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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1901
Page
2
A digest of regular meeting times for local fraternal and benevolent groups in Muscatine including Modern Woodmen of America lodges and chapters, Eagle Lodge, Maccabees, Fraternal Aid Association Bloomington Council, Banner Lodge O fit H, O S F S Plecta Chapter, and C E S Flecta Chapter with dates, halls, and officers listed.
Knights of Pythias Wyoming Lodge No. 7 meets every Friday at 7:30 in UW Hall over 21 and 42 East Second Street Muscatine Iowa. Visiting brethren invited to meet with J. M. Butler C C H. S. Howe K of R and S. Clymer A Coldren attorney at law collections in Office No 120 East Second Street.
H Jayne W W Hoffman and the firm Jayne and Hoffman operate as attorneys and solicitors. They offer practice in state and federal courts from offices on Iowa Avenue.
Iowa City voters and merchants back Cummins as Johnson county presses for a Cummins instruction at the county convention. A house to house canvass intensifies the campaign with Cedar Rapids travelers aiding northern turnout, while some older party leaders sit out. Iowa City supplies over a third of delegates and will urge Cummins at the convention.
Secretary Van Houten warns the Iowa State Fair may suffer without timely rain. He notes farmers are discouraged across the state as crops struggle and attendance could drop if conditions don’t improve. He downplays fixations on hay prices, saying a good second crop could ease shortages.
In Waterloo Iowa on July 24 the two year old son of Philip Goswiller fell from a second story window and escaped with minor injuries. A pet bulldog in the room jumped after him, whined until help arrived, and kept whining until the boy regained consciousness. The dog then wagged its tail in joy as the boy spoke to it.
Cedar Falls Indiana July 24 S B Humbert a Civil War veteran from Company B 3bst Iowa holds a mattress linked to Major General McPherson who was carried from the battlefield near Atlanta July 22 1864 yesterday marked 37 years ago J J Van Nerien a local comrade was stationed in the hospital when McPherson died
Mayor C H Wilson of Will Vote Washington announces an election to decide whether the city should own the light plant in connection with the water works. The vote is set for the first week of September with the exact date to be announced.
Des Moines Daily Capital office suffered fire damage and water harm yesterday. Loss estimate unavailable. windows, elevator shaft, and machinery damaged though print work continued with difficulty. Chief Burnett and Assistant Chief Warren Taylor praised for rapid response and limited further damage.
A Daylight Ride from Buffalo to New York via the Lehigh Valley railroad offers a pleasant experience with full comforts. Stop-overs were allowed at Buffalo on through tickets to New York and Philadelphia via this line.
Davenport commander Metzger forwards a letter from South Dakota Commander Snow urging western state unity to press the Western Pacers association for a one fare plus two dollar rate to the national encampment at Cleveland. Snow argues current Chicago oriented pricing shortchanges western troops and asks for cooperation across Iowa Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Colorado Wyoming Montana Oregon Alaska.
The Cedar Falls Canning Company reports the late corn crop has not been damaged by heat while the early crop is a total failure. With 400 acres under contract, canning is expected to start in two to three weeks if the crop matures.
Under the president proclamation Kiowa Comanche Apache Caddo and Wichita reservations are opened to settlement. A July 23 Great Dock Island route home seekers excursion offers one fare plus 2 dollars round trip with 20 day return limit to allow land office registration and a chance at land with existing settlers. Apply to Rock Island agent or John Sebastian G P A Chicago for rates and plan details.
In Baltimore on July 24 Archie Mc Eachern beat Albert Champion in a twenty mile motorspaced bicycle race finishing four and a half lengths clear in 32 minutes 37.4 seconds. Two local youths were seen playing mumble peg in the court square this afternoon with little other sporting activity reported locally.
Toronto notes the McLeod Wheat Minota trimmed at Chicago by Canada Cup defenders amid heavy wind. Beavers meets Invader with a confident lead in strong breeze, while Invader trails Beaver in lighter winds, sparking talk at the Royal Canadian Yacht clubhouse.
Philadelphia 2 Boston 1 Brooklyn 8 New York 3 Pitsburg 9 Cincinnati 2 Chicago at St Louis Boston at Philadelphia New York at Brooklyn Cincinnati at Pittsburg
Fragmented sports scores show Chicago trailing Philadelphia 10 to 6 while other teams Poston nine Milwaukee seven Cleveland nine and Washington zero in an inconsistent tally. The material reads like a late wire service scoreboard with possible typographical errors.
In New Haven on July 24 Constitution beat Columbia in light airs in the first NYYC squadron race from Huntington to Massir Cove. The day featured highly gusty winds that boxed the compass from east-northeast to west-southwest from morning until evening.
Milwaukee wins the Canada Cup race pushing its nose across the line by three minutes thirty seconds ahead of Detroit with Cadillac three seconds back. Cleveland Philadelphia Chicago and Boston Detroit standings noted with Wisconsin victory ranking high in the field.
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