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A BOOKLET DESCRIPTIVE 
 OF THE "PEARL CITY" 
 OF IOWA ■v- V. -.« V ^• 
 
 1901 
 
 PUBLISHED BY 
 H. W. LEWIS 
 MUSCATINE 
 
 PICTURESQUE 
 MUSCATINE 5^ 
 
 THE DEMOCRAT CO. PRINTERS 
 DAVENPORT. lOWA 
 

IN presenting to the public this pictur- 
 esque description of Muscatine, the writ- 
 er has endeavored to avoid forcing upon 
 the reader a mass of statistics so generall)' 
 the greater part of the letter press of such works, and to present, in a 
 general way, only such facts and figures as will interest the busy, 
 restless reader of the new century. This is an era of illustration, 
 and it has been the purpose of the publisher of the booklet here- 
 with presented to show that the city of Muscatine possesses the 
 advantages claimed for it — not merely to write and ])rint the state- 
 ment. The engravings appearing in Picturksoie Muscatine are 
 accurate in every detail, being direct reproductions of photographs, 
 engraved by the half-tone process. They cannot, therefore, bee.xagger- 
 ated or overdrawn, as in the process of the ideal sketch, or hand 
 engraving. Nearly everything shown of Muscatine and its scenery is 
 shown through the camera. If the beautiful residence has an unsightly 
 trolley pole before the front door; should a dog fight or truck wagon 
 mar the foreground of the stately business block; or should, perchance, 
 a crowd of small boys have refused to get out of the way in a street 
 scene, blame not the book. The camera has tojd the truth and the 
 pictures are accurate, whatever else may be said of them. 
 
 PiCTURKSQUE Muscatine cannot do otherwise than find its way 
 into many far off homes, as well as into those of the city it illustrates. 
 It will, it is hoped, recall many familiar scenes to former residents 
 who are living elsewhere, and will show to them, also, a vast number 
 of new and magnificent buildings. The book will likewise find its way 
 to the homes of many thousands who have never seen the "Pearl City," 
 and who have formed ideas of its magnitude and commercial importance 
 only from listening to the talk of the enthusiastic citizen away from 
 home on a visit, or of reading of its advantages through the public prints. 
 To the ambitious amateur photographer, that enthusiastic 
 devotee of one of the "arts preservative," Picturksouk Muscatine 
 is indebted for the loan of pet negatives — many of which, it is regretted, 
 
 Ir^troductory 
 
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 space and engravers' bills have precluded. 
 Courtesies were extended by the following 
 amateurs; Mrs. F. P. Sawyer, Miss Anna 
 Johnson, Prof. F. M. Witter, Supt. H. T. 
 Kiske, Messrs. J. G. Dougherty, F. Reppert, W. N. Wallace, J. L. 
 Umscheid, Howard Erb, E. L. Graham and Frank P. Drisch. 
 
 The writer believes he has, by the co-peration of public-spirited 
 and enterprising citizens, been enabled to present the reader a volume 
 of unusual artistic beauty. Such a work certainly could never be a 
 possibility in a city whose manufacturers, capitalists, merchants and 
 professional men were not men of action — progressive, broad-minded 
 and up-to-date, such as constitute the population of Muscatine. It is 
 men of this character that cause small towns to become populous 
 cities; and to those who have practically encouraged in the promotion 
 of this work, as well as to those who assist in its further circulation, 
 the publisher extends assurance of sincere appreciation. H. W. L. 
 
The City of 
 M\iscatir\e 
 
 -.wappinjT One X tire w;iter to the imble reil man 
 for cmmoJities and land, and he "remained at 
 hU post." in many instances, for the very (fo<xl 
 reason that he couldn't sell out for money enoujfh 
 to take him back to his wife's relatives, where he 
 i.rij;m.iiiy iiucnileil to return. The pioneer, as a rule, is an over- 
 estimatfd coninnKlity. The men who actually made Musc.itine what it 
 is ttKlay came here at a later day; came to build instead of traffic. 
 
 The first settlers .lid ii..t •..■\t\f 
 
 rillr, 
 
 SI J I .\ 1 Kl> .It the a|H'x of the (rreatest west- 
 ward sweep made by the majestic Miss- 
 issippi river as its waters w.ish the eastern 
 shores of Iowa on their course to the ocean is the 
 pictureH<{ue and iK-autiful city of Muscatine. 
 
 ThouKh rich in legendary lore of the North American Indi.iii. who 
 onco held "Mascoutin" as sacred jfrountl. Musc.itine's early history, 
 ■o far as the white man's connection with it is concerned, contains 
 but little of im|iortance th.it would characteri/'- '-r ilisiioirnish it fn-m 
 that of other cities of its 
 chiiracter alon>: the ^reat 
 river. In matters of history 
 only, have we been slight- 
 ed. Its natural advanta- 
 f(cs and resources were 
 such as toattr.ict the white 
 man hither, and here he 
 came .ind remainnl. 
 
 Chapters have been 
 w ritten .'ind stories told of 
 the struffi^les of the pio- 
 neers who transformed this 
 "h<iwlin(C wilderness" into 
 a "veritable Kanlen," and 
 consequently it is unneces- 
 sary to re|H-at in detail 
 
 how the first white settler remained heroically at his post, altern.itely the present site of Muscatine were Father Jac(|ues Marcpiettc, .1 Jesuit 
 (rrubt>inK timber :ind fi^'htin).; Indi.ins, in oriler that his pro|;eny mi);ht priest, and Louis Joliet, a fur trader. This was sometime in the 
 receive the blessings .mil rewarils of a hi^'her civili^.ition. The men summer of 1(>7.?. History tells us th.it these men, in comp.my with five 
 who viiin distinction fiKlitin^ the Indians that roamed around and other Frenchmen and two Indians as (guides, started early in the year 
 about Muscatine, make a very small showinff by the side of those who mentioned from Mackinaw in bark canoes and discovered the Mississ- 
 (fot their start in life by i;ettin(; the upper hand of Mr. Lo in a trade ippi river in the north. They descended the Mississippi river that 
 that transferred the soil of this locality to the white man. In many summer as far as the mouth of the Arkansas before returning, Jind 
 cases the pioneer (with all honor to he who did not) jfot his start by must h.ave passed the pre<ent site of Muscatine in the month of June. 
 
 but were mere adventurers. 
 Those who followed and 
 came to stay ;ire the men 
 and women who made the 
 country blossom as a rose, 
 and it is to them we are 
 indebted. 
 
 While it is the chief 
 purp '-.f of this volume to 
 >h <w .Muscatine as it is 
 tmlay to note its pro- 
 gress duriii); the l<vst 
 prosperous decaile, a 
 ffl.'ince into the past, per- 
 haps, would not be in- 
 appropriate. 
 
 The first white men 
 known to have set f<xjt on 
 
SECOND STREET PURINC, A STREET lAIR. 
 
llryiMiil llie (act Ihat Ihcy lamled here niul made a brief memorandum 
 to thin effect, liiit little i» known of the exiH-rience of the tirst visit of 
 while men !■> IhiH locality. 
 
 Seven yearn later the Hennepin, L.iS.ille .uul Tonti expedition de- 
 Hcended the IllinoiH river to its mouth, ami |)r.K-<-.-.liiiir up Ih.- Mis-iss- 
 ippi, exploretl the ^reat river 
 prcsumaldy to thelie.itl «• .iters. 
 I^aSalle dencended the Miss- 
 issippi a^ain in ltitl2, ^oin^ 
 as far as the (iulf of Mexico, 
 where he claimed for his kin^, 
 I.oiiis XIV, the territory of 
 Loiii»i,ina, .'ind which the 
 United States tifterward |)iir- 
 chased of France for jl5.tK)0.- 
 IHHI. The early explorers, it 
 ap|K-.'irs, p.'iid hut little .il- 
 tention to this loc.ility, es- 
 t.'ihlishinK their missions oti 
 the Illinois river near tin- 
 present site of Peori.'i. 
 
 The first ofKcial explora- 
 tion of the Mississippi, made 
 under authority of the United 
 States jfovcrnment, was maile 
 in ISO.S, t>y Lieut. Pike, whose 
 exfiedition went to the he;itl 
 waters of the river, purchas- 
 ing the site of Kort Snellin^. 
 which has l>ecn occupied by 
 jfovernment tnops since IMI'I. Kort Arinstron-.;, on Kofk Island, was 
 built in )Hli>, .md occupied by eijfhl hnniln-il soldiers under Col. 
 Will. I^.iwrenco. The fort was occupied by triKips until lH3ti. The 
 
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 A II K.N l.\ WKST SKCONUSTKKKl 
 
 first Steamboat to ascend the upjier Mississippi was the Virtfinia, 
 owned at Wheelintr. She made her trip in the month of May, 1823, 
 jjoin^ as far up .is Calena. At the close of the lilack Hawk war in 
 18-12 the tfoveriimont piircha.sed from the Sac and Fox Indians what 
 vv.is Uiiowii .IS ilu- ••I..VV.1 District." a tr.ict atjout 200 miles in lenjfth, 
 
 Ixiunded on the east by the 
 .Mississippi river, on the south 
 by Missouri, and by the lands 
 of the Indians on the north 
 and west. This strip had .in 
 averajfe width of forty- five 
 miles, containin(;-<),000 sipiare 
 miles. Settlement of this strip 
 could not take place until the 
 Indians ^^.ive possession of it, 
 .hine 1, 1833. It was at this 
 periiKl settlements be^r.in to lie 
 made in the Iowa District, 
 and althouffh for the tirst year 
 the inhabitants were without 
 any miinincip.il law, the dis- 
 iiiot w.is attached for judicial 
 piirp<i.ses to Michigan Terri- 
 tory until the admission of 
 that state into the union in 
 lH3t>. when the "Bl.ick Hawk 
 Purchase," by which this 
 strip of Iowa h.id become to 
 be known, was, by an act of 
 Conffress, .ittacbed to the 
 territory of Wisconsin for the s.ime purjiose it h.id been before joined 
 to Michigan. The |)opulation was now 10,.^31, the tirst session of the 
 legislature lieing- held in Kelmonl, Wisconsin, in 1S36-37; the second at 
 
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A GLIMPSR OK SOI' 1 H .MLSCAIIM-: ANI> lUWHKAL) ISI.ANIJ. 
 
Riirliriirton in 1)117-.W. On June 12, 1«.W, (.'onK^ri-ss iippniiiMl .in ;ict liy 
 
 which the "HlacU Hawk PiinhaHO " tHrcaini- known a» the Torritury of 
 
 Iowa, to ilatc (rirm the 4th ilay of July followintf- Robert LucaH, an 
 
 ex->{o%ern«r of Ohio, was ;ip|)oiiited territorial ).:ovcrnor. The tirst 
 
 M:»aiofi of the lef;ii>l:iture waH held at Hurlin;;ton, in 1838-39. It is said 
 
 that (iov. Lucas would have 
 
 aH.Hvniltled the first le^inlature 
 
 in Illoumini^on (.Muscatine's 
 
 former name), hut owin^' to 
 
 the absence of a huildinK of 
 
 suflicient capacity the project 
 
 was ali.indoned. The |Hipula- 
 
 tlon of Iowa was at this time 
 
 22,K.<;'». 
 
 1 ^ ^ 
 EARLY SETTLEMENTS. 
 Itonjainin Nye i» crcditcil 
 with having made the first 
 settlement within the limiti. of 
 the present county of Musca- 
 tine, This was in the spring 
 of 1834. Mr. Nye laid otT a 
 totvn .'It the month of Pine 
 Creek, situated .iIkiuI twelve 
 miles a)M>ve the city, and 
 named it Montiwlier. The 
 town never pros|H-red, ami its 
 founder, in 1HS2, w:is killed 
 by his son-in-law, George 
 McCoy, a short distance alxne qj; | ,,\\ (. ■ 
 
 the city. Cul. (>eor(;c Daven- 
 port, who lived at that lime on Rock Islauil, liruu^lit .i >t<>ck of ko^''' 
 and establishetl a trading post near the present site of the Chicago, 
 Rock ImI.iuiI .V Pacific passenger Btatinn, erectinif a small lo^ ciliin 
 
 anil leaving: the post in charjfe of an ajrent. Col. Davenport also met 
 with a tragic de<-ith, beini; murdered in his home on R<ick Island, while 
 his family was attendiu)^ a 4th of July celebration, in 1H4S. The year 
 IH.?.^ saw a number of new settlers in Hli»imin)fton. James \V. Kasey 
 started a tradin); house below that of Col. Davenptort, known as 
 
 "Kasey's Wish! Y.ird," or 
 Ncwberi;; Lot and Levi 
 Thornton settled on the 
 "slouch;" Thomas and Lewis 
 Burditt settled about a mile 
 alxne the city, and Col. John 
 Vanater, who had been here 
 several years before, returned 
 and boug'ht Col. Davenjiort's 
 po.st. Dr. Eli Reynolds built 
 this year about three miles 
 above the city, where he sub- 
 sequently plotted the town of 
 tJenev.i - another town that 
 failed to catch and hold the 
 breath of life. 
 
 The town of Hloominjfton 
 was laid i>fr in 1H36. by Col. 
 Van.iter, who n.'imed the town 
 anil made the first survey of 
 lots in the month of August. 
 The next year "Musquitine" 
 county was orf^anized, and by 
 an act of the Wisomsin Terri- 
 torial legislature, approved 
 January 8, HI(K>minffton was 
 \t a followin); se.Hsion of the le^fisl.-iture Dr. 
 Reynolds, who was representative from this district, worked a bill 
 throujjh the legislature providinc for the removal of the county seat to 
 
 KU'N KOAI). 
 
 made the county seat. 
 
COMPANY C. I.KAVINI, Ml'St" ATINK FOR THK SPANISH- AM IKIC AN WAR. 
 
iKiirvn, liiit the mca!«iii« ».i^ (...mmj.i.^ ,,.;..; liy Cuvornor U<kI({c. 
 HIixiniiiKtoii w;i» iiicorp<iraU-il at a town of the secoiul >fraile, in Kcb- 
 riiary, \x.Vt. and on the fith "( the followinK' May il» tirot prcsiilent, 
 J<i*<-|ih WillianiH, wan elected. The li>«n had l)eeii made a "(ifwt 
 li)wn" the year liefure, but had had hard luck with the |>uHtmaslcr, 
 that iiidi\idiial having at>- 
 scnnilcd iK-fiire hi?) c<>ininiit>iii)n 
 arrivcil. The |Mi|iiilalit>n '>( 
 IlloitninKtun in Ket>riiary. 
 \KV>, WUH »cventy-«ne - itiontly 
 men, and the numlicr of hiiild- 
 inK" in the town, including 
 e\erylhinKi was thirty-three. 
 In Novemlier there were 
 cinhty-fnur huuiteH in the city. 
 Krom thii. jK-riiMl fnrtv.iril 
 llic jjpiwlh .intl de\elopinent 
 of the city haHlieen rapid ami 
 HuliHl.'intial. < )f c >urHe it haH, 
 in Common with other wefttcm 
 citieit, e.x|M-rienced |HTio<lH o( 
 <)<-prei«!<ion, lint from the early 
 tieH capitaliittn have Hhown 
 Ml atiiiliiii; faith in the city'K 
 future, and there neter w,'is a 
 time in her hiHtory when that 
 r.iith wak Hlron;;er than it is 
 
 lav. 
 
