Spring Market Prices Show Fresh Vegetables and Fruits
The piece surveys spring food costs with Bermuda potatoes at 75 cents per peck, rutabaga and turnips, carrots, beets, onions, and sweet potatoes priced per peck or bunch. It notes cucumbers at 10 cents, lettuce 26 cents per pound, parsley five cents a bunch, tomatoes in limited supply at 24 cents a pound, and a variety of fruits including apples, oranges, bananas, grapes, and pineapples with specific per-dozen or per-pound prices. It also includes an unrelated excerpt about Hall’s Catarrh Cure and a bicycle sale notice.
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New Orleans
Detroit
Bermudas
White Islands
America
Bermuda
Louisiana
Caulifower
Samson
Ben Davis
Jonathans
California
Election notice for McHone Illinois April 1 1902
Public notice of city election in Mc Hone Rock Island Illinois on April 1 1902. Vying for seven aldermen wards one police magistrate and township officers with polling places listed and polls open 7 am to 5 pm. City Clerk Chas Carlson dated March 4 1902.
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Frank J Cheney
F. J
Hall
F J Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Halls
McHone
Rock Island County
Illinois
Fourth Avenue
12Th Street
Lindstrom
Wahlbere
Stewartville Town Hall
Chaney’s
Moline
A. D
Chas. G. Carlson
Paschal Candle Signifies Christ Light Across Easters
The Paschal Candle, blessed on Holy Saturday by a deacon, bears five grains of incense to recall Jesus five wounds and spices at the tomb. It burns from Easter to White Sunday on the Gospel side of the altar symbolizing Christ the Light. Historical torches were massive, such as Canterbury's 1457 candle weighing 300 pounds.
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Neverx
Canterbury
England
Norwich
Rooster-Heavens Easter Exchange Echoes Wit
A playful exchange echoes in a scene where a rooster suspects a misheard line and a hen counters with a pun laden offer about an Easter egg moments after a curious greeting.
Easter Bonnet Banter in a Humorous Exchange
A Chicago Daily News item features a playful dialogue with a husband praising his wife in a mirror moment and a street hold up joke. The Hold-Up Man protests a robbery but offers a dollar to aid a belated citizen buying a new Easter bonnet, reflecting light humor.
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Chicago Daily News
Dialogue snapshot on Easter attire plans between spouses
A brief dialogue shows a wife and husband planning outfits for Easter. The wife asks for a new tie to match her appearance, while the husband wonders what he will wear. The wife replies with a new hat dress and cloak as the planned ensemble.
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State of Ohio
City of
Lucas County
Journal Office
Eevey the Paschal Candle
Madge
New York
13Th Street
Care Journal
D. Varel
Sommers Hotel
Second Avenue
Rock Island
Hotel Windsor
18Th Street
J. Stofft
Williamson
3D Avenue
Maline
Mutual Co-operation Home Company of
Des Moines
Iowa
Central State Bank
State Bank
Prairie City
McKinnie Block
12Th Avenue
Wolstencroft
6Th Avenue
Webb & Albrecht
Chainess Tribune
8Th Street
25Th St
7Th Ave
19Th Ave
Lth St
Deere & Co
26Th St
1814 Ave
Prospect Park
E. L. Eastman
South Park Add
Fairmount
Fred R. Young
Greater
Allen Bros
Eenee
J. N. Hardy
Art Gallery
Sixteenth Street
Molinge
C. C. Stone
Fairview Fruit Farm
Pratt Co
Kansas
Atkinson's Park
12Th Ave
Lost
5Th Avenue
16Th and
Olof Petersen
Bth
Ave
Belgium
R. R. Avenue
Northwest
Sioux Valley
South Dakota
Brooklingw County
Clear Lake
Sherburne
Pontagh—Ai J
Duban
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
John M. Ekelin
Davenport
J. B. Walsh
Chicago
EL Anthonyy's Hospital
Catarah
Omer
Gwaya
Chicago Medical Institute
Davesions Sowa
Preerayasasatah
Nelssy
Landee
Fifth Avenue
Minnesota
Landee’s Grocery
Marie — Palmist
4Th Ave
People's Furniture & Carpet House
Dewend & Kuschmann
2D Avenue
Merchant Tailors
Nutter’s Real Estate Bargains
Edgewood Park
Seventh Avenue
Twentieth Street
7Th Avenue
Cordova
DJ Webbsb
H. R. Albrecht
General Insurance and ‘Real Anatorist
Motine,m
BES
Strassey
Damentia
BANE
Smman Bavings Banic
Moline State Savings Bank
Ofice
Moline National Bank
Clothiers
15Th Street
Mullane
4Th Avenue
Moline, C
Carpenters
C. J Paden
14Th Avenue
Moline, Nl
N. H. Cederberg
Avenue
W R. Moodre
Main
W. Odell
16Th Street
Wood & Peek
Postoffice
Lawrence M. " Magill
Skinner Block
Ill
Jackson & Hurst—Attorneys At Law
Rock Island National Bank
J. Searle
C. B. Marshall
Searle & Marshall’ Lawyers
Mitchell & Lynde Block
EB. A. Edlen
Moline National Barn
J. G. Swendson
Rowenstéll
Boston
Hotra
DR. H
Bennett—Skinner
Stoband
J. K. Wyland
Chase Building
Tod
National Association OF Stationary Engineers
A. V. Grants
Prea
C .E
Undertakers
A. V. Esterdahl
Lutheran Church
Ecar Sirti Cae Mle
Asa Eerie
Atonal Accident Society
Broadway
Sippy
Orson Vnna Ban Tes
Swift & CO
Waehingten, D.C
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