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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1902
Page
6
Schedule for Montezuma departures and arrivals shows daily service except Sunday. Times listed include 8:40 a m departure, 7:10 p m arrival, and 6:00 p m schedule. Public notice identifies C M Gouin as agent for the line.
The notice lists east and southwest routes with train numbers and times, including Nos. 20 16 29 30 and through services to Kansas City Mexico City and California. It notes changes: Nos. 7 8 85 86 now run to Evans, Nos. 15 16 daily except Sunday, and 11 12 limited vestibule trains between Chicago and Denver via Kansas City or St. Joseph. The Wilton Muscatine branch schedule is shown with departure and arrival times.
Muscatine North and South by Co announces new schedule effective April 2 1902 at 12 noon. South bound trains include Train No 1 B C R N at Wapello for Burlington arriving 2 25 pm Iowa Central at Elrick Junction for Peoria Monmouth and eastern locals. Train No 3 B C BR N at Wapello for Burlington arriving 1 05 am Iowa Central at Irick Junction for Oska loosa Grinnell Marshalltown Mason City and western locals. Saturday service leaves Elrick Junction 8 15 pm for Muscatine 9 30 pm linking with Iowa Central Train No 3 from Peoria. Monday service leaves Muscatine 4 20 am arriving Elrick Junction 5 35 am linking with Iowa Central for Peoria Monmouth and eastern locals.
Elrick Junction North trains include the St. Paul Express at 8 10 p m Mason City Mail at 11 59 a m Way Freight at 10 05 a m Southbound trains list Peoria Mail at 2 45 p m Peoria Express at 5 36 a m and Way Freight at 1 50 p m Coupons issued for all US Canada and Mexico routes by Geo Batty Marshalltown Iowa and Co L Seevers Elrick Junction Iowa agents.
Canadian Pacific promotes viewing world famed scenery along its railway. Do not miss the chance to see magnificent landscapes. Low excursion rates are in effect for numerous conventions.
San Francisco Portland and Tacoma routes offered as redeemable by this line. Purchases available via railway agents. Literature copies forwarded on application to A. Shaw General Agent Passenger Department 223 Clark Street Chicago.
Transfers recorded by Titus & Jackson show multiple parcels traded in Muscatine. Notable actions include Esther S. Eells executrix selling lot 4 block 16 A Smalley add to Sue King for 15000, and George W. Keckler et ux to Peter Olson on lots 5 and 6 block 76 Park Place add for 18000. Other transfers involve W F Boston et ux to Giesler Button Co, Samuel McNutt to Joe Monjoine et ux, Robt K Smith et ux to Samuel McNutt, and land dealings with Dietz, Mary Fulham, Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul Co, Bridget Bennett, J Hintermeister, Muscatine City, and others. Total sums range from 100 to 15000 dollars with various lots and tracts described.
Miss Katie Myers returns home after a week at Wim. Smith's while heavy rains north push Cedar River higher. Farmers move stock to high ground and many fish with seine amid rising waters. A J Mills family visited Pike Run bottom. Mrs Schildberg and Mrs Adams returned from Ill. Crops look good, cutworms easing. few sweet potato plants set. Bert Adams and wife bring organ and baby carriage from West Liberty.
Mrs. S. M. Johnson and her daughter Vivian Johnson detail a year in Europe visiting Marseille Gibraltar Tangier Seville Granada Cordova Madrid Barcelona and Paris. The account covers Moorish sites Alhambra Seville cathedral Moorish markets harem and a remark on Gibraltar and the future return to Muscatine.
The Lehigh Valley rail road provides vestibuled limited trains from Buffalo Chicago and west via Niagara Falls to New York with dining car service and a la carte options. Stop-overs allowed at Niagara Falls on through tickets to New York and Philadelphia.
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