 ? ^ 9 
 LOCAFION A.M> NATVRAL 
 
 AD\ AN TACKS. ,,^, „ , j; v, 
 
 ily rea»on of MuHcatine'it 
 superior Keo^raphical location the city is favoreil with as nearly all of 
 nalure'M adv.intaffeH a« could reasonably lie wishe<l. The hro.id 
 A,Tp of the Mississippi lu-forr its waters reach our sh ire affords .1 
 
 levee and liarlior for the ^re.it lumber mills that could scarcely be 
 improved u|x>n; the broad, level tr.ncts aloni; the river and in the 
 lumber districts furnish su|)crior sites for manufacturing'-, the wo<«l 
 crowned hills that overhsik the river and surrountlin^ landsca|ie 
 furnish home sites tit for kin^s: and the threat Island Garden- the 
 
 larjfest and richest in the 
 Valley - is a we.ilth priHlucer 
 capatdeof stockin^the larders 
 of the state. A more desir- 
 able or appropriate location 
 for a ffreat m,'iniifacturinu' 
 city, or a prettier spot uiom 
 which to build .1 home, 
 would be dilficult to find any- 
 where in the Valley of the 
 Mississippi, and, indeed, but 
 few pl.ices surp.'iss it in the 
 world. .V five minute ride on 
 the electric railway will 
 now c.irry tin- Muscatine 
 business man to hei|.rhts that 
 are lifted far aliove the tur- 
 moil, smoke and din of the 
 busy city, where the air is 
 sweet and pure, anil scenery 
 as ({-rand as in the summer 
 resorts. Muscitine is "a city 
 of subat>inti:il homes." as can 
 re,idily be unilerst<»Kl by the 
 re,ider who realizes its super- 
 ior .'idv.'tnta^es (or priHiucinif 
 wealth, ;ind who will also remember that the city was founded Ion); 
 years :ik" by men who knew its worth, and who were not :ifraid to 
 venture their future welfare ,'ind prosperity on the outcome of investments 
 
 1 AS I SI to 
 
SOJIK I'KO.MINKNT SPIRITS. iOWKK;;, MONVMKNTS ANM) IlKKi:!: 
 
MOOM.IC.HT ON TIIK MISSISSI PI'I. 
 
A MUSCATINK SUNSET. 
 
made here. Very few citien in the \aKt MiKHiHsippi Valley have 
 atlaineil Mufcaliiie'it i*>|>iilati<>ii ami commercial prominence without 
 at iMime lime or another havinj; pa.sseil throu^fh the ••■niishr<«>m." or 
 "iMiom" Htaifc or exiittence, with more or leirn ilisastnuis rcsiilln. 
 AlthoiiKh enterprise ha» never laff^cil here, the city ha* never hail to 
 doctor ititeH for that ailment 
 »o common ti> many other 
 wentern cities, anil which i* 
 cauMTil by the reaction from a 
 iMKim. The city's develop- 
 ment has lieen the result of a 
 sleaity and healthful jrrowth: 
 pro|HTty h«s always com- 
 manileil a K'"*' price, ami 
 proved to be a paying invest- 
 im-nl. The excellent a^ricul- 
 lural country on all sides of 
 the city, coupled with Hit;)) 
 liridtfc, toll road, and uthei 
 facilities for Irartic to ami 
 from the city, have hel|K-d to 
 make and maint.'iin a market 
 'liat h.is attracted farmer-" 
 I'lm a r.'idius of many mile- 
 .iioiind. Kami and K-irden 
 pnsluce is handled l>y trail 
 loads liy commisaion firm- 
 and factories, es|H-cially th' 
 pnsluce of the (^irden. IIiouh 
 ands of Ions of which .ire 
 handled annually liy the 
 
 :.ir(;e»t pickle works, in the world, located at this city. Musca- 
 tine Isl.ind, the f.'imous ^.irilen, is s.'iid to |«>sscss the lar^^est .ind most 
 extensive melon and sweet |«jtato farms in the world. 
 
 VIKW I KOM WVOMINC. IIII.I., 
 
 A MA.NUFACTURING STRONGHOLD. 
 
 .\ cjuarter of :i century ajfo the New Kn^land states possessed a 
 practical monopoly of the manufactures of the country, but they hoUl 
 it ni> lonjfer. Like "the star of empire," manufacturing is taking: its 
 
 way westward. The develop- 
 ment and frrowth of manufac- 
 turing; in Muscatine has not 
 been so rapid as to c.iuse any 
 re.'isonablc apprehension on 
 the part of citizens that it may 
 e.xh:iust itself or tie unable to 
 com|>ete in the markets of the 
 world for rec<»fjnition. (»ur 
 m.'inuf.'ictured prislucts are of 
 the char.ictcr that has been in 
 dem.ind ever since the birth 
 of civili/.'ition and will con- 
 tinue to be as lonff as people 
 continue to live in houses, 
 sulisist on wholes<jme fiMsl, 
 iiid button their clothes. 
 lUiildinK^ material, footl pro- 
 .lucts .ind pearl buttons form 
 'he three leadinjr manufactur- 
 iTij,' industries in the city, 
 ilthoujrh iron and steel work- 
 ' rs h.'ive had the satisfaction 
 t seeinc^ their smith and 
 plumbiii).,' shop> increase from 
 small bejfinninns to house* of 
 national im|Kirtance. In the manufacture of saddlery hardware, pot. 
 tcry an<l brick the city has also );ained recognition from the leadini; 
 markets, as well as in sever.il smaller lines where ({oo»ls are 
 
RESIDENCE OF J. SCOTT BLACKWRLL. 
 
coiiHumFil at ami near homf. The U-ailinK manufacturcil articlcH, how- 
 ever, are liiinbor, xaiih, ilimrH, liliiuls, houhe furntshinns. lMixe». barrels, 
 |M-arl liiittiiiiH, iKit meal, pickleH, catHiip, kraut, xailillcry hardware, 
 .'■nil >|ivcialiieit in iron, ulerl, copper and other metalii. Many infant 
 induHtrien are t;ainin^ a foothold, ami are liuildin^' up ,1 tr.'iile In the 
 lient marketk. cre;ilintf thereby 
 .1 demand that will eventu.illy 
 cauite more manufacturing 
 hoUHCH to iM.'nd their smoke 
 he.'ivenward from Muscatine. 
 In ad lition to plenty of 
 wjiter iin I che.ip fuel essen- 
 ti.'il element* in manufa:tur- 
 inK — the prenent electric 
 power conipany i* furni»hinif 
 Hm.'iUer factoricB, printerH, 
 laumlricK. Hhopn, and the like 
 with electric |>ower on :i sc.ile 
 th.'it ha* permitted m.iny 
 concernH to launch indu'.lrien, 
 thuK encoiir.ijtinK the employe 
 to luck ahead to a huHineKM of 
 his own. Ah an illustration 
 of the effect, five ye.ir» ajfo 
 the city hail but three or four 
 pearl button factories. Three 
 years later it had in the 
 nei),fhlHirh'»Kl I'f fifty. This 
 industry, howe\er, was of very 
 rapid growth, but it (;och to 
 show what cheap |«iwer will 
 
 do low.'irti increasinff manuf.'icturiii);. .\ project th.'tt is now in the 
 hands of the Commercial Club, with fair prospects of bein^,' deveh>|>ed 
 at no dist.'int day is the construction of a c.inal from Moscow, a little 
 
 n<IMK Ol- Rl:V. F. I.Al'KKNT, KIKTV VKAKS I'KlliSI AT ST. MATTHIAS' 
 
 over twelve miles away, for lie purpose of furnishin); water p >wer. 
 This project has been .'t^iliitetl a v.irious times, and surveys recently 
 made prove that it will be practical. There is a fall of sixty feet 
 between the Cedar river at Moscow and the Mi.ssissippi at Muecatine. 
 and the volume of water to be obtained by the construction of the canal 
 
 would be sullicicnt to furnish 
 l>>wcr for everv m.inufactur- 
 injf concern in the city, with 
 plenty to spare. It is only a 
 (|uestion of time, in the opin- 
 ion of capitalists and manu- 
 facturers, when a company 
 will be formed to carry the 
 scheme to a successful conclu- 
 sion. The (vissibilities of 
 manufacturing;' under such an 
 arrant^cment can scarcely be 
 estimated. 
 
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 MV.'.SC/\TINE AS A PLACE 
 OK HEALTH. 
 
 That "wealth without 
 health" is of little value is 
 univcrs.illy conceded: and 
 during- the years that Musca- 
 tine has pushed forward in 
 the race for commercial 
 supremacy, she has not for a 
 moment forgotten the im|v>it- 
 ance of taking steps for com- 
 plete sanitary protection. 
 The death rate has been excoe<lingly low, and contagion arising from 
 neglect of proper precautions l>y the city is almost wholly iniknown. 
 The foresight of the pioneers, who so long ai"' l.iid the foundation for 
 
ST. MATTHIAS' CHURCH, SCHOOt, AND SISTERS' HOME. 
 
ity'» K<°L'atnc»!i, in nclcclinjf IhU K|><it, accounts in a ^rcut measure 
 itir itH lii-altlifuIni-HH. ns it* natural ilraina(;v facilities arc unsur- 
 paHiwil. The city authoriticH have taken full advantage of this fact, 
 and h.iTc constructed a most complete Hy»tem uf public itewerH, with 
 branches reaching intu all parts "f the city. The rapid jrrowth of the 
 city during the past few years 
 hna made il necessary tn dis- 
 play Kfcat activity in the 
 matter of constructing; sewers, 
 but there has at all times 
 been n cordial co-<>i>erati(in 
 with the authorities, anil 
 demands ha\e In-en met almost 
 SH rapidly as they were 
 created. As a re-.ult the city 
 has ,1 system of drain.iKe and 
 sewers that falls 'jut little 
 short of perfection. 
 
 Next to |>erfect drainage 
 an aliund.mt supply of ki»h\ 
 ilrinkini; water is |K-rhaps 
 the greatest essential fur the 
 health of a |Kipiilous city. 
 Musc'itine dr:iws its city 
 water supply from the Missis- 
 sippi ri\er, a very extensive 
 and Complete system of w;.ter 
 works, Constructed by a com- 
 pany twenty-tive years iiifo. 
 The water is filtered through 
 scltlin^ basins :ind pum|)c>1 
 
 to an immense reservoir of m:iny millwin (..'allons capacity, fmin 
 wluMiiT it is piped Ihroiijjhout the city. The comp.iny's fr.inchisc 
 I'xpirod in l)ecfiiit)er,^l''00, and the city, availing' itself of a privile>;e 
 
 IN WIKD.I I, \SI 
 
 to buy the plant, voted at a s|H.-ci.'il election held recently to purchase 
 .ind operate the water works. The plant was Ijoujrht for one hundred 
 thousand doll.-irs, and when ;i new system of tillers in contemplation is 
 in operation, the water will be exception.illy clear and free from all 
 orjranic impurities. As it is, it rates with the best filtered river water 
 
 alon^ the Mississippi, and is 
 far .ihcad of the averajje. 
 
 Muscatine has broad and 
 well paved streets, its build- 
 ings :irc as a rule, low and 
 well ,cntilate<l, and there .ire 
 few, if any, overcrowded dis- 
 tricts in the city. These 
 elements are conducive to^tiod 
 health, and the fact that the 
 city authorities have in the 
 p.ist piven particular atten- 
 tion to layintr sewers ;ind 
 wiiter mains before the streets 
 were paved h;is obvi.ited the 
 necessity of tearin^f up p.ived 
 lhorou),'hfares, and jwrmit- 
 tin^ |Mjisonous va|iors to pol- 
 lute the .■itmosphere — a 
 s.iiiitary evil ti»> well knovK-n 
 to many municip.ilitics. The 
 ^Jene^.■^l he.ilth of the city is 
 and always has been i^omI, a 
 condition th.itinay be ascribed 
 to a superior j^eo>;rai)hic;il 
 loc.'ition and a wise ;ind care- 
 fol >.;mit.iry ailminislration. 
 
 A NATURAL FOREST PARK. 
 
 tin ;i hiifh eminence of the e.istern limits of the city, at a (mint 
 which overl<«>ks ihe g^reat river for many miles .it either side of the 
 
ENTRANCE TO WEED PARK. 
 
TIIK MISSISSIl-IM KIVKK, Hll.ll IIKILM.K 
 
AND STEAMER ST. PAUL, FROM WATER STREET. 
 
aniflc mntte by the "(;rcat Hciul," lii's Wocil Park. This ina^,'iiilici-nt 
 tract ii( primeval forest include* sixty-three broad acres, and is la-yond 
 doubt one of the jfrandent natural forest parks in the Mississippi 
 valley. It is, on a smaller »calc, a rejinKhiction of that jrijfantic play- 
 ffround of Nature, Forest Park, in St. Louis, which has excited the 
 wonder and adinir.ition of all 
 who have visited it and which, 
 in America, is second only to 
 the Yellovistone. In contem- 
 plating the |x>ssibililies of 
 Weed P.irk. which has but 
 recently been thrown open to 
 the public, one can. by Kivintf 
 rein to the im.'iKinatinn, see .'i 
 (garden s|iol that will rival 
 famous parks of the world. 
 Of course the improvements 
 arc yet to lie made, but the 
 ^jrountl work — the work <if 
 nature is here. Majestic 
 oaks, elms, :tnd native forest 
 trees, rich car|vts of heavy 
 blue Krass. hi^h (Hiints of 
 observ.'ition, rustic walks and 
 driveways, phrehisloric 
 mound*, shady nooks, tlu- 
 Indian trail anil old overland 
 stil^e route, combine to m.'ike 
 up the natural .ind historic 
 points of interest in the park. 
 Thin magnificent park was 
 
 presented t^i the city of Muscatine in 1«'W by Dr. James Weed anil his 
 wife, Mary Weed two benevolent pioneers, whose lives have been 
 passed at their beautiful home located near the in.iin entrance ti> the 
 
 I W N IN M : 
 
 park, t )f the many benefits the citv has acquired of late through the 
 ^:enerosity of public-spirited citizens Weed Park occupies a prominent 
 place, and will ever remain a monument to the memory of its worthy 
 donors. Tie Museatine Klectric Railway company, it isex|H'Cted. will 
 build an extension U> Weed Park this year. >•>•>• 
 
 PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. 
 The pa>t two ye.irs h;ive 
 contributed fjencrously to 
 Muscatine's public institu- 
 tions. Simultaneous with an 
 awakcninu' of public spirit on 
 the part of pro^fressive citi«ns 
 benevolent men and women 
 who have lived lonj; and pros- 
 pered in the city have be- 
 queathed to Muscatine a 
 public park, a public library, 
 .1 city hospital, a cemetery 
 chapel, and a home for old 
 ladies. A line unKlern oi>era 
 house h.is also been opened 
 within the past year, ten 
 tlious.'inil dollars tow.'ird its 
 Construction beinjr contributed 
 by citizens on the o|K-nin>r 
 ni^'ht. 
 
