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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1902
Page
4
B A Metz has sold 169 machines in Muscatine and nearby areas and continues to sell daily. He has sold machines for 20 years, based in Muscatine in August 1599.
The ad notes repair of any make of machine with guaranteed service. It lists needles 4 for 10 cents or 25 cents per dozen, belts at 2 cents each, and cheap good second hand machines. It also states B A Metz has no one working for him, with the office at 224 Iowa Avenue under Scott House.
An executive committee meeting at Col. J. H. Munroe's office arranged the Crocker Brigade and 35th Iowa reunions. Mayor R. S. McNutt presided, with multiple subcommittees named to handle Citizens G A R Circle and Ladies committees, finance and music, plus a plan to invite Company C I N G to join. The group aims for a successful entertainment program and adjourned to meet next Wednesday at 8 PM.
The Musser Lumber Company, a leading Muscatine industry, grew from 1871 to 1881, expanding from 12 million to 40 million feet of lumber annually. Officers include President Peter Musser, Vice President Richard Musser, and Secretary-Treasurer P M Musser. The firm employs about 225 men and ships wholesale in carload lots nationwide.
Kaiser Mill will operate at full capacity from tonight until river navigation ends. A night shift is added and will continue without pause to fall unless an accident slows work. Night and day crews will pick up where the other leaves off, maximizing labor for optimal throughput.
A South Muscatine girl eloped with her sweetheart then returned after her father, armed with a blue coat, accompanied him to the Milwaukee camp and brought her home. The incident reflects a traditional parental intervention to halt the romance.
The Journal will print a Jubilee Edition with a few hundred extra copies available at the business office for five cents each. Pricing includes mailing if desired.
The Journal will publish in tomorrow’s issue a complete list of readers who have held the Journal for over fifty years and are thus entitled to the paper complimentary for life.
The Journal offers heavy card board prints of Mr. Ma hin with his facsimile signature. Friends may obtain them at the office.
Muscatine’s Great Western Cereal Company, owner of Friends Oats, employs over 250 workers and operates the world’s largest oat meal mill. Manager J R Reuling leads a quiet, efficient enterprise handling about 10 000 bushels of oats daily and shipping more than 65 000 packages of Friends Oats each day nationwide and to Europe.
Sparks from a passing engine ignited wood and saw dust in the Hershey wood yard yesterday afternoon around 4 30. The blaze, discovered by the Hershey pumping station engineer, was extinguished by the Hershey hose company before it could do serious damage. It lay between the Rock Island and Muscatine North and South railroad tracks.
Obscure oblong brown purse left by a finder is turned in to the office. It contains money and the finder is asked to retrieve it from the clerk.
Chicago travelers can board the Limited and Luxury daily at 5 30 p m for a twenty four hour trip to New York. The Pullman company offers car comfort and the Pennsylvania lines supply standard railway service. H R Dering at 248 South Clark Street will book your trip on request.
Physician and surgeon listing with office hours from 10 to 12 a.m., 2 to 4 p.m., and 7 to 8 p.m. at 309 Fast Second street. Residence at 101 West Fifth street. Calls answered day or night on both phones.
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