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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1902

Page

7

Bargains and visits mark Muscatine city notes

Numerous locals and visitors appear in Muscatine with notes of travel from Davenport to Rock Island and Letts to Chicago. Highlights include real estate and hammock sales, church sociables, railroad travel, steamers Dubuque and Helen Blair, and appearances by Misses Niver Manthe Creiger Sutcliffe and several families in town.

Katherine and Lucy Manthe Washington W. F. Mikseh South Muscatine Minnie Creiger Rock Island Florence and Elsie Hubacher Newell Avenue

Labor Day Attractions Added for Afternoon Fair Program

The Labor Day committee reported two new acts for the afternoon at the fairgrounds. Rider Sheetz and assistant will stage a three quarter mile Roman standing race and a mile relay with ten horses. Chicago acrobats will perform tumbling and knockabout acts. More attractions are planned and a Friday night meeting will decide further details.

Fair Grounds Sheetz Chicago

Yeoman Meeting and Drill Announcement

An invitation calls all Yeomen to a regular meeting in their hall on Tuesday August 12. Initiation and balloting follow, then a ladies drill performance. Members linked to Mr Garnes should meet at A W Davis residence tonight at 8 o'clock.

Expert Palmist and Clairvoyant Seer Consultation

Prominent clairvoyant Prof Peters advertised as the greatest seer of the 29th century offers private consultations. Located at parlors on 215 Chestnut Street with strict privacy assurances.

Peters Chestnut Street

Social notes from Muscatine and surroundings

The item lists visitors and events in Muscatine including Special room-marking prices and Cedar Rapids visitors Miss Hilda Hintman. Dr. Harrison will be at Thiesen's drug store Wednesday to Saturday. Iowa lodge No. 2 A F and A M meets Aug 12 for third degree. Miss Margaret Kulp and Miss Daisy Terry return on the Helen Blair from Davenport. Boston Ideal Opera company lodged in city hotels. Company C 50th regiment I N G departs Oskaloosa for Muscatine 9 53 PM. W J Hill and Ed Dreier sail Suincy for St Paul. Town send art studio closes Saturdays in August. Grace English Lutheran sociable on lawn Tuesday Aug 12 with mandolin music and ice cream. Bring someone.

Robbers Burn Old Man's Feet Near Dayton

Three masked intruders assaulted 70 year old Jacob H. Mumma at his home five miles north of Dayton. Mumma revived, fired a shotgun at the bandits, but missed. the attackers poured coal oil on his feet and set them afire before fleeing. Mumma remains in critical condition.

Dayton Jacob H. Mumma Mumma Pike County Mississippi California St. Louis Wiliam A. Meloan East St. Louis Pike Meloan Plains

Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil Promises Quick Healing

An advertisement touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a remedy for burns cuts bruises and sprains offering instant relief and simple treatment from a medicine chest staple.

Dr. Thomas

Patriotism and a Louisiana courthouse flag tale

A Washington spirit piece recounts a Louisiana anecdote about a courthouse flag clause from Reconstruction days. A famed ex‑justice, deemed unreconstructed, used a Yankee Doodle whistle to sway a delayed witness and secure a patriotic courtroom moment.

Emerson Braezeale Louiisiana Louisiana United States Supreme Court of

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Daily Journal Ff. X. Schaefer Reliance Loan Co West 2Nd Street Joe E. Kranz Scheetz Kemble's Geneva Island D. D. Webster Fruitland Miss Smith Blair Davenport Grace Lutheran Church Alice Niver Helen Blair Nannie Kennefick John Wiegand Europe Joe R. Hanley West Chester John R. Hanley Carl Schmidt Herman Schmidt John Randolph Harvey Hunter Hi. C. Hunter Dubuque C. Hucke Wilton P. H. Elfers Columbus Junction Fair Frank Foot Wapello Schaefer's Brook Street Dr. Crawford Wil! Snyder James Hittle M. Boos Anamosa City Brother J. B. Boos Elsie Neidig Bert DeCamp Emery Hurlburt South Dakota Townsend Art G. W. Gause Baby Quincy Red Wing Minn Mrs. S. B. Cook Atlantic McCurdy Fred Betzold George Street Young Woman's Guild The First Presbyterian Church Ed. Hitchcock Hobart M. Cable J. J. Griffith John W. McKee Nichols B .F. Chapman Marshalltown Paul Noll Kate Noll Bayfield Jennie Scheffer Ottumwa el Paso Fife and Drum Corps Blanche Sutcliffe Weir East Front Street Clara Koll Mardie Heiderman Mrs Claus Koll East Seventh Street J. B. Chessington Lincoln Neb Burlington Mr. Chessington FP. P S. A Fred Ludolph Geo. J. Schmidt Robert Pryors Mildred Helen Thos. Watson Mrs. Watson Louis Ticker Bloomington Township F. Lee Gardner Table Grove, al Keokuk Robi. McGaughey Hannibal American Telephone and Telegraph Company Thiesen Kemble’s Grace Church Miss Bowman A. H. Schutun New York City Mrs. Karr J. W. Miller St. Paul Amy Paine Letts J. D. Fulham East Third Street F. F. Beckerman Trinity Church Wm. Nagel Annie Fairfield A. F. Meyer Joseph Reger Teresa Maywood, IJ Dean Mary J. Burns John West Virginia J. G. Schaefer John Nicola Jeanette Bertha Mitchell Frank Walter Young A. H. Gatton Fairport Jesse Markee Toledo Ohio Toledo Bee C. A. Riggs Eli Barnard Cedar Rapids Dr. Fowler Mamie Krejci Riverside J. L. Smith Miss Florence J. G. Wales East Eighth Street Adams Alpha Wabnitz H. M. Bartlett Helen Block J.C. Thomsen Chestnut St M. C. Hayes & Company E. 2d NUE Monday Griswold Hilda Hintman East Second Street Harrison Iowa Lodge No. 2 A. F A. M Margaret Kulp Daisy Terry Boston Ideal Opera Company 50Th Regiment Oskaloosa Muscatine W. J. Hill Ed. Dreier Suincy Townsend Buck’s Man S&n Muscatine Lbr. & Box Co Hina Hi. F. Barnard East Second St Watch Inspector P. Ry Champ Glare Stores Congress Champ Clark Republic George Brother Melean William C. Gray
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