 The Musser I..it>rary, 
 
 which is shown elsewhere in 
 
 an en^^r;lvin^c made from the 
 
 plans of Messrs. Patton, 
 
 Fisher and Miller, of Chicago, 
 
 the architects, is a jjift from P. M. Musser, of the Musser Lumber com- 
 
 p; ny. As PiCTfKi-SyfK Miscati.si-: ^oes to press ^,'round is being 
 
 broken at the corner of Third street and Ii>wa avenue for the new 
 
RESIDENCE OF MKS. K. MlSSi:K. 
 
library, which will ciml, whoii complctoil. in the ncijfhliorhuod of forty 
 thuufcUiul dullarit. It will Im.- inaiiit.iincd by the city. 
 
 0( the public hiMtpital no detuiU have aa yet l>een made public, 
 further than thr aniiouiiccmeiit that Mihb Mira Hershey, dau^rhter of 
 the_late llenjamiii ller»hey, luinbcrniaii. would donate t" the city a 
 modern lh>«pital, to be c<in- 
 Ktructed at an early date. 
 The donor ban purchaiie<l 
 KroundH on "(>Kilvie Hill," a 
 Iwautiful tract commandiu); 
 an excellentjview <if the river 
 Menery, and while detaiU 
 have not yet iK-en made puldic, 
 frienilB of the lady whose 
 liene\olence will gladden ho 
 many h.kI liven, say it will be 
 Complete in every ap|ioint- 
 ment. It in H.iid forty thous- 
 and dollars will be ex|H-udi-(l 
 in confttructint; the hospit.il, 
 which, when completed, will 
 be inainl lined by the city. 
 
 W.-eil I'ark, the »;''< of 
 James :ind Mary Weet! to the 
 city, is deHcri>H-d and par- 
 tially | illustrated on another 
 pa|.^e. The Muscatine Klec- 
 tric K.lilway eomp;iny will in 
 all probability build an 
 extension to Weed I'.Trk early 
 this sca.Hon. With the com- 
 pletion of the new jsiwer plant now beiuj; put in by the street railw.iy 
 people, and with any kind of a reaiMmable franchi-i' '.r cntract with 
 the city, the cars will surely run to the park. 
 
 - I OHT OX 
 
 The new chapel at the entrance of Creenwcxid cemetery, shown in 
 an illustration elsewhere, is also a gift to the city. The name of the 
 donor, however, is not yet revealed to anyone except the contractor and 
 builder, and that gentleman is as silent .'is the tombs beyimd the 
 chapel when questioned. The chajK-l will be dedicated soon, and the 
 
 dimor's name will then be 
 carved in the stone .ibove the 
 entrance. 
 
 The Old Ladies' Home, 
 located in a most pleasant 
 residence part of the city, on 
 >fulberry street, was founded 
 four years ago, and is main- 
 tained by private subscrip- 
 tion. The fine residence 
 building occupied by the home 
 was donated by Mr. and Mrs. 
 P. M. Musser. The home is 
 for aged ladies who are left 
 .'(lone, :ind many of its occu- 
 pants have set :iside |x>rtions 
 of their est.ites for its m.iin- 
 tainance and support. 
 
 The Grand Opera House, 
 
 openetl the day following 
 
 Christmas, 1*K)0, is a miKlern 
 
 ground H<K>r theatre, equipped 
 
 with all the newest theatrical 
 
 parapharn.'ilia and was built 
 
 at a cost of thirty thousand 
 
 dolUirs. It has .1 seating 
 
 cap:icity of eleven hundred, divided into eight proceniuni Ixjxes, parquet, 
 
 dress circle, balcony .ind gallery. The stage is <me of the largest in 
 
 the state, and all scenery is new. The Grand w.is constructed by Geo. 
 
 ti' Mississn-i'i. 
 
WEST THIRD STREET IN MIDSUMMER. 
 
K.' Julinstiiii, <i( St. LoiiiM, after :i Ikmuis of ten thousanil ilnll.irs was 
 a^tsiircil him. The house was sold to Messrs. Kemble it Keinljle shortly 
 ;ifter its ojuMiitifs', and was iinmeiliately thereafter admitted into the 
 C'hamt>crlain-Kindt theatrical circuit, thereby insuring' lirst-class 
 attractions. Charles \V. Kemble is manager, and the the.itre has 
 played excellent attractions 
 
 '>. 
 
 \ 
 
 to crowiled houses all winter. 
 The (irand is .t result of 
 eflforts put forth by the Com- 
 mercial Club to secure for 
 Muscatine ,1 minlern the.'itre. 
 The Muscitine Commercial 
 Club, an orjranization com- 
 pfised of ,-ibout one hundred 
 .'ind lifty business men, h:is 
 demonstrated the fact th.'it 
 orK.-inized effort will accom- 
 plish wonders. The Club, 
 which w.is orKanized nine 
 ye.irs ajfo, has been behind 
 all im|>ortant public impri>\e- 
 mcnts anil pushed them \i< 
 successful termination, yield- 
 ing to no discour.ijfements If 
 a sleepy city council happened 
 to stand in the path of com- 
 mercial projfress, the Commer- 
 cial Club would elect a live 
 one and drive ahe.id. Like 
 the "pepperbox" revolvinjf 
 pistol described by Mark 
 
 Tw.iin, "if she didn't pet what she went .ifler she brouj^ht somclhinj; 
 else." The Club h.is st.trted an.l '.i.ickoil the movements tliat paved ten 
 miles of Muscatine's streets with brick; thai built a new and complete 
 
 i. 
 
 system of sewers; that arched PapixKjse creek (a rank twenty-foot 
 canyon that formerly ran throujfh the center of the city) with masonry 
 and paved it over with brick; the movement th.'it built the Muscatine 
 North and South r;iilroa(l, thereby jfivin^f Muscatine ;i competitive rail- 
 way line: the movement that supplanted the old horse car line with an 
 
 excellent electric street rai- 
 
 way .system; that constructed 
 the Drury Toll Hoad, a three- 
 mile approach to the Hif.^h 
 liridf^e across the Illinois bot- 
 toms, which was ^r^aded, 
 macad.'imized, rip-rapped and 
 bridffed at a cost of thirty 
 thousand dollars. The Club's 
 persistent efforts practically 
 built (he new (>r.'ind oper.'i 
 house ;ind l>e)(.'in the improve- 
 ments that will ultimately 
 jfive to Muscatine the finest 
 natural forest p.ark in Iow.i. 
 The Club's benefits are not 
 entirely commercial in char- 
 acter. It maintains a suite 
 of elejrantly-furnished rooms, 
 ilivided into reception rooms, 
 lirary, card room, t>illi.ard 
 h.ill and Ixiwling alley. It is 
 open :it times, and members 
 have the rijfht to entertain 
 ^juests from out of the city. 
 Husi ness sessions are held once 
 a week, on Monday nights. TheolVicers of the Commercial Club ;ire, John 
 H. Munroe, I'res. ; Charles Paj^e, vice Fres. ; lOd. C. Cook, Treas. ; \V. G. 
 Block, Sec. The executive committee is composed of the above named 
 
 ^c 
 
 
 hTS l.S 1111; KIVI K. 
 
AT TWII.IC.HT. 
 
oflicern anil the chairmen >it the varinu* ci>inmitti-c», who arr \V. L 
 Roach. Krc«l Paul. J. \V. Eclls. S. B. Cook. Charles Cadlo. Win. H 
 lIofTman, and Phil J. Mackry. 
 
 ^ ^ ^ 
 OVH PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
 A very Rootl criterion 
 of the ciilliire of any city in 
 her inlerent, <ir lack of it, 
 maniU-iitril in the welfare 
 anil kinilly feeling shown 
 l>y all cititenii in the public 
 hcIuh'Ih. With our inixeil 
 ixipulation and a conittant 
 influx of forei^nerH the 
 iniHKion of our ttcliiadii in 
 " Amcricaniiinjr " the inan- 
 lUTH ami training them t" 
 diiicharKe their best dutle- 
 aH citi/euH is one that 
 Khould ap|>eal to all think- 
 InK mindH. In nome place* 
 an apathy \n shown toward 
 the Hchools. The mass of 
 people know but little of 
 what is beinis'done in them, 
 and even the p.irents, much 
 U'HH the sch>«>l iMi.'inl, sel- 
 dom visit any rooms to note 
 either work or proRrensive 
 spirit shown. Jud^in^; by 
 Muscatine's recent schiol 
 
 election and the gre.it intereHt shown, in which f.ir more votes v*'ere 
 polled th.in in her municipal election, this cannot but betoken a ^reneral 
 
 ;iwakeninK by the mass of |X'ople toward the public schix>ls. as ref(ard!> 
 their broader .scope and increasing efficiency. Much in war is due to 
 leadership: anil this is just as true in shaping any system of eil ucation. 
 
 With the exception of a 
 short time the sch<x>ls have 
 been under the able leader- 
 ship of Mr. F. M. Witter 
 for nearly thirty years. In 
 the earlier ye.irs, when the 
 enrollment was smaller 
 and less su|K-rvi8ion was 
 necilcd, one-half or more of 
 his time was spent in the 
 'eachin).r of the sciences in 
 •he lli^h School, richly 
 • iiiloweil by nature for this 
 work hesuccessfully taught 
 the Zoology, Chemistry 
 anil Ikitany cl.isses, as 
 luMulreils of Muscatine citi- 
 zens can bear testimony. 
 Of late years, in deference 
 to the wishes of the Board 
 of Education, Prof. Wit- 
 ter'.s time has been enterely 
 spent in supervision. The 
 (liK^h School Buililmt;, 
 recently erected at a cost 
 of S30,00ll, IS in every way 
 a nKKlel buildinK^ for its 
 pur(v>se. Its principal, 
 Mr. K. K. Schall, closely l(K>ks after all the details toward runninK^ .1 
 successful school. He is ;iblv assisted bv Miss Mollie Whichcr. Miss 
 
residp;nce ok mks. s. m. battkkson. 
 
Einin:i Umlerwcxxl, Miss Mary Ryan and Miss Nellie Nealley. Many 
 citizens have lun^ demanded the placing; of a business course in its 
 curriculum, and it remains to be seen whether the new Board of 
 Kducation will accede to the [vipular demand. 
 
 The First Ward schoil is at)ly iirrsided 'nor l>y Prin. .1. M. I>ukcns. 
 His years of teaching; have nut 
 been spent, however, in this 
 one building. A lin^^er time 
 was he principal of the Third 
 Ward litiildin).;, and still 
 resides near it. His assistant 
 is Miss Anna C. Johnson in 
 the ei(,'hth jjrade, and below 
 this there are, respectively: 
 Miss Bertha Honer, Miss 
 Belle Connor. Miss Mary 
 Piatt, Miss Kllie Spicher, 
 .Miss Anna Kincaid, Miss 
 Maude McCoy, ;ind Miss Lucy 
 Neill. 
 
 The Second Ward, or 
 Cedar Street building, is 
 presided over by Mrs. Emma 
 L. Mahin, who possesses a 
 *ide teachinff experience in 
 nearly all the >frades. Her 
 assistant is Miss Kv;i John- 
 son, and her corps of teachers 
 are composed of Misses Anna 
 Coyner, Anna McI)ou^^all, 
 Kmma Howe, Sarah K. Hill, 
 Kit.i llerry, Jetta Hunt and 
 ■ ssie Murphy. 
 
 The Third Ward buildinf; stands on perhap.- the most si|^htly 
 eminence in the city, and is of itself a lar^e three story brick. Its 
 lirincipal, Mrs. Anna C. Kennedy, was formerly a teacher in St. Louis, 
 
 Wll.l) CAT S DKN 
 
 and has had years of experience in this city as well. Her corps of 
 teachers are Misses Fannie C. Hadley, Mal)cl Leverich, Sophia 
 Hagerman. Edith Parker, Jennie Hawlcy, Cora Hurlbut, Anna Lewis, 
 May Leydji and Lucy Connor. 
 
 The Fourth Ward buililin^r sustained a great loss a few years 
 
 since in the death of the prin- 
 cipal, Miss Sarah Johnson. 
 Her noble influence and untir- 
 injs' efforts amonj^ the younjf 
 ■ if this part of the city will 
 IP it soon be forgotten. Her 
 i-sistant, who stood close to 
 li.-r in her work, was chosen 
 till her place — Miss Cina 
 McCoy, who now is assisted 
 iiy Misses Emma Appel, Flor- 
 loe Le (Juatte, Mollie Her- 
 !«•, Helen IJrijfham, Alice 
 .Miilf..rd. Minnie Headley, 
 Letty Kennedy and Sue Erb. 
 The Musserville building 
 is one of the newer ones, 
 recently erected from a small 
 frame building, it was 
 enlargeil to a structure of four 
 rixims and these are overflow- 
 u^; at the present writing. 
 I's principal. Miss Minnie 
 iiown, lives in this part of 
 the city, and has always been 
 rcaily to lend ;i helping, up- 
 liftful hand in all that pertains to the welfare of the young in day. 
 Sabbath school .ind church work. Her teachers are Miss F.innie 
 McUaniel, Mrs. Florence Smith and Miss Jennie Ewing. 
 
ON SOUTH MUSCAI1M-. i.AGoON. 
 
The Kant Hill buililin^r, tt»>, has jfrown from <ine uf a sint^lc room 
 to that of filur, and lhc»c were ovcrcrowile«l in .1 few short years. The 
 principal, Mi»H Jessie ISraiinwarth, although not living; in this part of 
 the city, hail done much f'lr all lii-r piipiU lnwanls t>roadenin(f their 
 Hm-*. Hit te.icher* arc 
 MJMM-n lU-Niiie Robcrthon, 
 Ma Hrowii anu' Kmma 
 Manl..ve. 
 
