No Strike Probable In Muscatine Lumber Mills
Rumor of a strike by about 500 workers at Musser and Kaiser mills prompted a newsroom check. No evidence of a strike exists. a petition for a ten hour day may be prepared as a request, not a demand, with workers reportedly satisfied and no union involvement. Logs are plentiful and the season looks good.
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Muscatine
Musser Lumber Company
South Muscatine Lumber Company
Musser
Kaiser
J. H. Kaiser
Davenport and Suburban railroad eye Muscatine route
Engineer Bradford of the Davenport and Suburban railroad says stockholders have been negotiating right of way this week with little opposition. Condemnation may be needed in some cases while Davenport offices prepare estimates and material orders. Steel shortages may delay construction due to high demand from railways and interurban lines.
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Engineer Bradford
Davenport and Suburban Railroad
Muscatine
Bradford
Davenport
Pink Lemonade and Peanuts Show Captivates Muscatine Crowd
Sells & Downs present a summer exhibition featuring Prof. Berris and sixty five horses, the Cycle Whirl with bicyclists, and Miss Edna the equestrienne. The show promises thrills with a world class act billed as the best on earth. The event heads to Muscatine on Thursday July 3.
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Sells & Downs
Berris
Madison Square Garden
Edna
Equestrain
Muscatine
Fine Farm for Sale in Iowa at Eighty Per Acre
165 acres of black soil lies level two miles from a station and two miles from another near Muscatine Iowa. Improvments worth 4000 dollars enhance the property. Bargain price set at 80 dollars per acre. Signed Fred S Pentzers.
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Iowa
Good Station
Muscatine
Fred
Pentzers
Cullom's Daughter in Critical Condition After Surgery
Washington June 21. Senator Cul lom's daughter Mrs Ridgely wife of the comptroller of the currency lies in a precarious condition at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore all family members have been summoned to her bedside.
Longest day yet brings unusual June cold snap
The Friday long day and the coldest June night in years saw temperatures drop to 45 degrees Fahrenheit, about 13 degrees above freezing. Sunrise was at 4 15 and sunset at 7 28, totaling 15 hours and 13 minutes. Weather promises warmer nights tonight and Sunday with days turning warmer as nights lengthen. A Journal office reader notes the temperature drop was unprecedented for this season this far north, dating back to July 8, 1901.
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Journal
Chicago to New York: Morning in Chicago, Breakfast in New York
The Pennsylvania Special offers businessmen a full morning in Chicago and travel to New York within 20 hours. It stops in Pittsburg at 10:20 p.m. and Philadelphia at 6:56 a.m., reaching Twenty-third Street station in New York by 9 a.m. Full fare details are available from H. R. Dering, A. G. P. Agt., 248 South Clark St., Chicago.
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Pennsylvania
Chicago
New York
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Twenty-third Street
H. R. Dering
A. G. P. Agt
South Clark St
Geneva News: Local Doings in Geneva Iowa
Geneva Iowa scene reports include Mrs Fred Stortz fruit hunting, Cal Stiles nursing a badly sprained foot, a boy hindered by crutches and liniment, a school picnic closing term, Herman Rick and August Berg buying horses at a broncho sale and teaching them work, Jennie Haney visiting, and August Berg injuring his shoulder while moving a wagon bed.
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Geneva
Fred Stortz
Cal. Stiles
Herman Rick
August Berg
Mark Twain
Jennie Haney
FINE CROP PROSPECTS FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY CORN
Washington County farmers report excellent crop prospects for corn as rains ease and cultivation continues. Nearly all upland fields have been plowed once and many twice with some at a third pass. Good ground color and strong oats growth noted, though rust appears on some fields.
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Washington County
Washington
Iowa
Goats Proliferate Across Iowa in Abstracter Assessments
Des Moines reports show rapid growth in goat numbers across multiple counties. Lucas leads with 602 head, Ringgold 479, Wapello 453, used to clear brush in rougher districts, with totals expected to rise from last year.
