Battey Jewelers Move to West Time Street
Battey the jeweler and optician has relocated to 120 West Time. The Rock Island mail train was fifteen minutes late due to heavy traffic. Caboose No. 1 on the M N and S S railway has been repainted red for a neater look. Miss Anna Brannan of Riverside visited S P Saweyr and left for home. The Rock Island offers low round trip fares within 200 miles for the holidays. Wanted by an experienced stenographer a few students for shorthand practice. Address Stenog box 2481 City.
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Rock Island
Anna Brannan
Riverside
City
Holiday Delicacies Highlighted by C Otto Son’s Sale
Our Holiday Delicacies include raisins currants citron orange and lemon peel oranges and lemons plus a full line of California dried fruits offered at rock bottom prices at C Otto and Son's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Rock Bottom
C. Otto & Son
Clothing Sale Slashes Prices On Men Youths Coats Shoes
A retailer announces a liquidation offering men youths and boys clothing overcoats and shoes at well below cost. Bargains include pants suits and overcoats with many items offered at roughly 40 percent off, aiming to convert stock into cash quickly.
Holiday neckwear and accessories on sale now
A short advert invites shoppers to come early for holiday goods including neckwear mufflers suspenders and caps. It promises boxed presentation and a range of dress gloves and elegant fur or plush caps in various materials at mid priced offers.
Local items note travels sales and community notices
Sam Dorger and Margie Hawley travel notes from Tipton and Lone Tree. Items at E. Davidson’s include Bibles pens and Xmas gifts. Infant Harry Eshleman buried in Columbus Junction. Des Moines job move for Russ Dawson. Mackey football practice ahead of 99 M.H.S. Morey Token financing offer on items at 128 East Second Street.
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Guarantee Loan Co
East Second Street
Fruitland Iowa: Island to Fruitland Growth and Rail Hub
A historical note on Fruitland Iowa born from Muscatine Island crops. The Rock Island Railroad proposed a station near old Owega, leading to a town plat named Island then Fruitland. Growth followed with melons, sweet potatoes, grain and asparagus, two stores, a post office, lodges, a hall, and a liquor-free, orderly community.
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Muscatine Island
Alex. McDermont
Post Office Department
W. J. Fitzsimmons
R. R. Co
Perlee
Fruitland
James Strouse
A. Hopson
K. of P
Court of Honor
Town of Nichols Past and Present
Nichols Iowa grew around the B C R N railroad and Muscatine Western line. Founded by Benjamin F Nichols who also donated land and helped locate the station. The town boomed after 1873 with the Muscatine Western milestone and railroad additions. It has a stockyard depot brick buildings a graded school and a 1849 log schoolhouse.
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Nichols
Muscatine County
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northwestern
Muscatine Western
Iowa
Benjamin F. Nichols
Samuel Nichols
Benjamin Nichols
Pike Township
Nichols & Bros
Hart
Ohio
Fine Blacksmith Shop In Muscatine Opens New Brick Shop
Joe Wilson, a popular local smith, expanded his quarters with a handsome brick structure on East Second Street to accommodate growing trade. The new shop is praised as a model blacksmith shop and Wilson invites customers to visit. Satisfaction guaranteed with the best work.
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Joe Wilson
Muscatine
East Second Street
Joe
Retinoscopy in Modern Optician Practice
Retinoscopy or retinos copy is described as a scientific operation to examine the image formed on the retina to detect and correct errors of refraction without direct viewing of the eye. The method enables rapid vision correction by analyzing the image at the back wall of the eyeball.
Eyes Examined Free at Local Optician
A reader visits Mr. W. E. Battey at 120 West Second Street to have eyes tested with no charge. The visit includes an optical cabinet, mysterious light flashes, and a polite dismissal stating glasses are not needed. The reviewer plans to return when glasses are required.
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West Second Street
W. E. Battey
United States Senator McEnery Endorses Peruna
Collected endorsement from Louisiana Senator S D McEnery for the Peruna drug, praising its tonic properties after personal use. Letter from Columbus Ohio based firm notes strong testimonial for claim.