 Ttu- West Hill Huihl- 
 ini; has fur il» principal 
 MiftA Mary McDouKal, liv- 
 lut; near it and esteemed liy 
 everyone. Her teachers are 
 Miss Kllen Kin^. Mrs. 
 Arina Jepsoti and Miss 
 >tins<in. 
 
 Xiitteriille seems to be 
 •lie line part nf the city that 
 has not Kf'M'" a* many 
 others. Her one room 
 biiililini; is but comfort- 
 ilily tilleil. It is presided 
 >T by Mi'is Isn (Irecley. 
 
 .Muscatine possesses a 
 music loving people, and 
 the special teacher of this 
 br.'inch, Mrs. Davis, and 
 the results oi her work, 
 merit the approbation of 
 •r pe«iple generally. 
 
 Two other branches also receive the effort nf a s|)ccial teacher, Mr. 
 
 Plumley, who takes the writinjr and drawing' from the first to the 
 
 :;hth i^'r.ide. ^ Mr. Hlumley's iintirin); efforts and hii;h talents have 
 
 U lll.N nil:. IC 
 
 ■added a |K>lish to graduates of the Muscatine scho i|.s that will 
 
 remiiin through their lives. 
 
 The crowded condition of some of the buildings has been hinted .it 
 
 before. Muscatine docs not differ in this resfK-ct from other rapidly 
 
 increasing cities, many of 
 
 "^^ which lack school room and 
 have been com|>elled to 
 have half day sessions, the 
 one teacher having differ- 
 ent classes in mornings and 
 afternoons. The Iloard of 
 Kducation was com|H-Iled 
 to make this arrangement 
 in our primary grade 
 throughout the city schools. 
 Without entering into the 
 arguments that can be 
 advanced pro and con u|)on 
 the subject, it has ' not 
 seemed to be approved by 
 people, who, at the re- 
 cent, electors' meeting were 
 emphatic in demaniling 
 :idditional room. That this 
 much needed room can l>e 
 provided, and that all our 
 young people may have the 
 advantages to be derived 
 
 in character building 
 attending school in pleas- 
 ant surroundings, presided 
 
 over by broad-minilcd men and women, is certainly a consummation 
 
 greatly to be desired. 
 
RKSIBKNCE OF HKNKV JAYNE. 
 
MUSCATINE CHURCHES. 
 
 MiiHC.itine IH well |iriniik-il with churches. Kiftccii ilifferent 
 ilcnoniinalinnM arc reprcitenlcil. While there ih no especially hand- 
 
 Aii Kni^lish Lutheran church ha> lately heeii <ir^'aiii/e(l ami this 
 ciinnre;jatii>ii i;. ercctiii>r a haiulsonie chajwl in one i>( the tincHl buiUl- 
 inff cites in the city. 
 
 The German |«)pulatiiin ha^s churches ami p.isturu of their own 
 
 Mime church architecture in the city, moht of the church eilifice> are nationality, and amonif them are some of the best edifices .ind largest 
 
 HuliHt.intial. commiKliou* and 
 well e<iuip|H-d. 
 
 The personnel of the pul- 
 pits channe from time to time, 
 according to lh<- |K>lily of the 
 churches and according to the 
 mutual agreement o( others. 
 To this there have been one or 
 two exceptions notably in the 
 Koinan (."aiholic churches. 
 t)ne of the wellkiiown and 
 universally esteemed citizens 
 t.( Muscatine is the Kev. 
 l»hilii> I-aureni, priest of St. 
 M.itthias. Kor half a century 
 he has served his parish with 
 fidelity anti success, and 
 enjoys not only the aflTection- 
 atc rejfard of his own llocU, 
 but that of the citizens gen- 
 erally. 
 
 Situated near the business 
 portion o( the city are the 
 Haptist, l'on>t re Rational. 
 Kpiscopjil, Methislist and 
 I'resbyterian churches. To 
 the east anrf north of the busir.css centre is locateil the Cniled Ilrethren 
 church. To the KrientU church belongs the diKtinction of having the 
 only lady p.i.stor in Muscatine. Mrs. Kr.inces K. ?/iter. 
 
 conjf.-ejfations in the city. 
 Anion;; them the Baptist. 
 Et.'ini^elical, K v ant^el ical 
 I^utheran and Methodist 
 Kpiscopal ;ire represented. 
 
 St. Ma r v," s Catholic 
 Church, Rev. J. I. Grieser, 
 Paster, has one of the laryfcst 
 c >n;jre;rations in the city and 
 its parochi.'il school, like that 
 of St. Matthias' church, is 
 well conducted .ind has a 
 lar^e .ittendance. Kn;;rav- 
 iufjs of Muscatines Catholic 
 churches and schcx>ls appear 
 on other p.'iKcs. 
 
 There is a Church of 
 (.'hrist. Scientist, in the city; 
 ;ilso_a Jewish Synaj^ojjue ;ind 
 .-in A. M. K. church. 
 
 While these different de- 
 nominations lalmr, each in its 
 own w.iy, for the moral and 
 rcliK^iiJUs welf.ire of the city, 
 it is pleasant to l)e at>le to 
 state that the most hearty 
 and cordial Koixl'^i-'llowship 
 exists amon;; them. 
 
 As stated in ;i forejroinp 
 p.-ira;,'raph there are no espoci.illy handsome churches, from an archi- 
 tectural slaiulpoir.t. in Musc.itine, ami hence an en^fravinff h;id been 
 arranged to show the spires, mini.irets, etc., of the churches. 
 
 OI-l'I.AM rlSlll.M.; i;k<II .\D. 
 
RESIDENCE AND BUSINESS BLOCK OF DR. S. G. STEIN. 
 
RtsIDENCK OF A. F. HtTCHIN<;s. 
 
A GLIMPSE FROM THE "RIVER ROAD." 
 
MfSlATINK nil. II Sfllool,. 
 
hESIDENCE OF JUDGE CARSKADDAN. 
 
THL HERSHEV STATE BANK. 
 
 K».rl X -Ihii-t* \c.ii'« .i^o till* ti.tiikiit:; |jiui>c t\"\\ Uii<>v\ii .»?* 
 the HirKh.-y State Hank «a» eHiablUheil liy AlitHjtt, Uuttuii iV 
 Patters >ii. It wa« a private liaiik when orKanizcil. In Is.-*) it 
 lH.-c.iine a branch i)f the State Hank of Iowa. Later in 1>«>-J or 
 
 '65, it becatnc a X.i- 
 
 tionnl l>ank and wa^ 
 
 called the Muscatine 
 
 Nntiiinal dank. In 
 
 ItiTd, (.'enteniiial ve.ir 
 
 the Muscatine Xa- 
 
 tiunal uas succeeded 
 
 by ({. A. liarrctMin 
 
 & Cu., a tiru) vviilely 
 
 and fav<>ral)ly known 
 
 in omiinercialcircle.s. 
 
 In IHVl Hershey, 
 
 llrow n & Co.. suc- 
 
 ceedetl (iarretson iV 
 
 Co., ,'iMd in December, 
 
 1H<M, the institution 
 
 w ,1H incor|Kirati'il ,'is 
 
 the Ilershey State 
 
 Hank. The |ires«'Mt 
 
 oIlicerH and directors 
 
 arc: Prcsiilent. 1*. 
 
 W. Francis; Vice 
 
 PreHidont. Henry 
 
 J.iyne; Cashier. L. 
 
 (i. Ilurnett. Uircc- 
 
 lors: S.ira llrrshey 
 
 Kd.lv. Mira Hershey, 
 
 IV '.V. Francis, Henrv Jayne, and L. tl. Ilurnett. A general 
 
 liankinK' business is transacted, loans are made on real e.state 
 
 and (our |wr cent interest is paid on time de|>osit. The ]iaid 
 
 HKHSHKV STATK HANK. 
 
 up capital uf the institutiun is tifty th>U'>iil d illars, and its 
 business, which is one of the most extensive iii this lo;ility, 
 has sh>>wn a steady incre.ise from the time of the b ink's 
 ori^aization. The orticers and directors include some of the 
 most subst.'intial financiers in the community, in c mssqucncc 
 of which the institution enji.ys the full contiilence of a lar(;e 
 
 c mstituency. Mus" 
 catine's >;rowth anil 
 prosperity has been 
 due in a jfre.it meas- 
 ure to the hitfh ch.ir- 
 .icter of her financial 
 institutions. amon^ 
 u hich this bank is an 
 import. lilt factor. 
 1'he name of Hershey 
 State Bank issynony- 
 mous with financial 
 st.ibility. and all 
 possible )irec.'iutions 
 and safej;uards are 
 thrown around it. 
 It is .'t member of the 
 .American Hankers' 
 and low.-i Bankers' 
 associations — both 
 protective companies 
 .iiul carries heavy 
 insurance .i^'ainst 
 liurtfl.irs. The bank 
 is eipiipped with tire 
 proof vault contain- 
 iiiR a in'xiern Mosler 
 screw door safe. It occupies all of the (ground floor of the 
 buildinK' on corner of Seconil street and Iowa avenue, shown 
 in the .iccomp.inyini; ennr.ivinff. 
 
THE GROTTO-WYOMIXG HILL. 
 
KKSIDENCE OK FKANK l>. SAWVKK. 
 
INTERIOR IN RESIDENCE OF DR. F. U. LITTLE. 
 
tin.'inci.'il 
 
 GERMAN-AMERICAN BANK. 
 
 The latest aclilition to MuHcatini-'s tinancial institutionH i.s 
 the Crrman-Amcrican Hank. It was c.stalili*hcil July 1, 1«>>9, 
 •tcppinf; at once tut" putilic favur. for its utTicorH, <l i recti irs and 
 HtuckholilerH wen- widely ami favurably known 
 circles a» men of un- 
 questioned Btaliility. 
 The jiaiil up capitil 
 of the hank is sixt\ 
 thousandiloUars. an<l 
 the de|n.sits, which 
 of course fluctuate. 
 have shown a steaily 
 increase month hy 
 month, ever since the 
 founding; lif the hank. 
 At present the depos- 
 its amount to four 
 hundreil and fifty 
 thuusaiul dollars. 
 
 The Germ;i 
 American hank occu- 
 pies the ^jrounil IliNir 
 of the iloudek hlook, 
 a huildin^ construct- 
 ed principally for thf 
 use of the hank, and 
 Its apiKiintments are 
 niiKlern, convenient, 
 Hurroundetl hy every 
 s.'tfef^uanl th:it in^^en- 
 uity cm devise. The 
 
 vault, whichi extends from the hasement throujrh the up|H-r 
 stories of the l>l<s;k. is liuilt of vitrilied hrick and closeil with 
 dours and' casin^^H of chrome steel. It is divided into two 
 
 apartments. One .ipartmcnt is occupied hy the bi^ Diebuld 
 safe, whose six-inch walls are made of chrome steel. This 
 safe door is fastened automatically by a triple chnmometer 
 self-actinjf lock —one that would jfive a cracksman br.iin fever 
 to contemplate in the event of his ever reachin).f the outer door. 
 The other side of the vault is >x:cupied by the safety de|«>sit 
 
 boxes, for the use of 
 depositors. This 
 section of the vault is 
 .ipproached from the 
 lobby by a separate 
 il("ir. Customers 
 have priv.ite keys to 
 their dei>oslt Itoxes, 
 but c.'innot open their 
 boxes unless the 
 cashier's key is in- 
 serted at the sairc 
 lime. Neither can 
 the cashier's key 
 open one of the Ivxes 
 without the presence 
 of the customer's key. 
 So the s.ifety ilejiosit 
 boxes are safe. One 
 hundred and twenty- 
 tive Imxes ;ire now in 
 ;ind the vault has a 
 capacity for three 
 hundred and fifty. 
 
 The bank is di- 
 vided into .I directors 
 room, s.ifety de|)osit 
 apartment, lobby, cotintinf;, ri«im and vault. Tile tli>irs, 
 Krencli plate fflass, |>>lished oak fixtures, and new ami nvKlern 
 bank furniture give totheinstitution ametropolitan appearance. 
 
 IKMVS VMIKKAN SAVINGS HANK. 
 
GRAND .VRMY PARADE, PASSINi; SOLDIERS' MONUMENT AT COLRT SylJARE. 
 

 
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 :l.>r. I III H'MI. ". 1-. U. sUaN. TIIK JKWKI.I-K. 
 
LOOKING WEST FROM MR. SWAN'S RESIDENCE, CORNER THIRD AND CHERRV STS. 
 
DKSPITK the many new industries that HUTTIG BKOTHERS 
 h.ive sprmiif up in the Missi-.sippi ^» * Mi tit A *~t-i tdi vi^^ r~ i~s 
 ValU-v in the last quarter of a century. i^AINUt A«^ 1 UKIINCj i^%J. 
 
 tho manufactureof Sa.ih. U<K>rs, lllintis, anil «>• J* ^ 
 
 House l-'urni»hin^s continues tu l>e the lea<lintr industry in 
 Muscatine. It was the tirst manufactory, asiile from the saw 
 and planing mills, to ^ain a foothold in this (lortiun uf the 
 west, anil each year has 
 seen it increa.se. The 
 oldest <intl oriffinal sash 
 and Door Plant the 
 "mother plant," is that 
 «.f the MuttijT Brothers 
 Manufacturiny Company. 
 Kroin the very minlest 
 tie^innini.: in 1KT4, when 
 the original firm of Hul- 
 ti(; Brothers, (William ami 
 Kreilericki started their 
 sm.ill "shop" for the 
 manufacture of sash, doors 
 and blinds, doini; their 
 own work, the jfieat f,ic- 
 tories in Muscttine, St. 
 LhiuIs, St. Joseph, and 
 Kansas C'ily h.ive ^rown- 
 KUpplyin^ a trade th.'it 
 re.iches into the st.ites ,'iiid 
 territories in the I'nion, 
 anil furnishing employ- 
 ment to the heads III thous- 
 ands of families. Musca- 
 tine is es|<ecially proud 
 of the possession <»f the 
 Kreal manufacturing 
 
 plant shown in the .iccompanyin^ illustration, as well as the 
 citizenship of its present «.wners, Messrs Wm. Huttij;, the 
 president and founder, and his son. I'ol. H.irry Hutti^, secre- 
 tarr .md jjeneral man.tmr. The best paid and most skillful 
 mech.mics in the city .ire emptoyi'il in the sash and door 
 factories, and the pl.int runs the ye.ir around without stoppinjf, 
 except for repairs. In fact, during a recent season of hnan- 
 cial depression, the plant was run at Ji loss for a term, in 
 order to jjive employment t.i the men The Hiitti|.:s are .•|lnon^r 
 the best known manufacturers alon^ the river, and it is 
 
 seldom, indeed, that an establishment of this 
 
 character, or any other establishment, 
 
 climbs to the lop rouiul of the ladder and 
 
 carries the ^ood will, co-ojieration and 
 
 loyalty of its employes. But the Hutti^s have dime this, and 
 
 many of the best and most pros|K-ruus men in their employ are 
 
 those who have been with them a series of years, and own 
 
 their homes in Muscatine. 
 The business melhoils of 
 the tirin, the interest they 
 have shown in their em- 
 ployes, and the loyal 
 mjinner in which thev 
 have stfiod for every in- 
 terest in Muscatine are 
 factors that have placed 
 the establishment in the 
 hij;h regard in which it is 
 lield here. 
 
