Illinois Central Railroad stockholders meeting notice
The next annual meeting of the stock holders of the Illinois Central Railroad Company will be held at the company's Chicago office on Wednesday September 26 1900 at noon. The Stock Transfer Books will be closed from the close of business on September 11 to the morning of September 27.
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Illinois Central Railroad Company
Ilinois Central Railroad Company
Ilinois Central Railroad
Chicago
Chicago Niy
W. ©. Bruen
Board of Directors
A. G. Hackstafp
Suburbs Briefs Highlight Local Joys and Observations
Daily doings from Muscatine neighbors cover births social visits and local notes. Personal notices include engagements births political remarks and community happenings chronicled by the Journal’s correspondents.
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Muscatine
Local notes on travel and events around town
Daily notices show residents boarding trains to Letts Oskaloosa Iowa City Eldon and West Liberty. A large Armory dance, library drives, and loan offers appear alongside school opening at Sandy Grove and Sunday gatherings at Cedar Bethel.
Fruitland Notes on Visits and Local Happenings
Diana Cunningham returns home after a two weeks visit in Illinois City. A L Cunningham and family attend a Sunday school picnic across the river. Grandma Rummery to visit Armour Nebraska. Comrade Craddock and wife of Louisa County and Comrade Johnson and wife of Ferdinand NL visit G D Pummery. Conesville claims the largest watermelons, Island brings two carloads averaging 46 to 50 pounds, Sand Mound folks boast even larger melons.
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Diana Cunningham
Illinois City
A. L. Cunningham
Grandma Rummery
Armour, Neb
Will Joy
John Craddock
Louisa County
Frank Johnson
Ferdinand, NL
G. D. Pummery
Conesville
Beggs Hair Renewer Promises Cure For Baldness
A timetested ad notes Beggs Hair Renewer cures scalp diseases and stops hair loss. It claims to grow hair on bald heads and guarantees satisfaction. Available at J. J. Havercamp's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Havercamp’s
City central S room houses and lot for sale
For $1,800. Good S-room houses and a good lot in the central part of the city. Owner will take stock in part pay. Titus & Jackson.
Nichols notes encampment travels and town updates
In Chicago last week Mr and Mrs C A Hesser attended the camp fire at the first M E church. Veterans of the 15th Ohio walked with canes in the parade. The mayor will address street grading and sidewalk hazards. Clara rests after illness while Mamie Dean joins the new school staff. George Nicola returns home by sea and 125 tickets sold to Columbus Junction fair.
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Chicago
C. A. Hesser
M. E
15Th Ohifo
Clara
Mamie Dean
Coyner
Holenbeck
Kansas
Fitzsimmons
George Nicola
Ocean
Agent Mese
Columbus Junction Fair
Hesser
Norris
Smith
Mansfield
John Vantuyl
Riverside United Brethren Institute Meeting Report
The United Brethren Institute of Cedar Rapids district met here last week with about a dozen attendees instead of the expected thirty due to sickness. Despite the small turnout, the sessions were productive and featured notable speakers, with warm weather and a continuously running fan during services. President Buchwalter led the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brethren Institute of
Cedar Rapids
U. B
Buchwalter
Bargain Farms For Sale Near Muscatine And Surrounding Areas
Real estate ad lists multiple farms near Muscatine with sizes from 7 to 515 acres, various improvements, and prices including $5,000, $50 per acre, and mentions of timber, wells, barns, cisterns, fruit, and proximity to railroads. Also notes city property, trade options, and insurance services.
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Muscatine
Muscatine House
City
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Minnesota
South Dakota
Western College Sermon Highlights and Local Notes
Rev Wendel, former local pastor, attended U B meetings this week and spoke after preaching a notable sermon. Riverside Savings Bank bought a new compact money safe. Karous and crew returned from Tiffin after shelling corn. Buffalo Bill show draws crowds to Iowa City. Lewis Critz sold flour mill stake to brother Vic. Miss Rougie of Davenport visited Aunt Mrs George Hoffman. A light Saturday shower cooled the area.
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Buffalo Bill
Iowa City
Lewis Critz
Vic
Rougie
Davenport
George Hoffman
City Caucus Seeks Delegates From Four Wards
The Republican wards in Muscatine announce caucuses on September 5th for First to Fourth wards to elect delegates to the county convention in Muscatine on September 8th. Meetings at 7:30 p.m. at various local halls with orders from ward committeemen.
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First Ward
Excelsior Hose House
Muscatine
Second Ward
Third Ward
Rescue Hose House
Fourth Ward
Relief Hose House
Masertine
4Th Ward
Doctor Endorses Grape Nuts For Health Benefits
Dr. W. B. Conway, president of the Athens Georgia Board of Health, credits Grape-Nuts with curing malnutrition and heart palpitations after a period of overwork. He says the food, paired with rich cow’s milk, restored sleep and digestive function and supports a rational feeding system. He urges others to try the product to verify its value.
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Board of Health
W. B. Conway, M. D
Pres
Athens, Ga
For Sale Two Front Settees And Two Front Chairs
For sale two front settees and two front chairs suitable for lawns inquire at his office R. M. Booth Elgin Jr who has just escaped a very dangerous operation writes us Beggs German Salve cured me of piles after everything else had failed I was preparing for an operation as a last resort Would not be without it if it cost ten dollars a box At J J Havercamp s
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R. M. Booth
Elgin, Jr
J. J. Havercamp’s
Hershey Lumber float leads Muscatine Labor Day parade
South Muscatine sawmill interests showcased a detailed float featuring a gang saw operation with a wagonshift power unit and lumber products. Local residents dispersed a late evening bonfire incident. Several civic and business updates follow including road work on Schley avenue, boating trips, and community notices about residents travel and building projects.
