Dillaway Crockery Store Founder Led Muscatine Progress
Geo W Dillaway born in Boston came to Muscatine in 1857 and bought J H Turner stock, growing a large Iowa N Missouri customer base. He helped found Muscatine Water Works, served as mayor, and his Dillaway firm became a respected china and glass supplier in the city.
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Geo. W. Dillaway
Boston
Mass
Muscatine
J. H. Turner
Sterneman Clothing Company
Dillaway
East Second Street
Iowa
Missouri
Muscatine Water Works Company
Real Estate Agent H. H. Arnold Opens Muscatine Office
H H Arnold operates at 322 East Second Street Muscatine offering real estate insurance and related services. He represents multiple insurers and sells lands across North Dakota South Dakota Minnesota Oklahoma Missouri and beyond with title abstracts notary work loans and deeds. He travels to inspect lands and is active in the Methodist church and fraternal orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Arnold
East Second Street
Muscatine
Mr. Arnold
Keota
Keokuk County
Arnold
Moines Life Lapucencempany
Des Moines
Fast Fire Insurance
National
Vapiers Ar
New York
Spring Garden Theibasco Company
Philadelphia
Western Underwriters
Chicago
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Missouri
Northwest
Southwest
Methodist Church
Knight of Pythias
Maccabees
The
Yeoman
Fraternal Aid
M. RB
J. W. Richards and His Awnings Business Triumph
J W Richards began in 1874 with windmills then dry goods and auctions before turning to furniture and second hand goods. He later focused on tents and awnings and now touts a heating attachment called the Cold Air Consumer that draws cold air from floors, heats it, and distributes warmth through rooms. He plans to manufacture it, expanding Muscatine industry and promising a bright fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Richards
Richards & Company
Richards
Muscatine
Frank Ashcraft Gasoline Engines 1893 and Local Businessman
Frank Ashcraft has lived in the city for 50 years since birth on July 15. He started with Hershey Lumber, then started his own venture turning four foot clubs into wood for local use and Chicago market kindling, expanding to crates and crates for tomato and melon supply. He built a mill with a planer and later a lumber puller to extract lumber from cribs rafted to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks, Morse & Company
Muscatine County
Mr. Ashcraft
Ashcraft
Mira Hershey Lumber Company
Hershey
Frank Ashcraft
Hershey Lumber Company
Chicago
Captain W A Blair Led Carnival City Packet Rise
The article profiles Captain W A Blair of the Carnival City Packet Company born 1856 in Galena Illinois. He rose from cabin boy to river captain and company president building a fleet including the Silver Crescent and Urania later named Helen Blair. He is praised for river knowledge and customer focus with Davenport headquarters and W G Block and Son as prominent agents.
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W. A. Blair
Carnival City Packet Company
Galena
Ill
van Sant
Mississippi
Capt. Blair
Gov. van Sant
Burlington
Quincey
W. J. Young
Volunteer
Rock Island
Blair
Urania
Wm. Bay
Cincinnati
Ohio
Muscatine
Helen Blair
St. Paul
St. Louis
Davenport Anid Burlington
Davenport
W. G. Block
Block
Red Paint Man thanks editor for 50 years at Journal
Ev Brandenburg writes from next door to Muscatine Journal praising John Mahin for half a century of newspaper work. He notes his own twenty year paint business and pledges continued honest service and years of fidelity to customers. He ends by wishing Mahin well.
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John Mahin
The
Muscatine Journal
Journal
Mahin
Fiat
Eminent Ophthalmologist Dr C N Harrison Visits Muscatine
Dr C N Harrison a leading ophthalmologist from Cedar Rapids visits Muscatine monthly and will leave for Chicago for postgraduate study next week. He treats many locals with the ophthalmoscope and is praised for his accurate eye diagnosis and frank exams. His recent week in town was very successful and he plans to return home soon.
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Muscatine
C. N. Harrison
Drs. Harrison & Collins
Jim Block
Cedar Rapids
American Association of Graduated
Harvey Medical College
McCormick Optical College
Harrison
Chicago
West Liberty
Boepple Button Co. Boosts Muscatine Pearl Button Industry
Muscatine prides itself on the Boepple Button Co the largest finest freshwater pearl button factory in the United States. Under D. S. McDermid the firm has grown rapidly occupying a three story building 145 by 160 feet with a planned payroll of about 435 workers rising to 600. Local payroll this year will reach 130000 dollars as the company expands its capacity to 36000 gross buttons per week. The officers are H. W. Huttig president and D. S. McDermid treasurer and general manager.
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Muscatine
Boepple Button Co
United States
America
Beepple Button Co
West Sixth Street
Beepple Button Company
D. S. McDermid
H. W. Huttig
Low Rate Excursion to Clinton by Diamond Jo Steamers
W G Block general agent for the Diamond Jo line announces excursion tickets to Clinton for the Mississippi Valley Spiritualists association meeting. Tickets on sale July 19 through August 22 for 1.25 round trip with return by August 30.
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W. G. Block
Diamond Jo
Isaac P. Lusk
Clinton
Mississippi Valley Spiritualists Association
Edncate Your Bowels With Cascarets
An old time advertising notice promotes Cascarets candy cathartic as a cure for constipation with a money back guarantee if CCC fails. Pricing listed as 10c or 25c with refund offered by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.C.C
New Sleeping Car Service to St Paul and Minneapolis
The Iowa Central Railway offers a new fast service with sleeping cars and coaches on the Limited. The train leaves Elrick Junction at 7 39 p m daily and arrives in Minneapolis at 8 00 a m. See local ticket agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Twin Cities
Northwest
Iowa Central Railway
Elrick Junction
How Are Your Kidneys Dr Hobbs Sparagus Pills Cure
An advertisement from the Ple free Ad Remedy Co of Chicago promotes Dr Hobbs asparagus pills as a universal cure for kidney ills. The copy emphasizes kidney health and urges readers to buy the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobbs
Cer Remedy Co
Chicago
Canadian Pacific Scenic Route Promises Mile of Peaks and Rapids
Canadian Pacific invites travelers to ride the line offering six hundred miles of spectacular mountains canons and cataracts said to form the most magnificent scenery in the world. Low excursion rates apply for conventions and other events, with tickets available for viewing this famed landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Pacific Railway
Railway literature available from A C Shaw Chicago
San Francisco Portland and Tacoma routes can be made good by this route and may be bought from any railway agent. Copies of literature will be sent on request to A C Shaw general agent Pass Dept at 298 Clark Street Chicago.
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Portland
Tacoma
A. C. Shaw
Pass
Clark St
Chicago
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsement From Muscatine Citizen
A Muscatine resident testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills relieved back and kidney pain after failed remedies. He bought at Havercamp's drug store, paid 50 cents, and recommends the product. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY is sole U.S. agent and urges buyers to remember the name Dean's.
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Dean
Zens
Wm. Curtain
East Fifth Street
Havercamp’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Dean's
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Crockery
Carnival City Packet Co
W.A. Blair
Brandenburg
Pearl Buttons
San Francisco
Muscatine Citi
the Journal
Citizen’s Railway and Light Co
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