This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1902
Page
2
Washington observers say the coal strike may cost at least 140 million dollars and trigger a lasting shift to oil and gas burners. Patent office reports a flood of oil burner patents as households, firms, and gas utilities switch fuels, accelerating a lasting market loss for coal.
Local testimonial from Frank Royster of 114 Clinton Street in Muscatine recounts severe back pain and kidney distress, claiming Dean's Kidney Pills cured him after trying plasters and internal medicines. Sold by Havercamp's pharmacy for 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo NY is sole US agent. Remember the name Doan's.
The Iowa Central Railway offers excursion tickets for homeseekers on the first and third Tuesdays of November, December, January, February, March and April 1903. The fare is one fare plus $2.00 for round trip, valid 21 days from sale. Inquiries to any Iowa Central ticket agent or A B Cutts G P and T A Minneapolis Minnesota.
The Ottumwa Courier reports no Democratic figure has solved the puzzle of how Trust President Baer aligns with the Democratic party, noting the unresolved political question.
The notice lists a travel guide update with a time block from 2 10 p m to 6 00 p m and designates M Gould as the agent.
The document lists train numbers and routes between Chicago Denver and Kansas City with through services to Evans City of Mexico and California. It provides arrival and departure times for Muscatine and Wilton stations and notes daily and daily except Sunday operations for some trains.
At the coal strike commission session Baer refused to deal with the United Mine Workers as an organization and said he would push a readjustment sliding scale and a profit sharing plan. Mitchell attended as a miners’ representative, and the meeting was set to be behind closed doors to map future sessions.
Rail timetable effective April 20 1902 lists trains No. 1 3 2 4 between Muscatine Roundhouse Fruitland Grandview Wapello Elrick Junction and connections with Iowa Central and other lines. Notes include Saturday night and Monday morning departures with arrivals at Burlington and connections to St. Paul Minneapolis Peoria Monmouth and local east and west stations. Charles Howard General Agent.
A brief quoted exchange features Mr Bore and Miss Caustique with a note that talking to oneself is tiresome, attributed to the Detroit Free Press. The fragment hints at humor or social wit from a periodical page.
Sealed proposals due by 7 30 p m November 6 1902 in Muscatine for grading Orange street between Eleventh street and Woodlawn avenue with about 18400 cubic yards of earth to remove. Bid bond 500 dollars required with each bid. a performance bond equal to contract price also required. Council to act November 6 1902. bid acceptance rights reserved. Specifications at city engineer’s office. A P Lamborn city engineer.
Elrick Junction lists northbound and southbound trains including No. 8 St Paul Express at 8 10 p m No 5 Mason City Mail Sundays 11 59 a m No 2 Way Freight Sundays 10 05 a m southbound No 6 Peoria Mall Sundays 2 45 p m No 4 Peoria Express daily 5 26 a m No 16 Way Freight Sundays 1 50 p m Coupon tickets available to US Canada and Mexico with rates and folders through A B Cutts and G L Seevers agents in Minneapolis and Elrick Junction Iowa.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.