 The Hu<lij}-.Moss 
 Mivnufacturing Co. 
 
 of St Jo.seph, Missouri, 
 is 4 branch of the Musca- 
 tine establishment. Here 
 they operate a larjfe f.ic- 
 tory for the manufacture 
 of special work and do a 
 lar^e jobbinjj business in 
 re).;ul,ir stock, part of 
 which is furnished by the 
 Muscatine concern, and 
 part purchased in the open m.irket. The (.jreat volume of 
 business clone at the St. Joseph house, amounts in value to 
 .1 half a million dollars aniui.illy. .inil is proliably the 
 larffe.st done by any sash and door cimcern west of the 
 Mississippi river district. 
 
 This company w.is est.iblished ten years ajfo, and Harry 
 W. Huttif; is its president. 
 
 The companies employ a force of ten s.ilcsmen mi the 
 road represcntinvr the two concerns, and both factories are 
 ke]>t busy the year around lillini^ rapidly increasing orders. 
 
 ItritlhrtH Manufacturini; C. 
 
'LANT OF THE Hl'TTIG BROTHERS MANUFACTURING COMPANY 
 
1 111. I. IIAI'KI- KN TRAXCE To liKKKNWUOI) CK.MI.TKK V. 
 
INTERIOR OF ELKS' LODCE ROOMS. 
 
1. KH-SIPKNCK l>K >. M III I.IIKS. 
 
 Kh„SIDli.NLK OF D. V. JACKSON. 
 
 3 AND 4. RESIDKNCE <>K K. M. WAKNKR. 
 
RESIDKNCE OF COL. HAKKV \V. HUTTIG. 
 
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 I' UK rl rv «'l' MTSCATINK. 
 
A.BORCEII. 
 
 NE.PRiCEGLOTH/Eff. 
 
 INTKRIOH OF Cl.iiTIIINi; HOUSKOFSAM A. lloKi.KK. 
 
INTERIOK (IF RETAII, SHOK STOKK OK WIl.MiN .v CHl-.KK'i. 
 
THE HOME OF "FRIENDS* OATS" 
 
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 A M(>N(> tin- in.my in.iiuif.icliirint; iniltiHlries in Muscatine, perhaps the one of which the least is known liicatlv. Imt which 
 ^^ CiintriJnites most towanl makini; the city's name a househluKI word thrllll^^hlmt the I'nitctl States ami in a vast nnmlier of 
 fi.reit,'!! markets, is the immense plant of the Muscatine Oat Meal Company, situated on Water and Pine streets. The use of 
 cereals as a breakfast fotsl has become a necessity within the past ten years, and the popularity of Friends' t);its haii 
 contriliuted more than its share toward cre.itinjf a demand for pure and wholesome breakfasts. It is a well established fact 
 that Converts to this palat.ible cereal will not be content with and other brand, so strong :i hold has it taken upon the public 
 
 palate. This mammoth institu- 
 tion, which is de\oteil to the 
 m,inufacture of the well known 
 cereal alM>\e mentioned, employs 
 two hundred and tifty of Musca- 
 tine's inhabitants in its several 
 departments :in<l buildinf.rs- 
 Ni^ht and day in endless (,'rind- 
 inn, the perfected machinery c>n- 
 tained in this pl,'int, |«>urs out 
 a ceasless Contribution to the 
 breakf.'ist tables of America, 
 Kiiffland, Scotlaml, Germany, 
 and many other countries of the 
 old world. A car load of lum- 
 ber is used daily in the m:inu- 
 f.icture of bo.\es th;it contain 
 the sixty-tive thous,ind packai^'es 
 of Friends' ( )ats turned out 
 each day by the Muscatine Oat 
 Me.il Company. Only by the 
 su|K-rior cpiality of their pnxl- 
 uct h.is the output of the mills 
 ^rrown to its present m.a^nitude, 
 since the or^jani/ation of the 
 Company in 187''. Nine thous- 
 and bushelsof oats, ship|H-d from 
 one of the best oat districts in 
 the United States e.i.stern low.i 
 are daily put thnui^.'^h the 
 process of prepar.ition for the 
 Consumer. The Muscatine Oat 
 Meal Company is not only well 
 kntiwn in many homes, but also 
 has .1 h\^;h standing' in commer- 
 cial circles of America and 
 forei^rn nations, carryinjf on at 
 
 WIIKKK "FKIKNDS OATS" AKK MAIlK 
 
present business relations with about twenty-tive thousand firms in home and foreij^h markets. Over one hundred and fifty 
 stationary representatives in all important commercial markets expound the superiority of Friends' Oats, and numerous travel- 
 ing- salesmen canvass the wholesale trade in all parts of the country. The orig^inal and unique methods of advertising- em- 
 ployed by this company to bring Friends' Oats before the public are numerous, but perhaps the most attr;ictive is the Friends' 
 Crew. Crews of young ladies, dressed in the plain garb of the Ouakeress, make trijis from town to town accompanied by a 
 chaperon and traveling salesman. They call at the homes of citizens and leave sample packages of Friends' Oats. These 
 traveling crews are a familiar and pleasing sight in many localities, and the coming^ of the "Friends Girl" is announced by 
 the press and discussed by the people. The officers of the company are: President, S. G. Stein; Secretary and General 
 Manager, F. P. Sawyer: Assistant 
 Manager, J. R. Reuling. All are 
 residents of Muscatine, whose in- 
 terests in the city and its progress 
 have been shown in large property 
 investments outside of their busi- 
 ness — citizens who help to make 
 populous and prosperous cities of 
 small towns. Every since the com- 
 pany's organization, the officers in 
 charge have kept in step with the 
 times, and have always been on the 
 alert to make advantageous im- 
 provements. As a result of this 
 principle, the Muscatine Oat Meal 
 Company now possess one of the 
 best equipped plants of its charac- 
 ter in the world. A short time ago 
 it liecame necessary, owing to a 
 rapid increase of business to con- 
 struct an immense warehouse on the 
 river front for the storage of oats. 
 This warehouse, designated as 
 " Elevator B," is convenient to three 
 railroads and two steamboat lines, 
 and gives the company a storing 
 capacity of two hundred and fifty 
 thousand bushels of oats. To sup- 
 ply the mills with a fine grade of 
 oats— for none except the best quality 
 is used — taxes the capacity of avast 
 section of land contagious to Mus- 
 catine, and growers of good grain 
 may always depend upon a g-ood 
 market here. Muscatine can lay 
 claims to the largest exclusive oat 
 meal plant in the world. 
 
 ELKVATOR li— Mt'SC ATINK OAT MEAL COMPANY 
 
kI'-sidence: of chk-stek lilliukih..!. 
 
RESIDENCE OF PETER MUSSER. 
 
THE CARNIVAL CITY PACKET COMPANY 
 
 MONt; Uk- l)e»t lraiis|..irt,itUiii (aoiliiich .ilT..nli-.l Mu.^jatine is the service K'i*<^" 
 ).v the Carnival City Packet Company's Steamers. They run from Muscatine 
 '■■ I)aven|*irt. where close connections are made with the Acme Packet Com- 
 pany's Steamers (or Clinton, ami fn.ni Muscatine south t.> llurliiiHicjn, wh'-re 
 they connect with short line packets for Keokuk an«l Ouincy. anil the Diamoml 
 Jo Line Steamers for St. Louis. These iM.ats are kept clean anil conifortablc 
 
 anil let i;oimI tali'.es anil 
 
 make very regular time 
 
 from April 1st t i Nov. 
 
 2iith in each year. They 
 
 not only ofTer nice iniluce- 
 
 mcnts to passengers, luit 
 
 >fivc an excellent frciffht 
 
 itervlce on very reasonable 
 
 rates. Not only are the 
 
 steamers a jjreat anil 
 
 pleasant convenience, hut 
 
 they have a wonilerful in- 
 
 lliiencc in preventinjf ex- 
 cessive freight rates. 
 
 Muscatine encourages the steamboats by a very liberal patronay^e ami ^;e^f. an excellent service 
 
 in return. W. A. Ulair of Davenport, is manaffer of the company, ami W. Ci. Block & Son are 
 
 its Muscatine a(icnl>, and much of the line'-, phenomenal success is due to their enerjry and affability. 
 
 TUKSTK.VMKK W. J. VolNc 
 
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'WEST LAWN," HOME OK HON. J. M. KKMIU.E. 
 
GREAT GARDEN OF THE WEST. 
 
 Munc.itiiie Inl.iiiil, the lioiiic uf thc luKciuiin iiicliiii ;inJ 
 siicculfiit owcct iiotato, those jxipiilar pruducts that have made 
 Miiiicatinc fainoiiit, i» a rich tract of lanil twenty-one miles 
 U'U): bv aUiiit seven miles xviile, an le»el as a billiard table 
 and a» prmluclive a.* any j;arilen !ti><>t <>n the planet. Mii^catine 
 NIand. in the day* U-fin-c thc k'reat levee which nciw turns 
 the waters uf the bayun 
 into the river channel was 
 conKtructed, was each year 
 intimidated by the June 
 ri»e of the Mississippi, 
 and heavy ileposits of rich 
 soil were annually left by 
 the recedin^; waters. A 
 luxuriant growth of wild 
 grasses ami rushes covered 
 the island after these an- 
 nual overflows, and the 
 decay int; ve(;etation .ind 
 fresh ile|H>sits of soil left 
 there during; the countless 
 years that passed before 
 the advent of the first 
 settler have formed a soil 
 whose fertility has few if 
 any equals. Before the 
 levee was built the island 
 was considered a worthless 
 tract of swamp land. Hut 
 this was many years ajfo. 
 It was sold at a dollar or 
 
 two an acre, much of it, .md w.is only valued for the "slouRh 
 hay" crops that iniKht or mi>:ht not be cut from it. Today 
 the land would sell for two hundred dollars an acre if any 
 of it were for s;ile. 
 
 The island is divided into larjfe fruit and ve^ret.ible f.irms 
 It-, principal pmducts .ire sweet potatoes, water melons, musk 
 
 IHKi 
 
 1 11 1 . 
 
 melons, .mil all kinds of early K->rden truck, which is ship|K-iT 
 from the island in train loads. In former ve.nrs, before Musca- 
 tine island enjoyed the advant.i;,''es of railroad com|>etition, the 
 melon output of the isl.iiul was limited to the number i>f cars 
 the Kock Island Kailro.ul Company saw tit to furnish to the 
 ffrowers, and many thousands of melons rotted on the farms. 
 Since the tracks of the new Muscatine North and South Kail- 
 road have been laid over the island, however, cars ;ire plenti- 
 ful .'ind business is brisk. 
 Two of the larjrest isl- 
 and f.'irms are shown in 
 accompany inic i 1 lust r;i- 
 tions, those of the l.ile \V. 
 H. Hoopes and of (."has. B. 
 Vail. Both . these linns 
 Own l.'irjie tracts of land 
 and have commission 
 h'lises in the city, ship- 
 pini.,' hundreilsof car loads 
 of pnwluce e.ich season. 
 .■\n accompany injr illus- 
 tration shows ,'in irri^atintj 
 pl.int in oper.ition on the 
 \V. H. HiKipes f.irm. Irri- 
 IT.ition has but recently 
 been resorted to on the 
 island, but the results h.ive 
 been so hi(^hly satisfactory 
 th.it irritfation is now the 
 rule instead of the except- 
 ion in dry se.ison. From 
 eiirht to ten feet below the 
 surface ;i never failin;c 
 supply of pure w.iter is to 
 lie tound all <i\erthe isl.ind, 
 .is cle.ir .IS crystal and 
 pure and cold. Irrijfatinir 
 machines pump from ilrive 
 wells ,1 six- inch stream and keep it rtinnini.r for twenty-four 
 hours at :i time. The abundant supply of pure water on the 
 islanti recently discovered h.is interested the C'ity Council, 
 which recently purch.ised the pl.int of the Muscatine Water 
 Works Company, and it is |iossible tli.it the city's entire 
 w.iler supply will, in the very near future, be furnished 
 from this smirce. 
 
 il. HUUlKs ISI.ANII I'AK.M. 
 
EVENING SCENE AT ISLAND HOME Ol W. H. HOU>'I-.S. 
 
li>\\A l.LH l"KIAI. A>SU1.1A1 lu.N Al A Ml i.u.S 1 VKl-k u.S 1111 l>l,AMi lAKM 1)1 «. II. lluul'ICS. 
 
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 RESIDENCE AND VIIvWS ON THE GREAT ISLAND lARM OK C. B. VAIL. 
 
BARRY MANLiFACTVJRING COMPANY. 
 
 Anoiher name tu lie addod t > the lotiK' list uf in.'iiuifactiir- 
 itiff industries which have cintrihiitcd larjifely toward spread- 
 injf abruad the reputatinn of Muscatine as a renter of genius 
 and industry, is that of the Harry Manufacturinff Company. 
 The plant "f this company, comprising' several mo«lern build- 
 ings situateil •>» .Mulberry and Third streets, is constantly a 
 scene of activity anti nj better illustration of what (lersonal 
 application will accom- 
 
 The most prominent of all the .irticles made by this lirm is 
 the famous "Barry" lead trap, an invention of Mr. Nichol.ts 
 Barry's which is a familar name to the e;irs of every pro- 
 jfressive plumber. This .irticle alone has opened to them 
 and to Muscatine a wide territory in the commercial world 
 and since securing a patent on it they have experienced a 
 steadily increasinii; demand for the "trap". Many of the 
 (^'txxls made by the company are Jirticles patented by members 
 
 of the lirm, hut continued 
 
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 pliahed, can be found in 
 the city. Few |K'i>ple who 
 h,"ive never visited the 
 plant or ,ire not f.imilar 
 with the extensive busi- 
 ness carried on by this 
 firm, can rcali/e t"> how 
 many different markets th. 
 plummers supplies ma< 
 by them, find their w;i 
 Almost all of the m^: 
 Miixlern articles employcil 
 by plummers in supplyint.' 
 'Uscholds with propr: 
 i.icilities for piping; vvatn 
 can be found .it thii 
 f.ictory. Ifsorticers are .\ 
 Harry, Sr., President; 1' 
 J. Barry, Vice Presulent; 
 ;iiid N. Harry, Jr.. Secre- 
 tary and Treasurer. Tl e firm was organized in 1H86, and 
 from a modest beginning, as :t is with the growth of every 
 successful industry, they h;ive br.inchcd out and extended, 
 until at the present time they are cirrying on a business 
 which reaches out to ,ill important markets of this country. 
 
