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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1903

Page

10

Star Course and Local Goods Advertised in Muscatine

Local notes show Star Course planned for Monday night and a list of shops offering Christmas gifts and fine items. I. Nievel & Son advertise rings and silver along with Signet rings. Hirt & Fesler host second hand upright piano and holiday goods. Mackey's highlights American pearls. Mayors and residents, including John Daniels and F. J. Swisher, are noted with in town or visiting. Townsend Hand contest results list top vote earners led by Elsie Hubacher with 855 votes.

A Place For Mary. Choice Investments

A Place For Mary advertises investment services by Choice Investments with contact Tel 109. The snippet presents a concise listing style typical of classified notices.

A Place Mary Choice Investments

Winter goods and holiday shopping notes in Letts area

Local brief listing stores and items for sale including underwear caps gloves and mittens at Hine Bros and Seiler Bros. Promotions mention diamonds silver novelties perfumes and tobaccos at I Nievel Son's Hirt and Fesler's and Seiler Bros. Also notes visits by residents and travelers aboard the Firefly and upcoming community events including a Star Course and a removal sale at Mackey's.

Holiday Block In Hine Bros Hats on Sale

Stiff and soft hats are offered at Hine Bros during a holiday block sale with discounts on select styles. The event highlights affordable headwear for the season.

Hine Bros

The Farmer's Life Association Limited Term Life Insurance

The offer promotes term life insurance with lower average cost over years and emphasizes safety by limiting term length. It warns against joining groups that charge higher rates and invites readers to contact the Eastern half state General Agent for literature detailing plans and rates.

Snowstorm disrupts traffic and market shipments in Muscatine

Snow halted all transit as trains and streetcars ran late and farmers stayed away. Rock Island No 4 and No 12 faced multi hour delays while No 3 broke down east of Rock Island. City rail service issued half hour intervals and salt plus sand kept tracks clear. only one produce load, corn by F Barnard Hine Bros, reached Saturday market.

Rock Island Milwaukee City Railway F. Barnard

Wreck injures Rock Island passenger train near Trenton

Eastbound passenger train No. 4 on the Rock Island Southwest division, due here Friday night, was wrecked below Trenton, Missouri, early last night. No details reached the city as officials held back information during the night due to incomplete reports.

Rock Island Trenton Teac

Accident and Cock Fight Headlines From Muscatine

Reportedly a locomotive left the track near Trenton and went into a ditch as it moved at high speed. A second account claimed a passenger train and a freight train collided head on on the main line. Meanwhile Muscatine youths tried a cock fight using a trained bird that balked and shattered a office window.

Trenton Southwest Division

Also Mentioned on This Page

Schaefer’s Laundry Reliance Loan Co Muscatine J.E. Kranz West Second ST Star Course Seiler Bros I. Nierel & Son's Hirt & Fesler’s Stirlen I. Nierel & Son Braunworth John Daniels Letts Tolman van Gent & Robes The Patricola Concert Co C. E. Crow Osteopath Second St Iowa I. Nievel & Son F. J. Swisher Eliza, Ill Dr. Crow Adam Wiggim I. Nievel & Son’s Henry Dowling Nichols Holly Mackey's Margaret Sara Baird Rock Island, Il Bond Hardware Company F. H. Shellabarger West Liberty Nievel & Son Eaton Hurlbut E. E. Davidson’s P. O Townsend Hand Elsie Hubacher Mary Fahey Hattie Kempner Anna Rankin Margaret Grant Hazel Mayes Ith Hattie Courier Josephine Wyant First Mortgage Tel G. M. Titus Patricola Sterling Silver Novelties Hirt & Fesler's Robt. Cochran van Gent & Kobes Leysen Lewis Dalton C. A. Clifford Cedar Street West Branch E. 2Nd St Lee M. A. Barr Hilton McGrew Grandview I. Nievel & Son's W. D. Avery Culver Street Columbus Junction Edwin L. McColm Trinity Church Mackey Mrs. A. Kemble Oskaloosa Charles Baker Oklahoma Fred Kirschner Leslie Hendrix Great Western Cereal Co G. E. Rick Henry Noble Eliza, AL E. L. Sheppard Illinois City Nina Latta Helen Platt van Horne Street Davenport the Farmer’s Life Association Des Moines, la Rvaan Dr. A. Reed Wilson's Shoe Store Butz’s Fair Howard M. Cooper Muscatine, Iowa China iSc
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