Magazines Next Year at the P M Musser Library
The magazine committee of the P. M. Musser public library board submits the coming year’s periodicals list. Titles will be ordered through city bookstores and placed on file after the year begins. The list reflects reader demand and adds titles not previously on file. American Naturalist American Boy Art Interchange Atheneum English Atlantic
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P. M. Musser Public Library Board
American Naturalist
American Boy
Art Interchange
Atheneum
Atlantic
Bank Statement for Cook Musser & Co State Bank Iowa 1902
A Muscatine Iowa bank sworn statement dated December 11 1902 lists assets including discounted debts cash on hand and various bank notes. It shows total assets of 1 000 024 86 and total liabilities 421 055 66 with capital and surplus figures and notes sworn by P M Musser president and S B Cook cashier before Notary H C Madden.
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Imp
N. B
Hanover
Chicago Pateregee Merchants’ Loan & Trust Company
Chicago
Nat'l Bk
St. Louis National Bank of Commerce
Kansas City
Iowa Nacional Bank
Des Nrics
First National Bank
Burlington
Ied Johnson Co
Savings ‘B'k
Iowa City
Louisa Co. National Bk
Col. Junction
Cedar Rapids National Bank
Cedar Rapids
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Occanions
al Property
Syéstes
Mount Sight
Ula Ree
State of Iowa
Muscatine County
Musser
Cook
P. M. Musser
S. B. Cook
H. C. Madden
Snollygoster in Politics Lecture at YMCA Course
Col. H. W. J. Ham of Georgia delivered the third YMCA course lecture on The Snollygoster in Politics. He defined a snollygoster as a selfish, unscrupulous politician and argued eradication is possible through public effort, mixing stories with sharp critique of the body politic. Audience reaction varied, with some praising the talk as among the best while others disagreed.
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Col. H. W. J. Ham
Georgia
H. D. Herr
Congregational Church
Col. Ham
Col
Ham
Palmer dies at Old Soldiers Home in Marshalltown
Ep T Palmer 69, passed away Sunday after a brief illness. Survived by wife, daughter, two sons, and a brother. Chaplain Jesse Cole led services at the Home with theme A Good Man Gone. Remains taken to Grinnell for final rites with Masonic escort.
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Grinnell
Davenport residents visit friends and marriages licensed
Mrs. Harry Bain of Mt. Carroll travels through Davenport to Muscatine to visit friends. Mrs. William Gertenbach returns home to Muscatine after visiting Davenport. Licenses issued to Charles Jacobs and Amelia Hamann of Eldridge and Henry Dipple and Mary Solka of Muscatine County. Mrs. Charles Dahl of 2310 Twentieth Avenue visits Muscatine to see her son for several weeks.
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Davenport
Harry Bain
Mt. Carroll
Muscatine
William Gertenbach
F. Reineke
Iowa Street
Charles Jacobs
Amelia Hamann
Eldridge
Henry Dipple
Mary Solka
Muscatine County
Charles Dahl
2310
Twentieth Avenue
Serious street accident injures Mrs Howe with two arm fractures
Mrs J E Howe fell on icy downtown sidewalks this morning and broke her arm in two places. The incident occurred on a city street and she received prompt medical attention for the injuries.
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J. E. Howe
Local cough remedy guarantees refunds on bottles
The undersigned offer a refund on a 50 cent bottle of Greene's Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure coughs or colds and a 25 cent bottle guaranteed satisfactory or money refunded. Signatories include G. A. Riemcke N. B. Barkalow Nesper & Co. Jno Havercamp J Theo Keuchman.
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Greene
G. A. Riemcke
N. B. Barkalow
Nesper & Co
Jno
J. Havercamp
J. Theo
Keuchman
Local Notes From Downey and West Liberty Area
Downey residents report hay shipments to Muscatine and Iowa City. Visitors included H K Gates and family. Anna Cornelius from Morse stayed with Mrs Baker. Snow disruptions hit local phone service. Mrs Lew Barnes’s post op condition worsens. Trips by Albert Holloway and Dr Borts noted. Mrs Sarah Gates moves into newly bought house from J E Elliott.