 :y*fi»ij|i" 
 
 llAKKY MAN 
 
 enlargments h.ive been 
 m.ide, so th.it now they 
 handle .ill kinds of plumb- 
 ers" supplies. They fur- 
 nish employment the entire 
 ye;ir to about fifty Musci- 
 tine people in the factories 
 .mil are als<i represented 
 'Ut side of the city. No 
 more interesting place of 
 Mian uf :ict 11 r i ng cin bo 
 1 'und th.in that of the Barry 
 M.'iniifacturi.ig Company 
 Hid visitors are always, 
 we I com ■. 
 
 The otTicers of this 
 •inpany are constantly 
 jilaning additions and im- 
 provements to their already 
 extensive business, and 
 are fast gaining .1 place among the names of the largest 
 dealers in plumbing supplies in this country. They h:ive 
 already gained a reputation :tmong inventors liy means of 
 their improved and original contrivances, and the outlook 
 for <i firm with such management is very hopeful. 
 
MUSCATINE COUNTY COURT HOUSE. 
 
MUSCATINE SASH AND OOOR CO. 
 
 Prominent in the jfreat liimlier district of South 
 Mimc.itine Ht.iniN this busy hive i«f itulustry, fiirnishini,' 
 emi>lovin<-iit U> humlreils ■>< tireail winners ami ilistri- 
 Initin^' train loails ..( its tinisheil prixliicl thnni^rhoiit the 
 United States. The Muscatine Sash .V l)t>>r C«>., was 
 inc<«riK-rated in Juno. INM't. with a paid up capital ..f 
 S.V'Oo.i'O'. It manufactures d«««rs. sash, lilinds. mould- 
 inK», stairs, inantelit. etc. Its lines of work includes 
 cvcrvthinK required for the tinishiiik' of huildin^'s of all 
 cl.lKses. from the cheai>est to the uio>t e.xpensixe; from 
 the common slocU sash and di«irs to the finest anil most 
 rIalNirate interior finish frimi r.ire and expensive hard- 
 wokIs reipiired (or public liuililinjjs ami hiK'h clas~ 
 
 resiliences. The liusiiic.ss li,t-s liatl a steady 
 jjrowth, each year witnessinjr »4inie im|>jrt- 
 ant .iddition to its facilities until it now has a 
 capacity of more than athous-inddmirs. twelve 
 hundred windows, one hundred p.iirs of 
 blimls. sliMTk si/es. daily. In adilition to 
 the above this company has lar^re and thor- 
 ou).rhly up-to-date departments for the manu- 
 facture of .all kinds of special mill work 
 iniuner.iteil al)ove. They employ alniut 
 three hundred men. The comp.iny also owns 
 .and o|vratcs .i branch hou.se at Kans.as 
 C'ity. Mi>. . which is tloin^' a larjfc .ind in- 
 cre.isinj.,' business under the style of Koach 
 »V Musser .M.mufacturiu).,' C'o. The olficers of 
 the C'lmp.iuy are \V. L. Koach. Presiilent and 
 liener.al ManaKer'.C K. Kox. Vice-President ; 
 S. H. C"ook, Secretary :W. Musser. Treasurer. 
 The house is prep.ired to quote delivered 
 prices either from plans an<l sjiecitications 
 or list iif items to .iny point in the I'nited 
 St.ites. 
 
 FACTOHV OK THE MfSC ATINI--. S VSH ANP IIOOK COMI'AXV t.OOKINC. WKST. 
 
PLANT OF THK MUSCATINE SASH AND DOOR COMPANY, LOOKING EAST. 
 
HF.SIUKNCK ANIi I.IIIHAKV OK \V. I.. KOACH. 
 
PARLOR IN RESIDENCE OF W. L. ROACH. 
 
SOUTH MUSCATINt LUMBER. COMPANY. 
 
 One of ihc indii.strieit which contributes larffcly toward making known the name of Muscatine as a lumber center, is that 
 carried on l>y the South Muscatine Lumber Company. The plant of this firm, situated .'it the lower end of the ci'y. perh.ips 
 better known to the older citizens as ••Hershey's Lt>wer Mill'" has been thoroughly re-m<Hleled .mil the latest improvements 
 instigated since Coming into the possession of Uie new firm. The present orticers ;ire. John H. Kaiser. President and 
 Treasurer; Mrs. John H. K.iiser, Vice-Presi<lent, and Mr. L. C. Lenck, Secretary. Mr. K.iiser and Mr. Lenok are b<ith 
 citizens of thai ty|>e of which a community can Ixiast. They are Ixith interested |H-rson.illy in the pro^;ress of the citv ;ind throu^rh 
 the medium of their jjrowinj; inilustry .'ire .issistinjf jjro.itly tow.ird ot.ibli^hinj,' the n.imo of Mii-catine as a m.inuf.icturinif center. 
 
 .\ force of over three 
 hundred ;ind seventy-five men 
 are employed in the factories 
 of this concern, employment 
 l.'istini,' the entire year in 
 .'ilmost all departments. The 
 s.iw mill an<l box factory are 
 verit.iblf btiman bee hives of 
 industry and present ,'i specti- 
 • le to which .Muscatine citi- 
 /••ns proudly lead their visitors. 
 That the ilemand for their 
 \\ork is steailily on the in- 
 re.ise is illustrated by the 
 ict that they have at no time 
 lurini^'the p.ist to ye.irs been 
 i|> with their orders. Durini,' 
 ■he year I'KX). over .5S.OlO.00o 
 ■ t't of hunber jiassed throu;;h 
 lieir mill the s.iles .imounled 
 ■ ?75(),oOO, .iml the total 
 onount gi.'iid out in waffes 
 A .IS jllii.iHHi. Such ;i yearly 
 ■iitribution for the m.iint.iiti- 
 ' ice of so many Muscatine 
 homos is not a fact to be 
 )ii,'htly passed over. Fifteen 
 liunilred c.ir li>;ids were ship- 
 ped durini; l.ist year and the 
 most Conservative estimates 
 lor this ye.'ir places the out- 
 put tar .ibove this hi^rh mark. 
 Kvery Muso.itine citizen 
 should feel proud of this in- 
 dustry. ;inil a firm such as 
 the South Musc.'itine Lumber 
 Company which is a creilit 
 to the citv. 
 
 INTEK|i>K I IIOMI'SON S HOOK SIOKK. 
 
PLANT OF IHE SOUIH -MCSCATINK I.VMBF.K COMl'ANV. 
 
!f^""n!|[ 
 
 IMkKlUKS IN KKSIDKNCt Ol- JOHN H.KAlsKK. 
 
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 WINTER AND SUMMER VIEW OF UdME OF JOHN U. KAISER. 
 
FIRST NATIONAL BANK 
 
 Am >nK the thoroiii^hly suhstantinl and reliable institutions 
 that tranH.ict biisint-As under the National hiwH, is the First 
 National Bank, xituated at the corner of Iowa Avenue and 
 Second street*,. Many of the fimt prints which daily travel 
 this busy bankini' corner i>oint tow.iril thi* institution and at 
 all timi-« during; its 
 business hours (from 
 'I a. Ml. to v< p. ni. ) 
 the c o r r i il o r is 
 crowded with patrons 
 from the city and sur- 
 round in^ territory. 
 
 The lirm was ori- 
 ginally the banking; 
 lirm of Isctt ;ind 
 Hrewster, which 
 name still souniU 
 f.ainilar to the oldest 
 inhabitants. Thi- 
 name was changed 
 in \»iA to the Mer- 
 chants ICxchauK^t' 
 llank and the follow- 
 ing: year became the 
 Merchants Kxchan^'< 
 N a t i o n .a I Ha n k 
 Husiness was carried 
 • >n under this name 
 till June 1886, 
 
 FIRST NATlONAt, 1IANK. 
 
 Its first president v»'as the late Peter Jack.sun, and lirst cashier 
 Wm. C. Brev^'ster, whose death occurred in New York City 
 abtnit a year ajjo. Mr. Jackson was succeeded as president 
 by S. G. Stein, Sr., the later by H. \V. Moire and Mr. Mixire 
 by the present incumbent, S. I}. Stein. Wm. C Brewster 
 was succeeded as cashier by Peter Jackson, he liy F. K. 
 1,1-wis ;ind he by Thomas N. llniwn. Mr. Brown was 
 
 succeeded by tlis 
 present cashier. Mr. 
 S. .M. Huj;hes. The 
 ortlcers at present 
 are. S. ti. Stein, 
 President: D. V. 
 Jackson, Vice-Presi- 
 dent; S. M. Hughes. 
 Cashier. These, to- 
 ilet h e r with, J. 
 Carsk.nilden, F. P. 
 Sawyer, Chas. Pajje 
 and J. B. l)ou(.:herty 
 constitute the Board 
 of Directors. Its 
 otiicers are .ill pro- 
 jcressive men who are 
 I»crsonally interested 
 in the well fare of 
 this city, and the 
 ultimate financial 
 success of a banking' 
 lirm with such men 
 at the head of alTairs. 
 is an assured fact. 
 
 when it was j^iven 
 
 the name it now bears. It h.is been doin>f business continu- The bank is well e(|uipped with the most UKMlern of contri- 
 
 ou.sly as a National Hank since 186.s. It has a capital of y^"ce« 'y.^'^e 't hard for a bur^'lar to e.irn a livin>r, the 
 
 S.sO,(KX).00 and surplus and pmiit amounting to over 5.=0, 0< Ki. 00. 
 
 latest addition licinj; :i dynamite proof revolving: safe, and 
 s.ifety dejiosit v.iult. 
 
MUSCATINE SAVINGS BANK. 
 
 The MiiscHtine Saviiijjs Bank was org-anized Feb. 23, 1880, 
 with a cash capital of ten thousand dollars. Since orijaniza- 
 tion, this banking firm has enjoyed a steadily increasing 
 patronage and has from time to time enlarged its capital till 
 it has now reached 
 tlie high mark of 
 eighty thousand dol- 
 lars with a surplus 
 of ten thousand. 
 Many of the laboring 
 class in this city 
 make a reg u 1 a r 
 weekly call at the 
 Savings Bank and 
 deposit the small 
 surplus from the 
 weeks wages. Each 
 j-ear has added to 
 its lists of patrons 
 and this has necces- 
 sarly added to the 
 c:ipital from year to 
 year. In 1883 it was 
 increased to S2O.000. 
 in 1887 to S30,o00, 
 and 1S90 to $3.S,000, 
 and so on at this 
 
 rate till it has attained the present figure. Those at the head 
 of affairs endeavor to gain the confidence of the public by 
 
 honest and earnest endeavor and by conservative mjthads 
 have succeeded in establishing a liberal patronage. 
 
 The present officfrs are, President, J. Carskaddjn; Vice- 
 President, John B. Dougherty, and Cashier, Mr. Chas. Page. 
 The directors are, J. Carskadden, John B. Dougherty, S. (J. 
 
 Stein, F. P. Saw- 
 yer, S. M. Hughes, 
 and Chas. Page. 
 The history of 
 this firm has been .i 
 progressive one, and 
 if the rate of ad- 
 vancement equals in 
 the future, that of 
 the past, the outlook 
 for this firm is a 
 very bright one. It 
 has succeeded in 
 gaining the confi- 
 ilence of Muscatine 
 citizens and those 
 out side of the city 
 by honest, straight 
 forward dealings, 
 and is daily adding 
 to its list of loyal 
 customers. This 
 IXTEKIOK MLS.ATiNh -AViN(,s B.\XK. ^^m has the advan- 
 
 ' tage of a convenient location, being situated in the business 
 section of Muscati.ie. 
 
M'. MAK'i'S (.111 Ktll. >CUuOI„ AMI lli'MI. iiK KKV. J. 1. (.KlKsKR. 
 
VIKVV FROM ST. MARYS. LOdKINti WEST. 
 
KKSIDKNlK or JOHN 11. Illil (.MIKTV. 
 
1. -FARVIEW. • HOME OF ATTORNKY L. J. HORA.V. 2. INTERIOR V A N UOK NE RLSIDENCE. 3. M fSC ATINE AS SEEN FROM ■K A R V lEW. 
 
RESIPENCK OF HON. J. L. C.IKSLER. 
 
STERNEMAN CLOTHING CO. 
 
 Muscatine has the distiiictiun uf pussessiiif^^ the only 
 Wholesale Clothing house in the state of Iowa, that of the 
 Sterneman Clothing- Companj'. shown in the accompanying- 
 eng^raving-. This large jobbinjr house was established 
 November 30, 1889, 
 the company being 
 incorporated at that 
 time with an author- 
 ized capital of fifty 
 thousand dollars. 
 The incorperators 
 were Messrs. John 
 S. Sterneman, Phil. 
 J. Mackey, and \V. 
 F. Bishop. Later 
 Mr. Sterneman pur- 
 chased the interests 
 of Messrs. Mackey 
 and Bishop. The 
 present officers are 
 John S. Sterneman, 
 President and Gen- 
 eral Manager, and 
 Geo. J. N ietzel, 
 Secretary. 
 
 The growth and 
 de\elopment of a 
 jobbing trade in the 
 west, as a rule, is 
 necessarily slow; but 
 bj- putting forth an 
 energy for which the 
 intrepid manager of 
 the house is noted, 
 the business of the 
 Sterneman Clothing 
 Company has been 
 year by year en- 
 larged and extended 
 into new territory. 
 Today its trade 
 
 covers the states of Iowa. Minnesota, Nebraska, Illinois, 
 North Dakota. South Dakota, and Missouri, its four traveling 
 salesmen looking closely after the wants of a constituency that 
 has been attracted by both superior quality of goods, close 
 prices and fair tre;itment. Tlie company manufactures its 
 
 STERNEM.\N WHOLES.\I,E CLOTHING HOUSE 
 
 own clothing, Mr. Sterneman going to New York frequently to 
 Ii-ik after this branch of the work. He buys the piece gcxxl's in 
 great quantities, attending to the selection in per.son, and 
 thereby maintaining high quality and su|ierior workmanship. 
 The most substantial and well-known factories in New York 
 are employed in the manufacture of these gixjds, occupying, as 
 
 it does, the position 
 of being the only ex- 
 elusive wholesale 
 cU'thing house in 
 luwa, the disposition 
 among retailers in 
 this territory to 
 patronize a western 
 house is increasing, 
 and each season the 
 trade is met with a 
 more complete line of 
 goods. 
 
