Wilton Branch and Main Line Train Schedule Preview
Traveler's Guide lists Freight and Passenger departures for Montezuma Evans and Muscatine Wilton routes with times. It details east and southwest service, vestibule trains between Chicago and Denver, and branch schedules including daily and Sunday exceptions.
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Chicago
Denver
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Evans
Washington
Wilton
Muscatine
Muscat
Serre
Doves
Muscatine Rail Route Connections Announcement
Muscatine North and South Railroad links Burlington and South with connections to Iowa Central lines east west and north. R. M. Darley, General Passenger Agent.
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Burlington
Muscatine
Iowa Central
Davenport and Clinton Rail Line Opens to Rock Island
The time table for the new Rock Island Davenport and Clinton railroad is published here. It promises improved facilities for Muscatine citizens to reach points north of Rock Island and Davenport.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Clinton
Muscatine
Muscatine Journal Subscription Rates and Mail Details
The Muscatine Journal announces subscription terms and delivery options. Rates are listed per year with carrier delivery and weekly collection, details for tri-weekly delivery on specified days, and payment instructions including postal order and money order guidelines to JOURNAL PRINTING CO. Muscatine.
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Journal Printing Co
Muscatine
Benedict Home report details care for 134 girls in Des Moines
The Benedict Home for unfortunate girls reports to the Governor for the biennial period ending August 31, 1899. It cared for 134 girls with a peak of 45 inmates and 25 admissions at period start. 28 residents remained at period end and 105 discharged. Eighty-nine aged 15 to 19, with several younger and older exceptions, were among the inmates. Superintendent Flaville Bailey requests legislature support to expand capacity. The home operates with a 50-room building, hospital, chapel, school, and library, teaching domestic skills and offering daily religious services. Receipts total $6,893 in state funds, $1,150 in donations. expenditures were $7,066. The trustees urge continued liberal aid.
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Benedict
Des Moines
Flaville Bailey
EK. B. Harford
Bertha C. Callanan
Flora J. McAchran
Nannie B. Howe
E. J. North
E. C Macy
S. C. Slayton
27Th General Assembly
28Th General Assembly
Benedict Home
Iowa
Iowa City Feuds Over Prohibition Labeling Duel
The Iowa City Republican touts Col. Fibock's claim from Des Moines that Iowa City was slandered by a prohibition lunatic Mr. Dunshee and that the city is well governed. Critics note Col. Eibeck’s saloon spectacles imply blurred vision. a playful demand arises to vouch for Eibock amid the exchange.
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Iowa City
Col. Fibock
Des Moines
Mr. Dunshee
Col. Eibeck
Rhine
Cologne
Attorneys in Iowa Cities Favor No Special Legislature Session
In May, Iowa city attorneys met in Des Moines and reportedly agreed that no special Legislature session was needed to amend paying laws. They claimed cities already have power to authorize improvements and issue securities, with legality upheld under current statutes.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Attorneys Seek Radical Changes in Paving Laws
On the 19th inst an entirely different conclusion was reached and the attorneys now ask radical changes in the paving laws.
Iowa In Brief Highlights From Local Courts and News
Six Des Moines men were sentenced to the penitentiary last Saturday. A final hearing in the Wapello county printing contest between the Wapello Republican and Wapello Tribune is postponed to February 5. A Des Moines skating accident claimed 14 year old Wilson Taylor, son of a Dunkard preacher. In Clinton, Judge Shiras ruled in Langan vs multiple insurers for $20,000. The Des Moines wife of Dr Gustave Mahe gains control of his remains. the body will be disinterred for transport to San Francisco. Clinton plans a new railroad Indiana Illinois and Iowa with a bridge at Clinton and direct trains to South Bend by March. The Iowa Anti Saloon League elected officers in Des Moines with Coffin as President and Abrams as superintendent. The league backs a law banning liquor sales within five miles of state educational institutions.
