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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1900
Page
7
Train service operates daily except Sunday between Muscatine and Montezuma with passenger and freight options. East and west main line trains stop at Wilton with specific departure and arrival times, flag stops at Wilton for Nos. 20, 52, and 21, plus irregulars noted.
Davenport to Clinton Clinton to Chicago routes listed with No 2 and No 4 departures and arrivals. Schedules show connections to Sterling Dixon Belvidere Rockford Madison and Omaha. Daily operations by L F Berry general passenger agent with standard Sunday exceptions.
Muscatine North and South Railroad timetable effective Sunday June 17 1900 shows trains No 3 No 1 No 2 No 4 with southbound and northbound arrivals at Muscatine Roundhouse Fruitland Grandview Wapello Elrick Jct and daily service except Sunday. Trains 2 and 4 run regardless of Nos 1 and 3 with connections to B C R N Burlington Iowa Central to points east west north.
The schedule lists street car runs from the company's office for South Muscatine Park Place Fair Grounds and Cemetery with 6:00 am starts and 20 minute intervals to late evening. Sunday table notes first car at 8:00 am then half hourly to 10:00 and every 20 minutes after to 9 pm with final 10:15 from end of line.
Local column records numerous passengers bound for Summit Wilton What Cheer and Fairfield Ill with names including Mrs Dermidy Miss Hart and Chas Morgan. Also notes river level at 7.7 and a Wilton engine delay plus new minister Rev. Hetzler and Mr Servier arrivals. Advertising cures for piles and dyspepsia appear in brief notices.
Two frong settees and two fron chairs suitable for lawns offered. Inquiries welcome at the af fica.
Muscatine readies a large turnout for a Roosevelt event October 5. Riders depart about 6 30 PM for Davenport at one uniform fare. Clubs will march in uniform. West Hill and South Muscatine groups lead the way as Republicans and some Democrats plan to attend. Roosevelt then speaks briefly at West Liberty around seven.
Hopewell shuts Benson button factory briefly due to shell scarcity. Scott Benson to run a small grocery with the factory. Charles Hardman moves farming utensils to R. B. Connor place for next year. Mrs. J. P. Walton to sell stock at her farm near Hopewell School House on Wednesday Oct 3. Levi Odell held a sale Tuesday Sept 25. Mrs. Lincoln Davis and Grant Rosborough visiting Beatty relatives. Hopewell school history by Mrs. J. Q. Beatty noted. Miss Nettie Stiles at Wilton Academy. Joseph Kranz sells farm to Fred Keifner for 1000 dollars. Sunday School to close for winter and reorganize next April. Various local travels and family visits noted.
George Secrest returned home from What Cheer and other places after a long visit. He traveled by wheel but rode back by cars due to bad roads and reported a fine time. Master Glen Gibson, visiting cousins, left for Cedar Rapids to meet his father and then go to California. A small Sunday school attendance was noted and Rev. Griscel of Atalissa preached last Sunday.
The passage notes a sermon on Knowing Christ from Phil three, an afternoon Willing Workers meeting with Mrs Aught to plan a bazaar and finish remaining tasks, Cedar Hill board election excitement rivaling the presidential campaign, and local farming and rain updates. Luther Tipton completed a water well on the Conklin place at 83 feet, plus local social calls and Sarah James resuming school.
An old promotional line touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a permanent cure for constipation. It promises a money back refund from druggists if C C C fails to work.
A Cedar County report notes a wagon load of apples collected on Thursday. Oswego Kansas visitor Mrs. Stone visits her brother Will Lake and friends. John Stuart and family and Mrs J C Stuart go nutting. Mrs Geo Shield returns from West Liberty. Fred Bloomer and Joe Gibbs serve on the jury. Harry Shield breaks a colt this week. Obituary: infant Gertrude Pearl Healy dies at nine weeks, mourned by Mr. and Mrs. Healey and neighbors.
John Brown returns from Williansburg to begin a Washington posting with Mr. Miller. Miss Gates return to Missouri after visiting Mrs. McVey. Dr. Weaver treats May Leiberknecht for a bad eye. Mae Wilson's typhoid fever worsens. The Colberts mourn an infant death from cholera infantum. Pearl Furnas expected home from Chicago. Rev. Brean returns from Illinois conference. Mrs. Nelson Miller goes back to Louisiana. D L Cine recovers after illness. Lou Dalton and wife plan to settle here. Charles Furnas returns from Ohio. Horace McCormick becomes the new clerk at the store. Rev. Carr preaches to the U B church. The Runyons welcome another daughter. Grandma Tolin is very poorly.
About 50 members gathered at Oak Grove for sewing and a bountiful supper served at 6. Margaret Stuart, Shiloh’s teacher, had a day off for Wilton fair and returned to teach after meeting a scholar. Ida Barnard visited relatives then returned to the city. The society plans to meet at Mrs Morgan Housers on Oct 31. Mr and Mrs T S Alderson left for LaSalle IL after a ten day visit with Ed Cole. Mr Merritt returned home.
An old ad proclaims relief from ailments from headaches to cancer by balancing the bowels with Cas carets. It touts a natural cure with easy movements, costs ten cents to start, and warns against imitation while noting each tablet bears Cc C. C. stamped on it.
The note urges attendance at the Friday night box social at Union schoolhouse on Oct. 5 with proceeds to buy an organ. Local items mention Wm. Scott's recent tire loss and farm wreck, families moving, county seat visits, threshing delays from rain, and farmers finishing corn cutting.
The McKinley and Roosevelt cub met at the school house Monday evening and heard a talk by A. S. Lawrence of Muscatine. Various residents and visitors are mentioned including Rev Crull’s return, Davenport Republican interests, and local families visiting or traveling for fairs, school, and work.
The text claims health depends on digestion and pure blood and credits Hood's Sarsaparilla with solving health problems. It lists cures for stomach and blood disorders including scrofula, salt rheum, catarrh, dyspepsia, and rheumatism, and promotes Hood's Pills as a favorite family cathartic.
The Burlington Cedar Rapids North ern Ry offers round trip tickets to points north of Abbott Shell Rock and Waverly with fixed dates from September through December. Local agents in Cedar Rapids Iowa provide full information and low rate tickets to many regions. Contact Jno G Farmer A G P T A at Cedar Rapids for details.
Sterling Remedy Co promotes No Ta Bac as a cure to quit tobacco with claims of strength and vitality. The ad says cure is guaranteed and offers a free booklet and sample from Chicago or New York.
Marquette Michigan offers healthful air beauty scenery and good hotels as a top summer retreat via the Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul Railway. It promotes The Lake Superior Country guide with copper country description and postage stamps to Geo H Heafford Chicago.
All interested and disinterested parties are urged to attend the Republican gathering Friday at the Dancing Hall over Model Laundry on Avenue. The notice calls for broad participation and signals community engagement by the local party.
An old advertisement promotes Mull's Lightning Couga Cure claiming it cures coughs and lung trouble. It warns to cough if you want trouble, but otherwise stop it quick and safe for children with prices of 25c and 50c, urging readers to ask their druggist.
An archival advertisement touts Dr. Jackson's Month Old Regulator as a life saving medicine for women. Claims thousands saved without operations, no ergot tansy or pennyroyal, mailed for 83.0) and promises careful, truthful correspondence and year long East reputation.
Sterling Remedy Co. of Chicago offers a dubious cure for kidney trouble promoted by Dr Hob Sparagus. The ad claims universal relief with a pill regimen and urges readers to “Sam ble free” through this product.
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