Local Social and Travel Notes From Muscatine
Z N King arrives on the Quincy from St Paul this afternoon. High School seniors plan an outing to the Grotto. Mrs P Bernius returns from eleven months in Germany to Muscatine. George James visits Bert Hine after coming from Clinton. Hattie Cane travels to Letts on a morning train and plans to return Wednesday. George Lamphey heads to Columbus Junction to visit his daughter. Miss Kate Kassing departs for Albert Lea to visit friends. Fred Hacker attends the Golden Wedding in Wilton. Local Woodman lodges hold annual camp at Risley’s Lake. Chas Cadie’s cousin Mr Howe visiting en route to Colorado. Muscatine anticipates a Firemen’s Parade Day with a grand ball at the Armory. Mrs M T Hayde and children visit from Kansas City at the Beckys’ East Third Street home. Ebhen Barnette leaves for Mr Pleasant to visit friends. Miss Shantz calls Temperance Union active members to meet before a lecture at the Baptist church. A frightened horse near the depot dash ends safely. Eva and Lee Fox travel to Chicago then Lafayette Indiana to visit friends. Weed Park gains a new wagon and black horse for park care. Mrs Edna Harvey visits Rev Arthur Fowler and returns to Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weed Park Association
Edna Harvey
Arthur T. Fowler
Cedar Rapids
Town Notes and Personal Notices From Tipton
Omaha visitors and local residents listed include L. R. Cottrel A. W. Hine H. C. Stuart E. W. Hine Miss Helen Neal George Lumbard J. A. Lownsley George Howe and Attorney F A O Connor plus local church notes highway repairs market reports and police court items Also postmaster convention remarks praise for integrity and duties of country postmasters with anecdotes on office life and public service.
Marquette Michigan a Charming Summer Resort Lure
Marquette on Lake Superior is described as a healthful summer resort accessible via the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway. The narrative highlights scenery, hotels, and immunity from hay fever, promoting a restful outing. A pamphlet titled The Lake Superior Country offers more details for four cents postage to Geo H Heafford, General Passenger Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Marcuette
Mich
Lake Superior
Marquette
Copper Country
Geo
H. Heafford
Chicago
Hil
Municipal water works and the fate of municipal ownership
The Marion Register notes the Dubuane city plan to buy the waterworks may fail. Five year costs reach 475 009 dollars with taxes adding 209 000 dollars. debt could push beyond constitutional limits. It warns taxpayers risk loss if bonds are pressed and urges amicable legal action to resolve the issue. The piece likens Cedar Rapids and Marion to uncertain outcomes and wishes them well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuane
Daily Times
the Times
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Venice
Runaways Rampant in Town Caused by ozone
Restless equines vented by a strange ozone day as a Jacob Resort horse bolted on East Washington street tearing through a wire fence and scattering wagon parts in neighbors yards. A Joe Anderson wagon was toaded and a Will Brothers dairy team damaged West Hill harness broken but minor overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob
East Washington Street
Joe Anderson
Will Brothers
West Hill
Nickel Plate Express Trains Serve Chicago to New York
The Nickel Plate Railroad offers three daily express trains between Chicago and New York and Boston with 27 hour service from Chicago to New York. All day trains include meals in dining cars at popular prices. Information available from J Y Calahan, General Agent, 111 Adams St., Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickel Plate Railroad
Chicago
New York
Boston
J. Y. Calahan
Adams St
West Liberty Social News and Local Incidents
Miss Ella Hildebrand returns home from Stockton teaching duties. Mr and Mrs Geo Wooley host Ohio cousins Joseph Guthrie. W J Scott and wife from Grundy Center visit their mother on East Fourth. Mrs J Scott and Agnes Scott of Davenport visit friends. I O O F ice cream festival poorly patronized due to cold. High School boys beat Springdale 29 to 22 at fair grounds. Shipman entertain L L Hill and Miss May Forman and others at tea. Speight home burglarized. clothes, a watch and valuables worth about 150.06 stolen. no clue yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Hildebrand
Stockton
Geo. Wooley
Joseph Guthrie
Ohio
W. J. Scott
Grundy Center
A. E. Scott
East Fourth Street
J. ¥. Scott
Agnes Scott
Davenport
West Liberty
I. O. O. F. Lott
Presbyterian Church
Fair Grounds
Springdale
W. H. Shipman
L. L. Hill
May Forman
Lin Harris
Mary Phelps
Sarah Francisco
Mary Prook
Emma Lus
Frank Speight
Geo. Chase
Photographer Charles Clifford Mends After Wind Wagon Crash
Charles Clifford of this city recovers from injuries suffered when a wind storm toppled his photographic wagon in Seventy Six township. He remains away from home, staying at Robert Lee's residence. Severe injury was a bone break above the ankle, with bruises on the back healing slowly. He narrowly escaped death as the wagon nearly crushed him in a roadside gully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Clifford
Robert Lee
River Traffic and Local Improvements Report
River activity includes four barge loads of shells totaling 500 tons arriving and departing. The Quincy brought freight at 1:20 PM and the Nola K. delivered heavy timber to Hershey Lumber mill. River stage stands at 3 feet 7 inches. Inverness and Scotia raft lower river. Mrs. W S Robertson’s corner property at Second and Locust is being overhauled. Dubuque moved north after landing at 4 PM yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yesung
Quincy
Nola K
Yesterdar
Hershey
Inverness
Consort Scotia
Second and Locust Streets
W. S. Robertson
Rock Island Railway Adds Record–Size Passenger Engines
The Rock Island Railway purchases massive new engines to power heavy passenger trains becoming the largest locomotives in service. These mammoth engines promise speed and capacity for major routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island Railway Company
Centering In Chicas Lines Describe Ten Wheeler Engines
The lines describe ten wheelers with six driving wheels and four under the pilot. Overall length is sixty four feet with stack height of fifteen feet five eighths inches. The stack is wrenght iron and forty six and one half inches high. The weight of each engine is 170000 pounds.
