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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1902
Page
6
Primary market report lists corn oats wheat rye barley hay and straw values, plus live stock and poultry prices. Retail prices cover flour coffee sugar butter eggs lard bacon cheese and vegetables with regional variations and unit measures across dozens of items.
In Grand Forks North Dakota William Ross already sentenced to be hanged on December 5 for the murder of Thomas Walsh confessed to a Catholic priest and later to the sheriff that he had killed another man and dumped the body in a well. The remains were found at the described location.
Zelda Fletcher of Battle Creek Michigan travels toward Chicago with plans to study and perform on stage after a Davenport visit. Actor Lorimer Dowell Lorimer, star of the Power Behind the Throne company, denies a romance claim and confirms he will help Miss Fletcher develop her talent.
An advertisement touts Dr Fenner's Kidney and Backache Cure as a universal remedy for backache caused by kidney disease liver trouble or rheumatism. It cites multiple testimonials from individuals claiming complete relief after two to three bottles and urges purchase at drug stores via J J Havercamp and Dr M M Fenner in Fredonia N Y.
Cedar Valley residents share Thanksgiving visits with relatives in Keswick Atalissa Cedar Rapids Muscatine and West Liberty. New homes and barns are described for John Foster George Foster and Van B Mills. A baby girl blessed Mr and Mrs Harry Ransome welcomed Nov 21. Rev John Potter to lead revival Dec 1 at the M E church. A memorial tribute honors Miss Mary A Miller for her quiet Christian life.
Fletcher voices a wish to pursue acting in Davenport while offstage Mr. Lorimer presents himself as a sincere and amiable gentleman who speaks with apparent honesty.
Pine Mills dispatch notes Edith Hansen is very low with illness. Fairport visitors include Mrs. Wm. McIlroy and Mrs. I. Fowler. Wm. Hartman brought a load of sawed wood at $6 a cord. Cattle feeding expands with 75 head for Bonsack and a large feedlot for Petersen. Corn sales record bids from Gardner 150 bushels at 35c and other traders, with several transactions and local farm activity through Nov. 29.
The service sells round trip fares of a fare and a third for travel to all line points on December 24 25 31 1902 and January 1 1903 with return through January 2 1903. Through service to New York City Boston and other eastern points from the Chicago passenger station at Harrison Street and Fifth Avenue. For information address John Y Calahan general agent 113 Adams St Chicago.
A Baltimore American report notes a magistrate remark about drink and bad company. The culprit replies that it brought him before the court, highlighting a social liquor problem and a run in with law.
A Batavia woman lost twenty five pounds in three months and suffered lung issues. After three bottles of Scott's Emulsion she gained fifteen pounds and could return to work. Free sample offered. Scott and Bowne, chemists, 490 Pearl St New York.
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