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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1903

Page

2

Christmas Music and Gift Drive at Local Baptist Church

The Porter quartet entertained the Muscatine congregation with gospel songs. The church shifts focus to Christmas services next Sunday night at 7 pm with a school entertainment and a new gifts program. Classes will bring gifts to aid needy families, including cash, canned goods, clothing, and bedding, distributed to those in need.

Messrs. Porter and Company Muscatine Des Moines Ames Iowa City Chicago University Chicago Medical Morgan Park Lesly Oberlin

Muscatine Promoters Weigh Ottumwa Meeting On League

Iowa baseball league promoters in Muscatine discuss sending a delegate to Ottumwa for December 29 to gauge club support and attract capital. If formed, three to four weekly games could bring traveling men and crowds. Waterloo reportedly starts with $2000. Dedication of the Y M C A in Ottumwa features Governor Van Sant and other speakers.

L. H. Spencer J. W. Myers Waterloo Iowa Baseball League Muscatine Ottumwa Spencer New Young Men's Christian Association Samuel R. van Sant Minnesota Walter M. Parsons Minneapolis B. C. Wade Thomas D. Foster R. B. Sinclair Cedar Rapids

Christmas gifts and church notes highlight local actions

A report encourages targeted aid rather than indiscriminate giving and invites gifts to be left at the church by 8 p m on Christmas Eve. West Hill Christmas exercises are set for Saturday night and the Reds versus Blues Sunday school contest nears its close with both sides aiding attendance.

West Hill Reds Blues

Cure a Cold in One Day Advertisement

An old fashioned ad promises a one day cure for colds using Lasative Bromo Quinine Tablets. The box bears the signature of BE. W. Groves and offers a 25 cent price with a refund if it fails.

Ane Wade Wall Street Miss Wade al Cruggists BE. W. Groves

Markets Open with Broad Ranges in Grain and Livestock

Wholesale oats feedings at 35c, wheat 50c, rye 40c, barley 40c. Straw per ton 4.50 to 6.00. Farm produce includes apples 3 to 5 dollars per barrel, onions 1 dollar per bushel, potatoes 85c per barrel. Live poultry and eggs priced. dressed and live chickens, turkeys, ducks listed with varied rates. Retail flour and staples show spring 1.35 to 1.40 per sack, butter 20 to 23c, eggs 30c, lard 10 to 12c, cheese 1.74 to 2.0 per pound. Vegetables include cabbage 3c lb, onions 26c peck, sweet potatoes 25c peck, turnips 1c per peck.

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Iowa Central Railway Sells Reduced Fare Excursion Tickets

On December 24 25 31 and January 1 the Iowa Central railway offers reduced rate excursion tickets at one and one third fare. Final return limit leaves destination January 4. For details and folders contact agents.

Iowa Central Railway

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