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United States
McEnery
Louisiana
Hones
D. McEnery
Peru na figures show vast daily output and wide reach
The Pe r u na Medicine Company ships three car loads daily to meet demand for the winter catarrh remedy. The text details 1 800 dozen bottles per day, about 21 000 600 bottles and three million four hundred fifty six thousand doses, claiming nationwide use and nationwide efficacy. A Mississippi woman's testimony is cited of dramatic recovery after taking Peru na.
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Europe
Eiffel Tower
Union
New England
Texas
Montana
Florida
Maggie Turner
Holly Springs
Miss
Pernna claims cure for catarrh and family savings
Dr Hartman’s Pe-ru-na praised by customers including contractor Roberts of Northwestern Iowa and Mrs. Elizabeth Gray of New Athens Illinois. Letters assert relief from nasal catarrh and stomach trouble, with claims of avoiding doctor bills and curing multiple family members. Free catarrh books offered by The Pe-ru-na Drug Mfg Co.
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Roberts
Hartman
Peruna
Iowa
Elizabeth Gray
New Athens
Pernna
Dr. Hartman
M’f’g Co
Columbus
Dorman Heads to Evansville for Iowa Stove Territory
A. H. Dorman travels to Evansville Indiana to begin a traveling salesman role for an Evansville stove factory. His territory will cover the state of Iowa. Buffalo Literary society reports its first debate and sets a December 21 meeting. Quarantines for diphtheria at Moorhead, Chas. Frank, and Wrage homes are lifted with no new cases. Elwood Clark takes a winter job in What Cheer. Local business shows Christmas buying surge and a baton factory prep for a major New York shipment. Various properties and barns receive improvements totaling about 25 000 dollars for the year.
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A. H. Dorman
Evansville
Ind
Dorman
Iowa
Buffalo Literary Society
Ouse
Moorhead
Chas
Frank
Wrage
Andalusia
Elwood Clark
Buffalo
Baton Factory
New York
Muscatine Sees Record Year for Public Improvements
A review lists many projects completed or begun by Wm. Kincaid replacing Magoon & Kincaid in Muscatine including Wilton Presbyterian church renovation Dr Stein residence on Fifth Street and new fronts and roofs for several downtown buildings such as S A Borger Staisen Geo Moore Burnett and Mrs Weed structures.
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Muscatine
Wm. Kincaid
Magoon & Kincaid
Wilton Presbyterian Church
Dr. Stein
Fifth Street
S. A. Borger
Staisen
Mulberry
Geo. Moore
West Liberty
Burnett
Mrs. Weed
West Second
Oscar Wilde and Towne in partisan obituary tones
The piece juxtaposes Oscar Wilde's legacy with moral critique and notes St Louis Globe-Democrat profiling Towne as an ex Republican and populist appointee soon to be replaced by an elected Republican, signaling a political shift and fading influence.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Towne
United States
Lehigh Valley Express Leaves Buffalo for New York
A passenger train departs Buffalo at noon on the Lehigh Valley Railroad bound for New York. The service offers a dining car, a luxurious parlor car, and day coaches.
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Buffalo
Lehigh Valle Railroad
New York
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Daily Journal
Fr. Sa
McBride & Cope
Second Street
Tribune Office
Beach
Swan's
S. A. Eaton & Co
East Second St
Teeiglegli
Kuriger Bros
Second St
Oxford
Sam Dorger
W. 2d Street
Iowa Ave
Margie Hawley
Cora Claire
Tipton
FE. E. Davidson's
John Hoefert
Wellman
Chicago
J. B. Neyenhuis
Lone Tree
Russ Dawson
Des Moines
Conaway & Shaw
E. Davidson's
Harry
Joe Longmore
Montezuma, Y
H. D. Herr
Burlington
First Congregational Church
Iowa Associaion of Congregational Churches
E. E. Davidson
Mackey
Express Company
George Jumgardner
S. H. Smith
William Shelpaper
James Carney
Railroad
T. Nichols
O. T. Mc Hargitte
Bozeman, Mont
Peru-na
PERUN
C. T. Roberts
Denison, la
Swan
the Independent
Oscar Wilde
The
Black Diamond Express
Rector
J. J. Havercamp
Wheeler and Wilson
Singer
B. A. Metz
Tnder Scott
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