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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1900
Page
5
Announcement urges readers to attend Friday, December 7 at J. J. Coady’s Drug Store for a limited free sample of New Wonder for Bad Health, Maull’s Grape Tonic, a crushed fruit laxative. Come early. supplies are limited and tip-offs warn you will miss out if you wait.
A large Christmas shoot is planned in Muscatine on December 24 and 25 with live birds and targets. Organizers James Figg and Frank Sales, members of the Rod and Gun Club, will run events at the club grounds with possible continuation on the 25th. Visited by sports from Nichols West Liberty Wapello Letts Wilton and others. the plan includes live bird match and turkey and nurse target events.
A descriptive account extols the Great Wall as an unparalleled ancient marvel. It notes its twenty five feet height forty feet breadth watch towers every three hundred feet and nearly fifteen hundred miles long. It claims vast engineering feats and compares its masonry to English dwelling totals and global possibilities.
Special-Extraordinary presents Charles L. Davis' rural comedy drama Alvin Joslin at Stein's Music Hall on December 12. The ensemble promises amusement and instruction with a superb orchestra and a grand free concert in front of the theatre by the Alvin Joslin band. Seats 35 and 50 cents, on sale at Frank's. buy early.
A collection of brief items notes visitors from What Cheer Kinross Barnes City and South English passing through the city from Chicago. Advertisers urged to place ads before December 15 to reach a 8 000 circulation. Mentions a poem in Sketches and Verse praising Rev Father Laurent and Charles L. Davis play Alvin Joslin with upcoming Stein's engagement. Reserved seats on sale.
Saturday marks the opening of Schmidt Bros shop for Christmas goods with a wide selection and special deals. Customers are welcomed to browse decorations toys and gift items.
The Nickle Plate road cuts fares to one and a third for round trips to Central Passenger Association territory. Tickets go on sale December 22 to 25, plus December 31 and January 1 1991, with return by January 2 1991. Vestibuled sleeping cars and dining cars with meals priced 35 cents to $1.00. Inquiries to John Y. Calehan, general agent, 111 Adams St., Chicago. Depot at Van Buren and Pacific on the Elevated Loop. No. 42
A brief exchange shows a blunt suitor proposing to Miss Highup with a standing offer. He asks for time to think, while she ponders the proposal, and a witty line about a knelling of fer hints at playful resistance.
City activities outline a January start for an entertainment course featuring Whitney Mockridge with 700 season tickets set. A Short Term Club meets December 10 with City Recorder Benham speaking on municipal ownership. Crokinole tournaments adapt schedule, Bible classes grow, and boys’ work expands with gym, Bible study, and factory visits.
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Dr James Freeman Clarke recalled a humorous tale about his dog who preferred the railway station to see people. The dog ignored his whistle near the station, pretended not to know him, and avoided recognition, likely to avoid being found doing wrong while counting on Clarke's nearsightedness.
In a Chicago Post note, a dramatist quarrels with a manager over casting Walker as the villain. The manager insists Walker is the only option, prompting the dramatist to threaten withdrawal and propose revisions to delay the villain’s death until the last act.
The Ladies' Home Journal urges daily flooding of homes with light and air. It warns against keeping interiors in darkness from morning through night to safeguard family health.
A new Burlington Route Passenger Department book titled California features 72 pages and 62 illustrations of notable scenes in the land of Sunshine Fruits and Flowers. It covers climate Monterey Yosemite San Francisco and Southern California resorts. includes travel routes and how to reach California. Copies mailed for six cents to J Frances Omaha Neb.
Grand opening announced for next Saturday December 8 inviting the public to view Schmidt Bros. finest line of Christmas goods and happy gift displays in the city.
A special scenic highlight in the Alvin Joslin production arriving here soon will be a magnificently illuminated Brooklyn Bridge view. The scene appears at Stein's on Wednesday evening with reserved seating at Frank's.
Special dispatch from H J Toher Co brokers outlines opening, high, low, and closing quotes on the Chicago board for wheat corn oats pork lard and ribs, with live stock receipts and bids from Kansas City and Omaha and Liverpool wheat and corn figures.
Grain and flour prices listed for Muscatine markets with figures for corn oats oatmeal rye wheat hay buckwheat and flour. Live stock prices include hogs cattle calves sheep lambs and spring chickens with per unit ranges. Potatoes are firm at 40 cents per bushel.
Price list shows apples 30 to 35 cents per peck, sweet potatoes 20 cents, cabbage 5, onions 20 cents per peck, carrots 5 cents per bunch, lemons and oranges by the dozen, cranberries 10 cents per quart, duchess pears six for a small amount, peppers ten cents per dozen, pumpkins one cent each, honey sold by weight, sugar at grocer rates, and coal and wood prices. Dairy and eggs cited with butter at 37.5 cents to 25 cents, eggs 20 cents per dozen, cheese 15 to 17.5 cents, lard 8 to 10 cents, dried beef 20 to 30 cents. Market described as unsteady.
On Dec 11 Rock Island will sell special round trip tickets to Houston and Galveston Texas at a low rate. Tickets are valid for continuous passage in both directions with a return limit of 15 days from sale date. Call at the passenger depot for details. Cc. M. Gould, Agent.
An injured and cheerful man named Rastus, supported by assistants, regales doctors with a rambling tale about a fight and racist taunts. He laughs through pain as doctors adjust splints, while the narrative reveals a rough, humorous scene from a Detroit Free Press report.
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