River and rail arrivals decorate city notes day
The steamer Linehan and consort Scotia arrived with a raft. Mr and Mrs Z W Hutchinson returned on the Helen Blair from the tri cities. Ford Reppert seeks botanical specimens in Bayfield. James McKee heads to Columbus Junction for button trade interests. Many others travel via Western and W J Young Jr. passenger services. The J W Van Sant and Lydia Van Sant rafted downriver. Local residents James Jackson Frank Parham and others return from trips. A church official Rev F F Beckerman arrived home after state Trinity convention. A Southern travel note and a political ad are included, plus local crime and Memorial day funding updates.
Woman's Relief Corps to meet for memorial services
All members are requested to assemble in the church parlor at the German M. E. church next Sunday May 25 at 2 30 o clock to attend memorial services in a body signed secretary
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Woman's Relief Corps
Telephone Franchise Ordnances Tabled By Muscatine Council
City council receives ordinances from other river cities granting franchises to American Telephone and Telegraph. J C Coster, attorney for AT and T, supplies copies after Muscatine rejected their local ordinance over exchange plans. Council will study these documents before deciding on a future approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Coster
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Muscatine
Coster
Man’s plea backed by sham claims says critic
critics argue that when a man must bolster his case he often relies on dubious arguments. the remark suggests staged defenses and questioned motives behind the presented evidence.
Trains by Thanksgiving Time Reach Muscatine
A Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul track crew is expected in Muscatine by tonight to start work on the new cut off toward Ottumwa. Rails estimated at 8 pounds will be laid from the Muscatine Sash and Door yard to the route, with ballasting and finishing ahead. Union depot plans at Cone are hinted as likely for multiple lines.
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Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company
Muscatine
Cone
Journal
Columbus Junction
West Liberty
Nichols
Oregon Street
Muscatine Sash and Door Company
Ottumwa
T Aem
Muscatine County
Milwaukee Road
Sewer Project Advances On Hershey Avenue
Contractor W A Edgar of Cedar Rapids drives progress on the Hershey avenue sewer in South Muscatine with about 100 yards completed. Workers lay 24 inch pipe to create a storm and sanitary sewer, linking the new Hershey avenue school house site to the system as a key justification for the location.
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W. A. Edgar
Cedar Rapids
Hershey Avenue
South Muscatine
Local Social notes from West Liberty May update
Mrs J E Park visits son in Davenport since Monday. Rev J B Newsom attends mid year exam of itinerant club with his mother Mrs B K Abbott visiting sister in Avia before Storm Lake. Ellis Smith sells Cedar county farm for 100 per acre to a stranger purchaser. Mrs F H Kincaid and baby return to Muscatine. Elliott I Henderson to return to Salt Lake City after interment duties. Mrs Millie Leonard of Cedar Falls noted.
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West Liberty
J. E. Park
Davenport
J. B. Newsom
Mt. Pleasant
Iinerant Club
B. K. Abbott
Avia
Storm Lake
Ellis Smith
Cedar County
F. H. Kincaid
Baby
Muscatine
Elliott I. Henderson
Salt Lake City
Millie Leonard
Cedar Falls
Noted Physician Endorses Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
Dr Wanata of Lansing Michigan praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for severe female disorders saying it restores ovaries and womb to normal, cures barrenness, and merits trust. The testimonial warns against fakes offering $5000 and invites sick women to write for free advice from Lynn Mass.
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Wanata
Lansing
Mich
da Wanata
Lydia E. Pinkham
Civil Service Announces June 11 Exam for Post Office Jobs
The United States civil service commission sets June 11 1902 as the examination date in this city for clerk and carrier posts in the post office service. The test covers practical general intelligence and adaptability to post office work with 18 to 45 year age limits. Applicants who have previously failed may reapply with new forms and medical certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Postoffice Service
Grape-Nuts credited with restoring a traveler’s health
A Cincinnati commercial traveler, John N. Case Jr., recalls severe stomach illness and weight loss from 1900 to 1901. After starting Grape-Nuts, he regained health, gained 59 pounds, and reported improved brain function and appetite, urging others to try the product.
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Cincinnati
John N. Case, Jr
Civil service examination for substitutes announced
A civil service exam invites male eligibles to register for substitution vacancies. Applicants must meet height 125 pounds minimum and be U.S. citizens. Names go on clerk and carrier lists. results certify per civil service rules. Apply via Form 101 with Ed. C. Link secretary before 9 a.m. June 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Civil Service
Ed. C. Link
Bus offers free transfer to Spirit Lake inns and resorts
A transfer bus will meet all B C R N trains at Spirit Lake to transport passengers free to and from The Inn and Arnold's Park. Another bus will meet trains at Montgomery to shuttle passengers free to and from Manhattan Beach. A free booklet on Spirit and Okoboji Lakes with Iowa and Minnesota game laws is available.
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Spirit Lake Town
Inn
Arnold's Park
Montgomery
Manhattan Beach
Spirit and
Okoboji Lakes
Iowa
Minnesota
Look Ahead Girls heed advice on wifehood and health
A newspaper feature urges young women to anticipate married life changes and seek Dr. Pierce's remedies. It touts the Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery for female weakness, inflamation, and related ailments. A testimonial from Annie Stephens praises relief from headaches backache and pain. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are also advertised for biliousness and sick headache.
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Notre
Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Annie Stephens
Belleville, Wood Co
West Va
Golden Medical Discovery
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Mrs, Battey
West Second Street
Robinson
McBride & Cope’s
J. A. Robbins
Olds’ Block
Linehan
Consort Scotia
Mrs. Z. W. Hutchinson
Helen Blair
Tri-Cities
Ford Reppert
Bayfield
James McKee
H. Huen
Lone Tree
Wm. Timmerman
Gus. Herring
S. L. Culp
West Chester
George Quinn
Wm. Hager
Mearle and
Leo
Aurora, Ill
John Goldman
Chicago
City
Gottbrecht
Phebe Johnson
Westfield
Ind
J. M. Kemble
W. J. Young, Jr
J. W. van Sant
Lydia van Sant
Charles P. Jackson
Frank Parham
Sioux Falls, S. D
A. W. Lee
Frank Kincaid
Durant
Wilton
Will Musser
Iowa City
J. C. Mitten
Mmes
Theron Thompson
Robi. Thompson
Mrs. Stevens
Springfield
F. F. Beckerman
The
Trinity Church
Walter Blair
Dr. Watzek
Walt Mark
Ed. Peck
Lila
W. J. Young
Coleridge
James Roach
Justice of the Peace
H. S. Howe
Pat McEvoy
Eversmeyer
Boston
Grand Army Posts
Camp of Sons of Veterans
t.Colt
Grandma
Cascarets
Howard W. Wellman
Tremont Street
Fairmount
Ohio
John Stone
Put-In-Bay Island
Cancarete
Harry Wood
Kenneth
Jos. Kresling
Congress
St. Louis
Address Remedy Company
New York
GRACE
Post Office
Board of Trace
C. C. Collins
Jackson Boulevard
Clark Street
California
Muscatine Electric Railway Co
Milwaukee
Burlington
C. B. Kimball
Des Moines
D. L. Woodruff
E. S. Cooler
P. R. Harden
E. Ady
Spirit Lake
Jno. G. Farmer
G. P
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