Muscatine Dominates Iowa Firemen Parade Victory
Thousands in Davenport and Muscatine watched the state firemen tournament with Muscatine leading the parade 257 men and winning the top prize of 75 dollars for largest company. West Liberty and Iowa City also placed in races as Davenport, Clinton and others showcased their equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Muscatine
Davenport
Nowa City
Marion
B. F. Menter Hose Co
Fitzgerald Hose Co
X. L. C. R. Hose Co
Martens
Connelly
P. W. McManus
W. Neal
William Reese
Henry Wichelmann
Strasser
Waldo Becker
Davenport City Council
Rock Island City Council
Moline City Council
Muscatine City Council
Scott County Court House
Pau
Bernard Corte
Robert Thompson
Emil Moore
Relief Hose Company
Cart
Little Miss Marguerite Elfers
Hershey Hose Company
Huttig Hose Company
C. Clark
Door & Blind Company
J. H. Kaiser Hose Company
Protection Hose Company
Iowa City
Rescue Hose Company
Sawyer Hose Company No. 2
Alert Hose Company
The
Messenger
Wilton Hook & Ladder Company
Toledo Fire Department
Oxford Fire Department
Tama City Fire Department
LePorte Fire Department
Belle Plaine Fire Department
West Branch Fire Department
Will Johnson
Eugene Beverly
Waterloo Fire Department
West Liberty Fire Department
Monticello
Rock Island
Chief Piening
Nate Lorimer
Cedar Rapids
W. J. Diercks
Excelsior Company
H. J. Gremmel
Bonnie Korte
Margaret Elfers
West Branch
West Liberty
Rainfall records and August weather in Muscatine 1902
The Muscatine weather report shows over two feet of rainfall across June July and August 1902 with August the wettest on record. June 8.79 inches July 7.93 inches August 8.94 inches. The period is among the wettest in 57 years with four wetter Augusts in that span.
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Muscatine
Band Concert Program At Court Square Tonight
Pandhet's band will present a concert at the court square with a program including March Dunlay Commandery by R. B. Hall Overture Zampa Two-Step Maid Marian Waltzes Symphia and Alliance Polka duet for B flat cornet Medley A Base Hit Evening Star from Tannhauser Baritone solo and Gilmore's Triumphal March conducted by T. B. Brooke.
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Pandhet
Court Square
Dunlay Commandery
R. B. Hall
F. Herald
Maid Marian
R. Koven
Symphia
A. Holzmann
Miehel Wegeoes
H. E. Gogswell
Watt
Evening Star
Tannhauser
Grape-Nuts Praised For Health Benefit By Traveler
A traveler recounts medical improvement after a five day trip to California eating only Grape-Nuts with milk and sugar. He gains five pounds, says the food is easily digested, non bulky, and strengthens the body, claiming it rebuilds the brain. The endorsement comes from the Postum Co. in Battle Creek, Michigan.
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California
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Cleveland to Chicago Special Fare and Schedule
Eight dollars fifty cents round trip from Cleveland to Chicago and back available September 26 and 27 via Nickel Plate Road. Return by October 28 with ticket deposit in Cleveland. Three daily trains with vestibuled sleeping cars. American Club Meals 35 cents to one dollar in dining cars, meals a la carte also. City Ticket Office Chicago 111 Adams St. For more information contact John Y. Calahan General Agent 113 Adams Street.
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Cleveland
Nickel Plate Road
Chicago
Adams St
John Y. Calahan
Adams Street
Wilton Fair Entries Deadlines Announced
The Wilton fair sets speed entries to close September 1 and all other entries by 6 p m on September 9. EB R King serves as Secretary for the event.
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Wilton
EB. R. King
Riches of Louisa County and Lodge Anniversary in Wapello
In Wapello Iowa on September 4 the assessors report Louisa county real and personal property worth 15 547 924 a per capita value near 1 100. The Odd Fellows hall marks a fiftieth anniversary celebration for John Herrick with a gold medal presentation and mortgage burning. Court schedules list several cases and guardianships for September 8 9 and 10. A memorial service honors D N Sprague and Schuyler Verdon with bar resolutions spread in court.
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Wapello
Iowa
Louisa County
Odd Fellows Hall
John Herrick
Lodge
Herrick
Messrs
John Hale
Frank Pemble
H. A. Plitt
Odd Fellows
Court records honor deceased judges in meeting minutes
Judge Withrow directed that resolutions adopted upon the deaths of Berry and Hon. L. A. Reiley be spread into the court minutes, preserving the formal memorial action by the court.
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D. N. Sprague
Schuyler Verdon
Wapello
C. A. Carpenter
Bar Association
Withrow
John Hale
PD. N. Sprague
Sprague
Mr. Sprague
Hale
Tom Hedge
F. M. Mols
Lone Tree Wedding Unites Cayot and Donham
Albert G. Cayot of Muscatine marries Miss Mary E. Donham of Lone Tree at the Reformed church in Lone Tree, officiated by Rev. Dr. J. W. Love. The couple will reside at 603 Woodlawn Avenue after September 14.
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J. W. Love
the Reformed Church
Lone Tree
Albert G. Cayot
Muscatine
Mary E. Donham
Cayot
Woodlawn Avenue
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Fitzgerald Fire Department
B. F. Mentzer Fire Department
Mentzer Fire Department
George Neibert
Fred Wood
Harry EB. Reed
Will Francis
Sanburn, Il
James Cunningham
George Detrick
Dixon, Ill
A. L. Wood
Union Ia
J. P. Walton
Vite Eee
Wagner
Schmidt
Louisa
God Fellows
Bar
van Dyke
Harry Semple
Dawson
Luckey
Sarah Richards
Arminda Wren
Rebecca Fetterman
Wilson Vs. Fribune Co
State
Hawkins
Mr. Manhardt
Trenton
Randolph
J. B. Schweitert
South Dakota
IDEAL
Corry @ Wernintin Co
C. G. Shaw
Owa
East Second Street
Muscatine Lbr. & Box Co
M. P. Goff
Undertaker
West Second Street
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Peoria
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Omaha
Des Moines
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Rockford
Bloomington
Evansville
Terre Haute
Decatur
J. W. Richards
E. Second St
James Cotter
Idea
Epworth Acetylene
G. A. Pierson
East 2d Street
Thomas Brown
Choice Western Lands
First National Bank
Pearl City Shoeing
State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
Rickerd & van Dusen
East Third Street
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