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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1901
Page
8
Beuglas union offers shoes at ec Schmidt's and a round trip to Burlington on Aug 7 for 75 cents with children half fare. Boat trips note early water levels and possible early return. Various locals travel by boat train including Capt. Peto and Rev. Pool attend camp meetings. others move addresses and plan pearl trade in New York markets.
Announcement that starting Monday August 5 the store J W Mullin and Co successor to C E Richard will price all goods on a cash only basis. Customers are assured of value per payment and quality goods under this new policy.
Community items include F Ger des and Jess Pollins of Letts in the city Saturday with plans for a Burlington river trip Aug 7. Ads tease a 10 cent sale on gold decorated glassware at Scacett's and Bond's hardware store price cuts on freezers ice cream and gasoline. Numerous residents, visits, and travels appear, from Miss Chara Fieitz and Miss Eva Holmes to Prof. F H Shinn and Attorney J W McKee, with trips to Burlington Sheldon and Cedar Rapids and a Presbyterian excursion highlight.
W. Riley Rice announces as a candidate for the Republican nomination for sheriff of Muscatine County subject to the Republican county convention decision.
At a regular Wo mans Relief Corps meeting the ladies accepted an invitation to visit the summer home Fairview near Fairport. They will sail by steamer Urania from this port at 6 30 a m next Thursday carrying baskets of goodies for a day of pleasure. Prof and Mrs Schall and Miss Moll ie McIntyre rode the Urania to Davenport last Saturday then returned by skiff and final craft arriving in Muscatine Saturday night. A croquet match on Mrs R J Watsons lawn ended with Miss Grooms and Miss Florence White as winners and a glass water set presented.
The Modern Brotherhood of America will hold a regular meeting this evening, inviting members to gather for organization business and routine proceedings.
Scattered showers across Missouri and southern Illinois with fair warm weather in the plains. Kansas remains cloudy with possible light rain at Wichita. general forecast calls for fair and warmer in Kansas Nebraska Iowa Minnesota while Illinois and Indiana see north fair and south showers. Stock and commodity prices list cattle, Texas stockers, and grain totals with New York and railroad quotes.
A Riverside and West Liberty picked team defeated an opponent at the fair ground yesterday by a score of 10 to 7.
Cadillac of the Chicago Yacht Club defends against Invader of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club of Toronto in the initial Canada cup race set for the Chicago Yacht Club course. Independence loses to Columbia by forty seconds on a thirty mile triangular course with corrected time showing Columbia ahead by one minute eleven seconds.
Wilton reports progress with the Bert Wilson mansion finished and occupied, the Shifler house nearing completion, and two new rural mail routes starting. S. H. Wise and wife return from Eskhart Indiana. Mrs. Downer visits Muscatine with her daughter. A state senate nomination brings satisfaction and a city directory is planned. Camp meeting urged with temperance day on the seventh.
Thieves broke in through a back window and scattered stock at Reed's cheap store. Owner Mr Reed declined to comment beyond saying he would recover and not go bankrupt. The amount stolen was large but not an unusually large haul.
In Chicago on August 5 the University of Chicago shows seething football activity with no authorized leader. With Coach Stagg and Manager Butterworth away, assistants Herschberger and Hamill absent, and Captain Henry resting from studies, players take charge and begin early practices on their own initiative.
Chicago market dispatch shows wheat, corn and oats prices with daily highs lows and closes, plus pork, beef, and lard futures. Receipts and carload estimates for wheat corn oats hogs cattle and sheep are listed with regional notes for Kansas City Omaha and Northwest markets.
Dr A A Knipe Iowa coach discusses revisions by the eastern intercollegiate football rules committee saying little changes from last year, noting a ground signal by referees on tries for goal and a ten yard penalty for unnecessary roughness. He expects the western conference to adopt these actions and mentions trying new plays while stressing effective gains over novelty.
The Iowa squad will start early practice August 28 at Minnehaha hotel near Iowa City, easing into regular drills September 18. The key game against Minnesota in Minneapolis on October 26 is described as crucial, with the winner likely the best in the West.
Special low rate and favorable limits to all points east offered by Nickel Plate Road. Call or address John Y. Calahan general agent 111 Adams Street Chicago for details on Chicago to Buffalo and New York service.
The company advertises through trains to New York City with vestibuled sleepers from Chicago to Boston. Dining cars are available on all trains with meals on the American club plan priced 25 cents to 1 06 dollars. John Y. Calahan, general agent, 111 Adams Street, Chicago, invites inquiries for details.
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