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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1901
Page
5
Contractors await bids as discussions with Harriman and Earling continue over the Milwau kee and Santa Fe route. Officials expect the line to be built, projecting economic benefits for Ottumwa with the anticipated railway expansion and job creation.
Local Muscatine event highlights attractions and standout performers. The piece notes council involvement and general positive reception with references to aerial stunts and diving displays. Several dates and figures appear briefly, indicating a schedule and first class acts.
Mary Irene Butler Miller died at her home corner Ninth and Mulberry streets Saturday night June 29 1901 after a two week illness from a complication of diseases. Born January 24 1876 in South Bend Ind she was 25. She married Fred Miller in Chicago Sept 23 1896 and moved to this city in 1898. She leaves husband two small children mother two sisters and three brothers. Remains were taken to South Bend Ind this morning.
The town’s Fourth of July celebration plans are nearly complete with Mayor Schmidt opening in German, Rev. John Kline speaking, and W. J. Roach named as the keynote orator. Boer representatives Hon. P. L. Lonter Wessels and Commandant Lichenberg, now in Chicago, will attend, and Wing commissioners for the South African Republics will address the crowd.
Friends in Muscatine hear of the marriage of Louis B. Robertson to Miss Harriet B. Bartels of Pueblo Colorado. The wedding occurred Wednesday June 2 in Pueblo. Louis, a leading Muscatine youth, has moved west to start a business in Leadsville Colorado.
Des Moines reports the Inter urban Railway company is canvassing for franchises in Adel Panora Guthrie Center Audubon and Harlan to build electric roads in those towns. It expects fall ordinances granting permission and plans a Des Moines to Harlan line within a year if approved and unopposed.
A public wedding will be performed on July 4 during the Epworth League celebration with a bedroom set prize for the couple who consent to marry publicly. Liveryman Snyder offers free coach transport and Mayor Schmidt will officiate. Prize contributors include J. M. Gobble, Wilson's Shoe Store, Seiler Bros, and others. The Iowa Epworth League assembly will be in Colfax August 8 to 18 with various lectures and activities led by Chicago figures and local pastors.
L J Baker grand master of Masons Iowa issues a funeral notice for T S Parvin. The four page carton is black folded with a finely engraved likeness on the first page. Inside sheets request no floral tributes and urge donations to the sick of the fraternity.
For Epworth League convention in San Francisco July 18 to 21 the Town Central railway offers very low round trip excursion tickets with multiple routes and long time limits. For details contact agents or Geo. S. Ratty G P T A Marshalltown Iowa the agent listing.
The Western Passenger Association offers visitors a fare and one third for a round trip on its Iowa roads during the annual commencement. The notice appears in the Junumna a news source.
Jesse Tate of South Muscatine recruited a weekly subscriber for the Journal and earned a free fireworks package. The paper hints that more readers will receive similar celebrations early next week as many children prepare to celebrate the Fourth with firecrackers and fireworks from the Journal.
The notice invites attendees to a lawn social at Schoemaker's tomorrow evening July 2 with refreshments and music promising a good outdoor event. Aledo Times-Record reports the death of James Curt Wright, a Mercer county pioneer, at his north College avenue home on Friday June 21, 191.
Bend City lodge 143 of the Modern Brotherhood of America will hold a regular meeting on Monday evening July 1. A large class will be initiated and the business is described as important. Refreshments will be served and all members are urged to attend.
Three through trains daily via the Nickel Plate road offer vestibuled sleeping cars and excellent dining car service. Meals on the American club meals plan range from 35 cents to $1.00. For full information and illustrated folders, write John Y. Callahan, General Agent, 111 Adams St., Chicago.
Rail advertising touts comfort for travelers with vestibule limited trains from Buffalo and routes via Niagara Falls to New York including connections to Chicago and the West. The snippet also mentions travel options toward eastern destinations and notes the period tone of the railroad promotion.
A listing of wholesale prices for produce and goods in Muscatine including corn at 40c, oats 27c, rye 4c, barley 40c, wheat 55 60c, hay at 11 to 13 dollars, potatoes 6c, eggs 10c, butter 10-20c, lard 12c, beef and poultry rates, flour per sack around 1.10 to 1.20, sugar about 5.95 per 100 pounds, coffee Rio at 15-20c, and various fruits and vegetables with numerous per unit prices. Prices show market variability and regional offerings.
Pocahontas coal priced at five dollars fifty cents per ton. Fish prices include catfish at one per pound, black basa at twelve cents per pound, and salmon at one cent per pound.
The original U B excursion to Burlington and return will run August 29 1901 on good time with no delays. Round trip fare is 75 cents. Meals will be served by U B ladies. This event is described as ideal for farmers and promises moonlight scenery.
A special Epworth League tourist car departs Peoria July 9 arrives San Francisco July 16 with stops at Denver Colorado Springs Manitou Garden of the Gods Pike’s Peak Glenwood Springs Salt Lake City and other resorts. Round trip $48 tickets valid until August 1961. Reserve at M N S depot or contact A L Lindner, General Agent.
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