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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1908
Page
10
Burlington resident W. X. Martin visited Muscatine friends yesterday. Many notices mention travels and events including Baptist excursions to Davenport on August 21. Individuals visit relatives in Arden Wellman and Nichols with several names and addresses cited.
Advertisement listing ready-made linens and fabrics with prices and quantities. Bleached pillow cases, seamless sheets, muslin, calico, table oil cloth, and ready-made dresses in various sizes and colors. Notable items include Lonsdale muslin, Sea Island, indigo blue calico, and Amoskeag gingham with prices ranging from a few cents to several dollars.
A local sale advertises corsets at 15c and 25c along with linen and cotton crash fabrics. Ribbons in assorted colors No. 5 to No. 16 sell from 10c to 35c per yard and wash suits offered at customer prices. limited quantities remain.
C. D. Thaber, 81, living three miles north on the Wilton road, brought a dozen and a half ears of early corn to the city this morning. The corn was mature and ready to grind, and the crop has grown rapidly due to recent rains and warm weather, though overall the crop is backward.
The steamer Columbia carried about 75 Trinity Episcopal church Sunday school members to Linwood near Davenport for their annual outing. Lunch baskets were packed and the day on the regular run was planned as a successful picnic with some attendees also leaving on the Firefly at 11 29 noon.
Beatrice praises Gold Medal Flour as ideal for pastry use, highlighting its performance in bake craft. The note underscores the product as a top choice for home cooks seeking reliable results.
Captain W. S. Norton of Company C ordered all members bound for Fort Riley to assemble at the armory next Sunday morning for an all day camp at Weed Park. The outing tests camp life and preps men for Kansas U S regular post duties.
Davenport desires to host a new government hatchery for the dam propagation program. A federal representative will visit in days to assess conditions and determine if Davenport can be chosen. LaCrosse, Wisconsin already operates an experimental station with satisfactory results, and several cities along the river, including Muscatine, lobby for the facility.
Des Moines hosts the Great Western Tourney Thursday with ten events of twenty targets each and ten double targets. The Western handicap is the week’s chief event, with Elmer E. Shaner guiding the interstate association’s management and Chicago shooter Lee Barkley among the noted entrants.
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