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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 01, 1903

Page

8

Local News Notes Travel and social updates

Numerous brief items report residents of Muscatine and area leaving for trips to Columbus Junction Wilton Davenport Letts and Clinton. Names include Eva Leonard Louisa Leonard Dessa Weaver Alta Weaver Edith Haifleigh Nettie Hataway and others with trains Firefly Helen Blair and Western lines. A wedding, a birth, and funeral attendances are also noted along with a railway delay and ongoing local civic outings.

Muscatine Rug Co. repairs and makes rugs at local laundry

15,000 DAMAGE 15,000 DAMAGE SUIT. We are still making rugs at Schaefer's laundry and soliciting orders except Miss J Woods of Fast Hill. Jam Jes states a falsehood and can prove it by calling at the laundry. Do not send work out of town. all work guaranteed. Expert weaver formerly proprietor of Tri City Rug Co. We buy old carpet.

Schaefer J. Woods Fast Hill Tri-City Rug Co Jam Jes Tri- City Rug Co

Local Notices and Travel Snippets Highlight City Visitors

J B Boos of 400 East Eighth street rode the Western for a brief business trip. Miss May Ceurworst of Chicago plans several days with her sister Mrs James Fitzgerald on Iowa avenue. W L Powell and daughter visited Muscatine friends en route from Montezuma, traveling via the Western. John T Kemp, studying to be a priest at Mount Angel Oregon, returns home for summer with his parents at 303 East Second street.

Alta Weaver Letts Mrs. Weaver West Sixth Street J. B. Boos East Eighth Street May Ceurworst Chicago City James Fitzgerald Iowa Avenue W. L. Powell Muscatine Montezuma Ohio John T. Kemp Mount Angel Oregon John M. Kemp East Second Street

Sudden death of Edward Colton shocks Columbus Junction

Edward Colton died of heart trouble yesterday afternoon while resting on his porch after a morning in the garden. He leaves a wife and daughter Mrs. A. O. Thompson. Funeral will be Thursday with interment at Colton cemetery in Union township. Many in the town mourn the loss of a protector for his widow and child. The notice also lists visiting relatives and local activity around town.

Columbus Junction Edward Colton Wapello W. H. Colton A. O. Thompson Colton Union Township Frank Colton Fred W. A. Colton H. M. Letts Zormaugh Council Bluffs Ina Ross Murdock Zorhaugh Mediapolis Morning Sun McClure Jane Parkin Mt. Pleasant Pittsburgh Penn J. H. Benson Letts Phil W. F. Hall J. P. Stephens The Presbyterian Church Elsie Reaney Muscatine

Welcome heat in Iowa sparks corn hopes

Des Moines in July reports Secretary Wilson stating hot days are worth a million dollars daily to Iowa farmers. The corn crop lags despite record area planted due to spring rains delaying plowing and planting. Sweltering weather may push development to where it should be for this season.

State of Iowa Des Moines Wilson Iowa

Pleasant Ways for Summer Days

Grand Trunk Railway System offers a new summer tourist folder along with descriptive literature. Application can be made to Advertising Department, 135 Adams St., Chicago, Geo. W. Vaux, A. G. P. & T. A.

Grand Trunk Railway System Advertising Department Adams St Chicago Geo W. Vaux, A. G. P T. A

Frank Nelson vows to close others if lunch wagon is shut

Frank Nelson, owner of the White House lunch wagon, says if city authorities force his wagon from the streets he will push to close nearby businesses not complying with the law. He plans to reopen today despite a police notice and cites many saloons near a church as further proof of unlawful conditions.

Frank Nelson White House Nelson Neilson

Union Pays Striking Operators in Boone and Ames

The trades and labor assembly of Boone voted to pay the striking telephone operators full wages in Boone and Ames until the strike ends. No adjudication of the dispute appears likely soon.

Boone, la Trades and Labor Assembly Ames

Court term at Ottumwa adds five to Iowa prison tally

The Ottumwa term of court recently adjourned, resulting in five additional inmates counted in Iowa's prison population. The development affects local sentencing outcomes and state incarceration figures.

Ottumwa Iowa

Notice of withdrawal from North Line Mutual Telephone Co

A notice states that signatories withdraw from the North Line Mutual Telephone Company of Muscatine and Louisa counties and will not be liable for debts after April 1, 1903. It is signed by W. S. Hunter R. Boyce Glenn Epperly and Walter Shellabarger.

North Line Mutual Telephone Company Muscatine and Louisa Counties Muscatine

White Collar Line Steamers Summer Schedule

Steamer Helen Blair departs Davenport Monday Wednesday and Friday at 6 30 a m and Sundays at 7 a m returning evenings Burlington service runs Monday Wednesday and Friday at 8 30 p m.

White Collar Line Steamers Helen Blair Davenport Burlington

Also Mentioned on This Page

Reliance Loan Co West Second St J. E. Kranz Eva Leonard M. E. Shammo East Third Street Colorado Springs Dessa Weaver Mike Fahey Memphis Tenn Louise Leonard Nettie Hataway S. Hawley Sycamore Street Edith Haifleigh Lucas Street Lila Haifleigh Sweetland Frank Field East Tenth Street Wilton Mrs. C. M. Atherton Blair Mary Florence Hintmann East Seco. Street Jacob Hess Moscow Jacob Valet Helen Knopp West Eighth Street Robert Switzer Mulberry Street Assenger Walter Johnson Wil Inter Sieee George Stiles Sweetland Township Weyerhauser, Wis G. W. Emmerson Toledo W. S. Beatty East-Sixth Street H. A. Manhardt the West Hamilton Carrie Opell Clinton Fred Zimmerman Park Place H. C. Madden John Healey Rock Island Mrs. C. E. Schillig Cedar Rapids Father Ryan Michael Flannery J. B. Palmerlee Iowa County Carl Reinemund Young Women’s Guild of Citizen Joseph Peiper Riverside Peiper-Wittman Zelma Flood G. B. McClelland West Fourth Street Kalona Mrs. B. Barett Paul Freund Linn Street Neidig’s Cecil Connor Isaac Staples Bronson & Folsom Line S. & J. C. Atlee Fort Madison Stillwater St. Paul Pioneer Press E. W. Erskine Mary Leonard Central Methodist Sunday School J. Hocke J. J. Stoddard Galesburg, Lll William Shinnabarger Frank Shinnabarger North Mulberry Street R. C. Schenck East Ninth Street Manchester Uniform Bank Knights of Pythias Pearl Hazel Haifleigh Charles Haifleigh Adair County Frank Brandt Rachel Magee Walter J. G. Gunzenhauser Homestead Western Thomas Milan Allen Morgan Sadie Lee Buxton Muscatine Rug CO F. W. Winslow D. C. Berntheiser China Tii East Second ST Hirt & Fesler’s Umscheid Seiler Chapman Penny Pictures East Chapman’s Gallery Muscatine, Iowa UNION M. C. Hayes & Co Schneider J. H. Snyder, Jr Okoboji, Lowa Whitmore’s Boat Chas. Whitmore Boatman W. G. Block Agt Ww. F. Miksch South End Grocer City Railway Park Oxford Queen Quality Leysen F. A. Neidig Barnard’s Model Laundry
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