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Chicas
Union Meeting Draws City Young People Together
Local Y P S C E and related groups held a joint union gathering at Friends' church with Miss Nellie McCaw leading a paper titled A Tour of Inspection. Horace H. Herr spoke on What the Endeavorer May Do to Better Our City, outlining reforms and personal effort. Special music by Misses McQuesten Griffin and Minnie McCaw preceded a nominating report and a testimony session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monéar
Friends’ Church
Nellie McCaw
Congregational Church
Ansort
Latyvilla Giggle Junction
McQuesten
Griffin
Minnie McCaw
Miss Shontz Tonight at First Baptist Church
Eva Shontz national president of the I P C T A arrives by the Firefly for a free lecture on temperance work by the youth at the First Baptist church. Ushers from local churches aid in the program with song, scripture, and a Y P U lecture. A collection covers lecture expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Marshal Shontz
Chicago
First Baptist Church
Tch Cies
A. T. Fowler
A. C. Ib
Quintette
Captain Thaper
Y. P
T. U
Eva Shantz
A. C. L. Quintette
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J. E.kranz
Florist
North Cedar St
Tel
C. H. Armstrong
H. M. Bartlett
Horan & Devitt
P. O
Robt. Goar
Clinton
E. R. Kealley
Osage
Kan
Mamie East
Iowa City
Z. N. King
St. Paul
Millie Schaefer
Hans Mohnsen
Cypress Street
Eighth
Ninth
J. Scott Blackwell
P. Bernius
Germany
Muscatine
George James
Bert Hine
George Lamphey
Columbus Junction
Kate Kassing
Albert Lea, Minn
Fred Hacker
Wilton
Mrs. J. Davis
Lone Tree
Nichols
West Branch Woodman Lodges
Risley's Lake
Mr. Howe
Chas. Cadie
Latters
Colorado
M. T. Hayde
Kansas City
Jacob Becky
East Third Street
Ebhen Barnette
Rock Island
Mr. Pleasant
Elisa Hake
Front Street
Miss Eva
Brother Lee Fox
LaFayette
Ind
L. R. Cottrel
Omaha, Neb
A. W. Hine
H. C. Stuart
Letts
E. W. Hine
City
Helen Neal
George Lumbard
J. A. Lownsley
Southwest
George Howe
Mass
Cornelious Cable
F. A. O'Connor
New Hampton
J. W. McKea
Tipton Advertiser
Margie Hawley
National Accounting Co
W. H. Whisler
Fourth
Mulberry Streets
Fowler
Pine Lake Chatauqua Assembly
Indiana
Chatauqqua Association of
Iowa
Dave Settlemire
Wm. B. Page
Glen Mary
C. C. Smith’s
Joseph Vanatta
Patrick Tomany
Wead Park
Nethbert
William Neff
William Priester
Mr. Neibert
George Schmidt
Second
Chestnut Streets
Mr Schmidt
George
Anna R. Eticker
Jacob Elicker
Sth
Bombay Women’s Missionary Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Bombay
India
Miss Blicker
Khandwa
Miss Bletcher
Far c
John Mahin
Try Nasby
Spector Mahin
Mar
Shalltown
Marshalltown
Sone
Schocl
Ince
Canon Farrar
Thay
Jefferson
Ain
Howe
Ths
G ” Marvette
Lak Superior
Underwood
Whicher
Neally
Meen
Ross
Emerson-Thoreau Club
Exrie
Core Weed
Emerson
Geo. Titus
Walden
Thoreau
Stella Cohn
Cape Cod
Shammo
Charles Gray
Katherine Hayes
Julius Schmidt
Geo. M. Titus
Emerson- Thoreau Club
River News
Miss Shontz
H. J. Crawford
Optican
C. S. Hain
Moscow
Milwaukee
J. M. Scott
Wilton, Iowa
L. D. Williams
Thorp Bros
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