Local residents bid for corn and business travels fill a busy day
Street corn sells for 50 cents a bushel as Iowa City attorney W H Bailey and many travelers from Letts Wilton Davenport and Columbus Junction visit Muscatine. Local repairs on East Sixth street and river excursions on the Firefly are noted along with community events and an upcoming Decoration Day program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Bailey
Iowa City
E. M. Warner
E. F. Richman
Court Square
Real Estate For Sale and Exchange Listings
Real estate for sale and exchange including eight near Mulberry Cal with multiple house and lot combinations on Eighth West Sixth Seventh Eighth Fourth Third streets. Various acreages on Newell Lucas Grove East Hill and Park Place with rooms from 4 to 9 and multiple barns. Lots citywide and other property available with full details by inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amondale
Cal
Muscatine City
Eighth Street
Mulberry
East Sixth Street
West Sixth Street
West Seventh Street
West Eighth Street
West Fourth Street
West Third Street
Newell Street
Wesecces
Lucas Grove Road
East Hill
Park Place
Monroe Street
New House
Oak Street
Woodlawn
Cedar Street
S. Coguns
Fifth Street
City
Visit to Coumiry Two Journal Men See Sweetland Township
The Journal editors Chas L Breckon and Horace H Herr tour Sweetland Center M E Church in Sweetland Township Iowa City notes hearty handshakes and a large yeomanry gathering. They describe a thriving community with busy schools and a dinner invitation after services, and report a serious accident to Benjamin Klepper on his brother’s farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. L. Breckon
Horace H. Herr
Journal
Sweetland Center
M. E
Wilton Township
Ira Derby
A Romig
Isaac Longstreth
Geo. Brogan
Benjamin Klepper
Sweetland Township
University Buildings at State University Described
A Louisa county resident describes Iowa City State University facilities as a credit to the state and city. The old capitol, built of stone in 1840, is a two story building 60 by 120 feet with the upper for a law college and the lower for administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tion
Haemopathic Medical
Sisters of Mercy
Iowa
Iowa City
State Capitol
Furnas
State University
Louisa County
Canning Asparagus Directions From A Household Writer
A long reader note provides home canning steps for asparagus with guidance on boiling times and jar preparation. The writer reports successful past canning, describes making wire frames to lift jars, and emphasizes cold water fill, rubber lids, and a steam-safe boiler setup.
How to Can Asparagus and Beans by Boiling Process
Instructions describe packing cross pieces, placing jars in a boiler with cold water, boiling for three hours, renewing water carefully, filling jars with boiling water, sealing tightly, waxing joints, and storing for summer use. Includes notes on beans and alternative methods with a wash boiler. Authored by Alice Walton Beatty of Muscatine Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine Journal
Wapello
Alice Walton Beatty
Muscatine Island
Profitableness of Godliness at Y M C A Meeting
W R Bailey led a Y M C A young men's meeting with a male quartet and orchestra. The sermon stressed leading a godly life, knowing God through Scripture and the Holy Spirit, and the value of personal work to save souls. A Bible class for young men was announced to include members and non members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Bailey
Sec
Mark
Joe Hanley
Bailey
Davenport Sugar Refining Plant Stays Busy
The Davenport plant of Glucose Sugar Refining Company runs at full force with 400 workers and grinds 10,000 bushels of corn daily. The Mar shalltown and Peoria plants have reduced staff, but Davenport sees no orders to close or cut back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Davenport Democrat
Marshalltown
Glucose Sugar Refining Company
Peoria
Concert for Col Colored M E church postponed
The Col Colored M E church of Muscatine will postpone its Pleasant Prairie concert to a future date. William Grossklaus wins a $4000 abutment contract on the Fifteenth street government bridge from the island to Moline. William Arey of Davenport, city directory compiler, arrived to work on the publication. Jerrie L. Plum of the Iowa State Press visited the Journal office and praised the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colored M. E. Church of Muscatine
Pleasant Prairie
William Grossklaus
Moline
Fifteenth Street
William Arey
Davenport
Journal
New City Directory
City
Jerrie L. Plum
Iowa State Press
Iowa
Plum
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Refund
State of Ohio Toledo company chief swears to pay one hundred dollars for every catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Testimony dated December 6 before Notary A. W. Gleason. Cure taken internally and marketed by Druggists with testimonials offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Fim
Hall
J. Cheney
A. W. Gleason
Movement to Close Gam bling Dens in Council Bluffs
A campaign begins in Council Bluffs to shutter all gambling dens. The Lutheran seminaries report 938 theological students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Lutheran Seminaries
Volunteers of America Meeting in Musserville Discusses Temperance
An officers led meeting at Musserville M E church featured Captain Thayer from Freeport and Captain Parry from Muscatine sharing temperance insights and work plans. Mrs Captain Parry led testimony, and Mrs Captain Thayer offered reflections on Ezekiel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volunteers of America
Musserville
M. E
Thayer
Freeport
Captain Parry
Muscatine
Parry
Relief Hose Company
Evening Journal
Tier
Relief Hose
Oregon Street
Teichmiller
John Butler
Grae Appel
Las Vegas
New Mexico
C. H. Montgomery
Blue Grass
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Flers
Swan
Joe Kranz
J. E Kranz
C. H. Armstron . A
West Front Street
H. M. Bartlett
Horan & Devitt
P. O
O. Eliason
Letts
F. H. Little
Blanchard
Wilton
A. McKee
West Liberty
James Weed
Miss Burdett Parry
Miss Mable Bitter
E. Jelly
Atalissa
John Eade
John A. Jelly
S. Humphreys
Lake Township
P. F. Merkley
Nick Bast
The
Southwest
Martha Crow
Fred. Switzer
Louis Witter
J. J. Felger
Dr. Hoyt
Trinity Parish
J. R. Cunningham
Appleton, Wis
Mrs
Mart. Bartlett
J. L. Plum
Mrs. Plum
Stella Pollard
Emma Wilcox
Anna Mulhern
Columbus Junction
John Barry
St. Ambrose College
J. A. Nelson
Muscatine North & South
Chicago
Miss McKenna
Mrs. Graff
Spirit Lake
Mrs. Wilmering
H. Wiese
Moscow
Electric Railway Company
Charles Hanley
Brannan
Clinton
A. L. Vorheese
Susie Hess
Iowa Falls
Mame
Grace Vorheese
William Worst
A. C. Strong
Here
Montezuma
Golf Club
Miss Rose Block
Tipton
W. H. Hoffman
Father Laurent
Miss Laurent
J. T. Johnson
Dubuque
St. Louis
H. A. Nelson
Bessie Nicolaus
George Harris
Nate Hoefflin
Lee Wallace Dean
H. M. Dean
Second Street
Seth Humphrey
Mr. Humphrey
U. B. Church
Mary Barnes
Des Moines
Assembly
Jas. Q. Beatty
Fruitland
Beatty
Port Louisa Township
Dewey
G. F. Kern
Muscatine County
F. M. Wall
J. J. Wall
Klondyke
Seattle
Trty, Ved
Coumiry
Land Township
Jamin Klepper
Evi
A. R. Bremer CO
J. J. Havercamp
McBride & Cope
Lear
Parsons College Fairfield
State of Iowa
John Holtz
W. Eeells
Loewa
District Court
George D. Magoun
District Court of
Said
Ascatine
J.R. Hanley
J. W. Bests
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