City Council Serves Notice To Great Western Cereal Company
City council orders Great Western Cereal company to run its mill or lose street privileges and warehouse rights on Front Street. Alderman Kneese leads unanimous vote demanding the contract terms be met within a set time to prevent forfeiture of the franchise and warehouse site. The mill had been closed for months, raising questions about its future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Western Cereal Company
Front Street
Clay Kneese
Oat Meal Company
West Front Street
Pearl City Lodge Rules and Legion Honor Notices
K L CG Pearl City Lodge 45 holds meetings first and third Thursdays at Fish Hall East Second Street with W Richards and Louise Mailsenbach as officers. Iowa Legion of Honor reorganized May 22 1901. Argus Lodge 17 meets second and fourth Tuesdays in Shammo hall led by Dr C E Crow.
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Muscatine Castle
Fisch's Hall
Fast Second Street
C. J. Hackett
Elma Scott
Shelby Norman
Bankers Reserve
Fisch’s
Itn
Wm. Appel
B. H. Arnold
Sue Browning
Ladies OF the Maccabees
Muscatine Hive
No. 13
Maccabee Hall
Asthalter Building
Gertrude Hine
Waivie Niebling
F. Muscatine Lodge
Miriam Lodge
D. of H
O’clark
Prairie Encampment
Pearl City Lodge No
Fish Hall
East Second Street
Iowa Legion OF Honor
Argus Lodge No. 17
Shammo Hal
C. E. Crow
Lakes Phenomenon Low Okoboji and High Spirit Lake
A queer lake phenomenon shows Lake Okoboji at its lowest level while Spirit Lake rises a foot. No cause is known. Readers are urged to place a want ad in the Journal tomorrow.
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Okoboji
Spirit Lake
Spring Catarrh Prompts Hyomei Cure Claim
Changeable spring weather boosts catarrh cases and Hyomei is promoted as a guaranteed home remedy. The ad touts inhaler delivery, immediate relief, and lasting cures with a $1 outfit and 50 cent refills, backed by a satisfaction guarantee from J. J. Havercamp.
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Egypt
Colorado
Australia
J. J. Havercamp
Hyomei
City Council Grants Factory Tax Abatement in Muscatine
The Muscatine council voted to exempt taxes for new factories recommended by the Commercial club if they employ at least 20 workers, aiming to attract industry. The seven year abatement was approved after debate and with club endorsement, plus park pavilion requests and other city business.
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Commercial Club
Retail Merchants ‘Association
William Downer
Downer
Muscatine
Bartemeier
Clay Kneese
Weed Park Club
Weed Park
Muscatine Floral and Park Association
James Weed
Best Medicine He Ever Used for Stomach Liver and Kidneys
A Springfield Illinois customer letter praises Seven Barks as the best remedy for stomach, liver, and kidneys and a tonic for run down individuals. The ad notes a 50 cent full size bottle, a no cure no pay policy, and positions Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store as the special agent.
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Alex. J. Walker
Springfield
Seven Barks
Havercamp’s
Restaurant Men Seek Abolition of Free Lunches in Muscatine
A petition from all but one local restaurant man asks the Muscatine city council to forbid free lunches at saloons. The council tabled the measure, leaving lunches to private agreement and not to city action. The petition cites Davenport and Muscatine as the only Iowa cities with free lunches.
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Muscatine
Davenport
The Girl and the Bee
A city girl visits a farm and muses on baldness comparing it to a blight. The ad explains Newbro's Herpicide as an exterminator that kills the cause of hair loss, not a tonic. Sample provided for 10 cents, with Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store as a local agent.
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Herpicide Co
Detroit
Mich
Havercamp’s
Hay
Harpfiva
Philo Bay
Philo Halaities
N. J Express
New 18 month volume of The Frank Stories by Orville Elder
The Allison Book Co. in Chicago released an 18 month cloth volume featuring nine short tales by Orville Elder editor of the Washington Journal. The stories blend spicy human interest with a humorous vignette about a young man’s infatuation and a vivacious girl from New London.
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Allison Book Co
Dearborn Street
Chicago
Orville Elder
Washington
New London
Cemetery Fund and Municipal Payroll Deductions Listed
Fragmented text shows entries for Sexton payroll and various fund disbursements from Jackson El Supply Co, Mira Hershey, City Lumber Yard, Muscatine Lumber, Cleveland Vapor Light Co, and others. Amounts include several small deductions for lights and services totaling around $268.23 to $779.79. The note ends with a promotional line urging the want ad cure.
