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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1902
Page
6
A comprehensive list of current prices across grains oats corn wheat rye and barley plus hay and straw, fruits vegetables and dairy. Includes live stock values for hogs cattle calves sheep lambs and various poultry, as well as retail flour sugar coffee butter and fuel prices and limited investment note by Kemble Bros.
Miss Ella Coxton of Port Carbon Pa visited sister Mrs W J Stevens on East Sixth Street during holidays. Mrs Gussie Freeman of Des Moines stayed with her parents on East Fourth Street. Ivah Gibson hosted the H G S club for a peanut party with prizes to Mina Hormel and Porter Black. Christian church women held a missionary social despite heavy snow. a musical program and refreshments followed. Dr BE Ady returned from Florida. Mrs Phebe Plumly, long-time West Liberty resident, prepares to move to Pasadena Cal.
Transfers show numerous parcels in Muscatine including Mary Lamb receiving lot 2 block 18 River View addition and several deeds among Ferd Kaufman J H Schumaker Antony J Fuller Esther Bell Nicholas Bast John Nicolay Lena Nicolay and others. Mills and contracts include Muscatine Lumber Co to Muscatine Sash & Door Co and various lot transfers in South and West Muscatine with monetary values listed.
An advertisement extols Dr Fenner's Kidney and Backache Cure as a blood and tissue purifier that eliminates toxin build up to relieve rheumatism gout neuralgia headaches backaches and other ailments. It cites testimonials from F Browne and J A Spencer and notes two bottle sizes 50 cents and 1.00 with local Havercamp’s drugstore as a seller.
Felix T. Hughes of Keokuk declares Ottumwa cannot appeal the U S circuit court of appeals decision on waterworks plans. He states federal courts ignore state court rulings in certain cases and urges Ottumwa to find another method to fund and build the water system.
Mrs. Chambers near Adams Iowa is not expected to live long due to old age and dropsy. Dale Lukenbach attends school in Nichols. Aunt Kate Meyers visited Mrs. Adams. Snow halts corn husking and threatens harvest if warmth returns. Some farmers must use four-horse teams to move small loads.
The Sweetland Sunday school league invites all to a convention and picnic at Montpelier on Wednesday December 10 with a basket dinner. Morning program includes song service devotional and talks by Mrs. J C Watts Rev W E Loeb Robert Bennet and Marcia Allbee. Afternoon features more talks, a collection, and a discussion on improving Sabbath school work. Everyone is invited.
The Nickel Plate Road sells tickets at a fare and a third for round trips to all points on their line on December 24 25 and 31 1902 and January 1 1903 Return date January 2 1903 through service to New York City Boston and other eastern points Chicago passenger station Harrison street and Fifth avenue For details contact John Y Calahan general agent 1113 Adams St Chicago
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