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Anna Cornelius
Morse
Baker
Secrest and Son
Iowa City
Lew Barnes
Albert Holloway
Sarah Gates
J. E. Elliott
John Borick
Armentrout
Wilton
Tipton News Briefs Highlight Local Doings
Mrs Myers of Tipton hosts family news as Charles Holloway travels to Iowa City for business college. Local residents attend Mosher sale. Geo Cornwall shoppers in Iowa City. John Figle injured by a falling tree while chopping wood for W O Brisbine. High school students surprise teacher J F Baker with a toilet set. Tipton residents testify in A E Smith versus Amy Smith case.
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Myers
Tipton
Charles Holloway
Iowa City
Business College
Mosher Sale
Geo.Cornwall
John Figle
W. O. Brisbine
J. F. Baker
Messrs
Geo
Cornwall
Dr. Borts
Chas. Franklin
David Flattes
Val. Flattes
D. Flattes
A. E. Smith
Amy Smith
East Buffalo Social and Local Notices Selections
East Buffalo Illinois reports visits by Guy Gilbert and family to his father on the 3rd. Arthur Bull shipped 18 hogs to Reynolds on the 4th. George Beeding and family visited Walter Kimbell on the 7th. Antioch Baptist church women held a society dinner at F B Marston's on the 6th with many in attendance. Mrs Dina Castor on the county line is in poor health. Young men attended the masquerade ball at Andalusia on the 5th. Miss Louie Murdock is at home. A wedding is reported at Marston on the 1th, Allie Eckhard and Miss Maggie Attic named parties.
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East Buffalo
Ill
Guy Gilbert
Arthur Bull
Reynolds
George Beeding
Walter Kimball
Antioch Baptist Church
F. B. Marston
Dina Castor
Andalusia
Louie Murdock
Marston
Allie Eckhard
Maggie Attic
Coffee and Mercy Quote Sparks Boarder Dialogue
A Philadelphia Record snippet centers on a boarder comparing coffee to mercy, with the landlady questioning the notion and affirming the quality as not strained. The exchange mix humor and local color reflecting daily life.
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Philadelphia Record
Downcast quotes spark caution on heroism in modern times
A Toledo Bee quiz quotes a hopeful youth lamenting the lack of dramatic heroism as a runaway car threat looms, reflecting a mood of diminished spectacle and risk in contemporary life.
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Toledo Bee
Woman's recovery linked to Grape-Nuts after scarlet fever
A Mercer Maine woman who suffered kidney and stomach inflammation after scarlet fever found relief with Grape-Nuts. After months of limited nourishment, she began the cereal, improved rapidly, gained weight, and returned to daily duties, attributing her recovery to the product. She notes sharing the success with friends who also report benefits.
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Mercer
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Oakland Notices Report Health Struggles and School Delay
Mrs J H Baker remains in Muscatine hospital with declining health and facing an operation. Oakland school did not commence last Monday as teacher Miss Gentzler Brother is seriously ill with slim hopes of recovery.
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Oakland
J. H. Baker
Muscatine
Gentzler Brother
Wedding Trip Budget Then Lucrative Honeymoon Plan
Dialogue from the New York Herald shows a couple discussing their wedding trip, debating whether three weeks suffices to spend all their funds. The exchange hints at practical money concerns tied to the upcoming marriage.
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New York Herald
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Peo
Cook, Musser & Co. State Bank & Trust Co
Iowa
C. Cook
G. A Funck
Directors
Birds and Nature
Eclectic Magazine
Electrical News
Engineering News
Golf
Journal of Education
Judge
Harper’s Monthly
Harper's Weekly
Harper's Bazaar
Library Journal
Life
Littell
Little Chronicle
Leslie’s Weekly
Musiacl Courier
Missionary Review of the World
Outing
Outlook
North American Review
Popular Science Monthly
Puck
Publisher's Weekly
Review of Reviews
Scribner’s Monthly
Saint Nicholas
Youth's Companion
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Chronicle
Chicago Record-Herald
New York Tribune
Literary Supplement
New York
Times
Scientific American and Building Supplement
Des Moines Register and Leader
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
San Francisco Call
New York Evening Post
American Historical Review
the Nation
Snollygoster
M. R. McKean
John Dyche
J. W. Rife
Milton Wolfe
Will Hines
Smith
Washington
Oliday
J. W. Richards
J. B. Hunt
E. 2d Street
Coffee
Mercy
Herofam
E. C. Burnside
Real Estate
East Second Street
Wales
Swan
Cheap John
Nick Neven’s
E. Second St
East Second St
Dye Works
Andresen
B. E. Lilly’s Dry Goods Store
Muscatine Lbr. & Box Co
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