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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1902
Page
6
Frank Applegate writes from Union Oregon detailing the Grand Ronde Valley’s beauty and potential for sugar beet and timber investments. He describes local towns La Grande and Union, nearby mills, and a yellow pine tract offered at five dollars per acre.
Charles Latham returns to Moline after visiting relatives. Ed Randleman is ill with malaria rash. F R Roth and family visited relatives in Moline and Rock Island. Mrs. Selder visits Madison relatives and brings Mrs. LaCornu and children home. Dr. Corbitt tours Muscatine Island with J E Hoopes. Mrs. Batchelor ill with malaria, sister Gertie Rehbehn visits. O Stoker family returns from Nebraska. Mrs. Barllett's health improving with battery treatment. Frank Applegate plans prospecting trip to Oregon mountains. J E Hoopes’ horse dies from accidental strangulation. Fred Oberg arrives from Sweden. secures job with Mississippi Lumber Co. Young Oberg later works at Muscatine sash and door. Frank Heitman returns from Kansas City nursing a felon. Fred Seltzer and family visit Grandview. Amy Lindsey and Austin Hoopes stay with Beattys near Fruitland. Mrs. Downey improving after sickness. Melon crop outlook poor due to wet weather. Cabbage good. new potatoes moving. tomatoes ripening with sun.
An executive committee formed by the G A R and allied groups appointed sub committees for the Crocker brigade and 35th Iowa Infantry reunion. Funds are expected to reach about 700 dollars to cover band, reception, parade, camp fire, and hall rentals. Members include Mrs. C R Fox Gus Schmidt and Col J H Munroe, with roles in finance, decorations, and hotel arrangements. An early report on progress is due at next Wednesday’s meeting.
The Minneapolis gathering of the National Education Association closed with 20 000 to 25 000 attendees. The 45 department meetings and six general sessions featured top US speakers. Most expect Boston as next year’s site and Eliot of Harvard likely to be elected president. Delegates surpassed Detroit attendance by about four thousand, underscoring the convention’s size and importance.
A dense listing of market rates across grains, produce, and livestock including corn at 62 to 66c, oats at 42 to 48c, wheat 65 to 70c, rye 55c, barley 4c65, hay up to 17, potatoes 40c, eggs lic, butter 16 to 20c, lard 12 to 13c, hogs 6.90 to 7.15, cattle 3.50 to 4.00, calves 4 to 5, sheep 3.50 to 4.00, turkeys alive 8c lb, dressed 11c, and assorted fruits, vegetables, and goods with varied prices. Additional items include flour per sack ranges, sugar, coffee, butter, eggs, cheese, lemons, bananas, oranges, figs, pineapples, berries, currents, plums, peaches, and garden produce with specific per-unit costs, plus fuel prices for cord wood and coal.
A patient from Huntington Indiana reports a weak heart with skipped beats improved to normal after taking Dr Miles Heart Cure. The testimonial claims rapid relief and restored heart action following two bottles.
An old advertisement from Dr Miles Medical Co promotes Dr Miles' Heart Care claiming it benefits weak or diseased hearts when taken in time. It urges immediate use and notes the product is sold by druggists with a guarantee and lists Elxbart, lad as the origin.
The timetable lists passenger and freight trains with numbers and times for the C I P R R lines, including eastbound No 12 at 8:39 am and No 30 at 4:51 pm, westbound No 21 flag at 7:39 pm, and through trains to Kansas City Mexico and California. It notes changes: Nos 7 8 15 16 shifts, Nos 29 30 through trains, and Wilton Muscatine branch times.
Time table notice effective April 2 1993 lists south bound Train No 1 via B C R & N arriving Burlington 2 35 pm and Iowa Central via Elrick Junction for Peoria Monmouth and east local stations. Train No 3 via B C R N arrives Burlington 1 05 am serving west local stations plus Oskaloosa Grinnell Marshalltown Mason City Minneapolis St Paul. Train No 2 connects with Iowa Central No 6 from St Paul and Minneapolis. Saturday service from Pitrick Junction at 8 00 pm to Muscatine 9 15 pm with connections to Iowa Central Train No 5 from Peoria. Monday service Muscatine 6 00 am to Elrick Junction 7 15 am with Iowa Central for Peoria Monmouth and east locals. Charles Howard General Agent.
At Brick Junction prices and train times listed for Iowa Central trains going north and south. No. 3 St Paul Express departs 8 10 p m daily. No 56 Mason City Mall departs 2 50 am. No 25 Way Freight departs 10 m. No 6 Peoria Mall departs 2 45 pm. No 4 Peoria Express departs 5 36 m. No 16 Way Freight departs 1 50 pm. Coupon tickets to all points in United States Canada and Mexico available from Gen S Batty Marshalltown IA or L Seevera Elrick Junction IA.
Carnival City Packet announces steamer runs to Davenport with Helen B AI at 6 30 am on Mon Wed Fri and W J Young JR at 7 am Sun day Memo for Burlingtons lists Helen Blair at 8 30 pm Mon Wed Fri and W J Young JR Tue Thu Sat 2 00 pm Call manager W A Blair or agent W G Block at telephone 49 for details.
The Diamond Jo Line announces north bound departures at 7 00 am from Muscatine with Steamer Dubuque on June 14 and all dates through September and July 1 10 19 28 August 6 15 24 September 2 11 20 29 plus Steamer Quincy on June 27 and July 6 15 24 August 2 11 20 20 September 16 25. South bound leave at 11 30 am with similar Dubuque and Quincy dates.
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