera
East
Chestnut Hill Academy
Wissahickon Heights
Chestnut Hill, Pa
Philo- Ardhia
Cadet
James L. Patterson
Mead-Master
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