Council to Study Railroad Proposal in Special Session
Muscatine council to review the ordinance on differences with the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad in a special meeting. Judge J Carskaddan and Rock Island officials expected to attend as the ordinance committee prepares further consideration. Also on the agenda was a bid for the city roller and a land sale request on Roscoe avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Muscatine
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company
J. Carskaddan
Rock Island
Mol
Slifer
Stouffer
Cedar Rapids
Bartemeier
Roscoe Avenue
Free Watch and Bracelet Offer to Youth
An appeal invites boys under 15 to receive a beautiful watch and girls under 16 to receive a German silver bracelet. Call Thiesen's drug store for a circular detailing how to obtain the items. Offer valid for 10 days only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thiesen
M N and S Train Schedule Corrections Published
Receiver Charles Howard announces fixes to M N and S schedules. Train No 1 Rock Island at Wapello to Burlington 1 50 pm. Iowa Central No 4 at Elrick Junction for Peoria and east. Train No 3 Rock Island at 10 pm. Iowa Central No 5 at Elrick for west and for Oskaloosa Grinnell Marshalltown Mason City Minneapolis and St Paul. Saturday train from Elrick Junction 8 pm to Muscatine 9 45 pm connects with Iowa Central No 5 from Peoria. Monday train Muscatine 5 90 am to Elrick Junction 6 45 am connects with Iowa Central for Peoria Monmouth and east stations.
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Anont
M. N
Charles Howard
Rock Island
Wapello
Burlington
Iowa Central
Elrick Junction
Peoria
Points
Oskaloosa
Grinnell
Marshalltown
Mason City
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Muscatine
Monmouth
Illness Threatens Muscatine Elder John Van Dam
John Van Dam, an old citizen of Muscatine, is very ill at his home at 601 West Seventh Street. His advanced age is noted but doctors say he may rally within a few days.
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Muscatine
West Seventh
John van Dam
West Seventh Street
Five Year Old Boy Hurt in Fall at Home
The five year old son of Fred Netzel of 1167 New Hampshire street fell from a chair last night, suffering a painful gash on the head and other bruises. Dr. E B Fulham dressed the wound after several stitches were needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Netzel
New Hampshire Street
E. B. Fulham
John Irwin heads to St Paul for vacation
John Irwin will leave tonight for St Paul Minnesota where he will spend his vacation. Miss Clara Schomberg is ill with measles at her East Tenth street home. Miss Bardie Batchelor will preach at the Friends church in South Muscatine this evening. The Lend-a-Hand sewing society meets at Mrs Murphy on Chestnut street. Last Monday night Mr John Lenz's home on Hershey avenue was struck by lightning. Mrs William Carpenter and two children return from visit with Mrs W H Fulton in South Muscatine.
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John Irwin
St. Paul, Minn
Clara Schomberg
East Tenth Street
Bardie Batchelor
Friends Church
South Muscatine
Ohn Lenz
Hershey Avenue
William Carpenter
Monmouth
W. H. Fulton
New Hampshire Street
Indiana
Columbia
East
Glee Club
Iowa Wesleyan University
Cornelia Ives
Cornelia
Theodore Levy
Jamison
Columbus Gazette
Columbus Junction
Wapello
Ogden
Frank Pemble
Spitznogle Lake
Herman Tillman
Ironsville
Tillman
Clara E. Batterson
Elmer S. Batterson
Batterson
Front Street
Ed. Magoon
Miss Edith
Laura Edith Osborn
Etta L. Ruser
Ethel Coverston
Lucy Neil
Rae Baldwin
Thomas McCulloch
I. S. Pepper
J. J. Coady
A. A. Petersen
John Knight
Fred Millies
Neal Jones
Twentieth Century Club
J. L. McColm
East Fifth Street
Emerson Hoopes
W. F. Brannan
Carrie Shammo
W. W. McQuesten
J. E. Stevenson
Georgia Warren
Woman's Relief Corps
C. R. Fox
East Second Street
Warren
Texas
Relief Corps
Erect Bleachers Redesign Muscatine Maroon Ball Park
Muscatine prepares a baseball season with new bleachers from third base to home, a V shaped seating along the first base line at the fair grounds. The Maroon team, a mix of local and experienced players, will use the old Maroon park site now leveled and improved for a practice game next Saturday against Rock Island arsenal, with hopes of drawing crowds and improving for future seasons.
