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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1913
Page
7
Local residents from Grandview Wilton Centerville Letts and surrounding areas spent Saturday in the city. Tours included shopping calls, social calls, and returns home in the afternoon. Notable names include Mrs. Mary Orria Mrs. Fred Shaw Mrs. D. B. Martin Mrs. H Dunker and Mrs. W B Humphreys.
Clyde Stratton led four inmates in a jail escape using a rope ladder from a second floor cell. Three conspirators were recaptured. Stratton remains at large briefly before being captured near Crescent bridge. Local authorities and fire department coordinated a wide manhunt across Rock Island.
Quincy and Morning Star begin through packet service from Sunday with trips to St Paul and return by September. Morning Star runs tri cities to St Paul, while Quincy departs for St Louis then regular packet service. Helen Blair adds Sunday returns between tri cities and Muscatine starting June 8, unloading freight before Davenport excursion.
Farmers in Muscatine County show interest in a soil survey similar to Bremer County. The Bureau of Soils and the State Department of Agriculture plan field work this spring to map soil types, crops suitability, and farm features with a color map, aiming for a published report in the fall.
Delayed Wilton column notes Lola and Alice Wilkerson visiting Muscatine friends, Dr H H Johnson from Princeton arrives for a short visit, and many locals including C H Jacobsen, Belle Seovail, Nellie Kay, and John McNulty mingle during the annual alumni reception. Numerous trips to Davenport, Chicago, and Muscatine are mentioned as residents spend days with kin and friends.
Misses Wilma and Lutan Dove visit at J B Burrows home while Louis Bleeden travels to Muscatine for a gathering with friends. Davenport residents Charles Ruff and others arrive for visits. local residents host relatives and extended relatives during the week. A plan for an address by Eugene W. Chain at the Methodist church is announced for Monday afternoon. Wilton seniors and staff have a city outing for photos before departing on the afternoon train.
The Mustating County Board of Supervisors meets at the county building to equalize township land and personal property assessments. The afternoon session covered routine items only while the assessment abstract, prepared by County Auditor Shoemaker, is being totaled. Land values in the county are rising with the average land value per acre reported as higher.
A fragment notes a valuation of 5 to 16 units and mentions a figure of 1.05 over two years ago tied to plated figures. The readable text is sparse and lacks clear context or named entities to provide a fuller summary.
Fourteen children, including Henry Lorber Walter Lorber and Charles Gostemann, will receive their First Communion at St Marys Catholic Church on June 15. The ceremony marks a significant Catholic rite as the class members renew baptismal vows and receive the scapular of Mt Carmel.
Taken up by Henry Murdock of Moscow township on May 1 1913 a spotted pony mare about 12 years old and weight around 400 pounds with no marks or brands. Appears before Justice L Wills in Moscow township Muscatine County Iowa. County Auditor A Schoemaker Muscatine County Iowa dated May 26 1915 adj.
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