Local notices and arrivals mix Christmas visits and sales
The column lists varied happenings in Muscatine and surrounding towns. It notes James Beach & Sons packing Peosta Soap in five bars, prices at twenty five cents, and many residents visiting relatives or traveling on the Firefly between Muscatine Davenport and nearby towns. It mentions a marriage license for James H. Wilson and Sophia M. Coss and social events at Atalissa Woodman hall.
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James Beach& Sons
Side Tracked and The Show Girl at the Grand
Local theatergoers will see a new production of Jule Walter's Side Tracked at the Grand tonight. Stetson's Big Double Company will present a grand staging of Side Tracked on Dec. 30. Edward E. Rice's Show Girl, with famed stars and lavish costumes, is promised for the Grand, following a notable New York run and a Manhattan Beach engagement.
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Jule Walter
Horatio Xerxes Booth
America
Stetson
Edward E. Rice
New York
Grand
Rice
Evangeline
Christopher
New York City
Wallack
Manhattan Beach
Way Down East at the Grand December 29
Grismer stages Lottie Blair Parker's Way Down East at the Grand on December 29. A tale of a trusting woman deceived by a sham marriage, saved by a true friend, set in a New England village with vivid local color and a dramatic blizzard scene.
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Joseph R. Grismer
Lottie Blair Parker
New England
Uncle Tom's Cabin on Stage and Page Recalled in Awe
A nostalgic note recalls Harriet Beecher Stowe and the beloved story as it continues to captivate audiences through stage and book. The writer reflects on the play’s magnetic pull, the emotional depth of antebellum scenes, and the lasting memory it leaves for all ages.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
Local notes from Wapello during holidays and weather
Wapello residents return from Iowa City for holidays. Visitors include Jason Chandler of Frederic and Mrs Goodrich improving at N Crutchfield’s, with plans to move to her sister Mrs Smith. Christmas programs were sparsely attended due to severe weather. Miss Lou McKay and Miss Stella Anderson received gifts. Thermometer hit ten below zero. Oral Stephens, former Packwood principal and Davenport worker, visited. a wedding in Conesville to Mr Breeden joins two families, with home arrangements at Packwood after January 10.
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Wapello
McLaughlin
Grant Hayden
Bert Christie
Wesley Thompson
Chas. Meyerholz
Iowa City
State University
Jason Chandler
Fredonia
Mrs. Goodrich
N. Crutchfield
South Wapello
John Smith
Riggs
Sigourney
Morning Sun
Recorder Kelly
Oral Stephens
Davenport
Mr. Stephens
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Reward Notice
One hundred dollars reward offered for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo proprietors. Endorsers certify Cheney's honesty and ability. Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally. price 75 cents per bottle. sold by all druggists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills advertised as best.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Owalding
Kinnan & Marvin
The Thomas-Breeden Wedding at Conesville
In Conesville on Christmas night Mr and Mrs J F Thomas hosted a wedding for their daughter Letitia Mae to Luther P Breeden of Packwood Iowa The ceremony by Rev Breeden and a wedding march by Callie McKee opened the celebration with about forty guests sharing a wedding supper and social hours noting the groom as an enterprising young man employed as ...
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Thomas-Breeden
Conesville
J. F. Thomas
Burglar and the Waif at the Grand Next Thursday
The Grand presents Chas Carey’s dramatic hit The Burglar and the Waif with matinee and night show next Thursday. It follows successful plays In Old Kentucky and The Suburban, promising sensational thrills, original incidents, brisk comedy, and popular new songs. Inez Forman stars as the Waif with a strong supporting company.
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Chas. Carey
Old Kentucky
New York
MecVicker’s
Chicago
Inez Forman
Praise Service at First Congregational Church Sunday Evening
A praise service will be held at the First Congregational church Sunday night with a merit program. The orchestra opens with a selection followed by Hymn 341 and a choir reading the scripture, prayer, and response. A New Year recitation, violin solos, and choral pieces conclude with a doxology.
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Congregational
First Congregational
C. C. Stearns
Elijah
Vivian Johnson
Ida Apple
Adolph Adam
Pastor
Christ Child
C. Whitney Coombs
Miss Anger
C. Joseph Brambach
Doxology
Market Letter Weighs Bearish Hints After Holidays
Geo H Phillips notes a dull market with bears favored on limited news. Weather in Argentina improves per Broomhall, a break under 77c for May wheat possible, but traders await post holiday action and a potential set back.
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Geo. H. Phillips
Chicago
Ill
Bears
Broomhall
California cures for Brights Disease and Diabetes claimed
Promoter asserts new compounds cure Bright’s Disease and diabetes with reported recoveries averaging 87 percent. They say details of investigation and demonstration are conclusive and offer to send reports and treatment information for urgent cases locally.
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Bright
California
Market notes echo cautious optimism across grains and provisions
The report notes wheat holders should take profits or wait for a replacement, corn remains firm, May oats attract buyers on widespread tips, and oats and provisions rise with pork lard and ribs expected to gain after a $1 per barrel pork advance.
Real estate transfers for week ending December 26 1902
Transfers listed show Emma Otto and C E Chase from lot 2 block 22 to C B Chase. C E Chase et ux to F A Wilhelme. Philipena Grimm et al to Theodore Schroeder. J W Richardson et ax to Caroline and Emma Schafer. J L Giesler et al to J Sutherland. Muscatine Imp & Mfg Co to Muscatine Sash & Door Co. A F Huleatt to Laurana Plumly. Amounts noted: 850 00 . 787 00 3500 00 735 00 60 00.
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Titus & Jackson
Emma Otto
C. BE. Chase
C. E. Chase
F. A. Wilhelme
Dee Cates
Philipena Grimm
Theodore Schroeder
Montpelier
J. W. Richardson
Caroline
Emma Schafer
North Muscatine
J. L. Giesler
J. Southerland
Park Place
Muscatine
Muscatine Imp & Mfg. Co
Muscatine Sash & Door Co
Bes A. F. Huleatt
Laurana Plumly
Mil
Property Transfers from West Liberty to Auguste Kindler to George Maurer
Fragmentary text records land deals and transfers including M. F. Nolan to Joseph O'Brien for 19 acres at the northeast corner of section Re and Auguste Kindler to George Maurer for lot 6 in Kindler's addition Muscotin.
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West Liberty
F. Nolan
Joseph O'Brien
Auguste Kindler
George Maurer
Kindler
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