This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1903
Page
5
Rev. I N McCash of Des Moines spoke at a Musserville Methodist church union meeting to promote the Anti Saloon League in Iowa. The event drew a large crowd despite cold weather and募集 funds for league work.
One way rate with two dollars extra for round trip tickets on sale the first and third Tuesdays of every month. Return limit twenty one days from date of sale. See Iowa Central agents for rates or address A. B. Cutts Minneapolis Minnesota G. P. T. A.
A concise line notes that many people boast of creating excitement even when the stir they claim to make is merely dust raised by their own actions. No clear individuals or organizations are named.
In this marginal remark the author notes that while many men have poor memories a well-kept bank balance remains a lasting measure of their fortune and character.
The boys on the hillside shout Clear. They warn that if there is neglect it is your own fault.
Dr W G Hubbard outlines the Anti-Saloon League aims history and reach describe state and national scope with 200 speakers 2000 meetings monthly 20 state papers and a 200000 circulation. He cites victories in Ohio New York Massachusetts Texas Iowa and other states and calls for continued temperance action.
The Mississippi River shut today at about seven in the morning as a nearly continuous ice sheet formed. Ice floes have grown for ten to fourteen days with a cold snap finishing the process, marking this winter’s closure earlier than the past five seasons. last year’s closure was December 31 and prior years varied from December to January.
A timely topic endorses Foley's Honey and Tar as the best throat and lung remedy. The ad claims quick cure and prevention of serious flu symptoms. Available at Haver camp's Prescription Drug Store.
Special Presbyterian services fill the week with visiting pastors from West Liberty Washington and Crawfordsville leading. A Saturday preparatory lecture precedes Sunday communion. Locals attend despite a storm as Dorcas society holds a successful bazar and dinner to benefit church work netting about seventy five dollars. Mrs Freeland dies after cancer at about sixty five, leaving husband two sons and a daughter.
Miss Martha A. Pautzsch wed Fred C. Mackey at 10 oclock this morning in St Matthew s Rectory officiated by Rev F J Leonard. The ceremony occurred without public hint and was witnessed by Mrs E M Mackey Phil Mackey Felicias Mackey and Mr and Mrs Walter Pautzsch. The bride is daughter of Walter and Mrs Pautzsch of 123 East Front Street.
The article announces the engagement of a Mackey family member, son of Mrs. E. M. Mackey of 513 West Fourth Street, a Notre Dame graduate. He resides in Chicago and will marry and reside with his bride in Muscatine, with both families well connected locally.
A dense listing of wholesale and retail prices across grains oats wheat rye barley hay and animal products with figures for hogs cattle sheep lambs dressed and live poultry turkeys ducks and various fruits vegetables and fish. It reads like a market sheet showing unit prices per bushel sack peck dozen and pound across multiple categories.
The notice lists prices for fuels and timber including hard wood five to six and a half dollars per cord and hard coal nine dollars soft coal four to five dollars. also notes Salmon Lake trout croppies and other items with unit prices.
A collection of short humorous exchanges and quips featuring a wedding scene, a quip about trousers and privilege, a teacher’s narration on US greatness in commerce, and a playful egg product statistic. The piece closes with a child questioning a train’s pulling power and an ad for The Journal.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.