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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1902
Page
8
A collage of ads and notices including real estate bargains from Titus & Jackson, millinery and dry goods promos, seed and garden stock from Thompson Bros, funeral for Mrs. E. L. Cole, railway and passenger updates, and a major music sale by Hirt & Griffith with 3000 sheet titles and a piano recital option.
Experience required to solicit for the Journal in Muscatine city for a month or six weeks. Good proposition to the right man. Call at earliest possible moment.
An examination outlines Ludwig pianos advantages over competitors in tone stability craftsmanship and user-friendly action. It notes responsive touch durable construction and consistent intonation across registers for discerning players and studios.
Readable ad fragment highlights Scheetz's offering of collectible glassware novelties priced at 10 cents each. The copy emphasizes attractive designs and budget friendly options for shoppers browsing gift or decorative items.
The Burlington Hawk Eye reports Charles Anderson, an inmate at the Louisa county farm, escaped Sunday and was tracked by Sheriff Saunders from Muscatine authorities. He was recaptured about eight miles southwest of Wapello and returned to the Muscatine county farm. Anderson, once Joliet prison an inmate, is described as not violent but not right and planned to head to Oklahoma.
In 1991 Rock Island shifts passenger service to Grand Central depot at Fifth Avenue and Harrison Street after vacating the Van Buren site. The old site will later host a premier passenger station while B C R N trains enter Chicago via Rock Island. Other lines Lake Shore Michigan Southern Nickel Plate and Baltimore and Ohio also use Grand Central and connect with B C R N trains.
Captain J C Erb and Captain R H Wiren present a stereopticon lecture at the Salvation Army hall on Thursday January 23 at 8 o clock. About 150 views depict Salvation Army work in the United States and social rescue efforts, plus 50 views of the Galveston disaster relief. Admission 25 cents, children 15 cents, tickets from Salvation Army officers.
The undersigned offer to refund the money on a 50 cent Green's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure cough or cold and a 25 cent bottle to prove satisfaction or money refunded. Signatories include G. A. Riemcke Nesper & Co J J Havercamp W B Barkalow and J Theo Keuchman.
W S Berry of Letts was in the city today for unspecified business, adding to the day's local activity.
Special market dispatch notes Chicago activity with Wheat Jan May July prices around 79% and 64% respectively. Corn May 64, oats May 46, pork 16.55, lard near 9.50, ribs about 8.50. Receipts show hogs 55,000 and cattle 19,500. markets open lower for hogs, steady to slow for cattle and steady for sheep. Northwestern wheat receipts list Minneapolis and Duluth figures, while Liverpool grain ends with mixed gains and loses. Beefs range 3.90 to 7.30, cows 1.40 to 4.55, Texas 4.10 to 5.25, stockers 2.50 to 4.50.
The Friede aerial globe would be the world’s largest permanent St Louis attraction after the 1903 exposition. It rises 700 feet with observatories 100 feet higher and six dozen elevators to views over the Mississippi and surrounding scenery. The $2 million project includes suspended gardens cafes music halls palm courts and a colossal convention hall and memorial room.
Mardi Gras carnivals will be held in New Orleans Moline and Pensacola from February 4 to 11. The Louisville and Nashville R R offers round trip tickets to those cities at a single fare with sale Feb 4 to 10 and travel allowed through Feb 28. An illustrated booklet on Mardi Gras history can be requested from C L Stone General Pass Agent Louisville and Nashville R R Louisville Ky.
The notice lists per pound prices for various fish including codfish at 12½c and salmon at 10c, with buffalo and white fish priced 7c to 10c. Other items include carp 5c, croppies 10c, pickerel 8c, salmon trout 10c, and smelts 10c. The note ends with a remark on cigars being highly popular in Germany.
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