Local residents arrive and depart after Labor Day events
B Pritchard left for Royalton Minnesota. Mr and Mrs John Wiley of West Liberty were in the city yesterday. Walter Johnson returned Sunday from Chicago. Stella Chamberlain rode the 9 53 train to Montpelier. Anabel Little of Caldwell Idaho visits Bessie Jarvis. H E Wiley of West Liberty attended Labor Day activities. Mrs Clymer A Coldren from Colfax returns home. Fred Witteman of Washington visited and attended Labor Day. Co C drills Thursday night instead of Monday. Mrs J L Smeenk reports Mrs J H Rowe of Wilton in the city visiting Clara and Labor Day. Mae Demorest returns from Winfield Kansas. Mrs A B Adams returns to Washington from J B Mark home. Mrs S B Lafferty and son depart for Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Rowe
Wilton
City
Miss Clara
A. B. Adams
J. B. Mark
Washington
Finnigans Ball opens Grand Opera House season with strong laughs
The 1902-150 season at the Grand Opera House opened last evening with Finnigan's Ball, a lively Irish comedy. Gallager and Barret sparked continual laughter with sharp burlesques while the Austin brothers and Katharine Dahl offered top acts and an encore worthy solo. Tonight William Owen brings Sheridan's The School for Scandal with a solid company and likely strong performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Opera House
Gallager
Barret
Austin Brothers
Katharine Dahl
William Owen
Sheridan
School For Scandal
Questionable scheme targets Muscatine farmer via St Louis firm
A Muscatine county farmer received a letter from E. J. Arnold & Co in the Benoist building St Louis proposing 3 percent weekly cash on investments of $20 or more in a horse racing plan. The offer includes redeemable certificates and bank references but is identified as a swindle. the matter has been sent to postal authorities for investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine County
Benoist
St. Louis
E. J. Arnold & Co
Home Visitors Excursion Fares to Ohio Indiana
Round trip tickets via M N and C Iowa Central and all lines from Peoria. One fare plus two dollars for round trip good thirty days from sale. Tickets on sale Sept two, nine, sixteen and twenty three, nineteen oh two for Indianapolis and return. Sandusky Ohio and return sixteen ninety Columbus Ohio and return sixteen fifteen Springfield Ohio and return fifteen thirty Dayton Ohio and return fifteen ten Cincinnati Ohio and return fifteen ten Louisville Ky and return fifteen thirty. Intermediate points at proportional rates. For information call at M N S depot or inquire of A L Lindar General Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Indiana
Iowa Central
Peoria
Indianapolis
Ind
Sandusky
Columbus
Springfield
Dayton
Cincinnati
Louisville, Ky
A. L. Lindar
Surprise 25th Wedding Anniversary at Beik Residence
About 150 friends gathered August 23 at Mr and Mrs Jacob Beiks Port Louisa township home to mark their twenty fifth wedding anniversary. Guests enjoyed a feast and hours of socializing while remembrances and favors reflected the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Beik
Port Louisa Township
Local renovator warns against rival outfits in Sloughtown
Chas. Zellner of Mulberry street denounces other parties claiming factory sites at Mulberry and Second and other places in Sloughtown. He says he is the sole reliable renovator on Mulberry for five years, with no solicitors or authorized agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mulberry
Second Streets
Sloughtown
Mulberry Street
Luxurious Lehigh Valley Trains to New York or Philadelphia
The Lehigh Valley railroad runs luxuriously furnished trains to New York or Philadelphia with dining cars a la carte. Stop-over allowed at Niagara Falls on through tickets to either city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh Valley Railroad
New York
Philadelphia
Niagara Falls
Wilton Notes Move Of Local Residents To Out-Of-Town Posts
Wilton, Iowa items report Homer Curtis visiting Cedar Falls friends. Grace Ott sails to Cedar Falls to attend the state normal. Minnie Mason and Ruth Eaton plan business college study in Muscatine. Clara Rowe to work as bookkeeper in Muscatine. Mrs. Dove promotes homes for homeless children in Ottumwa. George Wise heads to Corning to teach languages. Nell Seymour ill, Miss Osborn to fill in at Muscatine High School. Ernest Morrison off to Davenport for business college. Maggie Switzer visits H. E. Strong home. Theo Port improving after illness. Nellie and Pearl Luellen visit brothers in Muscatine. Vera Ayres and Bessie Nicolaus host friends last Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Dove
Town City
Ottumwa
George Wise
Corning
Nell Seymour
Osborn
Muscatine
Ernest Morrison
Davenport
Business
Maggie Switzer
H. E. Strong
Creitz
Theo. Port
Nellie
Pearl Luellen
Preacher's Children Benefit From Grape-Nuts Trial
A mother reports her eight year old daughter and two siblings improved bowel trouble after five months on Grape-Nuts only for breakfast. She credits better health and fullness to the cereal with whole wheat bread and Postum Coffee, saying the family is unusually healthy. Battle Creek Postum Co. listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Guess Where party and visits form a lively town note
Guests enjoyed a "guess where" party at Miss Nicolaus home with a "Congress of Cats" contest and refreshments. Mrs J M Ridings of Joliet visits brother C H Wilson. Abbie Derby visits son N W Derby at Avoca Iowa. Rev J K McAulay attended for ill son Neal. Bennet brothers and Roy Jayne head to Oklahoma. Ed Ruff resigns from Strong Co to study civil engineering. Ed Miller takes his place. Wilton College fall term begins today September 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicolaus
Congress of Cats
