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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1902
Page
5
A Muscatine button industry source credits the Muscatine North and South railroad for lowering freight rates on shells from Arkansas, enabling factories to stay open. The Rock Island line had proposed $8 per ton freight, risking closures, but the reduction kept production alive with the road's agents cited as essential.
Agents of the Muscatine North and South railroad arranged a road rate of four dollars a ton for shells from the White river district to Muscatine via a chain of lines. The rate boosted local employment and aided the button factory sector by reducing raw material freight costs. Rock Island later matched four dollars, stabilizing shipping costs for the Muscatine area.
The May regular session will cover a South End school building on Hershey avenue or nearby, with bond funds of 25000 dollars to be allocated. East Hill site changes and potential facility enlargements are also on the agenda, along with teacher elections and various bills and general business.
Columbus Junction moves to build a brick opera house after Henry Wagner bought Oak and Second street lots. John Benson sells interest to Mr Morris and son who will run the Arcade store as Morris joins. Superintendent Simpson resigns to enter Harvard College after elevating local schools. S. B. Paxton conducts surgical work at West Branch as delegates head to Wapello for the county congressional convention.
Levi Gallanar born January 20 1845 in Monroe County Ohio died at Marshalltown April 22 1902 age 57. He lived in Villisca over thirty years married Irene M Schriver October 12 1881 had two children Vesta and Harry. He served in Civil War 35 Iowa Infantry and was a member of Villisca fire company Modern Woodmen Camp. Family and brethren attended the funeral at the M E church with Rev Dudley officiating. The orphan children will live with an aunt in Council Bluffs.
Wilton Ia May 2 The churches unite for a single service at the Presbyterian church to hear Miss Johanna L Gramatire a returned missionary native of Davenport educated in Monticello who served in Mardin Turkey about seven years till a furlough in 1901 She discusses Syrian life languages and customs and notes hardships and persecutions that bless Christian faith in the region Harriet Curtis visits Muscatine John Levech travels to Elkhart Ind for business and family while the temperance meeting and school board music instructor selection take place. Public school teachers plan to attend a Muscatine teachers meeting Saturday.
May 2 report notes several travel and visit items with names and places including Rev Drew West Liberty, G F Kern Muscatine, Mrs Tom McCoy Ainsworth, W E Brown Washington, Rev Adams, Miss Grace Parsons Cedar Rapids, Miss Nettie Blair millinery apprentice, Mayflower social at G D Thomas Presbyterian church, Amy Richards Cotter, J W Lee Mediapolis, Stella Platter Muscatine, and Adah Sees the new hello girl. The Journal, 10 cents a week.
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