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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1902
Page
6
The notice lists fares and train numbers for the Chicago to Denver route with connections via Kansas City and St. Joseph. Timetables show departure times such as 11:30 p.m and 8:39 a.m and notes limited vestibule services on Nos. 11 and 13. Evans service is mentioned with Sunday exceptions.
The article extols the world famous landscapes along the Canadian Pacific railway line and urges readers to view them. It mentions low excursion rates tied to numerous conventions and invites travel opportunities.
Muscatine readers eye new Rock Island division 10 wheel passenger engines designed for trains of ten to fourteen cars. Engines weigh 172000 pounds with most weight on drivers 1500 series. boiler carries 330 tubes and 2775 square feet heating surface.
North Prairie Iowa reports July 1 updates on Willie Crowe’s railroad injury relief, a fund drive progress, and expected Fourth of July celebration rain delay. Wheat and oats show rust in places but corn should recover with sun. potatoes may require elephant haulage to cellar. Miss Crista Lang closes a successful term at Fairport. Kell of Muscatine visits Summit.
John Sebastian of Great Rock Island Route offers free publications about Colorado including Under the Turquoise Sky and Camping in Colorado. The letters promise clear descriptions, hotel and boarding house information, and details on cheap summer rates. send a postal to receive the materials.
The article argues teeth form from elements in mother’s milk and food. It contrasts natural, unrefined foods with modern diets, warning that poor nutrition harms enamel and overall health. It urges mothers to choose natural foods, emphasizes wheat and cereals, and provides recipes.
Transcriptions of real estate transfers show multiple property deeds across Muscatine and surrounding areas. Names include Edmund Paul Geo Deming Joseph Scott Minnie Gardner Edward Ribbink J Parvin and J Chenoweth with parcels in Muscatine West Liberty and nearby townships. Values noted include eight hundred fifty and 1600 dollars among others.
Thms Taste taking effect April 2 1902 daily except Sunday. South bound trains include Train No 1 with arrivals at Burlington and connections via BCRN and Iowa Central. Train No 3 runs to Burlington with service to Oskaloosa Grinnell Marshalltown Mason City and Minneapolis St Paul. Train No 2 links with Iowa Central No 6. Special Saturday and Monday departures outline connections through Elrick Junction Muscatine and Peoria. Charles Howard General Agent.
Grandview Indiana July 2 Geo Cocklin has a new house near the railroad with carpenters C R Zimmerman and Ed Allen. Rev Stein was installed at the Congregational church. Crops look well due to rain and corn is clean with fall wheat ready by week end. Hay crop prospects strong. Swain has left town with his railroad job and wife. Feustel of Muscatine takes Swain’s place as M N & ark agent. Align busy making hay ladders. Bridges and wife back from Kansas City. Many plan trips to Wapello for the Fourth. Clarence King headed to Muscatine. No M E church services due to rain. Craddock visits from Des Moines. Rev Pool and daughter Mary in town. W A Gray and wife from Des Moines visit parents. Harley Young to Wapello for work with J Guthrie. J J Berk shopped in Muscatine.
Round trip excursion rates apply at all stations on the C. R. L. & P. Ry for the Fourth of July. Tickets on sale July 3 and 4 with final return limit July 7 to points within 200 miles of selling station. Full information available from C. R. L. & P. agents.
At Elrick Junction northbound trains include No. 8 St. Paul Express at 8:10 p.m. and No. 5 Mason City Mall ex Sum at 11:59 a.m. No. 25 Way Freight ex Sun at 10:40 a.m. Southbound services include No. 6 Peoria Mall ex Sun at 2:45 p.m. and No. 4 Peoria Express at 5:38 a.m. Coupon tickets available to U S, Canada, and Mexico. Contact Geo S Batty Marshalltown or L Seevers Elrick Junction for rates.
For Davenport the Helen Blair sails Monday Wednesday Friday at 6 30 am and Sunday 7 am while the W J Young Jr sails Monday Wednesday Friday at 1 0 am. For Burlington the Helen Blair sails Monday Wednesday Friday at 8 30 pm and the W J Young Jr sails Tuesday Thursday Saturday at 2 0 pm. Call A Blair, manager, or W G Block, agent, telephone 49.
The Diamond Jo Line lists northbound departures from Muscatine at 7 00 a m with steamers Dubuque and Quincy on various June July August and September dates. Southbound departures from Muscatine leave at 11 30 a m with Dubuque and Quincy on listed dates. Travel times between St Louis St Paul Muscatine are given with arrival and departure times for each leg.
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