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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1902
Page
2
Daily Journal itemizing property ads at Kemble's 116 Iowa avenue and a string of city notices. It lists real estate bargains, travel plans, lodge meeting, visitors, train departures to Chicago Cedar Rapids Wellman and Macon Ga, and assorted local ads and brief notices.
West Liberty Iowa reports travel as Silvanus Gregg and family depart for Indiana. Obituary news includes Melville O. Haldeman of Indianapolis. Local excursions send many to Washington and other stops, while property sales and travel plans keep residents busy with bank, express, and East Coast trips.
College football results from October 6 show Chicago over Knox 5 0 Yale defeated Amherst 25 0 Princeton beat Lehigh 23 0 Northwestern 26 Lake Forest 0 Kentucky State 11 Miami 5 Minnesota 16 Ames 9 Beloit 5 Chicago Dentals 0 Harvard 23 Bates 0 Penn State 17 State College 0 Illinois 33 Monmouth 0 Colorado 19 Nebraska 0 Navy 9 Georgetown 6 Michigan 48 Scientific School 6 Drake 11 Iowa College Grinnell 0 Cornell 43 Union 0 Cadets 5 Tufts 0.
The Muscatine Gun Club stages its first annual amateur shooting tournament at the old rolling mill grounds on October 22 and 23. E. M. Warner C. O. McBride and Adam Von Dresky lead the committee as 15 events feature 10 15 and 20 target shoots with prizes from 1 to 2 dollars.
A list of residents leaving for Washington and eastern points for sight seeing. Local visitors from Cedar Rapids attend the carnival. Church services were canceled due to the absence of the pastor. Friends and relatives visit and recoveries are reported at nearby towns and institutions.
Titus and Jackson offer an acre in a good location at a price cheaper than a single lot. Fred Pentzer was a passenger on the 7 58 train to Ainsworth this morning on a business trip.
An ordinance fixes gas rates for illuminating gas in Muscatine. Supply for street lamps costs 1.10 per month per lamp, with required equipment and lighting times. General gas rates set at 1.25 per thousand cubic feet for 20 candle power, with reductions for lower power.
In Cedar Rapids on October 6 a three year old child of Dewitt Howell of Central City drowned after falling into a rain barrel yesterday.
A Riley poem in memory of a child, listing a boy’s lost and found belongings with tender, mourning tone. The narrator recalls his tiny world through scattered items like marbles, a penknife, string, a coat, and a Bible verse, urging the absent child to return. The verse ends with a gentle plea from the author.
A clever Mexican bird named malanarpes uses telegraph poles as homes and observatories, excavating a hole at the base, a lookout higher up, and a storeroom further up. The piece notes carp in the Royal Aquarium in Russia reportedly exceed 609 years and whales over 200 years in captivity.
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