Muscatine Opera House Opening Set for December 26
Geo H Johnston announces the official Muscatine opera house opening for Wednesday December 26 with doors at 7 30 pm first overture 8 15 pm address at 8 20 pm second overture 8 25 pm curtain at 8 30 pm The builder credits the Journal for aiding the project and commends the Commercial Club and public for speedy subscription sales.
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Geo. H. Johnston
Muscatine
Journal
Johnston
Dramatic Editor Journal
The
Commercial Club
Court of Honor Benefit Cast for Bound by An Qath
Local talent rehearsed at the Grand Opera house as Harry Kimmel directs the company in the melodrama Bound by An Qath set for December 28 in Muscatine. The cast includes Seth Randolph played by Kimmel, Jacob Johnson, Phillip Raymond, and Mabel Raymond with Stella Malone in the lead roles.
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Harry Kimmel
Seth
Grand Opera House
Kimmel
Muscatine
Seth Randolph
Jacob Johnson
Fred Perkins
Phillip Raymond
Es Ak Sie Lee A. Schenkel
Edward le Roy
Mabel I
Joe L. Powers
Sambo
Will Tiecke Elias
Will Ripson Drucella
Jacob
Actin
J. D. Falliam Lucy Snuff
Lone Widder
Nigiahs Ated
Addie Barnard
Raymond
Phillip
Emma Capps
Mabel Raymond
I Sthlia
Alec Toa
Stella Malone
On to New Orleans with Beach and Lightning Medicine Co Boat
The Lightning Medicine Co announces Benjamin Beach will spend holidays in Memphis distributing advertising matter. On January 10 he will be joined by salesman S. W. Tennant of Toronto, and the pair will complete the trip to New Orleans for a joint business venture.
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Benj. Beach
Lightning Medicine Co
Lightning Medicine Company
Beach
Memphis
8S. W. Tennant
Toronto
Canada
New Orleans
Mr. Beach
Lightning Medicine Co establishes new Rock Island quarters
The Lightning Medicine Co. is now established in their new quarters in Rock Island, Hl. A salesman Tennant, long in employ, is praised for proven ability, signaling better returns from their floating advertisement venture.
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Tennant
Lightning Medicine Co
Rock Island
Schmidt Bros Bible Bargains Offer Free Leather Goods
We offer bibles at greatly reduced prices to clear stock. All leather items are marked in gold letters and free of charge.
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Schmidt Bro’s
Christmas Cigars in Handled Boxes Sale
Advertisement notes cigars in handsome boxes of various sizes and prices from 35 cents per box. A calendar comes free with every purchase of one dollar or more. Herm. Gremmei.
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Herm. Gremmei
Rising Sun Comedy Drama At Grand Opera House
On Thursday December 27 Blue Jeans will be seen at the Grand Opera house Joseph Arthur presents Rising Sun a clever local stage piece with unique characters and a strong plot. The production is noted for scenic embellishment especially the saw mill scene admission 25c 50c 75c box seats 1.00.
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Blue Jeans
Grand Opera
Joseph Arthur
Rising Sun
Mr. Arthur
Schmidt Bros Sells Bibles at Cut Prices
Bargain sale at Schmidt Bros offers Testaments prayer books and bibles at reduced prices. Reads as a display advertisement highlighting discount religious texts.
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Schmidt Bros’s
Christmas Program and Funeral of Topeka Pioneering Resident
Salvation Army Christmas program planned for the 27th features Brigadier Toft and Captain Omana with local musical talent. A separate obituary notes Topeka settler Mr. Vail dying while tending his strawberry patch. funeral at Grace Cathedral, burial in Vail lot, with Lincoln Post G A R pallbearers likely.
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Omana
Salvation Army
Sister Woods
Toft Petanbnea
Treble
Chicago Markets Report from December 21 1900
Special dispatch from H J Toher Co brokers shows opening high and low quotes for Wheat Dec Jan May. Corn Hogs receipts and price ranges. Cattle and Sheep receipts. live stock and northwest wheat receipts. Liverpool grain and fruits and vegetables prices. freight rail rates for Rock Island with round trip offers.
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Kansas City
Omaha
Donations Pour In As Captain Urges Support
The captain reports cash donations since the last update with a small total of a few dollars. He pleads for funds left at his quarters as demands exceed his supply and only a few days remain before the event.
Died at his work Thomas Vail of Bethany College
Thomas Vail eldest son of the late Bishop Vail died at his home four miles north of the city from apoplexy. He was 65 and had been in poor health for months but recently improved enough to walk into the city last Monday.
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Thomas Vail
Bishop Vail
Bethany College
Mr. Vail
Christmas Activities and Local Visitors Reported
Auction closed as Fitzsimmons plans a general merchandise stock. Congregational Sunday school to host a Christmas tree and entertainment on Christmas Eve. Morning Sun women visit to organize a music class last Thursday. Walter Williams to travel to China as missionary soon. Invitations issued for the Schweitzer couple’s fifth anniversary on December 25. Wm DeForde and wife of Wapello delivered Christmas books here Thursday. Dr. Higley gave a heart lecture at the school Tuesday. T. E. Johnston and wife visited Washington, IA recently. Visi tors include Miss Vinnie Martin, Sadie Hummel in Muscatine Wednesday. W S Goombel of Moline was in town on business Thursday. Mrs. Henry Thompson visited Muscatine Tuesday.
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Fitzsimmons
Congregational
Morning Sun
Walter Williams
China
Wm. Schweitzer
Wm. DeForde
Society Card Club Meets At Miss Kulp's Home
The Thursday evening card club met at Miss Margaret Kulp's home on Noh Mulberry. After eleven rounds of cinch, Mrs. Chas. Gray and Ernest Ruckdeschel shared the honors, winning a china plate for the ladies and a fountain pen for the gentlemen. Refreshments followed and the next session is postponed to four weeks hence.
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Margaret Kulp
Noh Mulberry
Chas. Gray
Ernest Ruckdeschel
Schmidt & Bros piano promotion promises finest workmanship
The advertisement touts Schmidt & Bros as offering the finest workmanship and best quality piano with the sweetest tone on earth, highlighting their instruments as superior and desirable for discerning buyers.
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Schmidt & Bros
Muscatine Markets Grain and Livestock Report
Muscatine markets show corn at 23 to 30 cents, oats 20 to 22 cents, rye 40, wheat 55 to 60, Timothy hay 8.50 to 9.50, Nois bottom hay 4 to 5, flour spring 1.15 to 1.25 per sack, buckwheat 60, cereals and meal prices. Hog prices range 4.00 to 4.50, cattle butcher stock 3.00 to 3.50.
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Graham
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Journal of Opera
Court OF Honor Benefit
the Grand
M.N. Bond’s
Dillaway
Army Auspices
Brig. Toft
Hhe
Grace Cathedral
Vail
Topeka
J. Everett Vail
Treasury Department
Washington
Ellen Vail Motter
Philadelphia
Reform School
Lincoln Post
Episcopal Church
G. A. R. Lodge
Chicago
H. J. Toher « Co
H. E McKay
Muscatine Ofice
Ill
Chicago Board Today
Northwest
Minneapolis
Duluth
Liverpool
Grandview
the’ Blasius
Muscatine Markets
Feaders
Oriental
Eloo
E. A. Brandenburg & Co
Telephone
3Rd and Mulberry St
Muscatine, Iowa
Cypress Addition
M. W. Stirlen
East Second Street
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