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Des Moines
Wapello
Ringgold
Harrison
Montgomey
Union
Lucas
Marion, Lee
Cass
Greene
Monona
Iowa
Great N E A Meeting Tickets At Reduced Rates
The Iowa Central railway offers greatly reduced tickets for the Great National Education Association meeting in Minneapolis from July 7 to 11. Tickets on sale July 5 6 and 7 good to return until September 1. Call local ticket agents for details.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Iowa Central Railway
Button Workers’ Union Sets Special Meeting Date
A special meeting of the Button Workers Union is announced for Tuesday night June 24 at Lange's Hall. All girls employed in any department of the button industry are invited to attend.
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Button Workers’ Union
Lange’s Hall
Button Industry
Harrington Reports Bright Oklahoma Crop Outlook
M. O. Harrington returned from Enid Oklahoma with news of a fine farm near Luella. He owns 200 acres of wheat 70 acres of oats and 40 acres of corn plus flourishing vegetables and fruit. He notes a railroad project from Enid to Galveston may pass by his land and found a copy of the Muscatine Journal in a Luella post office.
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M. O. Harrington
Enid
Oklahoma
Howard
Harrington
Lowa
Mr. Harrington
Luella
Muscatine Journal
Grain and Livestock Price Summary
Grain markets show corn at 63 to 66 cents a bushel oats 40 to 42 oats meal 43 cents wheat 65 to 70 rye 55 barley 55 hay 14 to 18 dollars per ton or bale 6 to 8 dollars for bottom hay and 17 to 18 dollars for baled hay potatoes old 70 to 75 cents per bushel new 90 to 95 cents eggs fresh 13 cents butter 16 to 20 cents creamery 20 cents lard 12 and a half cents hogs 6.60 to 6.75 cattle butcher stock 3.50 to 4.00 calves 4 to 5 sheep 3.50 to 4 lamb 3 ½ cents per pound turkeys alive 8 cents dressed 11 cents old chickens dressed 12 cents alive 7 cents apples 35 to 60 cents peck onions 50 to 60 cents per peck turnips 20 cents per peck cabbage 5 to 10 cents per head.
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Illinois
Graham
Rio
PERFEC Tooth Powder and Grocery Prices Listed
A pricing list shows PERFEC Tooth Powder and assorted groceries. Items include flour by sack, corn meal, sugar, coffee, butter, eggs, meat, fruit, vegetables, fish, and fuel with varied per unit costs and sack or per dozen terms. Prices cover flour, sugar, coffee, butter, eggs, turkeys, chickens, lard, bacon, ham, cheese, vegetables, fruit, fish, and coal or wood fuels.
Bank Statement of Muscatine Iowa Depository
The filing shows Cook Musser Co State Bank Trust Co of Muscatine Iowa stating assets and liabilities as of June 8 with details on cash holdings bills bonds and debts, lists of banks and deposits, real estate value and total liabilities. Signed by P M Musser president and E C Cook vice president before Notary H C Madden on June 21 19.
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Cook, Musser & Co. State Bank & Trust Co
Iowa
Muscatine
Imp
N. B
New York
Hanover
Nat
N. Y
Chicago
Kansas City
Third Nat'l Be
St. Louisiona
Atene Bak
Des Moines
First National Bank
Burlington
Johnson Vo. Savings Bk
Iowa City
Lousa Co. National B’nk
Columbus
Cedar Rapids
National Bank
Mount Sight
Crata Af Paoueni
P. M. Musser
Ed. C. Cook
H. C. Madden
GA Funck
Davenport Carnival Excursion Tickets On One Round Trip
On Thursday June 26 excursion tickets to Davenport go on sale at one fare for round trip limited to return by Friday June 27. Agent M Gould announces this Ells day Davenport Carnival Co. Elk’s Day event.
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Davenport
M. Gould
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