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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1907
Page
8
A 14 year old son of Mr and Mrs John Holmes was injured when a heavy stone struck above his left eye while he and companions threw rocks near his home. The gash across the forehead caused profuse bleeding and he received medical care from Dr. W S Norton.
Laurel Hill reports a sequence of social visits and local travels. Arthur Stigers and Adella Cockshoot are among those visiting Muscatine and Sugar Creek area. Several families from Blue Grass West Liberty Wilton Davenport and Pleasant Prairie are noted for visits and church revival attendance.
Tomorrow through Christmas Eve the Money Saving Store in Eastern Iowa sells dry goods clothing and footwear at sacrifice prices to let customers buy many needed Christmas gifts. The retailer predicts higher demand for useful gifts and promises more value per dollar with wide reductions across departments.
From the shoe department comes a sale on ladies wool hose priced at 35c and 19c for children all wool black hose in 12 sizes. The listing notes these items are offered at reduced sale prices.
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The ad lists numerous blanket types including extra heavy fleeced and half wool, with per-pair values ranging from 59c to 3.00 plus sale prices. Also mentions comforts at various prices and color options, highlighting a wide selection and discount pricing at the sale.
Advertisement notes Electric Bitters quickly dispose of functions of stomach liver kidneys and bowels. Mentions Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store selling for 50 cents.
East champions rout Westerners on the road with a cross continent record. Victories and defeats listed from Mortieesk to Rochester New York with scores and locations across Michigan Ontario and New York.
Rochester, N Y champions of the east, defeated Muscatine 41 to 28 after holding the westerners to limited scoring. The Muscatine team failed to threaten at any point as the New York squad showed strong play throughout.
The Rochester team, fastest in New York state, showed snappy team work but struggled with eastern handicap rules. They have not been defeated on their home floor for four years and will leave today for Albany for their next game.
George Willis, a major holder in Central Iowa Telephone of Iowa Falls, seeks court determination on whether a corporation can be compelled to pay dividends. The company operates toll lines between Hampton, Eagle Grove, and Alden.
In Charles City Iowa on December 13 Billy Henderson a colored man and Margie Blood a white woman were arrested in a room of the negro. The case was continued. This marks the second incident of a white woman cohabitating with a colored man following a prior case where a negro married a white woman.
Eldora Iowa council follows larger cities by requiring all cows whose milk is sold to be tested at least once a year to prevent the sale of diseased milk.
Thomas Tharp left for Moscow last evening following a city visit and business matters attended to locally.
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