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Wapello Republican
Wapello Tribune
Louisa County Board of Supervisors
Wilson Taylor
Des Moines
Deep River
Poweshiek County
Clinton
Langan
Shiras
Sioux City
Gustave Mahe
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Herald
South Bend
Iowa Anti-Saloon League
L. S. Coffin
Fort Dodge
E. F. Brockway
Iowa City
James Callanan
W. B. Bentley
M. Hedge. Oska
Buffalo Prairie Happenings and Rural Notes
Local items record Miss Marquis visiting Aledo and lines improving for telephone service. Frank McHord sells fat hogs as good prices lift farmer spirits. preaching services were poorly attended, and an elderly grandmother near Joy grows weaker daily. Aubrey and Mrs. McGinnis spent weekend with relatives. Ida McGinnis teaches at Point Pleasant and endures bad weather. Farmers struggle through rain mud hindering stock care and ice production looks slim after a cold spell.
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Miss Marquis
Ben Marquis
Aledo
Frank McHord
Walt Kimball
Aubrey McGinnis
Ida McGinnis
Point Pleasant
Year Later Than This We Will Not Give It Up
A terse line from a quoted source hints at persistence beyond a year, implying continued effort or resistance and signaling unresolved stakes or ongoing commitment. The context remains unclear, but the phrase suggests determination and a plan to persevere through time.
West Liberty Daily Briefs Roundup of Local Happenings
D C Anderson shipped a carload of hogs to Chicago on Monday. January thaw yields pleasant weather and clean sidewalks. James H Deemer State Fair Grounds custodian visits town on business. D C Gibson and Maurice Whitacre depart for Madison County on Monday night. J A Blackmore plans to enter the grocery business in Marengo. Lamborn Brothers broom factory on Fifth Street report a Cedar County farm house burned Saturday afternoon.
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D. C. Anderson
Chicago
James H. Deemer
State Fair
D. Gibson
Maurice Whitacre
Madison County
J. A. Blackmore
Marengo
Lamb
Pioneer Cure Claims to Treat Multiple Ailments
An advertisement touts Pioneer Cure as a remedy for kidney disease rheumatism impure blood liver trouble stomach trouble and dyspepsia with a chocolate tablet form. It promises a cure for each disease and offers 25c and 1 dollar sizes through druggists.
Defining Nothing in a Sunday Morning Exchange
An affable employer asks for a definition of nothing. Mike replies with a humorous boast about possessing a pocketful of it every Sunday morning in Indianapolis.
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Mike
Gorry
Indianapolis
Deafness cured by Dr Nicholson ear drums fund
A wealthy donor who recovered hearing via Dr Nicholson's artificial ear drums gave $10,000 to his Institute. The gift funds free ear drums for deaf people unable to obtain them. Address: No. 3204 The Institute 780 Eighth Avenue, New York.
Lesson of Experience Lesson of Experience
A quip from the Christian Register shares a joke about a man whose temperature drops to zero from frost and a smart scholar replying that he has cold feet. The item captures a playful exchange reflecting humorous newspaper humor.
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Christian Register
A Dewey Joke Causes Judge to Laugh at Sales Quip
A brief quip attributed to a judge contrasts Dewey with a floor-walker noting one sails about the seas while the other sees about the sales. The joke plays on homophone wordplay and retail jargon.
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Sundar
R. L & P. Railroad
Ang
Muscatine N. & S. Railroad
R. M. Darley
Fruitland
Grandview
Wallo
Clinton R. R
A.mp
M. Clinton
Harrison St
A c
Camanche
Folletts
Princeton
LeClaire
Tile Works
Valley City
Gilbert
Iad
le Clair
Baltimore
New York
Philadelphia
Lehigh Valley
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Gion
Chas. S. Lee
Gen. Pass
Texas
the Muscatine Journal
John Mahin and Sons
Owa
Col. Eibock
League
Buffalo Prairie, Ill
West Liberty
Union Silk
Dewey
Carters
Carter
Carter Medicine CO
Sera! Price
Arate
Lion Coffee
Knickerbocker’’ Watch
Ladies’ Watch Chain
Lion
Century Cook-Book
Woolson Spice CO
Toledo
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