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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1903
Page
4
An urge to care for children’s meals highlights using Royal Baking Powder for pure, perfect results. The copy claims Royal Baking Powder yields lightness and flavor in cake and other baked goods while keeping foods wholesome for all ages. Royal Baking Powder Co., New York.
Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store at 203 East Second Street features a large eleven by high window showcasing manicure sets traveling cases mirrors and bottled perfume. J W Havercamp crafts the display highlighting a strong holiday gift lineup and the store’s reputation for fine window trimming.
A short note highlights that the year’s window exhibit here compares very favorably with displays in cities much larger than Muscatine, suggesting strong local participation and quality.
Des Moines reports H. W. Huttig of Muscatine will participate in the program of the Iowa Manufacturers meeting in Des Moines next month.
Members of Shelby Norman Post gather at headquarters Monday at 1 PM for funeral services of Comrade Fred Duncan. Interment to be at Wilton with Captain officiating.
Painters announce a Monday evening gathering on December 21 at headquarters with full attendance requested and the election of officers on the agenda.
Do not delay laundry for Christmas. Send to Bar nard's Model Laundry at once.
One way rate with two dollars additional for round trip tickets on sale the first and third Tuesdays of every month. Return limit is twenty one days from date of sale. See ticket agents of Iowa Central for information or address A. B. Cutts G. P. & T. A. Minneapolis Minn.
A local speaker argues for kind treatment of first class teachers and steady support for country schools. He urges patrons to drop prejudices, questions consolidation, and calls for careful inquiry into any merger given heavy snow and mud in Muscatine County.
A new trial motion in the case German American Bank versus Keystone Button Co. was argued before Judge D W Jackson and denied. The bank had won a verdict for a little over $2,500 on notes, contested as the notes were allegedly signed by an agent for Keystone Button.
Washington reports indicate Iowa Rep. Cousins is favored by many politicians as a potential temporary chair at the Chicago Republican National Convention. The idea drew favorable comment in Washington Times and is said to satisfy the President, with formal selection near the convention.
Lettsville residents recall the fifties and sixties at D H Westbrook home with alumni from Oak Grove and Hendrix schools. The event included meals, reminiscences, and a soldier reunion with D W Shellabarger and others. Also noted were a funeral, violin solos, a children and grandchildren reunion, a Christmas plan in Davenport, a protracted meeting in Concord township, and Wm Snyder planning retirement from the new store.
The noted clairvoyant and trance medium will be in the city for a short time and those interested in the work or desiring readings should call at once at 513 Chestnut Street.
Local items flow with shopping notes at Swan's and Barnard's including souvenir spoons and opera glasses. City residents Chas Leu and Mrs Amalie Schmidt head to Chicago. Flora Manlove visits music study in Chicago. many others travel on the Firefly or to nearby towns. A Davenport funeral note records Albert G Horton died of creeping paralysis after thirty years in Muscatine.
A fragment notes that matter may be crystalline electricity and that pi is not a square, with an electrometer so sensitive it could detect matter that would require 2,000,000 years to affect a chemical balance. It also states incandescent lamps smash when light wanes and current per candle power justifies destroying the lamp.
A roundup of urban statistics shows Atlantic City at 50 million in property value, Chicago with 4702 lawyers up 320 in a year, and Los Angeles boasting Griff ith Park as the world’s largest park. A Brooklyn style water plan allocates about 50 million to bring 200 million gallons daily from Wappinger Creek and Esopus.
The moving world notes doors made entirely of paper finished to resemble wood that do not warp or crack. A new typewriter automatically returns the carriage at line end, eliminating pauses. A French milking machine uses a conical brass receptacle with rubber tubes and an electric motor to mimic suction.
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