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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1900
Page
7
An old railroad guide lists eastbound and westbound Wilton and Malin Line trains with arrival and departure times at Muscatine Wilton and other stops. Services run daily except Sundays, with specific freight and passenger timings for Montezuma and local routes.
Train service introduced June 10 1900 links Davenport Iowa with Clinton Dixon Chicago and Denver via the C N W line. Daily and Sunday departures and arrivals listed with stations including Belvidere Rockford Madison Janesville Cedar Rapids Omaha Chicago Sioux City and Sterling. Concludes with operator L F Berry signature.
Trains run daily except Sunday with No 3 No 1 No 2 No 4 times listed for Muscatine Roundhouse Fruitland Grandview Wapello Elrick Jet and connections to B Co R N Burling ton and Iowa Central. Train No 2 runs regardless of No 1 and No 4 runs regardless of No 3. Departures and arrivals shown in 12 hour times.
TO CITY SUBSCRIBERS Irregular or tardy delivery of The Journal should be promptly reported to the business office Every copy of The Daily Journal should be delivered before 6 30 p m Complaint should be made promptly if the delivery is late Subscribers are requested to provide boxes or designate place where the paper can be left secure from the weather or molestation.
The Journal accepts changes of ads or day of publication only if copy is in office by 9 a m. The Journal is sold daily at Holmes Davidson and Hodges news stands. All customers can be supplied.
A parade of morning passengers includes I. A. Kerr Tom Van Horne Mrs A Crawford Mrs J Balser Sr Rev C L Stafford and others en route to Letts Ottumwa Bayfield Cedar Point and Fairfield. Local ads promote Burdock Blood Bitters Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil and Dean's Ointment amid brief news on injuries and travel.
Muscatine readers learn of births gatherings and social updates in the latest issue. Personal notices and civic items reflect community life with brief summaries and local names.
Squire Ford complains deer meat cannot be shipped out of state after his son in law John Sleighster moved two hams to Iowa then to Illinois. The article notes deer meat laws, local kinship meals, and related town chatter including residents traveling to Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, visits from New York, and a dog poisoning under investigation.
In Columbus Junction, residents feasted on roasted meat Saturday near Wapello as Rev. F. W. Adams arrived Friday as the newly appointed M. E. pastor from Bloomfield. Local Republicans discuss past Fremont votes while J. L. Grubb and S. S. Wilcox plan a cattle ranch tour. John Pigman reports being robbed of $100 after a Friday night drinking episode and arrest.
West Liberty notes show Mrs W C Evans returning from Waterloo, G W Griffith of Grinnell visiting son, Mrs C C Jackson of Osborn Ohio with her ill father Abner Cody, M E church ladies planning a public dinner in Hawkeye building, Mrs Elizabeth Obenauf of Augusta Georgia leaving after summer with sister Mrs C S Barclay, and Mrs R S Bingham with her little boy.
Citizens recall Gov Roosevelt’s Friday arrival as about three thousand gather at the depot to cheer and squeeze through the crowd. Veterans are welcomed with plans for a parade and a Banquet. The South Prairie McKinley club returns from Davenport marching through town in white uniforms with torches and banners. The Woman’s Relief Corps will hold a badge ceremony in the opera house Thursday. A Presbyterian youth concert Friday night is praised for quality.
The State University eleven defeated Cedar Falls 68 to 0 in a Saturday game. Edson’s seventy five yard run highlighted the Cedar Falls defeat as the crowd saw the stronger line play and ends from the varsity. Other scores on the day included Iowa 68 over State Normal 0 and Michigan 11 over Kalamazoo 0.
A double wedding was held at Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Idle's home six miles south of Nichols on Wednesday evening October 3. Hartey Idle wed Miss Jennie Crawford and Theodore Keeler wed Miss Mamie Idle with Rev. Thompson of Creston, Iowa officiating under a floral bell. Guests from Muscatine Cedar Rapids Letts Columbus Junction and local residents attended as gifts were given and well wishes extended.
A Nature’s remedy note promotes Dr. Fowler’s Extract of Wild Strawberry for looseness of the bowels. The print implies a standard patent medicine claim and urges keeping the remedy on hand.
Tickets on first and third Tuesday monthly priced at one fare plus 2 for a round trip good for 21 days with stopover privileges. Routes extend to the South Southwest regions including Arkansas Texas Louisiana Missouri Kansas Arizona. Information available from Bissell Wilson District Passenger Agent 111 Adams Street Chicago.
The 27th General Assembly amended the game law, detailing closed seasons for quail grouse ducks geese pheasants turkeys squirrels and gray squirrels. It bans hunting on public highways ambushes and use of concealment devices in open waters and sets a January 1 1909 start for ruffed grouse and wild turkey bans.
Veterans Club invites old soldiers of the rebellion era to join a parade on Dolliver Day November 12 to honor comrades in the Philippines and rebuke rebels. Enrollees report to A. G. Tyler at 122 East Second Street to sign up.
Senator C. A. Carpenter of Columbus Junction will speak on today’s political issues at Hopewell schoolhouse Muscatine Island Tuesday October 9 at 7 30 p m. Everyone invited. The Wapello Republican Glee Club will provide music. Carpenter is a splendid speaker and should be heard.
Senator J P Dolliver and Capt J N W Rumple are scheduled to speak in Muscatine on the evening of October 13. The event invites local residents to attend the political discussion and rally.
The Chicago Rock Island & Pacific offers $12 to all points in Kansas and Nebraska and $14 to all points in Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Tickets go on sale October 2 and 16. J. W. Weidlein is the emigrant agent.
A two week newlywed reflects on the early burdens of running a household and caring for relatives. Her candid remarks reveal the daily cares and responsibilities that come with marriage.
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