Banquet at Commercial hotel sparks Y M C A plans
The first annual conference and banquet of the Muscatine Y M C A unfolds tonight at the Commercial hotel with speakers including Gov. elect A. B. Cummins and Judge Seldon P. Spencer. Organizers report debt freedom, improved facilities, and hints of building a new Y M C A in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Mens Christian Association
Commercial Hotel
W. F. Chevalier
Y M.C.A
A. B. Cummins
Iowa
Seldon P. Spencer
Circuit Court of
St. Louis
S. D. Gordon
M. A. Mayer
Bananet
Col
C. C. Horton
Marshalltown
Voune Ven
Christian Association
December Sets Record for Matrimonial Licenses
In December 33 marriage licenses were issued in 16 days at the county clerk’s office, with a surge on December 24 when 7 licenses were granted. Couples tended to apply on alternating days, leaving some days with none. Clerk Richman issued licenses on 16 of the 31 days, including four on the last day of the old year, ending in the new.
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Richman
H. O. Jarrard
Dora Boggs
Festival Society play dances through Stein's Hall
Members of the bar society performed in a Sacramento penitence celebration staged at Stein's Hall on Wednesday evening. Cast include Jacob Lamb as Captain Thompson, Miss Alice Phoenix as Becky Sleeper, Walter Sez as Teddy Sleeper, Miss Maloren White as Hulda Prime, Peter Townley as Captain Sleeper, and Miss Maunsley as Mrs Sleeper. The Dunbar society directed the event, with praise for the performers and the overall success. The home study by Miss Flora and recitals by Miss Manlove, later funded by class efforts, conclude the note.
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Bar Society
Stein's Hall
Jacob Lamb
Captaf Thompson
Takif
Dunbar Society
Thite
Anager
Ent
West Liberty politician plans Des Moines trip and committee work
In a Journal interview he said he would travel to Des Moines next Enday as the legislature nears reopening. He has no special bills ready but potential issues may arise. He will base his HQ at the Savery and seeks key committee assignments. Friends expect Nichols to represent Iscntine county capably and safeguard its interests.
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West Liberty
Journal
Des Moines
Invoicing Season Tops Muscatine Shops
Merchants in Muscatine begin annual invoicing to tally stock and set prices for 1901. Business proprietors survey inventories on ladders and scrutinize goods, a long tedious task reflecting a year of credit and sales.
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Muscatine
Bness Houses
Muscaetine
Corn Market Steady as Receipts Climb and Prices Dip
Local grain market shows corn off a little due to heavy recent receipts and slightly reduced demand. Prices now 65 to 68 cents per bushel with apples and other produce varying in price. meats and other goods show no major changes.
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Eri
Commission House
Quarantine Markets List Grain Produce and Live Stock Prices
Price survey shows grain meats and staples with figures for corn oats wheat rye hay and potatoes. Livestock and poultry values include hogs cattle calves sheep lambs turkeys chickens ducks geese and related dressed and live weights. Retail prices for flour corn meal bran sugar coffee butter eggs and cheese are noted alongside vegetables and miscellaneous items.
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Illinois
Graham
Albani's London Debut Ends In Opera House Mixup
The soprano Mine Albani travels to London to sign a contract with Colonel Mapleson for Her Majesty's Theatre. A Practical joke by rival impresario Mr. Gye leads to a signed document for Covent Garden instead. Albani rises to stardom and later marries Mr. Gye's son.
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Albani
London
Colonel Mapleson
Malta
Her Majesty's Theater
Her Majesty's
Covent Garden
Nilsson
Gye
Japan's Kimi Ga Yo Anthem Briefly Described
The article notes Japan's national anthem Kimi Ga Yo as a five line renta of thirty two syllables, with a translation pledging lasting dominion. It highlights concise Japanese poetic form and provides the full Japanese lines and an English rendering.
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Japan
America
Auctioning the Roman Empire After Pertinax Death
The Roman empire was auctioned after Pertinax’s death in 193. Sulpician and Julian competed before Julian won the bid at 6 250 drachmas. Roman auctions followed a standard form with auctio sub hasta for plunder and magister auctionis chosen from argentarii with cashiers as assistants.
