Real Estate Talks Drive Muscatine Growth and Y M C A Site Question
Muscatine investors discuss new department stores with bids seen in Clinton and Davenport. Downtown sales rise in value while many want to sell later for higher prices. The Y M C A building location remains unsettled as developers eye a premier block near Second Street and a site with room for a $40,000 structure.
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Muscatine
Clinton
Reid & Conger
Chicago
New York
Davenport
Burlington
Second Street
West Second Street
Opera House
First Baptist Church Holds Special Meeting in Muscatine
The First Baptist church held a special meeting to review committee reports and officer duties and to determine year end balances. Mrs. Fila Jayne was elected missionary treasurer and Rev. H. R. Greaves from Albany will become pastor arriving mid February.
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First Baptist Church
A. W. Hine
Fila Jayne
Harry Horst
H. R. Greaves
Albany
New York
Muscatine
Mr. Greaves
Provisions trader notes outlook on pork and meats
The writer observes continuous selling of long-held provisions with a potential setback toward May pork around 17. Lard and ribs may follow lower in sympathy while overall provisions remain solid buy on declines.
Shocking crime near Columbus Junction shocks Muscatine
Word reached Muscatine of two young men bound over to the grand jury for alleged assault of a child near Columbus Junction in Muscatine county. The 11 year old girl, daughter of respectable parents, was allegedly assaulted after the Columbus Junction fair. Two men, Thomas Bebb and Crocker, were arrested and bonded at 1500 dollars each. Authorities expect a long penitentiary term if convicted.
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Muscatine
Muscatine County
South
Columbus Junction
Thomas Bebb
Crocker
Muscatine Market Sees Prices Rise Across Staples
Prices shift upward on many goods with oranges plentiful and apples scarce. Sugar drops to $5.05–$5.15 per 100 pounds while bran and shorts rise. eggs, fruits, and vegetables show varied movements as merchants report strong demand and improving market activity.
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Muscatine
United States
Paducah
Kentucky
New Orleans
St. Louis
Florida
California
Mrs William Schaefer Dies at 921 Cedar Street
Mrs William Schaefer aged 79 years five months four days died at her home 921 Cedar Street yesterday afternoon around 3.00. Born in Hessen Germany she came to the United States in 1860 settling in Muscatine where she lived until her death. She leaves her husband a son Henry Schaefer and two daughters Mrs John Bloom and Mrs Chris Kloop.
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Wm. Schaefer
Cedar Street
Hessen
Germany
Muscatine
Henry Schaefer
John Bloom
Chris Kloop
Grain and Livestock Market Prices Report
New corn at 65 68 cents per bushel oats 45 cents oat meal 45 cents wheat 65 70 cents rye 51 cents barley 40 cents Timothy hay 12 14 dollars hay baled 14 dollars butter 20 cents lard 12 and a half cents hogs 5 60 to 6 dollars cattle 3.00 to 3.26 per hundredweight calves 3.00 to 1.00 sheep 3.00 to 3.50 per cwt lamb 3 6 to 4 cents per pound turkeys alive 54 to 57 cents dressed 10 cents young chickens alive 26 cents dressed 8 cents old chickens alive 5 cents dressed 7 cents ducks live weight 6 cents per pound.
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Graham
Rio
Turke's
T&c
Illinois
Guarantee of Refund Policy For Bottles
The notice from G A Riemeke Nesper Co J J Havercamp W B Barkalow and J Theo Keuchman offers refunds on Green's Warranted tonic bottles priced 60 and 25 cents. They guarantee satisfaction or money refunded and state a money-back promise if the product does not cure cold or flu symptoms.
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G. A. Riemeke
Nesper & Co
J. J. Havercamp
W. B. Barkalow
J. Theo. Keuchman
Wheat market in wobbling day as bears push prices down
Phillips Market Letter notes heavy selling around the wheat market with a drop to near the day’s low and huge trade volume. Shorts dominate selling at the top and again today, with a cautious view on further declines and a recommendation to take profits on bulges while buying on subsequent declines. Corn and oats show mixed signals amid government report expectations and recent moves.
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Phillips
Chicago
Til
Washington
Opportunities for Home seekers on Iowa Centre trains
The Iowa Centre railway offers home-seekers excursion tickets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month to Iowa Minnesota North and South Dakota Montana Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Texas and more. Tickets are one fare plus two dollars for round trip with a twenty one day final return limit. Geo S Batty Marshalltown Iowa provides full particulars.
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Iowa Centre Railway
Iowa
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Montana
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Iowa Central
Geo. S. Batty
Marshalltown
Pneumonia Seen as Contagious Disease in Early View
The article asserts pneumonia is increasingly identified as contagious and predicts future isolation of cases akin to scarlet fever and diphtheria. It emphasizes growing certainty about transmission and the need for careful separation of patients.
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Anson Clothing Co
Department Store
Recorder’s Office
Court House
Y. M. C. A. Building
Baptist Church Meeting
Bran
Shorts
Hocking Valley
Pocahontas
William Schaefer
Directbox
Camberlin, Kinot & Co
Howard
Domai
Oliver Doud
Byron
Geo. B. Howard
Hal. Reid
Roanoke
People's
Sycamore Street
Eagle Iron Works and Foundry
Chas. Miller
Prop
F. Giesenhaus
East
D. J. L. Pentzer
E. 2d St
Albert Frig
Muscatine Island
Mr. DeCamp
G P. Teeple
Wilton
C. P. Teeple
Wilton, Ia
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