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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1909
Page
9
Ice above the dams runs 12 inches thick and very clear as P. H. Elfers and crews begin preliminary cutting. Snow is cleared, cutting starts today, and ice will be hauled to the Pifers ice house for summer storage. Last season the river froze February 11, delaying harvest and storage.
A dusty storefront advertises Xmas cigars priced from 25c to 3.00 per box Nias cigars 50c to 1.75 Meerschaum and briar pipes 60c to 20 and 1.25 to 5.00 Cigar cases 25c to 2.50 Meerschaum holders 25c to 3.00 Imported German pipes tobacco bags match safes purses and a line of Christmas and New Year souvenir post cards from 1 to 60c each A calendar given free with every $1.00 purchase.
Several hundred dollars will be expended for Christmas baskets and provisions for Muscatine’s poor. The Elks’ soliciting committee reported successful fundraising and will supervise distribution. E C Stacker elected treasurer to fill vacancy from K W Zeidler’s resignation due to absence.
In Waterloo on December 21 George Turner of Kellogg defeated Gus Geissinger of Waterloo in two straight falls. Geissinger was outclassed in weight, speed, and science.
A powerful laxative herbal tea promises bowel cleansing and restored strength. Lane's Family Medicine is advertised as a famous herb tea you can get in a two dollar package at druggists or dealers, suitable for those who have tried other remedies.
Wm Garrett sues the city for 428.74 alleging alley filling behind his premises flooded the barn after a heavy rain. A horse valued at 230 died and others were injured or ill. The suit against City Recorder Weis lists damages and costs from the alley work performed without prior notice. Attorney H M Warner represents Garrett.
Waterloo, IA December 21. S Stoltz, aged 84, who opened a shoe store in Waterloo in 1865, was found dead by his son this morning. Heart failure is the cause. Reward offered. Readers learn of a cure for catarrh with Hall's Catarrh Cure, claiming it can cure constitutional disease. The advertisement promises $100 if it fails and urges sending testimonials. Also promotes Hill's Family Pills for constipation.
Gladwin Iowa area residents visit relatives across several towns including Godwin Ottumwa Wilton and Muscatine. The Garards move to a new store with a full merchandise line. BlanBard and Giesler ship five carloads of cattle to Wilton as public sales rise with good prices for corn and live stock.
Willam Finley of Moscow and Ralph McCleary of Muscatine signed a four month lease for the third floor of the Realing building on West Second street. Bleachers will line the sides and a central mat will host winter bouts for a crowd of several hundred. Finley had sought to stage matches in recent weeks but lacked suitable quarters and had received a Marshalltown challenge from Joseph Angelsberg earlier.
A secured hall has the Moscow grappler eager to bring the opponent to town for a match on the evening of Tuesday January 4th.
Promoter Tex Rickard asserts the Johnson Jeffries bout will be staged in Salt Lake City at the Salt Palace next year with a 30 000 seat arena. He claims Salt Lake offers a feasible venue, denies a frame up and says tickets can be priced accessibly to meet the purse and expenses. Rickard and Gleason have floated various locations including San Francisco but now back Salt Lake as the planned site.
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