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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1902
Page
7
Prof Paudhet gave evening instructions in music to the Wilton band after a trip to Wilton yesterday afternoon. Bert Townsley returns home from a business trip and will spend a few days in the city with his family.
Kemble's real estate bargains at 116 Iawa avenue appear alongside ads for Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil and Dr. Pentzer eyesight service. Notices mention travel by Wilton train to Cedar Rapids, a visit to Denver for Miss Mary Gorey, and routine services from Luellen Bros. at 222 East Second Street. Local insurance, legal notices, and medical cures are advertised with brief endorsements.
Information on Mississippi Box Co purchase of the Hershey saw mill plant surfaces amid talks the firm would become sole owner if terms are fair. The piece details rail access limits, competition, and lumber piling space as key factors, and notes broader personnel events and wedding festivities at Muscatine area firms.
A Missouri cattleman credits rural free delivery and daily market reports for saving him 2500 dollars by delaying cattle shipments during a market slump. He and other farmers praise the service for timely quotations that influence decisions.
Since 1820 five million Germans have immigrated to the United States, bringing thrift, economy, and industry. They have contributed greatly to national development and supplied many patriots and efficient soldiers in wartime.
Colorado farming reports show about 3.9 million acres under irrigation by farmers. The figure reflects widespread adoption of irrigation methods across the state’s agricultural regions.
Miss Myrtle Duffield stayed at the Wunderlich home while Katie Welsch helped Mrs. A. Cole clean for a week. Otto Bohnsock bought steers. J Welsch bought pressed hay in Durant. Lydia Kretschmer aided Mrs. Metz with chores as she is ill. George Gerhart visiting At lantic. Wm Hartman built a woven wire fence around his orchard.]]
Lowest rates to eastern points via nickel plate road and eastern connections. Three daily trains at Ft Wayne Findlay Cleveland Erie Buffalo New York and Boston. Standard equipment and dining cars with an American club plan meals 35c to $1.00. For particulars contact John Y Calahan General Agent 111 Adams street Chicago Depot Fifth avenue and Harrison street.
The ad proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. It states the medicine is taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces and offers one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills.
Extensive treatments will soon be applied on the Santa Fe to assess the value of various tied compositions for roadbed use. Several roads supply ties treated by different processes and woods, placed in extreme climate locations. A small preservative tank joins the creosoting unit for testing under Prof. Herman von Schrenk’s supervision from the Shar school of botany.
About 600000 people in Italy are engaged in silk worm rearing, reflecting a notable agricultural craft sector. The figure highlights the scale of sericulture and its role in rural economies.
Public notice states literature can be forwarded by route to San Francisco Portland and Itacuma. Requests for literature should be applied to A. Suarez General Agent Pass Department 2 Clair Street Chicago at railway agents.
Sealed bids by John Dankert of Muscatine Iowa are due by 12 noon May 6 for grading property fronting Roscoe Avenue north of Hershey Addition. Work moves 13640 cubic yards, start by May 2 1992 finish by Aug 20 1902. Plans at Fuller Street office. bid bond $500. bids may be rejected.
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