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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1903
Page
8
Local notices promote a Friday basketball game at the armory between Burlington Y M C A and Co C. Jubilee entertainment and dances planned for New Year’s Eve. Several residents, including Ira Doughty and Joseph Miller, are in town for business.
Notice to the Public stating that the author will assume his father's grocery business on January 1 and will operate a strictly cash business thereafter. Signed C. A. Giesenhaus.
Annual meeting of the Muscatine Young Men's Christian Association will elect directors for a three year term. A short program in the association hall will precede watch night services led by Rev E C Brooks. Open house all day tomorrow and opening of the institute with addresses by Rev Father Leonard and Prof F E Bolton.
Bankers Pioneer association members and their families are invited to a free social on Friday January 1 1994. Per Order Committee.
A customer letter after New Year's praises Barnard's Model Laundry for consistent satisfaction and vows to remain loyal. The note signatures as Jack expresses commitment to the service.
All persons indebted to me will please call and settle as I retire from business January 1. F Giesenhaus.
Due to an early move we must reduce our large stock of hardware chinaware glassware and cutlery. Everything must go regardless of cost. This is the greatest bargain chance of the year. The sale is now on. come and take your pick.
The Iroquois Theatre blaze in Chicago claimed two Cedar Rapids residents Nina and Bessie Chapman who were visiting friends. Florence Chase in Chicago was safe after threats she might have been at the theatre proved unfounded. Chief ONeill described rescuers climbing over interlocked bodies to reach survivors as smoke filled the lobby and the pile of corpses extended to the balcony stairs.
Chicago officials and underwriters inspectors traced the fatal blaze to a faulty wire supporting the aerial ballet queen. The wire snagged the asbestos curtain in the second act, keeping it from lowering and blocking the flames. The finding identifies the wire as the main factor in the disaster.
A partial OCR shows a list of individuals including Donald Wells, Paul Winder, Harriet Wolff, Ella Wachs, Emma Weiskopf, Mrs. John J. Weber, Mrs. Thomas Wymer, Miss Florence O White, Eva Wire, Freda White, Mrs. W. K. Zeisler, and Walter B. Washington, among others.
A Philadelphia Bulletin note recalls a singer told she could not sing, with the punchline that the teacher earned $2 per vocal lesson.
A brief verse praises enduring bulls and bears and thanks readers who stay calm amid stock shocks. The poem reflects currency worries and investor resilience during market swings.
A witty exchange appears in the Detroit Free Press noting the joke What do you get in return for your verses Reverses. The quip underscores playful wordplay in literary circles with a light jab at poets.
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