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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1902
Page
6
Passenger train schedule shows daily departures at 8:15 a m except Sunday and a Montezuma arrival around 7 mn. Freight and passenger connections referenced with schedule codes. The fragment notes run times and a government route indicator with Agu.
The timetable lists multiple passenger trains Nos. 7 through 86 with departure and arrival times, noting routes between Chicago, Denver, Kansas City and St. Joseph, plus through trains to Kansas City and California. It indicates changes: Nos. 7 and 8 now run to Evans. Nos. 15 and 16 run daily except Sundays. Nos. 29 and 30 are through trains to Kansas City and California. Wilton Muscatine branch times are shown with daily departures and arrivals.
The Muscatine North and South By. Co. announces service changes effective April 90 1902 at noon. south bound trains Nos 3 and 1 stop at Muscatine Roundhouse Fruitland Grandview Wapello Elrick Junction with specific arrival times and north bound Nos 2 and 4 serve Elrick Junction Wapello Grandview Fruitland Roundhouse Muscatine. Connections detail transfers with B C R N Iowa Central and local stations. General Agent Charles Howard notes additional Saturday and Monday schedules and connections.
Iowa Central schedules show No. 3 St. Paul Express at 8 10 p m going north and No 6 Mason City Mail at 11 59 a m. Southbound services include No 6 Peoria Mail at 2 45 p m and No 4 Peoria Express at 5 36 a m. Way Freight No 16 runs 1 50 p m on Sundays, with coupon tickets to US Canada and Mexico. Geo G Batty Marshalltown and L Seevers Elrick Junction agents.
For Davenport and Burlington, steamer Helen iAir and W J Young Jr run on select days. In Davenport Helen iAir at 6:30 a.m. Monday Wednesday Friday and 7 p.m. for W J Young Jr. In Davenport Sunday 7 a.m. The Burlington lines have Helen Blair at 8:30 p.m. Monday Wednesday Friday and W J Young Jr at 2 p.m. Tuesday Thursday Saturday. For details contact W A Blair, manager or W G Brock, agent.
The Diamond Jo Line lists northbound and southbound departures from St Louis and Muscatine with Dubuque and Quincy steamers. Schedule shows multiple June to September sailing dates, embarkation times, and travel durations between Muscatine, St Louis, and St Paul with arrival and departure times.
Cotter June 27 Dicky Thomas is able to be out once more. Richard Richards grew better after a Sunday illness though other neighbors report mumps and possible typhoid or pneumonia. Carpenters finish at Enos Davis place. bank association plans new building on Henderson lot. local singing school draws a crowd. Wedding bells ring as news cues close.
Local column lists family gatherings anniversaries and visits in West Liberty and Columbus City Iowa. Entries include the 11th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs R B Allen Calhoun street, travel to Letts, weddings and house construction updates, deaths of Mrs Melissa Jean and Mrs Nancy Hall, plus community visits and minor accidents among residents and relatives from Iowa City Pasadena and Connecticut.
Report from River Junction Iowa on June 27 notes no new Gallaugher murder case developments beyond Iowa City officers surveying premises for C A Holida trial set for September. Local residents and visitors are mentioned, including hoarding and hog sales, insurance talk, and recollections of a suspected confession via Ira Foster’s remarks about his wife.
Kinross Iowa notes cover visits and travels. Al Leitsin ger spent days in Des Moines. Mrs James R Lockmridge and Mrs V A Bonsall visited kin in Kinross. Mrs Roy Martin and daughter Hazel visited North English friends. Mary Martin C A Bonsall and F E Kerr called on North English. Mrs Mart Long is able to walk again. Fred Martin of Keota visited Kinross. Miss Mary Wise visited Muscatine. Josie Bonsall spent a week with her sister in North English. Stephen Denton returned from Southern California trip.
Foster Illinois June 27. Commencement exercises were held at the Baptist church Tuesday night with graduates from Wrayville and Thornton schools. The program opened with a piano solo, invocations, orations, music, and speeches by Supt. Ferguson and Rev. Flanders.
The Foster Baptist church hosted graduates from Drury township rural schools on June 24 1902 with salutatorian Curtis D Foster and valedictorian Henry C Meyer delivering orations. Supt Ferguson Rev Kettelkamp and Rev Flanders presented diplomas as Miss Lillie Workman and Mr Brown guided teachers efforts. Local residents attended, and follow up events included sermons, visits, and social gatherings surrounding the class of 1902.
A dense price slate shows live stock, poultry, produce, and groceries. Hogs range 7.00 to 7.15 per hundredweight, calves 4.00 to 5.00, turkeys alive 8c and dressed 11c, apples 35 to 60c peck, cabbage 5 to 10c a head, flour per sack 1.00 to 1.20, sugar and coffee prices per pound or per 100 sacks, butter 20c, eggs 11 to 15c per dozen, lemons 20 to 25c per dozen, bananas 2.00 to 2.25 per bunch with 20 to 25c per dozen, oranges 15 to 40c, and assorted fruits, meats, and staples listed.
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