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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1908
Page
9
Thomas Brown attorney at law offers general practice including loans insurance and real estate with emphasis on settling Bank of Muscatine estates. Abstracts of title and Illinois blanks kept on hand. Notary Public in office. Office over First National.
Railway timetable shows eastbound and westbound trains with numbers and times including Davenport Chicago No 12 at 3:43 am No 62 Local 6:37 am No 50 Davenport Chicago 11:29 am No 4 Davenport Chicago 6:44 am No 88 Local Freight 2:50 pm No 4 Mail and Express 8:30 am Going Southwest includes California Special 1:57 am No 49 Washington Oskaloosa 4:36 pm No 11 Kansas City Fort Worth Dallas 8:10 pm No 88 Local Freight 4:00 am No 1 Mail and Express 8:38 am No 61 Local Passenger 8:19 pm Daily Going South packet mentions No 402 arrival 7:10 pm Freight arrival 4:00 pm Going West Passenger No 001 leaves 8:15 am Freight waves daily except Sunday Agent W S Underdosk.
Daily train timetable fragments show arrivals and departures at Muscatine and Wilton. Noted times include No. 504 6:23am 505 8:00am 600 10:15am 501 12:35pm 502 3:20pm 503 5:40pm with Wilton branch service daily except Sunday.
Seven Columbus Junction high school seniors will graduate at tonight’s commencement in Columbus Junction Iowa. The class includes Ruby Lieberknecht Edna Shellabarger Ruth Clark May Larington James Reaney Charles Albert Carpenter Chester Pierce and details their background and school performance. Also notes on local residents and visits fill the rest of the report.
Moore and Mrs Evans Anwyl with their son and Miss Gertrude Johnson visited Washington for the day. Miss Blanche Bush, recently released from an Iowa City hospital after eye growth removal, returned home. E B Tucker and Dr L G Woodruff attended the funeral of Jacob Beik in Grandview.
Miss Dottie Schmidt and Edward Amrine quietly wed in Chicago after leaving Muscatine May 13. The couple planned a quiet marriage and will return to Muscatine on Saturday to make it their home, with Amrine buying a home in Park Place. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs H S Schmidt of 1514 East Fifth Street and has many Muscatine friends.
Messrs. Bebb and Bates with their ball tossers left Muscatine for Davenport to face the Game Wardens this afternoon. The Maccabee excursion carried many fans who will enjoy the trip on the Mississippi. The Midgets aim to win the two game series against the Indians as they open play tomorrow afternoon in the Scott county seat.
The schedule states all Indian games on weekdays start at 3 30 o clock and Sunday games at 3 o clock. The change applies to the entire season and affects start times for fans and teams alike.
More than 1000 schoolchildren attended two afternoon performances at the Bijou theatre for a benefit. Manager Gollos opened entrances to admit all seated, leading to a second show for those left outside. The Otura Japs closed their Bijou run tonight with acclaimed acrobatics. Next week Avery and Pearl open, Perry and Wilson perform a popular pantomime, a strong bill for Western Vaudeville.
A Historic ad claims Die on the Scaffold is painless and promotes Electric Bitters as the remedy for weak back kidney trouble. The note lists Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store as the seller and prices the product at 50 cents.
The Helen Blair steamer leaves Muscatine with trips to Burlington on Monday Wednesday and Friday at 8 30 p m and to Davenport on Sunday at 7 30 a m and Wednesday and day at 7 00 a m acted through W G Block Co agents.
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