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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1908
Page
9
The Muscatine city council adopts multiple sidewalk repair resolutions for properties on Hampe Bros, James Briar, and Thos Brooks addresses. It also advertises sewerage improvement bids with bid deadline set for July 16 1908 and a $500 bid bond requirement.
The Muscatine City Council resolves to approve a combined storm water and sanitary sewer in Sub-sewerage District No. 16, Main Sewerage District No. 1, Muscatine Iowa. The project includes multiple street sewers, seven man holes and nine receiving basins with schedules and bonds to be issued upon completion. Work must begin by July 1 1908 and finish by September 1 1908 with costs apportioned to abutting properties up to 70 percent of cost and the remainder funded by city cash.
City resolution requires permanent five foot concrete sidewalks on both sides of Sixth Street from Sycamore to Walnut and on both sides of Seventh Street from Sycamore to Mulberry. Owners must build within 30 days with walks extended to curbs at intersections. Levee clearance and various street work orders follow, including crossings and fills. City Attorney report noted and city attorney elected by informal then formal ballot, Mr Horan elected.
The Muscatine Iowa City Board of Health met June 16 1908 for its regular session with Aldermen Leu Hess and Ryan and officials Ful ler and Fuller present. Reports showed May contagion cases smallpox with two quarantines and no deaths. meat and dairy inspections approved. milk license applicants listed. pest house construction bid by J H Selden chosen brick method with August 17 completion. various pest house expenses approved and bills certified to the County Supervisors. meeting adjourned.
Itching skin diseases are readily cured by Zemo a liquid for external use. Zemo provides instant relief and permanently cures any form of itching skin or scalp disease. All druggists. Write for sample. E W Rose Med Co St Louis Mo For sale by A W Morgan 107 West Second street
Dr W M Long announces a partnership with Dr H A Knott to create the Long and Knott dental office. Knott is a graduate of the Iowa State University dental department.
The First National Bank lists S. G. Stein as president D. V. Jackson as vice president and S. M. Hughes as cashier with capital of 50 000 and surplus of 50 000. Directors include G. Stein Jackson Reuling Bliven Carskaddan F P Sawyer and Hughes. Safety deposit vault boxes for rent offered.
The notice lists Going East trains Davenport Chicago No.12 at 3 43am and No.50 at 11 28am. Local Passenger No.62 at 5 37am and No.61 at 3 19pm. Freight No.88 2 50pm. Mail and Express No.2 8 30pm. Going Southwest includes California Special No.3 and Washington Oskaloosa No.49 at 4 35pm. Local Freight No.80 9 30am and Mail and Express No.1 8 08am. Passenger No.402 arrives Freight arrives 7 10pm 4:00pm. Going West Passenger No.401 leaves Freight leaves. All trains daily except Sunday. W S Underdonk Agent.
The fragment lists several train services with numbers and times for passenger and freight operations. No dates or locations are provided, but it records No. 12 passenger, No. 8 passenger, No. 92 freight carries passengers at 8:00 pm, No. 3 passenger at 5:50 pm, No. 5 passenger at 11:44 pm, and No. 91 freight carries passengers at 7:58 am.
A jagged list of train and bus times from Muscatine and Wilton appears. Entries show daily schedules, daily with no stop notes, weekend exceptions, and several numbered lines like No. 504 6:25am and No. 501 12:35 pm, with unclear context and several garbled words.
North and South trains schedule for Muscatine to Elrick Junction with listed stations and times. Details cover Nos 4 2 6 and 5 1 3 connections, daily and Monday/Saturday variations, and connections with C R I P and Iowa Central lines.
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