 The company's 
 stock occupies all of 
 three tl'iors and a 
 basement, 20x140 
 feet in dimensions, 
 their g<xjds coverinjf 
 a floor space of 
 eleven thousand and 
 two hundred square 
 feet The first floor 
 Cortains in addition 
 to the counting room 
 and packing and 
 shipping depart- 
 ments, the immense 
 stock of boys and 
 children's suits. 
 The second floor is 
 lievoted to men's 
 suits, and the third 
 to overcoats, heavy 
 garments, etc. A 
 trip through the vari- 
 ous departments 
 causes the visitor no little surprise at the magnitude of the 
 stock, but the traveling men keep it moving in and out at a 
 lively rate during the bu.sy seasons. 
 
 The success of the Sterneman Clothing Company is a re- 
 sult of combined energy and good management. 
 
rksiuknce. business hoitsk. anmi interiors of dry <;oods store of h. k. i.ii.i.v. 
 
MACKKY'S MODEL CLOTHING HOUSE. 1. OFFICE AND SALESROOM; 2. SECTION IN WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT. 
 
 DEPARTMENT. 4. SECTION IN RETA IL SALESROOM. 
 
 TAILORINC. 
 
RESIDENCE OF P. M. MUSSER. 
 
KK-IKENCK OK DK. H. M. DKAN. 
 
VIEW IN JKWELRY STORE OF FRANK I'. KoKCKERITZ. 
 
THE COOK. MUSSF.R ANO COMPANY STATE 
 BANK AND TRUST COMPANY. 
 
 Amun^' the prominent tiniuici.il institutionis of Kastern 
 Iowa the t)anl»inn house of the C'"«k. Musscr & Comnany has 
 occupied an envied 
 position for n \ e r 
 thirty years, steailily 
 nt ren^t hen i nn its 
 credit and influence, 
 and extending; its 
 business over a v.ist 
 territory in eastern 
 Iowa anti Western 
 Illinois. The house 
 was established in 
 1870 under the firm 
 name of Silverman. 
 C<K)k & C o m p a n y . 
 continuin).; in thi> 
 naineuntil 187ti, whrn 
 Mr. Silverman r. 
 tired, hein^; >iii 
 ceeded by Mr. P. M 
 Musser. The tin 
 n :i m e w as t h e n 
 chanjfed to Cook, 
 Musser & Co., under 
 which title it re- 
 mained imtil Dccem- 
 
 COOK. Ml'S.SKR i CO.. ST.\TK lt.\.\K .\ N 1) TKt'ST COMPANY. 
 
 licr IH'Xi, when it was incor|xjrated under the present name. 
 
 The officers of the CiKik, .Nlusser A Company State Bank 
 .iiid Trust Co.. are P. M. .\Iu-.sor. President; K. C. Cook. 
 
 Vice-President; S. I). Crxjk. Cashier. The directors are P. 
 M. Musser, S. B. Co)k. E. C. C<xJk, C. K. Musser. Anna C. 
 Kunck. .md (i. A. Kunck. The banks olficers and directors 
 are amontr the l>est known financiers .ind capitalists in the 
 city, and the (|uestiiin of financial stability h:is never been 
 
 even thought of by 
 patrons of the in- 
 stitution. 
 
 The capital of 
 the Coi>k, Musser A 
 Co.. State Bank and 
 Trust Company is 
 seventy- H ve t hi ius:md 
 dollars, its surplus 
 and undivided pro- 
 fits running .it pres- 
 ent about forty-si. \ 
 thousand. The com- 
 pany owns its build- 
 i na, w h i c h w .'i s 
 constructed es|>ecial- 
 for the bank. It is 
 diviiled into four 
 apartments, a cus- 
 tomers' lobby. ci>unt- 
 injf room, the pri- 
 vate pjirlors. ;ind a 
 ti re pr<«if lined vault 
 furnished with a h.ill 
 standard d o u b I e 
 chronometer s.ife. Hurjclar insurance is carried in standard 
 and reliable companies. The CtR)k-Musser Comp.iny has 
 .ilways done a pener.il banking; business. 
 
THE HOTEL GRAND. 
 
 The majfiii ficent hotel shown in the accompaiiyhij^' illustra- 
 tion is known throucfhout the west as one of Iowa's leadings hos- 
 telries. The house is a palatial one — if anything, a little in 
 advance of the city. It would easily meet the requirements and 
 demands of a city ten 
 times the size and 
 population of Musca- 
 tine. The Grand, in 
 hotel vernacular, is 
 ■'a hundred room 
 house."" It contains 
 seventy sleeping^ 
 rooms, elegant din- 
 ing rooms and par- 
 lors, a large and 
 handsomely finished 
 office, billiard hall, 
 barber shop, bar, 
 and all modern hotel 
 conveniences. The 
 sleeping rooms are 
 all supplied witli 
 steam heat, gas and 
 electric lights, are 
 comfortable and well 
 ventilated. The 
 sample rooms are 
 ample, well lighted 
 and will meet all 
 demands of trade — 
 an item the commer- 
 cial tourist never fails to make a note of and remember. The 
 Grand's dining room and its service is as good as can be 
 found anywhere in the state, and all appointments of theotfice. 
 
 THE HOTEL GR.\XD. 
 
 parlors, reading rixim and so forth are firstclass and up-to- 
 date. The finest billard hall and bar in the state are run in 
 connection with the Grajid — a fact generally conceeded by 
 billiard and pool players who have opp<.)rtunities to see the 
 best. This hotel was never in as good shape, nor in as com- 
 petent hands, as it is at present under the management of 
 
 Landlord J. G. Der- 
 medy, who is now 
 Hearing the close ot 
 his fourth year with 
 the house. Mr. Der- 
 medy came here from 
 Waverly, his former 
 home having been in 
 Janesville, Wiscon- 
 sin. All his life he 
 has dealt with the 
 public and the wants 
 of travelers are read- 
 ily comprehended 
 ;ind promptU' sup- 
 plied when they t)e- 
 come guests of the 
 Grand. This year 
 tin- house will be re- 
 furnished and baths 
 will be put in, and, 
 although it is now 
 ' one of the best sixty 
 thousand dollar 
 hotels in the state, a 
 comparatively small 
 expenditure, already 
 in contemplation, will make it the equal of any Iowa hotel, 
 not excepting the very finest. Thirty people .are employed the 
 year round in operating the hotel, including the laundry, etc. 
 
I. HfcslDfcNLK JNO. H. MUNROE. i SKNATOK (iKO. M. TITUS. 3 AND 4. "ISLA N I) VIKW THE HOME OF CIT Y ATTORNKY J. K. OE VITT. 
 
1. RESIDENCE OP S. B. COOK. 2. SEN. J. M. (lOBBLE. 3. HON. JOHN MA HIN. 4. \V. J. 1!L.\NCHAKD. 
 
John 
 
 K.litor. 
 
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 TKe Evening JovirnoLl. 
 
 Kiir flirty years the Miisc.itino Kvcnin^ Juiiriial h.is 
 represented all that was excellent ami priijfrcssive in news- 
 paiierdom in Muscatine. The present editor, Hon. John 
 Mahin. has been at the head of the paper since 1852 and has 
 made it one of the best known papers in the state. 
 
 Within the last year the paper has made most marked 
 advancement. A H<ie web (lerfcctin^r press and a second 
 Linotype have been installed and the paper so improved 
 ;ind pushed that the circulation has been practically 
 tri-lilod, the l.itter beinj; g-iiaranteed to be (greater than all 
 other Muscatine papers combined. The office is now one 
 of the best e<iuipped offices of its size in the state. 
 
 Hakoi.ii J. Maiiin. Manager. 
 
 N^ v^ N^ 
 
 A. C.I.IMPSI-: OK THK Hlf. I'HKSS. 
 
 A CURNEK OK IIIK COMPOSI.NC. KOOM, 
 
MUSCATINE NORTH & SOUTH RAILROAD CO. 
 
 Offlcal Headquarters, Muscatine, Iowa. 
 
 Walter M. Gokham. H. F. Bai.ch, Charles Howard, Gkokc.k Kkeder, 
 
 Preesident. Vice Preiiiilent Gen'l Man;ij,'er. Auditor. 
 
 A. L. LlNDNlR, 
 
 Gen'l Agrent. 
 
 STATION OK THE MUSCAITNK NOKIH & SOITH RAILROAD CO. 
 
 Direct route to Chicago, Peoria, Minneapolis, St. Paul. Kansas City, Omaha, St. Louis, and all poiots 
 East and West via Iowa Central and its connecting- railways. 
 

 THE BOSTON STORE. BENNMSON BROS.. PROPS. l.-SALESROOM. 2. PRESS COO DS DEPT. 3. CLOAK DKTT. 4 CARPET DKPT. 
 
I. K?:SIDENCK U(IN. SAM COUN. :;. RKSIDENCE LOUIS COUN. 3 AND 4. CLOTHING HOUSK OF S. & L. COH N 
 
BEKLIN STUDIO. 
 
 Pcrhapd amim^r the formost of Muscatine citizens who have for years been identified 
 with all that is lieautiful in old Muscatine, i-i Alexander (irosheim, the veteran photo- 
 ^raphor. The name oi Alexander (in.sheim, proprietor of the Berlin Studio has l.mn been 
 a household won! in this city ami >urrouiidin>r towns, for the genial photoffrapher not only 
 enjoys a local reputation but has many visi- 
 tors .'inil customers from surrounding; terri- 
 tory. Mr. tirosheim has kept abreast with 
 all the latest improvements in his particular 
 art, and the finish on a "(Jroshoini photo- 
 ffraph" easily distinguishes it from work of 
 other artists. The visitor is made welcome 
 at the studio <>n East Second street and 
 ni.iiiy priKluctions of the tine .irt ^rreet the 
 eye on every hand. A precedence in this 
 particular line is not established by the mere 
 poscssion of outfit and the proper chemicles 
 and cm only be obt.iined by ye.irs of con- 
 stant application .md h.ird study, and even 
 years of application will not accomjilish 
 what Mr. (Jrosheiin has attained without 
 
 the assi.stance of personal t.'iste, for 
 it is a well known fact (hat half of 
 an education is to know where to 
 find it. This .ipplies to the art of 
 .seeinjT a (j<»k1 picture, and the fact 
 that Mr. timshcim |v>ssesses this 
 characteristic is pmveil by the 
 many splendid specimens of ph'ito- 
 (^raphy to be fouml in aim ist all 
 Muscatine homes. Many a beauti- 
 ful spot "f nature dear to the heart 
 of old citizens of Muscatine County, 
 m.iny a face dearer still, have been 
 pre.served by the veteran phuto- 
 frrapher with his ma).;ical art. Mr. 
 (Jroaheims' pictures have been put 
 • ■n exhibition with many .'irt col- 
 lections and always show up to the 
 credit of the artist. 
 
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 1 AND 2. RESIDENCE AND OFFICK DR. E. B. FULLIAM. 3 AND 4. DENTAL ROOMS OF DR. A. A. PETERSEN. 
 
THE MUSCATINE FRENCH CHEESE FACTORY. 
 
 Kap'ulity "f the jjruwlh <•( in.iiiufacttiriii^ concerns in Mii-catini- is 
 made apparent liy a ^:lance at the btniiness of the linn of Schuh A 
 C".. proprietors of the Muscatine French Cheese K.HCtory. The business, 
 which was established 
 Octolwr 1, 18'*, now has 
 a patrunaj^e extendinK 
 into all parts of the 
 United States and Can- 
 ada—a trailc that is con- 
 stantly increasin);. This 
 is liecause of the 8U|K"rior 
 ijualtty of the output of 
 the factory. Those rich 
 little table and lunch 
 cheeses, which until (|uitc 
 recently were im()<irted 
 into the United Stales ;ire 
 now tnainifactureil by this 
 firm, :ind the most criti- 
 c:il epicures in Comp.trin); 
 the(|ualities of the foreign 
 cheeses .md those manu- 
 factured in Muscatine 
 have decided in favor of 
 the latter. The brands 
 of cheese nianuf.ictured 
 here are Fromajfc de 
 Camembert, Kroma^:e de 
 Hrie, Kroni.ij^e d' Isi^jny, 
 Kroiieiikase, SchlnssUase, 
 K r 11 h s t u c k s- K a s c h e n , 
 Neufchatel, St. (iervais, 
 Komatour, and the cele- 
 brated Sierra and Le 
 Petit de Hrie. Amofi)f 
 these are some of the most 
 
 (lopular bran<ls of cheese in America, and Musc.itine takes pride in the ' 
 fart of beiuff the home of the proiluct. The factory, which occupies the | 
 
 MUSCATINK KRKNCH CHKESE I-ACTOKY. 
 
 building; constructed for the Benjamin Her»hey creamery, shown in the 
 en^f^avin^r, is located on the Bluff Road, west of the city, and is admir- 
 ably .-idapted to the uses of a cheese factory. The factory has a 
 capacity of three thousand pounds of milk d.iily, and the pnxluct of the 
 
 house is limited at pres- 
 ent only by th.- sh >rt sup- 
 ply of milk. More milk 
 is wanted at all times, 
 and th.; highest market 
 price is .ilways paid. 
 Th'; dairy is now an in- 
 dustry th.it could be 
 larjfely in:r,! is.-.l in Mus- 
 c.'i'.ine and vicinity with 
 profit to investirs The 
 French Cheese Factory 
 has created a market for 
 milk that should and no 
 doubt will, induce m.iny 
 f.irmcrs and stock owners 
 near Muscatine to i^'i^e it 
 immediate attention. Mr. 
 Schmidt, the m.'in.'iKer, is 
 ;i pr.'ictical cheese maker, 
 having learned the art in 
 his former hume in Cali- 
 fornia, and learned it thor- 
 oujrhly. He is an active, 
 energetic business m<in, 
 a hustler for business, 
 .md .1 public spirited citi- 
 zen. Musc'itine will 
 :ilways find room for such 
 worthy citizens, for it is 
 men of action that make 
 manufacturing stroiifj- 
 holds of cities endowed 
 with the natural advantages l)cstowed upon Muscntine. The success 
 of Messrs. Schuli! iV Co. is a source of ^ratitlcition to all citizens. 
 
HAVERCAMP'S PHARMACY. 
 
