Local notes on travel business and social events in Muscatine
Local brief cites residents and visitors. travels by train to Washington Nichols Bayfield and Kansas City. attendance at a song recital by Nellie Robertson and Charles Grade. business changes include resignations and new ventures. town social life includes civic meetings and show windows for photographs.
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West Liberty
Nellie Robertson
Chas. Grade
W. E. Battey
Ida Battey
Robertson
G. W. Porter
Othmer
F. M. Witter
Old Burlington Cedar Rapids and Minnesota Railway Story
J C Brooksmith Cedar Rapids auditor recalls the 1870s financing of the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Minnesota line now part of the Rock Island System. He details high interest charges, Henry Clews & Co. securities, second mortgage bonds, and a long legal showdown with Clews resulting in a favorable U S Supreme Court settlement for the railway.
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Rock Island System
Muscatine Western
J. C. Brooksmith
Cedar Rapids
Burlington C
Cedar Rapids and
Minnesota
Iowa
Thomas H. Benton, Jr
H. B. Stibbs
Union Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids National Bank
William Greene
Green
Henry Clews & Co
New York
Judge Green
Mr. Greene
Greene
Clews
Crosby
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Minnesota ,Railway Company
Clews & Co
Muscatine & Western Construction Company
Farmers’ Loan & Trust Company of
Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company
Pacific Division
W. H. Clark
House of Clews & Co
Judge Tracy
Tracey
Burlington
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
John S. Blair
Grant
Davenport
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington
The Perpetual War Inside the Body
An advertisement frames health as a daily battle between illness and wellness. Scott's Emulsion is pitched as superior nourishment to win that fight, urging readers to sample the product free and request via Scott & Bowne at 4og Pearl Street New York.
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Scott
Scott & Bowne
Pearl Stree
New York
Faction fight marks Iowa M W A convention in Des Moines
The Modern Woodmen of America state convention in Des Moines sees leadership challenges from Jerry Green and A W Maxwell against Col E G Saunders and J D Denison. Debate centers on insurance readjustment with plans to raise costs. Saunders claims most delegates back his direction. Iowa's 75,000 Woodmen, 51 delegates, prepare to vote. several incumbents seek re election.
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Woodmen of America
Des Moines
Muscatine Camp No. 106
Jerry S. Green
Davenport
A. W. Maxwell
Seymour
Clarion
Jerry Green
Col. E. Saunders
Iowa
Col
F. G. Saunders
Modern Woodmen Meeting Moves Readjustment Debate
State convention outlook at Bloomington shows optimism for victory among Woodmen friends as Indiana delegates meet in Marion to oppose rate readjustment and back J G Johnson for head counsel. Kansas delegates at Emporia also oppose readjustment and back Johnson as head counsel. Wallack Theater at Grand offers fair audience with East Lynne to follow and a pig giveaway with a catch on stage.
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Indiana
Marion
J. G. Johnson
Kansas
Northcott
Ilinois
Emporia
Kan
Wallack Theater Company
Grand
Grand Opera House
East Lynne
Special Colonist Rates From Iowa Central Railway
On the first and third Tuesdays of each month through September 1903 the Iowa Central will sell colonist tickets to Arkansas Missouri Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska South Dakota Colorado Texas Louisiana New Mexico and more at very low rates. Call local agents or contact A. B. Cutts G P and T A Minneapolis for rates and information Read the Journal. 1% a week.
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Iowa Central Railway
Arkansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Colorado
Texas
Louisiana
New Mexico
A. B. Cutts
Minneapolis
Minn
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Thomas
Hopkins
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Washington, D. C
Orrine
Orrine CO
Havercamp’'s Prescription Drug Store
Muscatine, la
Ww. A. Battey, SR
West Second Street
LOCAL
E. L. Graham’s
E. 2d St
Chas. Gobble
Mr. Weyerhauser
Rock Island
Clymer A. Coldren
A. J. Hurlbut
East Eighth Street
Nichols
Geo. Fisch
East Second Street
Fruitland
C. A. Frack
Bayfield
Iowa Telephone Company
Alexander Clark
Oskaloosa
Mabel White
E. M. Warner
Kansas City
St. Louis
Chicago
J. L. Hubbard
White River
J. B. McCartney
Wilton
E. B. Fulham
Robert Kirk
George O'Brian
Mulberry Street
Iowa City
Front
Oak Street
Enquire Geo. le Corne
William Musser
Joseph Fuller
Orvis J. Pringle
Wm. Gardner
Miriam Rebekah Lodge
Alhe
The
Maccabees
T. W. Mathews
Perry
Dallas Adams
H. D. Herr
Ames
City
James Martin
Hannibal, Mo
Hetty G. Jacoby
Great Western Cereal Company
D. S. McDermid
Huttig Manufacturing Company
H. B. Davidson
Wapello
P. M. Detwiler
East Eighth Sffeet
State Federation of Womans’ Clubs
A. W. Hine
Harry Horst
Mt. Carrol
First Baptist Church
Judson Kempton
Kempton
Frank Stewart
Messrs
Fred
Frank Giesler
Muscatine
Townsend
ONCE
Muscatine and Western
Part
Sys
New York Bankers
the Securities
Dar Rapids and Minnesota
Lowell
Mae
M. W. A. Fight
Robins
Charles F. Hires Co
Malvern
Booxleton Health
Sterling Remedy Company
Leago
Journal
Pearl City
Joe T. Cosgrove
Thompson Brothers
Muscatine Lumber & Box Co
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