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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1903
Page
5
It is conceded Muscatine is a top western town near Chicago for property investment. G. M. Titus at 118 Iowa Avenue offers a good list of desirable properties with flexible prices and terms to suit buyers.
A $100,000 bond is filed by an international Detroit construction company to guarantee the Davenport to Muscatine suburban electric line project. General Manager McGugin says ground will break within days with a conference on the 4th or 5th of the month to finalize arrangements and begin work to have trains running by year’s end. Muscatine reports say major disagreements with the Davenport council are resolved, with a few minor issues to be addressed at today's 4 PM meeting.
Muscatine firefighters plan to attend the state firemen's meet in August with a Muscatine delegation. Chief George Neibert seeks rail and travel arrangements and a $3,250 prize pool offers large incentives for both volunteer and paid departments. The program lists races, parades, and contests with monetary prizes culminating in a state association meeting at the end of day events.
The I O O F held elections after the regular opening. Chosen leaders include Grand Noble Henry Elfers, Vice Grand Noble Henry Battenhagen, Recording Secretary George Scholton, Financial Secretary S D Bailey, and Treasurer C H Gobble. They will be installed at month’s end and serve six months.
County clerk reports 591 births 210 marriages and 110 deaths in Sioux county for the year 1902.
A St Louis stenographer credits Grape-Nuts with ending a decade of indigestion and low energy. She reports improved breakfast satisfaction, steady morning work, and sharpened memory. The Postum Co. ad notes brain benefits and a recipe book for desserts.
Sherman Springer and Anna E Lange, both of Muscatine, were married Monday evening by Dr Stafford at the First M E church parsonage. They will reside at 918 East Eighth Street and are warmly congratulated by friends.
Mrs Walton reports May weather with maximum 87 degrees and minimum 28 degrees. Mean thermometer 64.80 degrees. sixty year mean 59.45. Barometer ranged from 29.60 to 28.88 inches. Waterfall 6.80 inches. fifty year mean 6.13. Wettest May in fifty eight years observed.
Modern Woodmen of America Camp No 106 plans a parade tonight with 500 marching to the Olds building at Iowa avenue and Second street. Three or four drill teams are expected plus comic costumes and a band. After the parade attendees will enjoy smokes and refreshments and a late evening at the halls.
Weather data notes May 1903 as the driest in 58 years with 1.05 inches. It contrasts with 1851 and 1865 rainfall and marks only ten Mays in 64 years exceeding 1903. Toledo schools closed yesterday with no graduates after adding a fourth year to the high school curriculum.
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