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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1901
Page
8
Daily notices show a Woodmen drill ball at the armory with tickets 50 cents and ladies free. Multiple travelers board trains Firefly and Western to Davenport and Chicago, with social and family visits to Rock Island Fairport and Burlington.
A notice seeks 1,900 attendees for the Woodman ball scheduled Friday evening. Tickets are required.
The Wilton camp meeting runs through the week with large crowds and strong sermons. Dr J W Hancher, newly elected Iowa Wesleyan president, spoke to an attentive audience, and Rev C L Stafford led an afternoon session. Evening services featured Hancher and a rainy but well attended program.
Titus and Jackson offer loans for building a house at low rates and long terms. They advertise affordable financing to help buyers complete construction projects.
A good change to get one of the best homes in the city with all modern improvements at a great bargain. Call at once. Titus & Jackson.
Open high low close quotes for Wheat Corn Oats Rice and fats with city notes. Hogs cattle and sheep receipts listed with price ranges. Weather outlook cooler with scattered showers in Nebraska Iowa and Illinois. clear in the northwest and gusty prices for beef and pork shown.
Misses Julia and Maggie Niver traveled to Davenport this morning for a visit.
Lodges appoint committees to prepare for a fraternal picnic. They will meet this evening in Miss Sue Browning s office in the Olds building to confer on preparations.
Muscatine firemen select the M. N. and 8S and Iowa Central routes for the Firemen's State Tournament in Marshalltown on August 28. A special train leaves the M. N. and C. depot at 5 a m with a stop at South Muscatine street car crossing. Round trip fare is two dollars. Inquiries to M. N. and S. depot or Chief Neibert and foremen. agent A. L. Lindner.
Carnival City Packet Co lists morning and evening trips from Muscatine to Davenport at 6 30 and 7 30 pm with a 5 cent round trip fare. A weekday 8 30 pm leg to Burlington is also offered. Inquiries directed to W G Block, Agent, Muscatine Iowa.
The Lehich Valley line promises comfort for travelers with vestibuled limited trains from Buffalo to New York via Niagara Falls and connections to Chicago and the West. Dining car service is available a la carte and stop overs are allowed at Buffalo on through tickets to New York and Philadelphia.
The article warns that the steel strike endangers workers health through poisons entering the body from burns cures or bruises. It recommends Iodo 1¢o-do antiseptic powder to cleanse heal and relieve pain at a cost of 25 cents a box from druggists.
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