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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1902
Page
5
City officials and property owners discuss depot switch placement and a watchman's shanty as talks with railroad officials resume. A council plan to present a new proposition next Monday aims to resolve the long running dispute, with old railroad obligations recalled for context.
Bob Kneeb a Sioux City horseman who gained notoriety years ago after his imprisonment in Germany over racing an alleged ringer Bethel is dead at sixty five. His rise and setbacks in the racing world were widely reported.
Col O J Garriott announces general order No 2 for annual inspection of the four regiments of the Iowa Brigade Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias. Muscatine lodge No 12 to be inspected March 4. Inspectors will tally members planning to attend the Supreme Lodge and Uniform Bank meeting in California in August. By command of Brig Gen Manchester, O J Garriott colonel and assistant adjutant general.
The record lists several lodges such as Lily No 16 Ratcliffe Rose Croix No 33 Ackley Feb Butterfield No 41 Belle Plain Feb Marshalltown No 1 Hawkeye No 14 Green Feb Hart No 29 Clinton Feb Cedar Rapids No 28 Cedar Rapids with a string of February dates and codes. It appears as a fragmented roll of lodge affiliations and scheduled notes.
A schedule lists multiple lodge chapters with assigned numbers and their meeting towns and dates. Colonels and lodges in Mystic Ottumwa Davenport Muscatine Keokuk Eldon Newton Oskaloosa appear alongside dates from February through March.
Major J. M. Tompsett and several lodge members from Council Bluffs, Hamburg, New Market, Chariton, and Winterset are noted with their respective lodge numbers and February dates. The record lists Captain W. C. Gebhard and Colonel N. E. Tyrrell among others with meeting or initiation dates in February.
General Order No 2 issued by Colonel Garriott appoints officers to inspect and install the listed companies on February dates in Iowa locations including Aurelia Sheldon Sibley and Clear Lake. A hunting company flag will be awarded to the unit with the best attendance and fastest return to brigade headquarters within five days.
Members of the M. W. A. are organizing a vaudeville and minstrel show at their hall in the near future. The program promises notable Muscatine talent and the group is dedicating effort to ensure a high level of success.
Wyoming Lodge No 76 of the Knight of Pythias holds its regular meeting tomorrow evening at the hall on Iowa avenue. Work in the second rank. It is hoped all members in good standing will attend.
The Rathbone Sisters met last night at their hall on Iowa Avenue. The lodge is flourishing and begins the new year with flattering prospects.
The A P O N T lodge held a regular meeting last Monday evening and initiated four candidates into the mysteries of the order.
Eagle Lodge No. 19 marks its 27th anniversary in the city with a planned initiation class. Members set a goal to match years in candidates and expect an unusually large turnout of 42 or 43 for initiation, promising a lively evening.
A San Pedro California reader reports relief from indigestion and irregular bowels after switching to Grape-Nuts. The letter praises the product’s health benefits and notes ongoing enjoyment of its taste while offering to answer letters if a stamped envelope is included. The promoter is Postum Co. in Battle Creek Michigan. the notice appears in The Daily Journal.
Slay victim Tom Morgan is buried in a murder case that widens as Kid Noble remains free. Sheriff J D Stuart spreads notices and photos from Muscatine to nearby states while investigators pursue leads from Atalissa to Des Moines and potential junctions. The coroner confirms Morgan died from a gunshot with over 150 No 8 shots, and a reward may soon be offered.
Grain and produce prices list includes corn oats and wheat with cents per bushel or weight. Live stock items cover hogs cattle calves sheep lamb turkeys chickens ducks geese with dressed and live prices. Retail figures show flour sugar coffee butter eggs and vegetables with per sack per peck and per pound quotes.
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