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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1903
Page
2
Mrs. J. P. Walton of Muscatine urges popular subscriptions to buy kerosene to kill mosquitoes. She proposes enlisting Muscatine youths to solicit funds and place the oil where it will do the most good, citing health benefits and examples from eastern newspapers.
Des Moines hosts a six day carnival June 22 to 27 with a single fare round trip likely. Events include Elks parade and labour circus, floral parade, D O K K ceremonial with national notables, traveling men’s day, and three tent shows by Jabour Carnival and Circus Co. The festival features pyrotechnics nightly, aerial acts, side shows, and an industrial street with over one hundred booths. The same management as last year organizes the event with Des Moines Elks leading.
Deputy Sheriff Baker remains in critical condition after a shooting by George Matheson in Weston. Authorities indicate Matheson is still at large and has not been located.
The Mt. Ayr Methodist congregation has approved plans to construct a church with a $20,000 budget. The vote follows years of planning and will fund site preparation, foundation work, and the main sanctuary.
In Davenport May 26 the Diocese of Iowa opens its fifty-first convention with Bishop Morrison delivering the annual address. He traces the diocese from its 1853 beginnings to a strong modern structure, notes past bishops, endowments, and the challenges of growth in a largely rural state.
The Nickel Plate Road markets itself as the short line to the east with three through daily express trains and vestibuled sleeping cars. It claims service equal to the best between Chicago and the East, with American club meals priced from 35 cents to $1.00. Chicago depot is Harrison Street and Fifth Avenue, city ticket offices at 111 Adams Street and Auditorium Annex, John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 113 Adams Street, Room 295.
Conesville Savings Bank seeks bids on a bank building in Conesville Iowa. Plans are viewable at Smith Jones store Conesville or Nelson Bros architects Burlington after May 25. L B Smith secretary of the building committee.
The piece warns of fatal colic and cholera morbus in neighborhoods and promotes Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a reliable life saving medicine. It claims the remedy has saved lives and relieved pain, and notes it is sold by all druggists.
Wet and cloudy conditions last week hinder corn planting and field work in central and western Iowa. J R Sage reports showers aided areas near the Mississippi but Mississippi river districts faced heavy downpours with wind hail and lightning, likely reducing corn acreage. Germination remains satisfactory with good stands and small grains pastures and meadows growing well. Continued normal weather is needed to improve overall crop prospects.
A gray horse around 12 years old and about 1000 pounds was found in Keckler ville. The owner can claim the animal by applying to Chief of Police Rice and paying costs for keeping and for this advertisement.
George McNeilly of Colfax, aged 11, was killed as he attempted to pass between freight cars during switching operations at a rail yard.
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