J. M. Ridings
Joliet
C. H. Wilson
Abbie Derby
N. W. Derby
Avoca
J. K. McAulay
Neal
George
Harry Bennet
Roy Jayne
Oklahoma
Ed. Ruff
Strong & Co
Ed. Miller
Ruff
Wilton College
Local Social Notes From Bloomington Iowa
Mr and Mrs John Field of Philadelphia visited Judge J S Richman. Walter Willits returned home from Davenport with carpentry work. Emma Fryermuth left for Cedar Falls as a student. Sophia Dallas went to Chicago for a few days. D A Clark and family joined Batchelor Island river picnic. George LeFeber showed a new tonnego. P B Lake reported a good state fair. Florence Page returned from Davenport with Ada Willits staying briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
John Field
Philadelphia
J. S. Richman
Walter Willits
Walter
Davenport
Emma Fryermuth
Cedar Falls
Sophia Dallas
Chicago
D. A. Clark
Batchelor
George 1eFever
P. B. Lake
Florence Page
Ada Willits
West Liberty Notes Busy With Visitors and School Opening
West Liberty Iowa residents report visitors from Muscatine Eau Clair Princeville and Brooklyn while Miss Francisco departs for Brooklyn New York. Tea guests honor Miss Francisco at Miss Mattie Floyds home as Rev. Furniss resumes pulpit duties and the school opens with enthusiastic staff and an office prepared for Superintendent Schall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felkner
Eau Clair
Wis
Don Barnes
Cedar Rapids
H. J. Cheseman
Princeville
Mattie Floyd
Ferst Sixth Street
Sarenah Francisco
Geo. Furniss
Presbyterian Church
Edna Smalley
Reduced Rates for Laborers by Iowa Central Railway
The Iowa Central railway offers greatly reduced one way tickets for harvest hands and laborers to Minnesota and North and South Dakota through August 19. See your local ticket agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Central Railway
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Fire damages Whetlas property in Nichols Iowa
The Whetlas house and summer kitchen occupied by J A Garein burned at about 2 am. The fire, suspected incendiary by some, occurred in Nichols where no local fire department delayed responders. Furniture uninsured, home insured for 300 dollars, and two passersby Frank Hummel and Frank Nelson were thrown when their horseman’s carriage ran away. Nelson sustained bruises and was treated at a nearby home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nichols
Iowa
Wm. Whetlas
J. A. Garein
Gareia
Frank Hummel
Frank Nelson
Nelson
Hummel
Mr. Nelson
Mr. Downing
Riverside Notes on Harvest Letdowns and Rails
Riverside Iowa editor reports mixed threshing with grain in shock and poor stacked grain. Foreman Frank Busek resigns for health but rail line allows leave until fit. no train to Muscatine on Labor Day sparks talk of autos and mobility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Melkie
Frank Busek
Muscatine
Labor Day
Passenger train offer from Chicago to Cleveland round trip
John Y. Calahan general agent Chicago offers round trip rail from Chicago to Cleveland via Nickel Plate Road for September 26 and 27 with return by October 28. First class equipment and service, three daily trains, departure from Chicago Passenger Station Harrison Street and Fifth Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Nickel Plate Road
Chicago
Harrison St
5Th Ave
John Y. Calahan
Adams Street
Milwaukee man offers free 25 000 Gloria Tonic boxes for rheumatism cure
John A. Smith of Milwaukee claims a self developed remedy named Gloria Tonic cures rheumatism after suffering years and using various treatments. He offers 25 000 free boxes to anyone who sends address and cites multiple cured cases across several states and countries. His address is 806 Germania Building Milwaukee Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Smith
Milwaukee
Smith
Seguin
Texas
Mr. Smith
Prosser, Neb
Fountain City
Wis
Jacob Sexauer
Perrysburg
Ohio
Heron Lake
Minn
John Gehr
C. Lund
Harrisville
St. Louis
F. Faerber
Concordia Publ
Vandalia
Mar
Mary FE. Sayles
Bennington
Worms
Frankfurt
Germany
Incurehle
Zetleman
Ouintage
University of
Druce
Evhodr
Falkis
Germania Bidg
Iowa Central Offers Weekend Excursion to Clear Lake
Until September 30 the Iowa Central railway sells special low rate excursion tickets to Clear Lake every Saturday with return Monday. The scheme aims to give busy men a short inexpensive outing without sacrificing many hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Central Railway
Clear Lake
Sleeping car service links St Paul to Kansas City and east
Iowa Central Railway announces a new sleeping car service from St Paul and Minneapolis to Kansas City St Louis and Peoria. The Limited departs Elrick Junction daily at 7 57 a m for Peoria and points east. See local ticket agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Central Railway
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Kansas City
St. Louis
Peoria
Elrick Junction
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Walsh
M. E
McCullough Bldg
J. E. Walsh
Third Street
Daily Journal
Abe
W. £. Battey
West Second Street
Glover
J.C. Thomsen
Chestnut St
B. Pritchard
Royalton
John Wiley
West Liberty
Walter Johnson
Anabel Little
Caldwell
Idaho
Bessie Jarvis
D. W. Jackson's
H. E. Wiley
Fred Witteman
Mae Demorest
Winfield
Kan
S. B. Lafferty
J. S. Kulp
Cereal
Ourself
E. P. Day
East Second Street
Owen
Chas. Zellner
Corner Fifth
Vera Ayres
Bessie Nicolaus
Preacher’s
DR. Fenner
Havercamp’s
A. P. Lamborn
Muscatine City
Oda Romaine
Ethel Romaine
Edith H. M. Smith
Howard Lake
Schall
AY Mghuls
William Whetlas
He Law
of Health
Dr. Pierce
Clarence Carnes
Taylorstown
Loudoun Co
P. M. Muller
Iowa Avenue
Muscatine Ltor. & Box Co
GRACE
Post Office Board of Trade
C. C. Collins
Jackson Boulevard
Clark Street
F. Giesenhaus
Second Street
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