This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1917
Page
9
Davenport reports an independent group forming to challenge Muscatine for the world basketball title. A New Year’s Day game between Davenport and Muscatine is planned, with local organizers aiming to beat Muscatine and strengthen regional rivalry.
More than sixty members attended a Saturday program at the George Olja home in Bloomington township. The event featured songs by the club a recitation by Tose Renton vocal duet by Maynard Waynekek Verdt piano solos by Mildred Purty temuth and Mrs WU Lake a banjo solo by Ray Downer and a debate on whether the soldiers centralty benefit to the war effort. The next meeting will be at the home of Mr and Mrs George Lang 58 Park Avenue.
Reports from multiple churches describe a Red Cross seal campaign to fight tuberculosis. Sermons at the Methodist Episcopal and First Congregational churches urged members to buy seals. Christmas fund raises and seat sales were discussed at other churches. First Baptist and Presbyterian notices to follow next Sunday. Local addresses featured at Parson’s College ceremonies with talks on Christianity, secular education, and public life. Mrs. Rose Middeleren of Greenville shared experiences in treating croup, and a caregiver praised Chattahoochee Cough Remedy for rapid relief.
New York trading opened with stock gains quickly forfeited as modest early press of investors cooled. Leading shares such as steel and copper moved steadily, with Wall Street indices pausing near gains while industrials and rails showed limited upward movement. Bond prices generally firmed though some cautions lingered about late session demand.
Bessie Love appears as the A Mage U in The Sawdust Ring a new Anglophone play by L V Jetterson about circus life. The production follows a misfit girl and a boy as they face poverty and seek belonging among performers in a distant town with a dramatic turn when a stage cue reveals hope.
Alumni from the Old Grads defeated the 1917 team 19 to 0 in a benefit game. A. RR. Kirk captained the alumnui with strong support from Gunderson, Slater, Barroe, Houghton, Smith, Carberrs, Tannick, Berwick, Scott and Donnelly. The grads scored in every period after an opening 1–0 quarter with Kerwhuk scoring and Kerwhuk kicking once for goals.
A garbled advertises home baking paneywork aprons and knitting goods at St. Margaret's Guild Christmas Saloonmorrow in Laurel. Mentions real estate activity in Muscatine and investment offers promising bargains through a speure dealer.
General Sir W. R. Marshall succeeds the late General Mayde as commander of the British forces in Mesopotamia. The appointment places Marshall in charge of operations and strategy in the theater amid ongoing military efforts against opposing forces.
Prospective heavy corn receipts seen as dampening, but arrivals today moderate. Prices rise on fresh seaboard buying and anticipated government purchases up to 600,000 bushels. Ahead, lard demand firm despite limited hog inventories and west market hesitations. Chicago grain quotes show mixed moves with corn and rye varying.
Receipts and shipments list chaos of commodities across markets including Peoria and St Louis. References to grain, cornmeal, oats, butter and eggs along with prices and quantities. Mentions Minneapolis and Chicago brokers Samson Brox Co and Hulang & Wren.
Chicago and St Louis live stock reports show hog prices climbing, with large receipts and mixed demand. The wire notes strong showings in hogs and calves while cattle and sheep receipts vary, forecasting mixed activity for tomorrow.
Fragmented OCR from a historical wire service market report with scattered items on produce markets in Kansas City and New York. Mentions dairy creamery, butters, refined sugar, poultry, and various price entries. text is garbled with numerous misreadings and partial figures.
A collage of want ads and stray notices appears with misspellings and garbled names. It mentions listings for car sales packing supplies and household items, with scattered prices and contact cues.
Fragmented report notes sales and trading activity with references to Miwa Thi Lye and other names, mentioning oversells and lease-related demands. It hints at market conditions, external markets, and supply issues while signaling a busy period with limited outside demand and shipment timing concerns.
Vie wndersigned at his residence five miles south of Boeter Stare will sell the entire stock at public auction on Thursday Dec 6 1917. 20 head of hogs pure bred Poland China sows and boars. Livestock listed as well bred and nearly all rated on the farm. Farm implements include gang plow hay rake corn planter disc seeder riding cultivator mower wagon saddle and harness. Household goods and tools also offered. Sale starts at 11 lunch by Baptist ladies. Carl A. Witte banker and wagoner. S Johnson clerk.
Auction to be held at mile northeast of Fruitland on White Way. Describes livestock including cows, colts, a yearling, and draft animals, plus farm implements such as a plow, cultivator, drill, harrow, mower, wagon, and hay rack. Inventory lists corn in cribs, straw, oats, and millet hay. Sale conducted by auctioneer Y. Webbies with clerks and ladies assisting.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.