J F Boepple Found Pearl Button Industry Roots in Muscatine
German immigrant J F Boepple arrived in Muscatine sixteen years ago with nothing. He worked as a farm hand, saved enough to start a small button factory, and built a growing business that launched Muscatine into the pearl button world with numerous factories and lasting employment.
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Muscatine
J. F. Boepple
Mr. Boepple
Mississippi
Germany
Mississippi River
Waters
Boepple
America
Old Country
Columbus Junction
Linn Street
Mulberry Street
Beepple Button Company
Boepple Button Company
Davenport
Cigar Box Covers Questioned By New Treasury Ruling
A Treasury Department ruling cautions Muscatine retailers against detaching cigar box lids and placing them under the box. The memo notes that keeping lids detached risks forfeiture and undermines tax evidence, urging cigars remain under cover with stamp and brand intact.
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Muscatine
Treasury Department
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Washington, D. C
J. W. Yerkes
F. G. Thomason
Internal Revenue Agent
Albany, N. Y
Table Kitchen Kitchen Practical Suggestions About What to Eat
Practical tips on meal planning and simple cooking methods. Focuses on affordable ingredients, quick prep steps, and basic techniques for everyday meals. Contains guidance on balancing flavors and choosing staples for home cooks.
Food Chemistry Guides Improve Home Cooking and Flavor
A practical overview explains how chemistry principles apply to everyday kitchen tasks. It covers heat transfer, emulsions, browning, and flavor development with tips from experienced cooks.
Banning Co announces rights reserves in Chicago
Conducted by Lide Ames Willis at the Marquette Building Chicago inviting inquiries with all rights reserved by Banning Co Chicago.
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Lide Ames Willis
Marquette Building
Chicago
Banning Co
Button Industry Monument in Mississippi Valley
The text notes the button industry in the Mississippi valley as a vast enterprise with thousands of dollars invested and thousands of people employed, marking a significant economic achievement and public monument to the individual's accomplishment.
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Mississippi Valley
January Story Book highlights strong fiction
Literary Notes reviews pieces in the January 10 Story Book. Horton's tale The Kiss of His First Sweetheart earns praise for emotion. General Charles King offers A Senatorial Amendment with brisk intrigue. Other pieces include Stretching Fitz Simmons Legs and On the Woozy Woggler's Course. Poe's The Masque of the Red Death is the selected masterpiece.
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Mr. Horton
Charles King
William Hamilton Osborne
Fitzsimmons
Woggler
H. S. Canfield
Julia Truitt Bishop
Lizbeth
Edgar Allan Poe
Reduced Christmas and New Year Fare on Nickel Plate Road
Nickel Plate Road offers a round trip fare of one and a third for travel up to 159 miles on December 24 25 31 1902 and January 1 1904 with return by January 4 1904. Dining cars serve meals from 35 cents to 1 00. No excess fare on any Nickel Plate Road train. Chicago ticket offices at 111 Adams St and Auditorium Annex. Depot LaSalle and Van Buren on Elevate Loop. Phone Central 2057.
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Nickel Plate Road
Chicago City
Adams St
Auditorium Annex
LaSalle and
van Buren Sts
Elevatea Loop
Phone Central
Sweet Potato Recipes Gathered From Domestic Cookery
A collection of era style recipes includes Punchy Sweet Potato variants such as pulp with milk and eggs, biscuits, puddings with sherry and nutmeg, cones dusted with parsley, and loaves. Also covers escalloped potatoes, roasted potatoes with meat, and a celery and beet garnish salad with a French dressing.
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FeAce
Hershey State Bank
Iowa
B. Schmidt
Chestnut St
Home Savings Bank
J.P. Boepple
Vance & Baker
Sweet Potato Pie
Ethel M
Ripley, N.Y
S. G.& P. Stein Furniture Co
West Second Street
Corry & Vernentin Co
E. Second St
the Times
Dr. Shaw
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
Industry
The
Times
the Review OF Reviews CO
Astor Place
New York
Oklahoma
Texas
Greer County
Okla
Coleman
Daniel Hayes
Attorneys AT Law
A. Jayne
W. Hofmasa Jayne & Hoffman
Laws Avenue
W. IF Brannan
Corner Third and
Walnut Streets
J. Carskaddap
D. Burk
Carskaddan & Burk
Muscatian
T. R. Fitzgerald
Corner Laws Avenue
Second Street
G. M. Titus
Titus & Jackson
Iowa Avenue
J. Scott Richman
F. Ricman
Richman & Richman
P. Ingham
Attorney AT Law
Treet
Thompson & Sons
East Second Street
Thos Brown
Roy
Brown
Brown & Brown
Illinois Brenks
First Nea Conal Bank
H. D. Horst
Olds Block
Louise Eversmeyer
Attorney AT Law and Notary Publc
Ilewa
J. W. Morgan
Jacob Fisch & Sons
D. P. Miller
Fast Second Street
Mast Pith Street
Cook
Musser & Co.'s Bank
Weet Third Street
H. M. Dean
H. J. Dean
A. J. Dean
Henry F. Lange
H. E Wiley
First National Bank
S. G. Stein
D. V. Jackson
Ss. M. Hughes
J. R. Reuling
Chas. Page
J. Carskaddan
F. P. Sawyer
S. M. Hughes
Muscatine Savings Bank
G. Stein
F. Giesenhaus
F.giesenhaus
E. P. Day
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