Local visitors and meetings highlighted in city news
Miss Lola Shellabarger and John Nicola with daughters visited the city. APNT meeting planned for tonight with large attendance desired. The Teichmiller Bros. buy shells in Newport and ship to Muscatine. Ed C Shoemaker returns home for a brief visit from Knoxville. Banner Lodge to meet with important business. Pearl sale and button cutters event noted with prizes. Charles Gardner seeks eye specialist in Iowa City after an accident. Margaret Harder marks 11th birthday with a donkey game and luncheon. Dr J H Myers plans pearl hunting using crowfeet devices. Mudcat Custer and Lyda Conn drunk and disturbing the peace. court hearing set.
Cedar Street Ahead In City School Contest
Cedar Street school leads the citywide school contest as votes cast today push them to the top. Pupils statewide join the friendly rivalry with a grand opera box for the winning teachers next Friday. The program features Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew by Charles B. Hanford at the Grand Opera House. An anonymous call sparked talk about whether the janitor should be included, and the Journal arranged two parquet seats for the winning janitor. Current standings: 1 Cedar Street, 2 Third Ward, 3 Musserville, 4 Fourth Ward, 5 First Ward, 6 High School, 7 West Hill, 8 East Hill.
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Grand Opera House
Charles B. Hanford
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Muscatine
Julius Caesar
Turner Opera House
Kemble
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Musserville School
Fourth Ward
First Ward
High School
West Hill School
East Hill School
Seiners Draw Criticism For Open Seine Fishing
The Sabula Gazette condemns outside fishermen for seine nets in lakes, sloughs and bayous, capturing hundreds of fish during spawning and harming future fry. Local fishermen face restrictions while يقول others exploit the season and violate the law.
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Sabula Gazette
Mississippi
Street fair under discussion by Muscatine Lodge members
Muscatine Lodge No. 304 B P O E debates holding a street fair this summer or fall. The idea drew favorable sentiment, but last week’s meeting was canceled due to bad weather. The issue will be revisited this evening.
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Muscatine Lodge No. 304
Local Briefs Reflect Visitors, Accidents, and Hard Times
Ernst Schmidt Jr of Chicago visited his parents on West Seventh. Charles Schroeder of Cohn clothing and Cham p ion Hook Foreman visits Cedar Rapids. Will Snyder, Davenport to Washington paper seller, visited his parents then left for Kansas City. A 12 year old boy was kicked by a pony in the city while visiting Illinois. P J Weggen lies in Hutchinson Kan in fragile condition after stomach operation. Brink and Harris case ends with 15 days jail for Harris. costs about $9. possible appeal.
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Ernst Schmidt, Jr
Chicago
Herman Schmidt
West Seventh Street
Will Snyder
Davenport
Washington
Kansas City
Koetting
Illinois
Brink
Dan Harris
Hudson
Special Meeting of Iowa Lodge No 2 in May
A. F. and A. M. announce a special meeting of Iowa lodge No 2 tomorrow evening May 13 for work in the third degree. All Master Masons in good standing are cordially invited.
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A. F
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Iowa Lodge No. 2
Lehigh Valley Rail Line Offers Through Service Chicago to New York
The Lehigh Valley Railroad runs superb vestibule trains between Chicago and New York or Philadelphia with no change required. Passengers may stop over at Niagara Falls.
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Lehigh Valley Railroad
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Niagara Falls
Literary Gossip and Reviews of New Books
The column highlights quirky poetry book Junk from C. M. Clark Publishing with humor about Peter Stuyvesant and Baby Bill, mentions Cecil Rhodes anecdotes, notes Henry C. Appleton’s Songs of the Soil and a second volume, Allin Winfield by George F. Walsh, and current histories by Hall Caine.
George H. Phillips and What He Has Done
A tribute to George H. Phillips known as the Corn King for lifting farmers from mortgage bondage. The article praises his market influence on corn prices, his personal integrity after suspension, and his continued resolve to return to public service in agriculture.
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George H. Phillips
Phillips
Edward G. Heeman
Publishers and author feud over injunction against Opie Read
A court injunction is sought to restrain Opie Read from destroying a new novel The Confessions of Marguerite after a contract dispute with Rand McNally. Read, hired in 1897 to write two novels yearly for six years with $40 weekly pay and 10 percent royalties, allegedly owed four novels and $6000 advanced by July 1901. Read reportedly had written four novels by that date and later entered into a supplemental contract.
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Opie Read
Opie
Read
Parker spars with politics in London club remarks
Mr Gilbert Parker author of The Right of Way spoke before the New Vagabond Club of London and suggested many literary figures turned to politics for reputation. He contrasted his own modesty with a sly note on authors who seek fame in public life. The piece also notes the death of Frank R Stockton, a genial novelist known for Rudder Grange and other humorous vacation stories.
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Gilbert Parker
New Vagabond Club
London
Parker
England
Chaucer
Lord Rosebery
Mr. Parker
Frank R. Stockton
Prospective Investors Advised On Lands Along Rail Line
Prospective investors and business people are urged to study lands along the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway. Round trip tickets at low rates will be available on the first and third Tuesdays of March April and May to numerous territories. Full rate and schedule details available from company representatives in Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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Alabama
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Canadian Northwest
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Have You Traveled the Black Diamond Express
An invitation to ride the Black Diamond Express between Buffalo New York and Philadelphia praising its comforts and the scenery along the route and encouraging travelers to experience it on their next eastbound trip.
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Buffalo
New York
Philadelphia
Journal offers Muscatine book to new and old subscribers
The Journal sells the H W Lewis Picturesque Muscatine volume at fifteen cents to new subscribers who agree to a three month paper run and to old subscribers who pay two months in advance. Remaining copies are limited and first come, first served with a possible special arrangement for multiple copies.
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Muscatine
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