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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1908
Page
8
East Hill residents urged to submit name ideas for a new tract between Park Avenue and Washington Street. A three person Name Contest Committee will pick the winner, with prizes of 25 for first and 15 for second. cash credits on property offered.
Residents may submit up to five new names for Muscatine additions with no reuse of prior names. Entries must be sealed and addressed to Wallace & Gates, 224 W. 2nd, Muscatine Ia, marked Name Contest. The contest runs Nov 12 9am to Nov 17 6pm with a three-man committee selecting the winner.
The notice calls for business and professional people their wives and children teachers and students to participate in a popular Name Contest. The winner earns a substantial bank addition or liberal credit toward a city lot in a premier residential project.
John W. Oats of Columbus Junction Iowa died November 12 1908 after a paralytic stroke in September. Born September 27 1844 in Elkhart Indiana he served in the Eighth Iowa cavalry and left six children with his wife Isabelle Duncan. Funeral at 1 30 pm tomorrow at his home led by Rev Calvin Foster burial in Columbus City.
Former United States Senator Edward W. Carmack was shot on Nashville streets by Rob Cooper, a tragedy linked to Carmack’s critical editorials against Cooper's father. Carmack, a famed southern editor and former congressman, had been a prominent political figure and Denver Democratic convention potential.
A New York act led by Glau known as the Aeroplane company faced a drastic cast reduction after a rule forced chorus members over 150 pounds to take a daily medicinal regimen. The method prompted a steady one pound per member daily loss and drew praise for its “simple, pleasant and harmless” approach.
The Western Realty company opens a naming contest for a new East Hill residential addition near Weed Park overlooking the Mississippi. At 9am 96 envelopes, rising to 111 by 10am, with entries continuing all day. Names will be opened only after the contest closes. five entries per person allowed.
The N N C held its eighth anniversary gathering at Mrs. S. C. Fulton’s Wilton Iowa home. Domestic Science was the day’s theme with demonstrations on meats bread vegetables and leftovers plus musical numbers and a Fireless Cooker presentation by Mrs. D. E. Smith.
Port Allen reports family visits and gatherings including H F Babbitt and relatives in Muscatine. Albert McCullough and wife buy Frank Hedrick farm of 22 acres near Columbus Junction. Hazel Maxwell returns to school after whooping cough. various neighbors visit and travel, with farm and home activity noted.
Rock Island schedule lists eastbound and westbound trains with numbers and stations Davenport Chicago Dallas Oskaloosa and Kansas City. Local freight and mail Express services noted. Daily operation with Sunday exceptions and agent W S Underdonk.
Train No 3 arrives Muscatine at 9 35 pm with connections to Round House Fruitland Grandview Wapello Elrick Junction. No 1 departs Muscatine 9 00 pm, reaches Round House 8 46 am, Fruitland 8 30 am, Grandview 8 50 pm, Wapello 7 25 pm, Elrick Junction 5 00 pm. Train No 5 connects at Wapello Saturdays with C RB I PB leaving Burlington 7 30 pm and Iowa Central train at Elrick Junction 7 55 pm. Train No 4 connects with Iowa Central at Elrick Junction 7 52 pm. Trains 1 and 3 run daily except Sunday. No 2 and 4 on Saturdays.
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