Special Session Reviews Public Lighting and Street Work
City council met in special session to hear the Muscatine electric railway lighting proposal. The street railway contract was rejected and a new one submitted. Mayor Schmidt presided. Aldermen Halstead Diercks Engel Riggs Gremmel Bartemeier Schenck present. Richards absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine Electric Railway
Schmidt
Halstead
Diercks
Engel
Riggs
Gremmel
Bartemeier
Schenck
Ald. Richards
Aldermen Debate Alley and Street Names in 1902 Meeting
The council continued discussion on the alley rear of Wm Schmidt in Whicher's addition and referred it to the committee of the whole. Abatement of 1895 taxes for Mrs Rabbitt was approved. Payroll policy for the engineers office was blocked without chair approval. New plats from Giesler & Garrison and Wintermute were referred to the street and alley committee with engineer reports. Deeds for Holly Street were accepted. The engineer was tasked to estimate Busch Street work and order 5-foot walks on Linn Street. Maiden Lane name change was denied. Mississippi Valley Telephone Co accepted conditions. A county liability was established for C. B. Fuller groceries during smallpox quarantine. A fire wardens’ report urged removal of nuisance sheds on Winn, Achter, and Hinkel & Flannery properties. A motion to enforce removal of such buildings was approved. A Welk request for a frame building with iron covering was denied. Lighting committee proposed a major Muscatine Electric Railway extension and franchise terms, with a motion to reject the franchise, later referred back for formal presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Schmidt
Whicher
Ald. Halstead
Thos. Rabbitt
Ald. Gremmel
Ald. Engel
Engineers
Wintermute
Busch Street
Messrs. Wallace and
Blanchard
Linn Street
Lucas Street
Hoopes
Winn
Achter
Hinkel & Flannery
Louie Tieckie
Ald
Bartemeier
Muscatine Electric Railway
City Fire Department
Gremmel
Ald. Riegs
Diercks
City Lighting Committee
Endorsement for Dean's Kidney Pills in Muscatine
A Muscatine reader cites relief from back pain and colored secretions after using Dean's Kidney Pills. The endorsement praises rapid cure, noting two boxes sufficed. Availability advertised at Havercamp's drug store with Foster Milburn Co. as U.S. agents, 50 cents per box. Remember the name Dean's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
J. G. Brum
B., C. R. & N. Railroad
Dean
Havercamp’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Dean’s
Reduced Rate Meetings Across Regions In 1901
Listing of reduced rail fares for meetings and expositions in 1901 including St Paul Minnesota for M W o A June 11, 1901, annual medical society gatherings in May and June, G A R encampments in Iowa June 4 to 6, and the Pan American Exposition Buffalo May 1 to November 1. One fare plus two dollars round trip common. Agents announce sale dates and limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W
Military Surgeons of
U. 8S
American Academy of Medicine
American Medical Ass'n
Dubuque
Department of Iowa
G. A. R. Iowa
Buffalo
Co. M. Gould
Unsolicited Compliment From A Daylight LV Trip
A letter to Lehigh Valley's general passenger agent praises a daytime round trip from New York to Buffalo and Niagara Falls. The writer lauds the road's scenery, road bed, and trains, saying no uninteresting mile exists on the trip and that LV is peerless among roads he has ridden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Lehigh Valley
New York
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Reduced Rates For Alumni Commencement Travel
At the request of the Alumni Association of the University the Western Passenger association grants visitors attending the annual commencement a fare and one third for the round trip on roads in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
University
Western Passenger Association
Iowa
Rector Piles Sale Promises Refund and Free Pile Pipe
An advertisement by J. J. Havercamp offers Rector for piles with a full refund if it fails to cure. Each package includes a free pile pipe and samples are provided at no cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bannerman Institute
Chicago
Bannerman
A.L. Forteenbauch
Jackson Boulevard
Nichols
Rector
J. J. Havercamp
Also Mentioned on This Page
Prof. Bannerman
Prof
Bankerman Institute
Clark Sr
Sapolio
Muscatine
Hershey Lumber Co
South Muscatine
C. B. Fuller
Pany
Chas. W. Kemble
Ald. Bartemeier
Treasury
Ald. Schenck
Front Street
Poplar
Park Avenue
Brook Street
E. Baker
East Fifth Street
Fuller Bros
West Eighth Street
Messrs. Smalley and Canon
Holly Street
River Road
Maiden Lane
Canon
Mississippi Valley Co
Mississippi Valley Telephone Company
City Recorder
Board of Supervisors of
Muscatine County
William Oeter
C. P
K. W. Street Railway
Musserville
School House
Cemetery
City Limits
Park Place
East Hill
Weed Park
East Second Street
Washington Street
Park
St. Paul, Minn
iQ/y & MOV
Fred Nesp
Laxakola CO
Nassau Street
R Dregwist
Nichols Vegatone CO
Rialto
Chicago, I
J. J. Havercamp’s
All Drug Stores
John H. Funk
C. F. Cadle
Cobe
Second St
Pearl City
G. A. Pierson
E. 2d
J. H. Munroe & Son
J. H. Munroe
Peter Olsen
East 6Th
6Th
Orange
Mervita
Chergy
Nervita Medical Company
Clinton and
Jackson Streets
Chicaco, Illinois
J. J. Havercamp and
McBride & Copa
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