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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1901
Page
7
The Wilton branch timetable shows departures and arrivals between Muscatine and Wilton with morning freight and passenger trains. Notable times include 6:32 a m and 7:38 a m from Wilton, and 11:20 a m and 9:50 p m from Muscatine, with service daily except Sunday.
The Iowa Central lists northbound and southbound trains from Elrick Junction with No. 3 St. Paul Express daily at 8:19 p m and No. 6 Peoria Mail ex Sun at 2 45 p m. Also No. 5 Mason City Mail Sundays, No. 4 Peoria Express daily at 5 26 p m, and No. 16 Way Freight ex Sun at 10 p m. Coupon tickets available to all points in the United States Canada and Mexico. Contact Geo Batty or Seevers, agent and general ticket agent, Elrick Junction. Marshalltown, Iowa.
Train times and partial notes appear for the Main Line at Wilton with scattered timings and unreadable segments. The legible items include a 6 20 a m to 11 16 a m window and a 11 4 a m entry among several garbled strings.
Public timetable for Muscatine North and South by Company effective June 9 1991 at noon daily except Sunday. Southbound No 4 leaves Muscatine 6 20 pm via Roundhouse Fruitland Grandview to Elrick Junction arriving 8 00 pm. Northbound No 4 departs Elrick Junction 7 00 am reaching Wapello Grandview Fruitland Roundhouse and Muscatine with morning and afternoon arrivals.
The W J Young departs city for Davenport every Sunday Monday Wednesday and Friday mornings at 6 30 velock. Returns from Davenport at 4 00 pm via Rock Island Buffalo Andalusia Muscatine New Boston Oquawka Keithsburg and Burlington arriving 9 15 pm and staying until 3 15 pm then onward to Muscatine Andalusia Buffalo Rock Island and Davenport arriving 10 15 pm. Inquiries to W G Block & Don agents Muscatine IA.
The Muscatine city council completes its work as the Board of Equalization after nightly sessions since June 15. The notice lists changes to properties and confirms a final session July 18 1901. Exemption claims are noted and changes focus on assessment adjustments across town.
Lafe D Weathers, manager of the Enterprise Hotel in Indianapolis, lauds Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin in a letter dated November 16 1899. He says his hotel has used it for five years and praises its pleasant taste and effectiveness for stomach troubles and assorted digestive ailments. The notice promotes sales in bottles priced at one dollar ninety and lists claimed cures including dyspepsia and biliousness.
Mrs Gem Pearson and daughters from Rock Island are visiting relatives. A cousin and her child visit the family. Mrs Mayweather and daughter visit. Lawn social at A M E church led by Mrs M I Gerdom. A M E parsonage repainted. Townsley’s croquet skill noted as aged. Board members forget Monday meeting. Joseph Carr recovering, wife rheumatism. Ms Alice Phoenix leaves Hotel Grand due to sickness. Westier White Jr visits from Burlington. Mrs Grooms earns prize in mallet event. Decorator FE L Nemptner advertised at 714 East street.
Veterinary Bulletin No 58 by Dr John J Repp outlines generation symptoms and diagnosis of milk fever in cows. It concentrates on the treatment recently introduced by veterinarian J Schmidt of Kolding, Denmark.
A collection of brief village anecdotes and street scenes. A man asks about warmth and a landlord jokes about rent. Carpenters drill holes, a passerby questions ventilation. Streetcar rides become cheap entertainment during cooler hours. A German family jokes about punch tickets on the return trip. A traveling man mocks sun glare and heat in humorous travel banter.
North Prairie gossip records visits from Mr Allie and Miss Minnie Houvernagle with their aunt Mrs Chatterton returning from Davenport. Eugene Maylone wed Miss Gerta Essex at the M E F parsonage on Wednesday evening. Horace Klassa and family visited Will Campbell. Mrs Geo Kramer and Mrs H L Kramer with children stayed at Witton with their parents Ohasteen.
In hot weather meals use fruit at breakfast followed by a cold dish of four heaping teaspoons of Grape-Nuts with rich cream. Add a slice or two of whole wheat bread with a little butter. Do not use meat for breakfast. meat should appear only once daily during the season. Careful food choices ease the heat of the day.
Due to the Eoworth League convention in San Francisco California from July 18 to 21 the Iowa Central Railway will sell excursion tickets at very low round trip rates. Passengers may choose routes and long time smfts. For full particulars contact agents or Geo S Batty G P T A Marshalltown Iowa Glace.
Beginning June 30 1901 cars depart the switch Sundays at 7 am instead of 8 am and run on a 20 minute schedule until 9 49 am then on a 29 minute schedule to 11 20 pm. Weekday service starts 5 30 am then 5 40 am. Evening ride special eight fares for 23 cents on weekdays 7 30 pm to 11 30 pm except Wednesday and Saturday.
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