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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1903
Page
5
The copy asserts Royal Baking Powder derives its chief ingredient from the grape’s healthful properties, specifically crystallized cream of tartar as the active component. It emphasizes fruit virtues and healthfulness, crediting Royal Baking Powder Co. of New York.
The Cleveland Vapor company installed the first lamp on Hershey avenue opposite the old Hershey dry kiln as South Muscatine receives 75 lights to illuminate streets and support a completed park. Posts and lamps arrived for immediate placement amid a city plan to brighten corners and streets.
Miles Doran of Nichols sues the Rock Island Line for non delivery of eighty-two hogs shipped July 10. He claims loss in price shrinkage and feed costs totaling 123.53 after a delay postponed sale to Monday lowered porker values by about 20 percent. Attorneys Horan & Devitt. Other brief items note local travel and a new baby boy.
A chance to save money tomorrow as H Schmidt and Son Co offers a closeout at cost or less on albums Bibles toilet sets and other boxes games game boards and toy books with the firm advertising a final sale event.
The West Hill Baraca club met at the West Hill chapel with about thirty members. Led by President Chas Steinbaugh and officers Van Zyle and Borgstadt, the group plans a reading room and a vocal mandolin quartet. A debate on the proposition that interurban streetcar service would benefit Muscatine is set for next Tuesday at 8.
Mr and Mrs L A Beaver announce the birth of a baby boy with a festive notice. The message recalls the couple’s move from this city to Davenport and invites friends to share in the new arrival. The Hershey State Bank will adjust hours to open 6 30 to 8 00 on Saturdays.
Report discusses unusual Mexican law: if a victim is wounded by assault, the offender is jailed only until the victim can work again. If incapacity lasts beyond forty days, the jail term doubles to eighty days.
The article notes that the Mediterranean is tidal with the east Sicilian coast experiencing springs rising as much as four feet, countering the belief that the sea is tideless.
The curfew at Burgh and Swinehead in Lincolnshire runs daily from Oct 11 to March 21, with the bell strokes indicating the day of the month.
Spectators watched as the executioner raised Mary Queen of Scots by the hair to display her head, but the hair came loose. The wig-like hair was not real hair.
Raw beef leaves the stomach in about two hours while boiled beef requires three hours and thoroughly roasted beef takes four hours to digest. The comparison shows cooking method and degree of doneness affect digestion rate.
Under similar conditions an acre planted with potatoes yields more food material than an acre planted with wheat rye or peas, with amounts exceeding ten fourteen or seventeen times as much in comparative output.
Merchants advertise clocks geese and ducks for Christmas dinners with items from Swan's I Nierel Son D McCurdy and Geo Ellman plus watches signet rings and Ebony toilet brushes. Residents from Wrayville Iowa City Davenport Illinois City and nearby visit Muscatine for holidays.
A Thursday only sale offers items from Bibles and albums to toilet sets, game boards, games and books at cost or less. The event markets must go with strong clearance pricing.
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