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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1908
Page
10
AT BUTZ'S FAIR invites all ages to meet Santa Claus at 10 a.m. Saturday in Muscatine. The store cites expanded premises and an enormous toy selection, promising a pleasant setting and wide variety of playthings for children to request their wishes.
A brief notice describes a fire engine and a team of large galloping horses offered at 50c to 1 dollar. It notes the scene or event where such horses and engine are displayed, reflecting a historic or auction-style listing.
A local ad promotes a second hand organ for one dollar a week from Hirt and Fesler. Ralph Hain of Wilton visited Muscatine for business yesterday and Miss Sarah Leverich of Wilton spent time in Muscatine with friends.
A collage of short items lists remedies and personal updates. Mentions Bestenlehner's Cherry Balsam for coughs, local residents and visitors, piano sales at Hirt and Fesler, Edison phonographs, various calls for insurance and farm loans, a Christmas concert at the Presbyterian church, and real estate loan offers by J. E. Stevenson. Postings reference Muscatine Davenport Wilton Earlham and Columbus Junction.
Mrs Charles Toyne and a group including Alma and Bessie Satterthwaite Ellen Gibbs Bessie McConnaha Phillip Freyermuth A W Hine J G Mitchell Winifred Giesler and Mrs Samuel Tarr left Milwaukee by train this morning for Cranston to attend the Muscatine county Sunday school association convention.
The Muscatine event opens Friday and Saturday with high grade garments from coats and suits to silk petticoats and furs. Hundreds attend anticipated bargains in women and misses apparel. shoppers urged to be in attendance to avoid missing astounding values.
At the regular meeting of Eagle lodge No. 10 A O U W the annual election of officers will be held tonight. Members are urged to attend and participate in selecting the lodge’s executive team.
The Hannibal shoe firm offers steady work for fifty girls in stitching with no experience needed and pay during training. Experienced workers in the department earn 10 to 15 dollars per week. families can also find male employment. For details write Roberts Johnson Rand Shoe Co., Hannibal, Missouri.
Red Men lodge members are urged to attend Thursday night December 3 for officer elections. By order Lester Smith, C of R.
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