 Muscatine can boast of one of the most modern pharmacies in Eastern 
 Iowa, referring- to that owned by John J. Havercanp. Mr. Havercanip 
 opened up at the present place of business in 1879, and since that time 
 has enlarg^ed and improved his store to meet the requirements of a grow- 
 ing patronage. He carries a complete line of drugs, chemicals, jierfume?, 
 and druggists toilet goods, in fact he carries so complete a stock, th.il 
 
 every demand of the trade can be supplied from the store. That which 
 is most pleasing to a customer and contributes largely toward inducing 
 them to buJ^ is to be ushered into a store-room that is neat and attractive 
 in arrangment, and Mr. Havercamp acts upon that theory in presenting 
 his goods to the public. Havercamp's Pharmacy is anon,' tlii formost of 
 long- established Ijusiness n;imes in Muscrttin?. 
 
 1. WOOD VARD OF CHAS. CADLE. 2. GEO. EICHFNOIRS CIGAR FACTOR" 
 
DR. J. A. BIRCHARD. 
 
 The practice of dentistry in Muscatine has shown a por- 
 ceptlMe increase since the advent of Dr. James A. Birchard, 
 who came to the ci y two years a;fo from Daveniwrt. Care of 
 the natural teeth is (i^niwinj; t<> be 
 loi^ked upon as an im|xirtant duty 
 — one which has l)een sadly nvK- 
 lected by precedinjf (generations. .\ 
 few years ago having' a tooth tilled 
 meant hours of tedious drillinjr, 
 cutting and hammering all work 
 being done without the aid of 
 machinery. Under minlern mcthiKls 
 the patient has but a short time, 
 comparatively, to w.iit in the 
 dentist's chair while buzzing motors 
 ply the hammers and drills. Dr. 
 nirchard has been successful in 
 building up a practice that extends 
 into all territory surrounding Mus- 
 c.itine. His a]>plicatii>n of mixlern 
 methods in pr.ictice, and the combi- 
 natiiMi of skill and rapid work, h.iM' 
 made his dental rooms .ts popular a 
 resort for ilentistry patients as it is 
 possible for a dentist's rooms !.■ 
 appro.-ich popularity. 
 
 Dr. Birchard has practicrd 
 «lentistry seven years, and has had 
 the lienelils of superior inslruclion 
 both in school ,-ind active practice. 
 He is a graduate of the dental 
 
 department of the Northwestern I'niversity, of Chicago; holds 
 a diploin.i from the Chicago School of Anatomy, .intl is also a 
 graduate of the American College of Dental Surgeons, of 
 
 Chicago. He was educated at Lombard I'niversity, Gales- 
 burg, prior to his entering his profession. 
 
 Dr. Hirchard makes ,i s|>ecialty of painle.ssly extracting 
 teeth — a successful method which robs the visits to a dentist 
 of all their terrors. People of a delicate constitution or 
 
 nervous temperament frequently 
 iifglect the teeth liecause of a 
 n.'itural dread of h.iving bad teeth 
 extracted. There is, however, no 
 longer an excuse for neglecting bad 
 teelh, which onstantly grow worse. 
 Painless extraction is a reality, and 
 p.i'ients who muster up sufticient 
 Courage to try it ;ire fully convinced 
 of this truth and are sorry they 
 ilidn't try it sooner. When the 
 teeth begin to decay the greatest of 
 annoyances and troubles are s.Tved 
 by giving them prompt attention. 
 To neglect or delay means addi- 
 tional suffering and expense. No 
 one misses the natural teeth until 
 they .ire repl.iced with thi- .'irtitici.'il, 
 ami then it is everlastingly toi late 
 to lament. The importance of sav- 
 ing the n.'itur.'il teeth shouM not be 
 lost sight of by parents. Children 
 should he sent to the dentist twice 
 a year at lea.st, for examination, 
 l-'reijuently a tooth is saved for a 
 lifetime by fifteen minutes work 
 performed at the pro|)er moment, 
 where neglect would cause its loi^s, 
 and necessit.ite the wearing of artitici.'il teeth a lifetime. 
 Dr. Hirch.inrs work recommends itself. His office is located 
 at No. 212 Iowa avenue. 
 
NEW PROCESS LAUNDRY. 
 
 Nothing^ adds to the personal appearence and so satis- 
 factorily sets ofif the charms of the indivdual as a complete 
 equipment in spotless linen, and so long as Muscatine citizens 
 continue the use of laundry, F. X. Schaefer, the geniel 
 proprietor of the New Process Laundry, will be a fixture in 
 this city. After seven years in this business Mr. Schaefer has 
 succeeded in establishing' 
 a loyal trade, and by keep- 
 ing' abreast with the times, 
 is now the proud possessor 
 of one of the best equippeii 
 laundries in this part of 
 the state. The very latest 
 models of machines em- 
 ployed in presenting soiled 
 linen to the customer in 
 shining shape, are to tit- 
 found in his place of busi- 
 ness, and the proprietor is 
 always will ing and anxious 
 to displaj' and explain the 
 different processes to the 
 visitor. Mr. Shaefer has 
 made a careful study of 
 rapidity in handling his 
 work and it is suprising 
 how many hundreds of 
 shirts, cuffs and collars can be put through the process in 
 such short spaces of time. 
 
 From a local business the New Process Laundry has ex- 
 tended beyond the limits of the County, and at present about 
 twenty-five agents collect and distribute soiled and clean 
 
 linen from homes within a radius of about sixtj- miles. .Mr. 
 Schaefer is constantly planing improvements and extentions 
 and at the present rate of advancement it will soon be neccessary 
 to enlarge the plant. The white delivery wagon is a farailar 
 object in all parts of Muscatine at all times of the day and 
 night. To those not familar with the process employed in 
 supplying them with clean linen, a visit to the New Process 
 
 Laundry would he inter- 
 esting. 
 
 Among the latest ad- 
 ditions to the plant are the 
 following: An immense 
 Mangle with a capacity of 
 1500 pieces an hour; a 
 Collar machine, capacity 
 fiOO pieces an hour; two 
 Shirt machines, capacity 
 loO an hour; a. neck-band 
 ironer and wrist-band 
 ironer, each with a capa- 
 city of 100 an hour. Also 
 a collar and cuff starcher 
 with a capacity of 70() an 
 hour, and shirt starcher, 
 capacity of ISO pieces an 
 hour. In addition to these 
 there are three washers 
 with extractors, which 
 wring 150 shirts at a time. i here are many other improved 
 pieces of machinery in this establishment, the duplicates of 
 which can onlj' be found in the most improved laundries. Mr. 
 Schafer contributes his success to the fact that he uses filtered 
 water and absolutely uses no chemicals in his establishment. 
 
HAKTMAN AND tITMAN. 
 
 AmoriK' the new li>cal linn* who have laiiDChfd into the retail (grocery trade is thai uf liartman ami Kilinan. wIki's 
 place of bukiness is situated on Second street, near the corner of Second and Imva Avenue. Ifcith ifentlemen had been enjrajjed 
 in the frri>cery business fur years previous to their joininjf forces and had maile many warm friends and jrained many loya' 
 ciisloiiitT -. \>\ i>< Ts.iti.il il lilv riiitarf. Sim'f assi-oiatiiiij turothiT in biisinoss thf firm ha\e enjoyed a splendid trade fron their 
 
 friends and have made numerous 
 new ones by their excellent service, 
 riieir store room presents a pleasinj; 
 >'\HM til the customer and has cnn- 
 -.tantly an apjiearence to tempt the 
 prospective buyer. Orders receive 
 prompt attention and prices are al- 
 ways reasunable. Anythitv.; from 
 st.iple articles ti> fancy eatibles are 
 obtain ible at this establishment and 
 ihe buyer is always assured nf re- 
 ceivinjif the best of quality. The 
 freshest of vegetables can be found 
 HI season each mornintr on ilispl.iy 
 ,it their windows, lloth gentlemen 
 .ire cimcientiiius, affable individuals 
 who have the happy faculty of m.ik- 
 in>; friends wherever they K" "•'"' 
 with the assistance of this faculty 
 OMupled with energy .and const.int 
 l.itmr which is recpiireil in this 
 particular business, this tjrm is 
 rapiilly biiildiu).^ up a solid tr.'ide. 
 nut only .among Muscatine citizens, 
 
 .NTI-RIOK I.AhTMAN AM. 1 ...MAN ..Hl.CKKV. '»" '"'"> '"'""^^y customers. 
 
SHINNS MUSCATINE BUSINESS COLLEGE AND 
 ENGLISH TRAINING SCHOOL. 
 
 This bevy of shiniiiff faces reflects the hi<,'h class of 
 students received at this popular trainiiiir schfiol. These 
 young- people are Munson enthusiasts, ami are ever ready to 
 speak for the system 
 and the thorough, up- 
 to-date course of 
 study provided by 
 Prof. Shinn and his 
 g-ifted wife. 
 
 Hundreds of 
 yonng- people have 
 availed themselves of 
 the advantag-es 
 afforded at the Mus- 
 catine Business Col- 
 lege, and are now 
 holding pleasant and 
 profitable positions 
 as their reward. 
 
 That such an 
 institution is greatly 
 needed in this com- 
 munity is shown by 
 the fact that quarters 
 which, three years 
 ago, seemed too large 
 are now whollv 
 inadequate to accom- 
 modate the attend- 
 ance. In fact, fully 
 as many were denied 
 
 entrance as made up somr shorthand students k 
 
 the entire attendance (Photo taken 
 
 at the busiest time, a few years ago. An effort will be made 
 this summer to secure additional quarters. Public-spirited 
 citizens should lend all the aid in their power to the teachers 
 in providing proper accommodations. The students who are 
 attracted from a distance should be caused to feel the liberal 
 hospitality of our Muscatine people, and it is advisable that 
 
 conditions be such 
 that the young people 
 of the community 
 who desire a com- 
 mercial training 
 need not leave home 
 t<3 go to some school 
 at a distance. 
 
 The value of a 
 commercial education 
 cannot be overesti- 
 mated, for it is in 
 such training schools 
 as these that students 
 are fitted to battle 
 with stern realities 
 of life. Graduates 
 from a good business 
 college are never at a 
 loss to know "what 
 to do for a living," 
 and is never long in 
 finding an opening- 
 where he or she may 
 obtain pleas.ant and 
 profitable employ- 
 ment. Just at pre- 
 sent the demand for 
 l)uiTi.-ss col lege gra- 
 duates in the large 
 cities far exceeds the 
 supply. 
 
 ROM CLASSES Ol' 
 in March) 
 
 1900-1901 
 
MBKIDE BILLIARD HALL. 
 
 After'closing of business hours on almost any afternoon, the favorite resort of professional anil commericial men. i> the Mo- 
 Briilc Hillaril Parlors, situatoil on East Secoml street in the Hotel (^ranil t)lliUlin^;. Mr. Chas. McBride, the proprietor, has 
 succeedetl in <listin>;"ishinjf hii pl.ice of business from the usual t_vi>e of HillanI Halls hy Ueepintf out the unilesirable element 
 anil coMiertinn his parlors into a retreat for gentlemen. Congenial groups can lie found at all times engaged in a friendly 
 game of billiards or pool, ami several players of no little -kill have gained a name among profess^irs of this pastime. It is the 
 
 aim of the proprietor to make his 
 h.iU as homelike as possible and 
 he h.as succeeded so far .is to 
 enjoy a liberal patronage from 
 the best of Muscatine citizens. 
 It is a pl.ace to which one can 
 le.id a friend or visitor and be 
 •issured of the best surmundings 
 ;md comp.'iny. The furnishings 
 are of the latest style and eight 
 playing tables of the best make 
 arranged in two rows ;ire kept 
 Constantly in use. Anything in 
 the way of tobacco or cigars that 
 meets the popular f.ivor is found 
 (or sale here, ami the place has 
 not only become a resort for the 
 elite of Muscatine but is patron- 
 ized very largely by cemmercial 
 travelers. The stranger meets 
 a h.indshakc and a welcmie 
 from the proprietor, and no more 
 congeniel atmosphere can be 
 .'ound in Muscatine in which to 
 pass a few hours of recre.ation. 
 
 C. O. M'HHiril- 
 
 BII.I.IAKli IIAI.I,— HOTEL GKAND. 
 
ABOUT BOWMAN'S BARN. 
 
 The Livery and Sale Stable of Frank Bowman, shown in 
 the illustration on this pag-e, is now one of the best equipped 
 in the West. Twenty years ag^o the proprietor began business 
 in partnership with 
 his brother "Jake." |[ 
 They started with 
 two horses, both of 
 which were blind, 
 and one old transfer 
 wagon. Today the 
 barn (owned by the 
 firm) has one hund- 
 red horses, one 
 hundred and fi f ty 
 buggies, carriages, 
 cabs, traps, wagon- 
 ettes and pleasure 
 vehicles; fifty or 
 si.xty wagons, rang- 
 ing in size from im- 
 mense transfer trucks 
 of a half car load 
 capacity- down to 
 "Jakie's hurry-U]i 
 wagon." In the 
 heavy transfer busi- 
 ness this is the most 
 thoroughly equipped 
 firm in the city, and 
 has facilities for 
 moving anything that 
 is movable. More- 
 
 ever Frank Bowman is well backed financially and is responsible 
 for any accidents that may occur, insuring the owners against 
 
 FR.4NK BOWMAN S I.IVEKV BARN. 
 
 loss in transferring the most expensive articles. Few h jiises in 
 the west have better facilities for handling heavy goods, or, for 
 that matter, for conducting a livery and sale stable. A few 
 years ago Muscatine had very few tine private rigs. Today the 
 city can turn out more handsome horses and fine carriages than 
 
 any city of its popu- 
 lation in Iowa. This 
 is largely due to the 
 fact that Frank Bfjw- 
 man has been buying 
 and fitting uji turn- 
 outs for those who 
 formerly dejiended 
 largely on hiring 
 carriages, and sell- 
 ing them. Man J- of 
 the finest and hand- 
 somest equipages in 
 Muscatine have been 
 made up by Bowman, 
 whoseex|>erience and 
 judgment in buying 
 and matching horses 
 as well as in pur- 
 chasing rigs, are be- 
 yond question. He 
 is sole agent in Mus- 
 catine for the noted 
 H. H. Babcock Com- 
 pany's vehicles, 
 which are conceded 
 to be the best manu- 
 factured. He has two 
 barns located in the 
 busiest part of the city, and takes care of a large number of pri- 
 vate rigs, boarding horses by the week. 
 
"PICrfKESUUK MUSCATINK" HAI.I-TOSE cuts AKE 1 KIIM llIK I.EVVTYI'K COMPANY. 
 
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 KESIDKNCK OF DK. E. H. KIXC 
 
 RESI1>EN"CE OF DK. f,. O MOK(;Kini;E. 
 
 RESIUENlE ok MR. CHAS. I'AUE.