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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1905
Page
8
No 1127 Hershey avenue offers a five room house at 4.00 per month. No 213 Phillip street South Muscatine near Kaiser's Mill with barn also 4.00 per month. For details contact H M Bartlett Attorney at Law, Office over Postoffice.
The article traces a long running contest between Secretary Shaw and Governor Cummins for Iowa Republican influence. It details intraparty power, past maneuvers, and how tariff and railroad rate policy split factions, threatening Iowa’s unity and potentially national implications.
Miss Bessie Brace of Minneapolis arrives as drawing instructor for public schools and Miss Eleanor Lowden of Iowa Falls joins as English instructor at the high school. Miss Mershon of Chicago, the music instructor, arrived last evening, ready to begin Tuesday when the term opens.
Labor Day Monday September 4 postoffice will close at 10 a.m. City carriers make first delivery. rural routes not driven. Carrier windows open 9 to 10 a.m. Mails received and dispatched as usual. W. D. Burk Postmaster.
Mr and Mrs Schombberge attended the wedding of Mrs Schomberges brother Farl Chapman formerly of Conesville and Miss Letta White in Cedar Rapids. Rev W H Cooper of Wapello preaches at the Presbyterian church and communion services are planned for Sunday.
We have just received a nice line of composition books and school tablets, both ruled and unruled, that we will sell Tuesday only, at oc.
An advertisement promises a free rubber tipped lead pencil with every five cent tablet purchase, highlighting a value add for customers and encouraging sales.
The county clerk issued sixteen licenses in August listing couples such as Jacob H. Yagey with Mabel A. Bitzer and James E. Rogers with Bessie M. Phillips. The register covers August 2 through August 31 with multiple entries including Henry W. Maisenbach and Vada Hurlbut and Walter Chandler and Myrtle Hunt.
Iowa City reports a practical skeleton prepared by University of Iowa College of Medicine to aid high school biology labs in Muscatine, West Liberty, and other cities. The project, already used in geology, aims to broaden biology teaching with bone demonstrations for students. Local visitors include W B McGee from Canon City and Mrs Mae Gohmann of Ohio.
Muscatine postoffice follows holiday rules for Labor Day. City residents may pick up mail after 10 am, with early delivery in the morning. General delivery closes at 10. Rural routes receive no delivery on holidays, so rural patrons will get Sunday and Monday mail on Tuesday next week.
Numerous social calls and travels across Iowa are recorded. Jim Merrill visits Cedar Rapids with his wife in law. Mrs. J L Reaney returns from Muscatine. Miss Tyler departs for Iowa City to enter the state university. Ethel McCurley attends Mrs Featherstone's funeral in Letts. families attend the Wapello fair and Clifton school picnic active at Chautauqua grounds.
On Tuesdays until December the Iowa Central Railway sells home seeker round trip tickets to Iowa Minnesota South and North Dakota and the Canadian northwest at one fare plus two dollars. Tickets are valid 21 days with stop overs allowed. For rates and details contact agents or write A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis Minnesota.
Meeting last night at the Berlin studio with Alexander Grossheim and others settled the Labor Day races for gasoline launches on the river. A committee of A Grossheim C P Hanley and A B Clapp will complete the handicap and assign starting times. A free for all race was also approved.
Students collect last year’s books and prepare for the new term starting Tuesday morning September 5. Labor Day marks the end of summer vacation as bells toll to begin nine months of study for the children.
Riverside residents share visits and trips with relatives and friends. J L Stevens visited Alma Ott in Riverside after Iowa City travel, while the Busby couple returned from Des Moines state fair. Frank Critz and daughter Estella plan a Denver sightseeing trip for two weeks. Violet Fesler returned from Muscatine to her home with sister Mrs Hirt. A large Riverside crowd rode Western to attend the Woodmall picnic in Kalona. Mrs J W Tener visited in Iowa City. Mamie Shradell returned Tuesday.
Lemons price surge to seven dollars per box on the local market with 40 cents a dozen retail. Warm weather causes lemons to spoil after storage reducing supply and lifting the price of the best brands.
Iowa Central offers round trip excursion tickets at one fare for the Des Moines Iowa State Fair run from August 24 to September 1 1905. Return allowed only until September 2 1905. For rates train times and details call local agents.
A Rock Island passenger train No. 4 arriving at 9 58 last night did not reach the city until 7 30 this morning after a wreck at Wearville on the southwest division. The track was torn up and several cars were dumped over a high embankment delaying passengers for many hours.
Fire in Calumet Michigan on September 1 wiped out the high school and the Miscowaubhik club house, causing an estimated loss of 190000 dollars. Firefighters battled the blaze but could not save the buildings. The incident marks a devastating setback for the community and local institutions.
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