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Pertinax
Sulpician
Julian
Reading Old Love Letters After Marriage
The piece notes many couples save joint love letters as cherished belongings but few revisit them once romance fades and daily life begins. It wonders why people rarely reread past notes and suggests reduced need to dwell on earlier sentiments.
Stranger asks direction in Strand street ending by river
A befogged man wandering a London Strand side street collides with a passerby who informs him the street leads into the river and that the speaker has just come from it. The exchange is reported by Free Lance.
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London
Strand
Free Lance
Crossed vegetables trace origins of cabbage turnip and lettuce
A headless cabbage crossed with a turnip yielded the rape plant, and cabbage and turnips share kinship with lettuce. The text traces a distant parent plant from which these crops and many others descended, linking their traits across evolutionary history.
Home seekers and land investors folder offered by Illinois Central
The passenger department of the Illinois Central Railroad announces three new folders for Homeseekers and Land Investors. The folders provide resources on Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana, highlighting investment opportunities. Homeseekers excursions run the first Tuesday monthly at one fare plus $2.00, with free copies available from J. F. Merry in Dubuque Iowa.
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Tne
Maois Central Railroad
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Illinois Central
Firce
Ihid
Timoer
Far
Dubuque
Iowa
J. F. Merry
Warranty offer on Green's Syrup of Tar bottles
The undersigned pledge refunds on a 50cent bottle of Green's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure coughs or colds and a 25cent bottle is guaranteed to prove satisfaction or money refunded. Signatories include G. A. Riemecke, W. B. Barkalow, J. J. Havercamp, Nesper & Co., J. Taeo, Keuchman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Riemecke
W. B. Barkalow
J. J. Havercamp
Nesper & Co
J. Taeo. Keuchman
Grace Hotel Chicago Promoted as Convenient Stay
Special notice invites Muscatine residents to stay at the Grace Hotel in Chicago, claiming it offers the most convenient and reasonably priced lodging at the corner of Jackson Boulevard and Clark Street. The message urges travelers to try the Grace on their next trip to Chicago.
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Chicago
Grace
Jackson Boule
Clark Street
New Panitorium Club Promises Clean, Pressed Clothes
Be neat. Your clothes cleaned and pressed for $1 a month. Service offered with call for pickup and delivery by the Panitorium club.
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Young Men's Christian Association
C. F. Nevins
Edmond Lewis
Zella Rock
Mark Taylor
Mae Car
Thomas Seaton
Pearl Anna Rhodes
Charley H. Fridley
Rosie May Eis
Winfield S. Elliott
M. T. Terry
Thadeus M. Pratt
Laura Alice Bowie
Valentine Lenz
Eliora Sedam
Frank F. Blanchard
Flora A. Baird
William C. Oliver
Della
A. Blery
Ernest H. Pace
Pearl L. Sherfey
S. W. Tennant
Bertram Hill
J. C. Kinsey
Hel M James
Parmenas Lambda
Cora V. McGowan
George M. Simmins
Bertha L. Mockmore
Fred_ E. Burkifra
Gertrude E. Vanatta
Thomas J. Pipups
Pearl Carpenter
Theodore J.cke
Grace van Horn
Society
ED Peed
J. J. Nichols
Wiil Geo Des
Merchant of
Markets Today
Chicago Board of Trade
Hocking Valley
Pocahontas Couai
Mqquatine Markets
Albani and Gye
the Daily Journal
Mus. Lumber & Box Co
East Second Street
Chinatown
Atrip
San Francisco
California
Burlington
Omaha
Los Angeles
Franets
Omaha, Neb
Homeseekers
A Cara
J. L. Giesler
J. H. Kaiser
S. L. Johnson
TF. H. Little
Gus Schmidt
John H. Kaiser
A. Baird
F. W. Swan
F. W. Eversmeyer
J. L. Geisler
C. A. Mull
J. d. Blackwell
Force and Board of Trade
C. Collins
Jackson Boulevard
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