Three People Arrested at Maquoketa for Vagrancy
Three undesirable colored people, two men and a woman, were arrested at Maquoketa on a charge of vagrancy and hustled out of town on the first train.
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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1903
Page
5
Three undesirable colored people, two men and a woman, were arrested at Maquoketa on a charge of vagrancy and hustled out of town on the first train.
The article highlights rapid interurban electric line expansion in Illinois Indiana and beyond. It notes Cherry Valley where 33 percent of residents rode daily and cites growing networks from Chicago to Beloit Elgin Rockford Madison and Terre Haute with substantial capital investment and favorable earnings compared with steam roads.
Farmers maintain steady delivery to main population centers, ensuring produce reaches markets with favorable rates. The message stresses ongoing transport capacity despite weather, highlighting reliability and pricing advantage for sellers and buyers alike.
Sioux City meeting May 11-13 may launch a drive to fund a state headquarters in Des Moines. Proposals include a 44 foot wide three story fireproof building with potential net earnings of about 2000 dollars annually to apply toward lodge costs and per capita tax relief.
Absolutely safe investments in sums of 190.00 and upward. First mortgage real estate loans not to exceed one half value of property. Interest and principal collected without charge. Call on or address G. M. Titus, 118 Iowa avenue.
The Muscatine county medical society will dine at 6 at the Commercial hotel then convene at Dr. F H Little’s West Second street office. Dr L W Littig, professor of clinical medicine at the Iowa State University, will be guest of honor and speak on a Cesarean section case report from his clinics. Several out of town physicians will attend.
Miss Emma Luchterhand and Edward Stein married Wednesday at 8 PM in the bride’s home at Eighth and Climer with Rev J Jans officiating. The German Evangelical church Young People's Society gave a rocking chair and a German Bible. The couple will reside in the city and begin housekeeping at Third and Green streets.
A class of thirteen has just graduated from the Sioux City School of Medicine, marking the completion of their medical training and readiness to begin professional practice.
A new elevator with a capacity of 37 000 bushels will be constructed at Wellsburg to handle grain storage and transport needs. The project signals expanded local agricultural infrastructure and supports farmers in the region.
W E Dodge of Lansing Iowa reports the clam and pearl industry expanding up the upper Mississippi. Camps, rents, and boats dot shorelines as thousands work the river for pearls with potential high returns, while button factories and merchants benefit from growing demand for large shells and jewelry components.
The girls at a high school formed a non school organization to learn rowing. Prof. O D Longstreth will instruct with help from young men. Membership is limited to twenty with a waiting list, and consent of parents is required. Only four people including instructors are allowed in a boat. Members include Gertrude Herr Jessie Kopp Anna Wilson Florence Miller and others.
George W. Keckler at 917 East Eighth Street quotes sold residences on Park Place Sherman Street and East Eighth Street with plots by Otto Link Bert Hershey and H Stark. He invites buyers to consult before purchasing any property. A revived but unverified rumor says a Chicago Burlington and Quincy line may extend from Des Moines to Sioux City.
The Matt Hunter case will be appealed again to the supreme court, signaling another round of legal arguments and potential rulings on the disputed issues. The appeal underscores ongoing scrutiny of prior court decisions and the broader implications for the involved parties.
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