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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1905
Page
4
Schedule details for the I and P Railway Southwest Division listing west and east bound arrivals and departures at Muscatine Wilton Montezuma branch stops. Includes times for No 20 No 37 No 28 and No 1 services with daily and Sunday exceptions and the Montezuma branch notes.
Daily trains to and from Muscatine shown for southbound No 1 and No 3 with times 11:00 AM 5:40 PM and 12:55 PM 7:35 PM, and northbound No 2 and No 4 with 7:00 AM 1:40 PM and 9:00 AM 3:38 PM. Saturday service from Flrick Junction at 2:00 PM to Muscatine 9:45 PM connects with Iowa Central.
Partial OCR of a 1QWA CENTRAL timetable shows bound and express lines for east and local freight. Mentions Sun edition references and times such as 2:38 p m, with limited legible route names and agencies.
Readable parts show timetable style with East bound and West bound trains listed by agent J C Pugh. Times include early morning and evening departures around 2:34am 6:50pm and 7:00am, with contact number 844 6640. The fragment notes agent and route but lacks full details.
Local events feature Roach and Musser Hose Co. steamship and daylight boat excursions to Davenport with lunch on board and a 7:30 a.m. departure. Baptist and Eastern Star activities include a Monday meeting and a Tuesday outing with social notices from Davenport. Numerous residents travel for visits and summer plans to Chicago Cedar Falls West Chester Wilton Fairport.
Mrs. J. P. Walton and city water works report 3.30 inches of rainfall since yesterday morning. The river crested 10.4 inches above low water, rising about five inches in 24 hours. Washouts appear on railway lines with a severe Western track washout near Kalona.
No. 12 on the Rock Island line was wrecked at Floris near Eldon after a washout caused by a storm. Train due in Rock Island at 4 14 a m. no injuries reported though several coaches left the track. Early reports of fatalities were later deemed exaggerated.
Buffalo travels to the fair grounds to meet the Muscatine Maroons in a highly anticipated matinee. Fessler will start for Muscatine with Page catching, while Eis will pitch for Buffalo with Cook behind the plate as both teams boast strong records.
About 10 ladies gathered yesterday afternoon at 511 Walnut Street to honor Mrs W D Hine on her birthday. Mrs F T Nesper won no prize but received a white apron. Mrs Geo Wiles got the consolation. Cards were played and a late supper was served.
Guthrie Oklahoma June 1 At the annual session of the National Editorial Association officers were chosen John Dymond of New Orleans as president John E Jun kin Sterling Kansas first vice president Henry B Warner Lexington Kentucky L G Niblack Guthrie Ohio corresponding secretary William A Ashbrook Johnstown Ohio recording secretary J W Cockrum Oakland City Ind Irvin Steel Ashland Ohio Indianapolis was chosen as the meeting place in 1906 Resolutions supported a proposed strike next January to enforce the eight hour day and backed immediate statehood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory.
Mr and Mrs Chas Heller of 1105 Mulberry street announce the marriage of their daughter Harriet K to Pe N Batterson of Pasadena Calif. The ceremony will be Thursday June 22 at the bride’s parents home with relatives and a few intimate friends present.
Mrs Margaret Robinson of Olathe Kansas visits her brother R Eliott and wife. Lois Trumbull returns from Des Moines. Minnie Wilson returns from Olin for summer. will teach at Lansing next year. Jessie Green and Nina Latta visit D C Sterrett in Pilato Iowa. attend Iowa City commencement. Walter Bell returns from northern Iowa where he taught. John Abrahamson home from Ames for vacation. Bessie Butler and June McClurkan return from Monmouth Kansas. Lulu Cameron Ada Rock and Mildred McClurkan depart for Cedar Falls to attend the state normal school. Reformed Presbyterian Christian Endeavor holds a social at R S McHathinney’s home with light refreshments. Lela McElhinney seeks throat treatment in Lawton. Isaac Schofield buys Morrison property in West Morning Sun for 1000 dollars. Mary Kilpatrick returns from Faribault Minnesota for summer. Mrs Stetson of Maine visits her brother and sister. Mr and Mrs J R Cannon of Wyman Iowa visit relatives nearby.
The Iowa Association of City Health Physicians meets in Iowa City June 12 and 13 with Dr J D Fulham attending. It is the third annual gathering and is expected to eclipse former meetings. A banquet closes the program Tuesday evening.
Albert Wedekind of near Fiat iron point suffered a severe hand cut when a bottle broke while applying liniment to a horse. The right two fingers were cut to the bone. He came to the city where Dr. T F Beveridge dressed the wounds.
Advertisement seeks men to introduce a patent hardware article with rapid advancement. Salary listed as 18 dollars per week plus 2.50 dollars daily expenses. Applicants must state age and present employment. Address Ideal Shear Company Dept. 14 Chicago.
A local ad invites customers to the 124 East Second street fountain offering first class soda with rock candy syrup and real fruit juices no artificial flavors. The copy jokes about a girl calling a beau Hossiac Tunnel for being a bore.
Davenport Iowa June 10 special reports a management change on the Pennsylvania rail road system placing Muscatine in the tri city district. The agent C KE Adams will cover three cities and Muscatine, with J E Murphy as traveling solicitor.
New York June 10 four gunners aboard the battleship Kentucky broke all five inch gun shooting records. One gunner fired sixteen shots a minute and hit seventeen targets. A second man made thirteen shots a minute and hit every time. Two others scored twelve hits. The firing range was 1,600 yards.
Edmond Powers of Davenport dies last night at age 26. He was a brother of Mrs. Bert St. Clair of Muscatine and spent his life in Davenport. Funeral arrangements were not announced.
William Xaneve was attacked by three men in a Dubuque saloon and stabbed four times in the abdomen. The victim's condition was not immediately known.
Onawa Iowa June 10 contracts for the Monona Harrison drainage ditch the largest of its kind in Iowa were awarded. The project costs 400000 dollars and will reclaim 76000 acres.
James Cotter's homestead on Seventh street is listed for sale with possession at once. Owner seeks a quick sale and directs inquiries to G. M. Titus at 218 Iowa Avenue.
Colonel George Ritter Burnett, commandant of the State University Cadet Battalion, requests relief from duties to accept a professorship and commandant role at Blees Military Academy in Macon Missouri. His resignation, tendered and accepted by the regents, cites higher salary and better facilities as key factors.
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