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Hershey Lumber Company
South Muscallen
Vanatta
Reed & Grandview Avenue
Officer Springborn
Schley Avenue
South Muscatine Lumber Company
Local notices and arrivals from Monday callers
Conrade reports Monday callers. Robert Baur resumes duties at Lilly's store. George Shroeder reports loss of a valuable horse. W F Miksch plans a new barn. Mrs Smith returns from Kan.
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Conrade
Robert Baur
Lilly’s
George Shhroeder
W. F. Miksch
Mrs. Smith
Kansas
Ex State Senator Hurt In Viaduct Fall
Princeton Illinois September 4 Lewia Zear ing a longtime state senator was injured when his carriage was jolted by a passing train the horse bolted toward a railroad viaduct and plunged thirty feet to the ground fatally wounding the vehicle and seriously injuring the rider
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Princeton
Ills
Lewia Zearing
Notable 1896 News Bites From Around the World
A roundup of diverse 1890s events: Arthur Sewall of Maine suffers apoplexy and recovery prospects are dim. UK delegates and 250000 trade unionists meet in Huddersfield. St Louis men H Keith and Henry Crassock drown in a Mississippi skiff accident. Skagway forms Alaska’s first union with 17 printers. Oklahoma population about 400000. Spain to adopt 24 hour system from Jan 1. Irish mackerel fishery fails south and west Coasts. Chinese empire penal code 2000 years old with about 12000 annual executions. Rev Sheldon to write on England liquor question. Atlin City Alaska nearly wiped out by fire. Four killed by train crash near Oswego Junction Washington. Boers lose many horses to cold and hunger. Russia and Sweden war fears. Chicago records three deaths and one prostration from heat. Deaths listed as Michael Keefe John Feely and John Walsh. Champion Jim Jeffries plans rest of eight months to a year.
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Arthur Sewall
Maine
United Kingdom
Huddersfield
H. Keith
Henry Crassock
St. Louis
Mississippi
Skagway
Alaska
Oklahoma
Spain
Ireland
Sheldon
England
Atlin City
Oswego Junction
Russia
Sweden
Chicago
Michael Keefe
John Feely
John Walsh
Jim Jeffries
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promotes Health Through Digestion
Health rests on perfect digestion and pure blood and Hood's Sarsaparilla offers a simple solution. The tonic is claimed to prevent illness and cure stomach and blood disorders including scrofula salt rheum catarrh dyspepsia rheumatism and more with Hood's Pills as a popular family laxative.
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Hood
Clear Lake pamphlet promotes Iowa Central resort sights
The Central Passenger Department of Iowa Central releases a pamphlet titled Clear Lake ywa and the Oaks describing Clear Lake as a charming summer resort with sailing, bathing, and hotel views. It highlights engravings and travel tips and invites readers to obtain copies from railway agents or Geo. S. Ratty in Marshalltown Iowa.
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Iowa Central
Clear Lake
Ywa
Iowa Cental
Geo. S. Ratty, G. P
Tea Town Central Ry
Marshalltown
Iowa
Beggs' German Salve Voted Best General Remedy
R C Childs of Peoria offers the claim that Beggs' German Salve is the best general household remedy. It purportedly cures cuts burns scalds old sores and all skin diseases and is described as the only pile cure that permanently cures. Available at J J Havercamp's.
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R. C. Childs
Peoria
J. J. Havercamp
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sam
Borger
Muscatine Infirmary of Osteopathy
Linn Street
Elizabeth Harlan
D. D
Graduate American School of Osteopathy
Linn St
Parker
Illinois
Gentral RO
Long & Son
Monogram
Daily Journal
United States
McBride & Cope’s
Battey
West Second Street
Tribune
Halstead’s
Rev. Fry
Oskaloosa
Jones & Rice’s
David Miller
Eva Collins
Letts
Concord
Mary Kane
John Mahin
Southwest
Paul Schmidt
Miss Carry Walters
H. Lang
Wilton
Chas Zelner
Harold J. Mahin
Des Moines
Armory
Will Beardsley
Labor Day
Wellman
John Bowmen
Eldon
Frank White
Seymour
Jonnie Killion
West Liberty
J.C. Stuart
Rock Island
T. C. Clark
Yearly Meeting of the
Friends’ Church
Journal
Guarantee Loan Co
East Second Street
John Bretz
Goodland
Republic
Hugo
Colorado
The
Myrtle Foster
Maud Foster
Mandie George
Sandy Grove
Miss Cotler
Pauline Love
Henry Bedwell
Nellore Lee
Ina Wagner
Flora Wagner
Samuel Littrell
Fruitland
Titus & Jackson
Riverside
City Caucus
Bis
Musserville
Henry Earl
A. B. Rehmel
Muskegon
David Rouse
Muscatine Island
Jack Herget
Louisa Appel
John Butler
Canyon City
Andrew Miller
Muscatine Sash and Door Co
Hanover and
Grandview Avenue
W. H. Franklin
Hershey Avenue
Washington
Mike White
Arthur James
Joseph Bidy
Sylvester Ketchum
Wemorest Avenue
South
Muscatine Y
the Star Clothing Company
Knox Hats
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