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Muscatine
The
Journal
Fairgrounds
Maroon Park
Rock Island Arsenal
Vast McGaughey Estate Claim May Deliver Billions
Muscatine man R O McGaughey, former Muscatine county sheriff, seeks his share of a Bank of England held inheritance valued around two billion dollars. He and several hundred heirs must prove heirship within five years to avoid transfer to the crown, with potential individual gains of about 156 000 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. O. McGaughey
Muscatine
Mr. McGaughey
Bank of England
McGaughey
Crown of England
John Holmes
England
Jannetta
South Sea Island Company
James Holmes
F. M. McGaughey
William
America
Belfast
Ireland
Inez Clark Marries Earl D Brown in Kalispell Montana
Society notes announce the marriage of Miss Inez Clark formerly of Muscatine to Earl D. Brown in Kalispell Montana. Clark is the niece of Mrs. P A Austin and the couple will reside in Kalispell with a homecoming after June 1.
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Inez Clark
Muscatine High School
Earl D. Brown
Kalispell
Montana
Miss Clark
P. A. Austin
Muscatine
Mrs. Brown
Picnic Postponed by Rain for Baptist Aid Visit
The Baptist Aid society postponed their visit to Mrs. Swain’s home twelve miles west of the city due to rain. They plan to reschedule once roads improve.
Fire in tenement kills four. arson suspected
A tenement blaze in New York on May 27 killed four residents. An eyewitness saw a man pour oil on the walls and ignite the fire but could not detain him. The incident is ruled incendiary in origin. details include a baseball fan noted in the grandstand and a brief, unresolved measure.
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New York
Corporal Candidate Examinations Held by Company C
Last evening Ralph Othmer Roy Brown and Arthur Madden were examined by Lieutenant Capps of Company C for corporal in that unit. All passed and the group will vote next Monday evening to choose one. A second examination will follow in about two weeks due to upcoming vacancies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Othmer
Roy Brown
Arthur Madden
Lieutenant Capps
Whining as a Poor Stimulus for Courage
A short aphorism notes that whining fails to bolster weak courage and encourages steadier, quieter resolve rather than complaint. The wry statement implies that grip and composure come from action, not self pity.
Hyomei Promises Cure For Sixteen Years Of Catarrh
An advertisement touts Hyomei as a cure for long standing catarrh. It claims inhalation at home reproduces mountain air with healing balsams and reports a Boston clerk cured after months of suffering. Seller J J Havercamp offers a money back guarantee with each purchase.
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Adirondacks
Carolinas
Elvira E. B. Gibson
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Boston
Jordan
J. J. Havercamp
Hyomei
Home Grown Fruit Proves Best Flavor in Study
A report finds home grown fruit consistently surpasses store bought varieties in flavor. Researchers attribute superior taste to fresh harvests and reduced transport time, noting flavor declines in produce shipped long distances.
Proverb Mashup Reflects Practical Wisdom
An assortment of maxims on value and resilience. It contrasts choosing a flower now with potential gains, notes pride may falter against a weak stomach, and implies experience shapes judgment.
Epworth League to Present Four Lecture Course
Wapello Iowa May 27 The Epworth League plans a four lecture autumn course with Chicago bureau selections. The opener features Lieutenant Hobson hero of the Merrimack at a cost of 159 dollars for one evening. Also featured is poet and humorist W W Plummer whose works are standard in the eastern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Epworth League
Chicago
Hobson
Merrimac
League
W. W. Plummer
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Tion
Carskaddan
M. N. and
S. Corrections
Berlin
Alex Grossheim
Muscatine Maroon
Lieve
Rural Valley
Pennsylvania
CPS al Seomaned
Remnart Sale
Oxford
Baptist
Massachusetts
Knickerbocker Advertising Co
New Rochelle
N. Y
South End Grocery
Ww. F. Mirsch
D. McCurdy
Eaco Flour
VIA
Couisuimie & Nasille RR
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
Virginia
North
Carolina
Tennessee
C. L. Stone
Louisville & Nashville RR
Louisville, KY
Smoke House
Frank
Pearl Dealer
Queen Quality
Leysen
Attorneys AT Law
Louise Eversmeyer
Iowa Avenue
Iowa
J. Fisch & Sons
Clymer A Co
Dhew J.W. McKee
Coldren & M’kee
Carskadden
W. D. Burk
Carskaddan & Burk
West Second Street
T. R. Fitzgerald
Hershey State Bank
Second Street
G. M. Titus
Titus & Jackson
Scott Richman
F Richman
Jayne & Hoffman
Jayne W. Hofman
P. Ingham
Attorney
Fred S. Pentzer
Wade
Thos. Brown
Roy C. Brown
Brown & Brown
Ilinois
First National Bank
Cook, Musser & Co's Bank
West Third Street
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H. M. Dean
H. J. Dean
D. P. Miller
Fifth Street
Frances Carney M’kean
Cedar Street
Cook, Musser & Co
State Bank and Trust Co. Banking and Exchange
Second St
Muscatine, Ia
P. W. Francis
Henry Jayne
L. G. Burnett
Sara Hershey Eddy
Mira Hershey
Pp. W. Francis
G. Stein
D. V. Jackson
M. Hughes
J. R. Reuling
Chas. Page
F. P. Sawyer
Ian Hughes
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