City News Items Highlight Travel and Local Events
Mrs. Wm. K. Higley arrives from Chicago while W. H. Jones departs for Moberley Missouri. Travelers include Mrs. A. H. Trottner and Mrs. A. H. Mulford. Firefly passengers head to Davenport Chicago and Fairbury. Nutmeg melons first market name M. D. Manlove. Miss Anna Jayne returns from West Liberty. Muscatine Lodge 304 meets. Reesink sisters depart for Chicago for three weeks. Y M C A official B. B. Wilcox visits. Ejectment papers served in rent case Mrs. Josephine Benzing vs James Adams. Parmalee couple return from Colorado. Dr. Miller leaves for Philadelphia for surgery course. Deputy Clerk W. S. McKee recovers from typhoid and visits Conesville. Clinton delegates tour Muscatine library for a possible new city library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Eversmeyer
Constable Warner
Josephine Benzing
James Adams
D. P. Miller
E. B. Fulham
Philadelphia
Muscatine
Conesville
Judge Wolf
Waller
Clinton
Musser
Attestations on Smallpox Bills In Muscatine 1902
Alderman Engel presents affidavits regarding Dr. J D Fulham bill for smallpox treatment. John Wilson and Annettie Wilson testify they could not pay and were destitute, signing a statement under oath in July 1902. The document notes paid aid from county authorities during quarantine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ald. Engel
Council
J. D. Fulham
Council For Action
State of Iowa
Muscatine County
Ss. I
Annettie H. Wilson
John Wilson
Annettie Wilson
F. S. Pentzer
Muscatine
Board of Supervisors
Pentzer
J. D. Fulliam
Roach Highlighted as Possible Second District Candidate
Sunday Record-Herald notes W L Roach of Muscatine is repeatedly mentioned as a potential Second district nominee despite saying he cannot consider the proposition. Republicans aim for a river county candidate, hoping Davenport Clinton or Muscatine provide the nominee to win the Mississippi river vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday
Record-Herald
Des Moines Dispatch
W. L. Roach
Muscatine
The
Journal
Record-Herald Dispatch
Roach
River
Mississippi River
Tavenport
Clinton
Sleeping car service to Kansas City St Louis and Peoria
The Iowa Central Railway launches a new sleeping car line from St Paul and Minneapolis to Kansas City St Louis and Peoria appealing to travelers seeking quicker transit. The Limited departs Elrick Junction daily at 7 57 am for Peoria and points east. See local ticket agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Central Railway
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Kansas City
St. Louis
Peoria
Elrick Junction
Smallpox Bill Dismissed by Michigan County Family Says Inability to Pay
Jacob and Alice Fitzgerald of Muscatine County Iowa state under oath they cannot pay Dr J D Fulham for smallpox treatment for themselves and their three children. They describe severe illness and reliance on county and M W A aid, with no intent to sign a payable note, claiming only a few hundred dollars net from a West Eighth Street property and overdue taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Muscatine County
Jacob Fitzgerald
Alice Fitzgerald
J. D. Fulham
M. W. A. Lodge
Muscatine
Fulham
Pentzer
Dr. Fulham
West Eighth Street
Jacob Y Fitzgerald
J. C. Coster
Low Summer Excursion to Minnesota Resorts
The Iowa Central railway offers place tickets at low rates to St. Paul Minneapolis and Minnesota resorts with return valid to Oct 31. Minnesota summer resorts are praised for health and pleasure with fishing as a lure. Consult Iowa Central agents for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Iowa Central Railway
Minnesota
Iowa Central
Free Colorado travel book and camping guide offer
John Sebastian of the Great Rock Island Route promotes free publications about Colorado. Readers can obtain "Under the Turquoise Sky" and "Camping in Colorado" by mailing the address provided to learn about hotels boarding houses and cheap summer rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
John Sebastian
Great Rock Island
Chicago
Rock Island
Journal Jubilee Rolls 50 Year Subscribers List
Jubilee edition lists subscribers with fifty years of service plus longer tenures. Names include Mrs Mary A Couch and J Scott Richman of Muscatine, Cyrus Townsley, Wm A Drury, E B Lewis, J M Richter, Col A M Hare, and others across Muscatine and nearby towns. Corrections welcomed for the roll of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hves
