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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1902
Page
5
The Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean is a weekly paper with selected national and world news, home and farm sections, and editorials from a republican viewpoint. It offers a combined subscription: one year for $1.60 for two papers, outside Hamilton county $1.85.
The undersigned J. F. Merry assistant general passenger agent of the Illinois Central Railroad in Dubuque Iowa offers a free copy of Circular No. 8. The message discusses whether truck farming in the South is profitable and prompts readers to request the circular for details.
A fragmented list shows train numbers and routes including Des Moines, Chicago, St Paul Minneapolis, and Iowa Passenger lines. It notes daily operation patterns with some trains passenger only on Sundays and others freight only, plus specific times.
The Six O clock Club held its annual Christmas dinner Saturday at Mrs. E A Youngs home on North Des Moines Street. An elaborate one o'clock meal followed by a children’s grab bag brought merriment to all attendees.
The piece mentions Scott’s Emulsion praised for blood health amid social club scenes including a Congregational church choir reception at the Pond home. It also notes Rocky Mountain Tea promotion and a NYC salon luncheon with remarks on life’s meaning.
L W Reynolds of Boone Electric urges Hamilton county Webster City right of way for an electric railroad. He cites eastern lines using streets and side tracks, benefiting farmers. The Commercial League should study the proposal, with a note on possible town tracks and future extensions. Uncalled letters list follows. The R G Clark family moves to Elm Street residence as Bus prepares Division street lot.
Three cases of bubonic plague are treated at Swinburne Island quarantine after the Prince Line steamer Saxon from Durban arrives with illness among crew. The convalescent patient and two others remain under care as 31 crew members and five passengers are monitored. The ship will be disinfected and the party moved to Hoffman Island for ten days observation.
Scranton Pa Dec 17 The two session strike commission heard three miners witnesses John C Haddock an operator Rev Dr Peter Roberts and Samuel Gompers AFL chief The main point Haddock favored concessions under conditions Gompers implied coal companies bring immigrants to the coal regions The panel limited evidence to the commission scope and wages other issues remain unsettled.
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