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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1902
Page
6
The list records market values for grain, flour, produce, and live stock. Prices cover corn, oats, wheat, rye, barley, hay, potatoes, sweet potatoes, eggs, butter, lard, hogs, cattle, calves, sheep, lamb, turkeys, chickens, ducks, geese, and various dairy and retail items. It also lists coal, wood, oysters, fish, and fruit prices with unit details.
Mardi Gras carnivals will be held in New Orleans Moline and Pensacola from February 4 to 11. The Louisville and Nashville Railway offers round trip tickets to these cities at a single fare with sale from February 4 to 10 and valid through February 28. An illustrated booklet on Mardi Gras history is available by writing to Cc. L. Stone General Pass Agent Louisville and Nashville Railway Louisville Ky.
After almost thirty years the Letts Cooperative store is in receivership. Judge Withrow appointed Rev. E. P. Carr as receiver in a $20 000 bond filing. manager R W Moore resisted handover claiming goods were invoiced to him. Possible losses range from 12 000 to 15 000 with stockholders likely to gain little or nothing. H PD Rifenberg assists the receiver.
Bernard McGovern was indicted by the Clinton County grand jury for assault to commit murder. His wife, the complainant, testified that after returning home intoxicated he attacked her, breaking ribs, tearing hair, bruising her body, and throwing her into a creek. She remained in hospital for three weeks.
E W Cady of Mason City Iowa declares he has solved perpetual motion with a machine shown in Des Moines to expert machinists and scientists. The device uses an air pump and bucket water attachment to exchange power and run continuously until stopped by a person.
Iowa City Iowa January 24 W H Graff proprietor of the soda water stand for University of Iowa students retires after more than thirty years in the business He was known as Pa Graff to fifteen generations of students and was rarely away from his post except for a three day vacation taken almost on compulsion.
Des Moines Iowa city council voted last night to turn down the proposal to purchase three voting machines for a trial at the next election. The decision was made during the January 24 meeting in Des Moines.
John Kelly was convicted at Sidney of bigamy. His real wife resides in Sioux City while his claimed spouse, Isora Carter, lived with him in Hamburg Iowa. The defendant attempted to prove his name was not Kelly.
A light quip about asking a girl for a corkscrew and receiving a gimlet implies higher market value when the response is a sophisticated drink. The remark plays on bar tool puns and social flirting.
Local notes from Muscatine and Wilton detail a quiet week among farmers and residents. Activities include social gatherings, family visits, illness updates, and community events like a Sabbath school prize list and a couple’s reception at the Leith Nicolaus home.
Nettie Fryberger returns from Michigan and Indiana after a month with relatives. Chris Reed and family head to Seattle to settle. A baby boy arrived for Will and Mrs. Stiles and another for Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Evans. a girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Luther Fryerman. H. J. Ady remains housebound with rheumatism. Croxen sale drew a large crowd and goods sold well. Anna Griscel visited Dayton, Ohio. Samuel Croxen denies selling his farm to Bilby. McGowan and Lambert rental moves. Luther Daehr moves to Noble farm. Fred Shafit rents Kep hart property. Kephart and Robert Owen families plan to move to Clear Lake Iowa.
George Hirschmann and wife of Woodbury county Iowa visit John Hirschmann at Moscow. Two rural telephone lines extend to Atalissa and Muscatine serving about 25 farmers. Charles Chase of Bennet Cedar county buys Geesy property and will move in two weeks. M E church service at 11 Sunday. Frank Leimkuehler returns from Iowa City after two operations. Orra Hirschmann dislocates right arm while skating. Mrs Albrand of Rock Island visits Moscow friends.
In Oakland Iowa the town buzzes as a wood saw runs. H H Boyd visited Washington earlier in the week. A 9 pound baby boy arrived for Mr and Mrs William Hoben on the 18th. J G Morse has three daughters ill. Locals attended a dance at Sig Collins. T J McCollister and Westley Solomon hosted friends and hosted gatherings Monday night.
Illinois City reports visitors and daily happenings as of Jan 24. David Fox and wife from Columbus Junction visited sister Mrs Colman Brayton and returned Wednesday. Rev Sheppard of Sheffield is in town on business. Local divinity workers busy erecting a telephone line. Mrs Joe Neely visits daughter in Rock Island. Mrs M F Martin returns from a week with daughter Mrs Harry Titterington. Mrs John Powell Sr assists with grandchildren sick with mild scarlet fever. Vernon Tyler attends muscatine business college. Mice Pthel Tyler returns home after visiting uncle Dr E K Tyler.
Thomas Watson attended a Sabbath school meeting in Rock Island. Mrs. Ben Zollner recovers from illness. C L Flanders spoke on Mormonism after Sabbath school. Anna Zollner visited Chas Spickler’s wife. Inez Stiles left for Chillicothe Missouri. Kate Watson returns home briefly. E Hinkley family moved to Maecatine. Ira Reynolds hosts a sister from Nebraska. Con Hayes and wife and infant visited Isaac Foster over the weekend.
Miss Mollie Mountain visits her brother in Atlantic. Mrs S E Jelly entertains her son-in-law Rev Charles E Coggshall of Glenfield. Revival meetings at the M E church draw deep feeling and run through next week. Rev G W Burch conducts meetings in Atalissa. Rev Mark Williams to speak here next Sunday morning and evening. Rev J E Newsom was an Iowa City visitor. Mrs Geo Wooly remains very ill with poor recovery prospects. Arthur Stevens recovering from a sick spell.
A rural narrator contrasts herself with a city girl, calling the city girl the greenest thing on earth in a lyrical bias reflecting rural perspective and social contrast.
Miss Grace and Earl Erwin hosted a Saturday evening event at their Fruitland home with games and light refreshments by Ola Summers Minnie Summers Jessie Bilanck Howard Garnes Johnnie Garnes and Roy DeCamp. Attendees included many local youths and families. Mrs G H Corwin improves after illness and Mrs Cloninger recovers from injuries. Local visits to Olive Branch school noted along with Lulu Wagner leaving for Anita Iowa.
A four inch snowstorm hits Sweetland on Monday with farmers hoping for a foot to aid next season. Local activity includes J Hocke sale attendance, Pantel sale upcoming, M B A dance drawing about 40 couples, and various visits and moves among residents including E R Sherry in Durant and John McNall to the Vance farm near Melpine.
Riverside Iowa January 24. Mr McCleland east section foreman called to Nira to be at his sick mother. Emma Cruz is on the sick list. Protracted meeting at the M E church. Mrs Shellady from River Junction shopping. James Lukuska sold his residence to James Conlon. Mrs Tener and two sons rented their farm and move to town. Clarence Whitlock nursing a felon. Mrs Fretenburg went to Iowa City yesterday.
The Brockway revival meetings at the new church maintain large attendance despite snow. Elder Thorn preached from Luke 15 to a full house Tuesday night. Snow hinders hauling for farmers, and Jesse Mundy left for West Liberty. Night school plans form at Brockway schoolhouse as residents leverage moonlit evenings for churchgoing.
The idea that wealth comes from earning not spending is balanced with the view that prosperity requires spenders. A town of only misers would stagnate, while a dynamic community relies on diverse spending and saving behaviors to thrive.
Obituary recounts Lafayette Brockway born 1826 Jefferson County Pennsylvania who built mills and a lumber fortune on Black River Falls Wisconsin He helped found Minneapolis housing and a St Croix timber trade later served in legislature aiding Indians and supported temperance He died December 4 1901 leaving a large family and notable public service legacy.
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