City Council Adopts Plans for Champion Hose House
An adjourned Muscatine session approves plans for a new Champion hose house and orders bids opened July 31. The Fourth Street grade ordinance passes final reading and a Brook Street grading bond for Fuller Bros. is accepted. Franchises for a long distance telephone company are discussed for potential action soon.
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Fourth Street
Fuller Bros
Brook Street
Iowa City
Davenport
Rock Island
Burlington
Keokuk
Mayor McNutt
Diercks
Engel
Riggs
Seiler
Spaethe
Bartmeier
Schen
Ald. Duffield
Henry W. Zeidler
Ald. Riggs
Ald. Engel
Ald. Schenck
Pine Street
Locust Street
Third Street
Ald
Schenck
Ays—aAlds
Sy@ler
Bartemeier
Neys
Duffield
Elizabeth Fuller
Muscatine
Iowa
City of Muscatine
City Council Acts on Franchises and Building Plans
City council members appointed a committee to study long distance telephone company franchises including provisions from Keokuk Burlington Iowa City Davenport and Rock Island. The fire committee reported changes to the Champion hose house and bids were asked for by July 31 1902. Ald Spaethe urged removal of a Broadway rubbish pile following a letter from J H St John while adjournment was moved and carried.
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Elizabeth Fuller
Fuller Bros
Engel
Freeman Heirs
Seiler
10Th Street
Spaethe
Riggs
Messrs. Freeman and
Fuller
Alds
Bartemeier
Schenck
Ald
Diercks
Ald. Engel
Ald. Spaethe
Broadway
Muscatine
Wm. Freers
Robins
Journal
John Pfeiffer
Missouri
Third Avenue
Twenty-first Street
Rock Island
St. Anthony's Hospital
City
Pfeiffer
Chestnut Street
Johnson
Bride Takes Deadly Acid in Tragic Self-Destruction
A young man and his bride are linked to a fatal incident as the bride allegedly took deadly acid, leading to a death by self-inflicted action. The case centers on a tragic marriage and a fatal act tied to a hazardous substance.
Despondent Marshalltown Girl Takes Carbolic Acid
The finish line nears as the race unfolds with an exciting finish. A quarrel with her husband followed by ingesting carbolic acid is reported as the sequence of events in this Marshalltown case.
Young Men's Christian Association seeks bids for new building lot
The YMCA site committee invites sealed proposals for a lot for a new building. Bids must state location dimensions and price and be received by 6 p.m. Monday June 30 1902 to C F Nevins general secretary. The committee may reject all bids.
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Young Men's Christian Association
C. F. Nevins
Committee
Miss Bertha Gerrard Departs for Lone Tree on Western
Miss Bertha Gerrard who has been attending normal in this city left this morning on the Western bound for her Lone Tree home.
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Bertha Gerrard
Lone Tree
Whooping Cough Remedy Praised by Editor
H J Strickfaden editor of World Herald credits Chamberlains Cough Remedy with saving his son from serious illness during a whooping cough outbreak and preventing croup. The note encourages purchase from all druggists in Fair Haven Washington.
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Chamberlain
H. J. Strickfaden
World-Herald
Fair Haven
Wash
Prizes Displayed for July 4 Bicycle Races
Prizes to be awarded at the July 4 bicycle races are on exhibition in Schmidt & Sons' window. The trophies are handsome and valuable, and an entry list is expected to be large with exciting races ahead.
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Journal
Schmidt & Sons
Grape-Nuts Helped Seneca Falls Lawyer Recover Health
A New York lawyer credits Grape-Nuts for reversing serious health decline after early study in law. He says food changes cured stomach pains improved digestion cleared his head and boosted study performance. The testimonial notes a battle with lingering ailments and praises Postum Co. free recipe book with each package.
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Seneca Falls
New York
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Journal seeks long-time subscribers for 50th anniversary list
The Journal requests its oldest readers to submit names and years of subscription for a special July 17 edition commemorating John Mahin s fifty years as editor. Readers have sent many letters with praise and memories, and are invited to share anecdotes from early paper days.
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Journal
John Mahin
Muscatine Ordinance Sets Street Grade Elevations
City council of Muscatine adopts grades for Fourth Street from Pine to Locust and Locust from Third to Fourth Street. Elevations defined at Pine, Linn, Spruce, Locust, and key points including 381, 430, 412, 439.8, and 431.5 feet, with repeal of conflicting ordinances. Passed June 17, 1902. Attest.
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Fourth Street
Pine Street
Locust Street
Third Street
City of Muscatine
Pourth Street
Ust Street
M Pourth Street
Linn Street
Spruce Street
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River Bulletin
Dubuque
Thomas Carney
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Mildred Edgington
Monmouth
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Brooklyn
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Rose Stein
Peoria
Ill
William Edgington
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Chicago
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Niagara Falls
Ocean Hotel
Asbury Park
St. Paul
Quincy
G. & P. Stein Furniture Co
West Second Street
Muscatin
LBR. & Box CO
East Second Street
H. H. Arnold
Muscatine, Iowa
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Palo Alto
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First National Bank
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