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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1900
Page
8
Local ads list vendors and goods from Halstead streets including groceries fruits and produce at Achter's and Hartman Ejstman, new outings and discounts at Geo B Jackson, and a 1 cent Castile soap offer. Social notes mention A W Ricker from Lone Tree visiting and Mrs Henry Will returning home. Reverend Marquardt arrived aboard the Young for a city visit.
Notice announces a general job printing co partnership under The Breckon Press Company with Chas L Breckon as president and general manager Francis J Brandt as vice president and Carl B Evans as secretary treasurer. The firm operates from Journal Building 216 Iowa avenue Muscatine Iowa. August 14 1900.
Long city council session hinges on Alderman Halstead accusing peers of charter violations. He cites Section seventeen banning council members from direct or indirect interests in city contracts. He demands minutes record and warns of further petitions if such actions persist.
Unusually low Saturday inducements across all departments offer ladies waists from 25c to 63c and many other items. Includes all wool walking skirts 3.98, marquette rugs 1.49, dress trimmings, corsets, dresses, laces, remnants, sheeting and muslin at deep discounts.
Frogs legs arrive at Bodman s. Wheeler s offers peaches pears and other fresh fruits and vegetables. M W Wheeler s stocks bottled and canned picnic goods. Mrs R B Jones returns to Chicago after visiting Samuel T Sinnett. Monte Christo watermelons praised for sweetness. Van Gent to have large fresh supply in morning.
A few shirt waists remain at Geo. B. Jackson's with prices marked far lower than usual. Shop early for best selection and discounts on this clearance.
Halstead advises homeowners to prepare for becoming winter ready by papering or painting. Bodman offers melons chickens celery peaches and other items for Sunday dinner.
A Wilton crowd of about 2000 enjoyed a Columbus Junction band concert in the center square amid a day of rain and a severe storm. Iowa City’s band played after, while Muscatine fans cheered and a few incidents were noted. The storm damaged buildings, knocked over tents, and caused debris while residents addressed an abusive horse driver.
A broken screen door blew open and the heated air caused a blast that shattered into fragments injuring nothing but corn nearby. Mrs. H A Everest plans a Chicago trip on Saturday then to Michigan to care for a ill niece. Mrs. W J Breckon and daughter Susie greeted friends yesterday as Chas Ruff of Davenport visited. Miss Mary Sharp of Des Moines visited Mrs. Mary Park.
The piece lauds Minister Conger as a hero of Pekin recalling Dewey the Hero of Manila. It commends his devotion to duty and his refusal to leave his post unless all embassies women children and native Christians accompanied him. It notes he is American from Iowa and calls him our Conger.
Pawnee Bill’s Historic Wild West hosts a multi attraction bill in Muscatine on August 27 featuring Indian Village Indian Museum Congress of Trained Animals and a Grand Mexican Bus Fight for local amusement seekers. The event promises a tour through Western frontier displays and performances.
Westbound passengers with tickets to New York or Philadelphia on the Lehigh Valley Railroad may stop over at Niagara Falls without additional charge, a temporary relaxation of fare rules.
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