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Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 06, 1909

Page

8

Local Notices and Classified Briefs Highlight Sales and Events

Local items note Dr. A B Clapp eye ear nose and throat specialist at Hershey Building. For sale land expected to double in value soon. must sell at once to John A Robbins. The Colonel Hare Thimble Bee meeting at Mrs Mayme Price's East Fifth Street postponed. Bestenlehner's Cherry Balsam for cold. Baptist Ladies Aid to host all day sewing at church parlors Thursday. annual business meeting planned.

John A. Robbins Colonel Hare Thimble Bee Mayme Price East Fifth Street Baptist Ladies’ Aid

Y M C A Five Leaves Davenport for Two Bout Trips

The Y M C A basketball five under Physical Director Johnson departs Davenport at 3:20 PM for a two day trip. They face the Wilton Crescents tonight and the Peoria Clippers tomorrow, games expected to be hard.

Johnson Association Wilton Crescents Crescent Five Wilton Peoria Clippers Davenport

Your Body May Freeze But Your Feet Can Live in the Sun

A vintage ad promotes Brownworth Sunny South Shoes priced at 1.25 dollars. The copy emphasizes warmth and sun friendly comfort for feet, branding the footwear as a summer suited option.

Brownworth

A Good Combination at Ashcraft’s East Second St

Frank Ashcraft’s on East Second Street features Fairbank engines Red Jacket pumps and U S separators in a noted workshop display. The setup highlights durable industrial equipment for local buyers seeking reliable machinery.

Fairbank Red Jacket U. S Frank Ashcraft’s East 2Nd St

Jewelry Repairing Now Open for Your Timepiece Needs

After the busy season, we are prepared to handle repair work. Watches and clocks cleaned by experienced men who understand delicate construction. All work guaranteed to be satisfactory in every detail.

Local notes from Pomeroy and nearby towns

Miss Lizzie Epperly visits her brother Omer near Peniel. Families recover from sore throat illness. Linn brothers return from Joy and Aledo for Christmas. Funeral attended for Willie Bishop's son in Muscatine. Suburban road work east of Aledo seen. Ethel Sheriff visits from DeKalb for holidays. School resumes after holidays. teachers visit Missouri. Mrs. Crawford visits niece in Aledo.

Pomeroy Ill Lizzie Epperly Omer Peniel Wm. Retherford Chas. Shoppa Jetta Linn Joy Aledo Oscar Bogart Eliza Willie Bishop Muscatine Goff Crapnell Everett Earl Boruff Gilbert Robison William Retherford Jane Thomason Ethel Sheriff DeKalb Bertha Charles Kellums Fannie Cornell Drury Fisher S. S. Boruff Marietta Boruff Elizabeth Boruff Keithsburg Mayme Reed Pomeroy School Missouri F. A. Crawford John Parkinson

Dynamite wrecks buildings as coughs wreck lungs

A local ad claims dynamite wrecks buildings as coughs wreck lungs and promotes Dr King's New Discovery as a quick cure priced at 50c and 1.00 from Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.

Dr. King Havercamp

Batterson Stores lands major Muscatine court house furniture contract

Batterson Stores of Muscatine won a large furniture contract for the new county court house, beating Des Moines rivals. Seven bids were submitted. Batterson offered lower figures and higher quality samples, with the board awarding the job after review. The project includes desks, tables, cabinets, chairs, railings, and specialized office furniture across all rooms.

Muscatine Batterson Stores Court House United States New Court House Joseph E. Mills Retail Furniture House Des Moines Muscatines Chicago Board of Supervisors Batterson

Miserable evenings fade with Pape's Diapepsin relief

Reader urged to visit a pharmacist for a 50 cent case of Pape's Diapepsin to end indigestion quickly. One 22 grain Triangule after meals promised five minute relief from stomach heaviness, gas, heartburn, and nausea.

Folios and Instructors Offer Music Items on Sale

The store lists merry widow full vocal and instrumental scores priced at two dollars. Violin and piano instruction sessions offered at thirty cents. Concone voice works available, with additional titles including Deire's Dream and Heart's Desire Meditation.

Chicago Grain and Provision Market Today

Chicago market report for January 6 shows May wheat opening at 1.07 to 1.08 dollars with high around 1.08 and closing near 1.075. May corn trends include 61 4 to 61 1/2 cents with July around 61 1/2 and oats at 51 cents May and 46 cents July. Chicago cash grain prices list No. 2 red wheat 1.06 to 1.07, No. 3 red 1.04 to 1.06, No. 2 hard 1.04 to 1.06, with various other grades and prices.

Chicago Timothy

Chicago Live Stock Market Summary

Cattle receipts 17 000 steady to shade higher with beeves 3.90 to 7.50. stockers and feeders 2.80 to 4.85. cows and heifers 1.75 to 5.10. westerns 4.00 to 5.60. Hogs receipts 40 000 5 10c higher. light 5.30 to 5.35. mixed 5.60 to 6.20. heavy 5.65 to 6.25. bulk 5.75 to 8.10. Sheep receipts 20 000 steady. ewes 2.85 to 5.35. lambs 4.50 to 7.65. yearlings 5.50 to 6.75.

Chicago Ill

Chicago Produce Market Snapshot

Chicago January 6 butter prices steady creameries 22 22 cents dairies 21 to 27 cents eggs firm firsts 30 cents.

Chicago

Chicago Poultry Market Steady Prices Listed

Chicago market report shows poultry steady with turkey 16 cents per pound chickens 12 and a half cents and springs 14 cents. No other items or entities provided.

Butter and Eggs Steady at New York Produce Market

New York Produce Market reports butter steady to firm with receipts of 5,000. Eggs are firm with 8,800 received. firsts at 32 cents, seconds at 30 and 31 cents. No changes in price trends indicated.

New York

New York Gratin Market Poultry Prices

New York grain market note lists poultry prices in New York on January 6. Alive chickens 14c, fowls 11c, turkeys 12 to 18c. Dressed chickens 16 to 21c, fowls 12 to 14c, turkeys 21 to 23c.

New York Gratin New York

New York Grain Market Report

New York New York Grain Market reports May wheat at 1.11 dollars per bushel and corn at 68 and a quarter cents.

New York N. Y

Peoria Corn Market Brief

Peoria reports corn market activity on January 6 with No 3 yellow corn priced at 57 cents per bushel.

Peoria Corn Moerket Peoria

Flour Favors Gold Medal Brand Mentioned by Melissa

Melissa praises Gold Medal flour as the only brand she has had luck with. She mentions Lucrnpa in connection with her baking experience.

Melissa

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Krranz Journal Office Money Saving Store Siegel & Isaacs East Second Street A. B. Clapp Hershey Bestenlehner Hoculiation Five Peoria Tomor Company C Colorado School of Mines Five W.G. Block Iowa Avenue Cadle’s New Jewelry Store Logal Firm Patterson Stores Third and Sycamore Hohman Kohler Concone Seiber Star Dance Folio Strauss Dance Johnny Mitchel Man Henri Weil Gibson Man Heart's Lizzie Vesuvius Boston Town Southland Dolly Dimple Mandy Will O’ the Wisp The National Guards Deire Heart Panitorium U. S. Weidling Hirt & Fesler Chicago, Il Coae Thompson Bros, Company
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