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Jackson el. Supply Co
Sexton
McQuesten & Sawyer Co
Peel Kgb
Oodanak Lowa Telephone Co
J. A. Bartemeier
Henry F. Kemper
Sewer Func Niver Iron Works
James Cotter
Corry & Vernentin Co
W. D. Goldsberry
John H. Hoffman
Mira Hershey
Lamb City
Muscatine Lumber & Bo. Gas and el. Light Fund
Citisens’ Ry. & Lt. Co
Cleveland Vapor Light Co
Skee Ee
Public Fund Ledger Items And Pay Roll Totals
The record lists city and county payroll payments including City engineer and Police pay rolls totaling 535.00 dollars. Entries show supplier payments to Jackson Electric Supply Co and others, with several names and firms noted in the Muscatine county area.
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Bayes
Ccteas Cus
Jackson Elec. Supply Co
Miscellaneous Funds Fire Fund Note
Fragmentary OCR notes list funds labeled Fire Fund and two telephone companies Iowa Telephone Co and Mississippi Telephone Co with amounts 3.25 6. 1.7 1.00 and names Thompson Bros Henry Pressler.
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Iowa Telephone Co
Mississippi Telephone Co
Thompson Bros Henry
Pressler Oes
Three Fine Stallions Open for Mares at Letts Iowa in 1905
Bataclan Brabancon and Beaumont stand at W. W. Wagener's premises one half mile south and west of Letts Iowa. Stud fees are 20 15 and 10 dollars to insure a living colt. Each season offers 50 dollars in prizes for top colts. Pasture and inspection welcome for prospective buyers.
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Bataclan
Brabancon
Beaumont
Will
W. W. Wagener
Letts
Iowa
Singmaster & Sons
Henry Lefebvre
Belgium
Ainsworth Area News Briefs From May Events
Leona Colthurst attended Washington academy commencement. Mrs John Minnick of Washington visited Mrs B Utterback. Ministers attended United Presbyterian Church missions meeting in Crawfordsville. J P Davis former pastor from Wichita arrived. Carrie Rowan graduated from Washington Academy. Marie Sampson wed Ralph Livingston in Washington. Mission dinner planned in Crawfordsville. Acheson and Hardin attended OsKaloosa soldiers reunion.
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Ainsworth
Leona Colthurst
Washington
Academy
John Minnick
B. Utterback
Bailey
Crawfordsville
Committee of Missions
United Presbyterian Church
U. P
J. P. Davis
Wichita
Kan
U. P. Church
Committee of Home Missions
W. S. Welch
Esther
G. M. Welch
W. C. Work
Terhune
Ind
General Committee of Missions
Carrie Rowan
Washington Academy
H. B. Hamilton
Marie Sampson
Ralph Livingston
United Presbyterian Congregation
Milwaukee unloads brick car. locals and ranches noted
Gladwin May 19 report the Milwaukee unloaded a car of brick and cement here Monday. Mrs. Fred Leather and daughter Ida visited from Muscatine Thursday. A car load of cattle was shipped from the Blanchard and Giesler ranch Tuesday. A gang of Milwaukee bridge workers came Wednesday. Land is being hauled and flower.
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Gladwin
Milwaukee
Fred Leather
Ida
Muscatine
Blanchard and
Mil waukee depot beds underway and family news
Beds are being made around the Mil waukee depot. Abe and Bill McGuire left for Kan sas Monday due to their father’s illness. Win Blanchard came from Muscatine Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Henry Bergens welcomed a baby girl. Charley Conor’s father from Muscatine is visiting friends and relatives.
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Milwaukee
Abe
Bill McGuire
Kansas
Win Blanchard
Muscatine
Henry Bergens
Charley Conor
Keokuk plans stock company for fire clay development
Reports indicate talks of organizing a large stock company at Keokuk to develop the abundant fire clay deposits there. Plans focus on exploiting the clay for industrial use and local economic growth.
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Keokuk
Malvern Council Moves To Add Hitching Posts
The Malvern council plans extra hitching posts as farmers visit town in record numbers, signaling growing agricultural traffic and need for public facilities.
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Malvern
Cement sidewalks ordered in at Sibley spark graft charges
President Schuling of the East Des Moines Improvement association accuses graft in the street sweeping plan at Sibley. He says the city loses from $6 to $12 daily due to the scheme.
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Sibley
Schuling
East Des
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Woodbine Camp NO. 142
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Muscatine Court
Woodmanhal
J. B Reay
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Gus. Schmidt
Fraternal Aid Association
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P. Day
A. Muscatine Camp
No. 106
Woodmen of America
Woodmen Hall
Olds’ Block
F. A. Streitler
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H. J. Dean
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Stein's Music Hall
S. L. Johnson
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Germany
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Muscatine County
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