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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1902
Page
8
Thiesen offers pure drugs and talcum powder. 5c per dozen rubbers, 4c. Scheetz's Fire and Accident Insurance at Kemble's. T W Cherry gives a noiseless slate with school shoes. Bartlett Bros. promotes pure spices and extracts. Hirt & Fesler's music store holds a sale. Mrs. Fred Shaw visits Mrs. Stewart on Front Street. Dr. Rucker's tent theater hosts a big amateur show tonight.
The Muscatine city directory, just received, shows population growth to an estimated 16,000 from 14,073 two years ago. It lists 3,561 houses up from 3,046, plus new rural mail route data and full city officer and school board information.
Leysen's Shoe Store announces 15 new fall styles of men's union made shoes priced from 2.50 to 3.50. The ad urges customers to see the best shoes ever shown for the money.
The board of ordnance and fortifications rejects its own knife bayonet design for Krag-Jorgensen rifles. After practical testing, reports from officers show unsatisfactory results, leading to abandonment of the combined knife bayonet in the regular army.
Wilton residents share travel visits and social calls with Muscatine Cedar Rapids and Durant. Labor Day plans in Muscatine are highlighted as a swell event for Wilton folks with featured program details. Local engagements include illnesses recoveries and family visits across nearby towns.
Mack's Cash Grocery offers fresh groceries fruits and vegetables at low prices to attract trade. A fine stock of spring chickens is available for Saturday trade. Visit Mack's to make his acquaintance.
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness shown during our loss and especially the Royal Neighbors for their support. Lois Tobies and Family.
Local retailer unveils the largest fall line of Little Giants school shoes with double sales growth. The shoes are advertised as durable and resistant to ripping, priced similarly to competitors, and praised as built to outwear rivals. See the display now.
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