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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1901
Page
4
Beginning next Monday the Y M C A athletic club conducts four evenings weekly of athletics and field sports at the fair grounds with prize medals for top scorers. June to July features Wednesday contests across twelve events with point scoring for track and field and bicycle events.
Miss Dikka Falk of Stoughton Wisconsin sister of Mrs J L Murphy of this city wed Dr L M Trulson at her home last Saturday in a ceremony led by Rev J L Murphy. The couple will receive warm wishes from friends in the city and sailed from New York for Germany yesterday to be away six months.
The Iowa Central railway has issued a small artistic booklet featuring Clear Lake views and outlining its appeal as a summer resort. Hundreds are expected to visit this summer, and the railroad plans to ease travel for visitors. Applications to the general passenger and ticket department at Marshalltown can obtain the booklet.
Concert at the Congregational Church Tuesday June 11 features Part One with American Beauty Overture and Merry Wives of Windsor. Vocal solo by Mrs May Morgridge and piano solo by Alfred Grunfeld. Part Two includes a violin solo by Miss Nichols, Les Patineurs Waltz, Aquarella cornet solo by Stade and Prof J Pauchet, plus Serenade from comic opera. Admission 50 cents, 25 cents for under 14.
The Mississippi river is expected to stay nearly stationary between Dubuque and Muscatine. Muscatine Sand Company launched a new wharf-boat this morning. Waunetta departed north earlier with a shell load bound for the Franklin factory.
The Schmidt Bros bookstore display presents a child entering school and a graduate, with photos of the high school orchestra and graduating class. In the rear the phrase Tonight We Launch Where Shall We Anchor appears in class colors. The window, praised by hundreds for its designer Edward Schmidt, drew enthusiastic public attention.
Word comes of Joseph Sawyer's death in Boston. He was a leading merchant and banker connected with Revere Bank and Colorado Mining & Smelting, noted for charitable deeds estimated at over 500 000 dollars. Survived by Anna Baria Dillaway's daughter and three sons and two daughters. funeral planned at Warren Avenue Baptist Church on June 6.
Local residents M. L. Freize and James Thomas spent today in the city while R. F. Stucker from Atalissa conducted business. Regular review L O T M meets Friday at 7 45 pm. A Rock Island Union typewriter distributor opens in the American Express building with F H Shinn as agent. Muscatine Park and Floral Association to hold its annual meeting June 11 1901 at City Hall at 2 pm to elect officers. Cadle, Secy. The St Paul steamer to St Louis is planned to operate this summer prompting many Muscatiners to plan river trips to St Paul and beyond.
The Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress sets July 16 21 transport rates to Cripple Creek Colorado 11000 feet high. Delegates and wives will enjoy mountain scenery and a prominent meeting expected to be the largest in its history.
June 4 Cedar Falls letter from Homer H. Seerley, president of the State Normal School, to Prof. J. H. Lukens assures reports of a Cedar Falls smallpox outbreak are exaggerated. One student had a mild case, the house was quarantined, no other cases occurred, and no current danger exists as there is no quarantine now. The letter urges equal publicity to counter inflationary rumors affecting commencement and summer sessions.
Train leaves Buffalo at noon for New York with a la carte dining car service and luxurious parlor and day coaches. Stop overs allowed at Buffalo on all through tickets to New York and Philadelphia via this line.
The brief notes section lists a single line item titled All Wants in the Journal Tec A Word, but the readable text provides no further specifics on location, date, or participants. No names or concrete details are discernible to expand beyond the fragment.
The M N & S Ry sells round trip tickets to Clear Lake for 9.65 dollars for travel May 15 to September 30, valid until October 31. Departs Muscatine 6 05 p m via M N & S, arrives Mason City 5 25 a m via Iowa Central, return Mason City 5 30 a m via U C C 4, arrives Clear Lake 6 05 a m via M C cc C 1.
P. H. Shinn of Muscatine Care Muscatine Business College advertises bargains on Remington Kar-Lock Jewett and Rem-Sho uld Oliver typewriters recently received in exchange. Limited stock available through the Typewriter Expert.
We thank kind friends and neighbors for sympathy and kindness shown in the sad bereavement of our little son. August Schultz and Wife.
The I O O F met in their hall last Monday and elected Noble Grand N J Bouton Vice Grand John Stocker Recording Secretary Mr Hackett Treasurer Charles H Gobble for the ensuing six months.
At the request of the Alumni Association of the University the Western Passenger association has granted visitors at the annual commencement a fare and one third for the round trip over roads belonging to the association in Iowa.
City Marshal Chas Balluff warns all bicycle riders on streets at night without lights and bells will be arrested and dealt with according to law. Riding on sidewalks is prohibited and enforced.
They say Schmidt Brothers present exceptionally fine bargains in pianos and organs with a focus on quality and price.
Northern Ilii nois region hosts hundreds of summer retreats along the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway network. Notable spots include Fox Lake, Lake Geneva, Oconomowoc, Elkhart Lake, Minocqua, Spirit Lake, Okoboji, and Minnetonka. Send six cents postage with address to F A Miller for illustrated booklets.
A region through which the Lehigh Valley railroad travels from Chicago to New York and Philadelphia via Niagara Falls and Buffalo features scenic lakes placid rivers and lofty mountains.
Men and women of good address are sought to represent us. Some will travel as agents, others handle local work. Guaranteed yearly salary of $900 plus commissions and expenses. Rapid advancement offered by an old established house. A grand chance for a sincere man or woman to secure a pleasant, permanent position with liberal income and future. Write at once.
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