John Mahin
Journal
Mary A. Couch
Muscatine
Joseph Bennett
J. Scott Richman
Joseph McMichael
Township
L. L. Patterson
Cyrus Townsley
Wm. A. Drury
E. B. Lewis
J. M. Richter
Mathew Cochran
Jacob A. Seiver
Wrayville
James Wilson
Suel Foster
K. van Camp
Sweetland
Geo. W. Foster
Norfolk
J. H. Pingrey
Wayne
A. M. Hare
Trip Down River With Kaiser's Mill Party
A Kaiser's mill employee party rode Barrow's steam launch from Muscatine at 7 a.m. to Port Louisa and back by 7 p.m. The 18 mile trip followed the Iowa shore out and the Illinois shore return, with dinner at Port Louisa. Participants included C. F. Barrows and 17 others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Port Louisa
Kaiser's Mill
Barrow
Iowa
Illinois
C. F. Barrows
Dave Banney
A. Fletcher
Robi. McNay
J. Babbitt
Chas. Panney
Frank Fischer
T. Phillips
Sam Duncan
Ad. Butcher
A. Schnier
Otto Brudtkuhl
Reese to Run for Congress in Iowa Sixth District
John P. Reese president of the United Mine Workers of Iowa announces he will accept the Democratic nomination in Iowa's Sixth District. The Republican seat now held by Major Lacey with about 5 000 miners in the district. Reese urged by convention friends and Mother Jones to represent miners and working people to fight government by injunction. President Mitchell may campaign here with Jones also set to visit if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
John P. Reese
United Mine Workers of Iowa
Congress
Reese
Major Lacey
Mother Jones
Mitchell
Ordinance Granting AT&T Iowa Right to Build in Muscatine
The city grants American Telephone and Telegraph Company of Iowa permission to construct operate and maintain lines on Muscatine streets and alleys with poles wires and fixtures. The ordinance sets conditions for street repair supervision schedule limitations on pole placement and future undergrounding and requires acceptance within 30 days. It preserves city rights to grant similar rights to others and lasts twenty five years from passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Telephone and Telegraph Company of Iowa
State of Iowa
City of
Muscatine
Muscatine County
City of Muscatine
Second Street
Oak Street
Locust Street
American Telephone and Telegraph Company of
Iowa
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Towa
City Recorder
Tracey Hunt Comes to End in Northwest Chase
Washington officers abandon pursuit of escaped Oregon convict Harry Tracey after forty days of tracking by men and bloodhounds. The resulting hunt cost eight counties about $10,000 and harmed several pursuers. Oregon's refusal to pay a Chehalis woman the reward for Merril’s body prompted officials to halt the Tracey effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tacoma
Wash
Harry Tracey
Oregon
Tracey
Waggoner
Chehalis
Merrill
WANTED Five Young Men for Government Service
Too Late to Classify announces five positions in government service via Inter-State Correspondence Institute Cedar Rapids Iowa. Also notes new sleeping car service on Iowa Central Railway Limited from Elrick Junction at 7 39 p m to Minneapolis 8 00 a m with fast rates and coaches. travelers urged to see local ticket agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine County
Inter-State Corres
Cedar Rapids, In
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Twin Cities
Northwest
Iowa Central Railway
Elrick Junction
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Wm. K. Higley
City
W. H. Jones
Moberley, Mo
A. H. Trottner
Brooklyn, N. Y
A. H. Mulford
B. J. Eldridge
Davenport
A. F. Ziegenhorn
Fairbury
Ill
M. D. Manlove
Anna Jayne
Wilton
West Liberty
Gene Pease
Wapello
Will Edwards
Muscatine Lodge No
Gertrude
Bessie Reesink
Nellie Casson
B. B. Wilcox
C. F. Nevius
J. J. Parmalee
Mr. Parmalee
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Council Proceedings
J. H. Wilson
J. W. McKee
Notary Public
W. F. Mirsch
South Muscatine
Oregon St
United Mine
Workers of Iowa
R. S. McNutt
Bert C. Benham
Tracey Hunt
Umscheid
East Mill Telephone
Adolf Slaby
Mareconi
Uitch
Charlottenburg
Germany
Slaby
Marconi
Clement Griscom
Clement A. Griscom
America
Europe
J. Pierpont Morgan
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