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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 25, 1902

Page

8

Sleepy eye flour and local notices at St John s

Miss Olive Foster of the Business college is reported somewhat ill. Take your dinner with the W R Co ladies Saturday in the Daut building. The Senior class at High school had the class picture taken yesterday. Order your chickens from the Blanchard Pkg Co. They are worth lie per pound. Henry Camp went home to Moscow last night to spend a few days at home with his relatives. Order your Decoration day monument from Vanatta. Big supply of marble just received.

Olive Foster Business College Blanchard Pkg. Co Henry Camp Moscow Vanatta Marbie

Local ads and notices from Nichols area

Coaster brake bicycles cushion frame bicycles and chainless bikes advertised. Household goods, groceries and hardware promos from Scheetzs Hartman Elmas and Bartlett Bros. people in Nichols and Geneseo travel for business. Local editors note visitors and a church club meeting at Mrs. Anna Cummins home with officer elections. Rev. L B Hix returns from Michigan after caring for his ill father.

H. Schmidt and Son Co Utility Club Pleasant East Ninth Street Anna Cummins

Lost gold watch chain found near golf links

A small gold watch chain was found at the golf links or between the club house and street car line. Finder may return it to this office to claim a reward.

Coaster Brakes Sale At H Schmidt and Son Co

Bicycle enthusiasts can find coaster brakes at H Schmidt and Son Co. The notice highlights a sale or display of components at the hardware and sporting goods shop, inviting customers to visit for selections.

H. Schmidt and Son Co

Bargains in Timber Lands For Sale Across Southern States

Fred S. Pentzer advertises timber land investments offering a 30000 acre tract at $2.00 per acre in the Yazoo Delta with potential timber value and future rents. He notes fertile soils in Florida Virginia Louisiana and other states and claims rapid value growth. He invites interested buyers to contact 122 B. 2nd.

Yazoo Delta Florida Virginia Louisiana Fred S. Pentzer

Saturday bargains and social notices in the city

Saturday bargains at Scheetz s and a wave of social mentions fill the city rails. Chas Howard travels to Chicago, G Dalton of Letts visits, and W L Nichols of West Liberty drops in. A Firefly to Davenport carries travelers and Miss Frances Carney, Miss Grace Nolan, and Fred Jones are noted passengers. Also a W R C dinner and a Hartman Ellman strawberry mention punctuate the community chatter.

Great Free Guessing Contest at Schmidt Co

A promotional note invites participation in a free guessing contest hosted next week by H Schmidt and Son Co. The message urges readers to remember the event and participate.

H. Schmidt & Son Co

Hartman and Ejitman offer unusual fruit supply and sale

Notes report a fine supply of bananas oranges and lemons at Hartman and Ejitman with a Friday and Saturday sheet music sale offering four thousand copies of late popular sheet music at two for 25 cents or ten for 1 09. Also covered are local travels illnesses church lectures and a Davenport Republican update on W Allyn Mills planning inspections in Scott county.

Hartman & Ejitman’s Hirt & Griffith Davenport W. Allyn Mills West Liberty Scott County Davenport Post Office Blue Grass Jamestown

Special meeting of the Commercial club this Friday

A special meeting of the Commercial club is set for Friday at 7 30 p m to discuss important business. Members are urged to attend. J H Munroe serves as president.

Commercial Club

Chicago Markets and Wheat Corn Prices Across Commodities

Special market dispatch from Chicago shows May and July futures for wheat corn and oats with open high low close figures. Steel and copper futures mix with New York stock listings and weather outlook. Local animal market notes include hog cattle and sheep receipts in Chicago.

Tod Yy Chicago Illinois Indiana Missouri Iowa Kansas Montana New York

Miss Ada Letts Improves After Surgery for Illness

Word reaches James Letts that his daughter Ada Letts a Oberlin College student treated in Cleveland for appendicitis is recovering well. Doctors later diagnosed the illness as tuberculosis of the bowels and Ada improves beyond expectations.

James Letts Ada Oberlin Ohio Cleveland

Investment notices for mortgage loans by Titus and Jackson

Choice first mortgage loans offered in sums from 300 to 5000 dollars ready for assignment. No charge for collecting interest and principal. Call or write with investment funds. Titus & Jackson.

Rain Brings Relief to Parched Countryside

A night rain eased drought across the region, reviving dry wells, parched land, and dwindling pastures. Farmers faced scarce hay and livestock feed as the river and tributaries dropped to low levels, but continued showers are hoped to improve conditions.

The Imperial Bicycle Ad Promises Best Cheap Ride

An early 20th century ad promotes The Imperial bicycle by H. Schmidt and Son Co as the best cheap bicycle on earth, highlighting value and mass appeal for riders seeking affordability and reliability.

Imperial H. Schmidt and Son Co

Special Low Rate to California from Iowa Central

During March and April the Iowa Central offers one way excursion tickets to California from all Iowa and Illinois stations at a special low rate. Tourist cars leave every Tuesday in March and April, travel directly to the coast in comfort. For information and reservations contact your local Iowa Central agent or Geo. S. Batty G P T A Marshalltown Iowa.

California Iowa Central Road Iowa Iinois Pacific Coast Coast Iowa Central Geo. S. Batty Marshalltown

Black Diamond Express Named for Comfort and Speed

The Black Diamond Express serves travelers between Buffalo New York and Philadelphia via the Lehigh Valley railroad. The name has become a byword for luxury and swift rail travel among passengers.

Buffalo New York Philadelphia Lehigh Valley Railroad

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