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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1902
Page
8
The column notes Kemble's offers the county’s only abstract books and can confirm title status in a day. It lists locals and trips including Chas H Gobble to Davenport and Mrs Fitch Swan to Rock Island. It mentions a Baptist turkey dinner February 12 and a Y M C A ministers meeting on Monday.
The world’s greatest entertainer is advertised at Schmidt's music store promoting talking machines and related equipment.
Long column of snippets lists people traveling for visits and business, real estate offers, sales at Schmidt's music store, and upcoming church talks. Mentions J B Mark F E Lambert A E Stiles L Eliason Martha Heller Capt W A Blair and many others with travel plans, shopping, sales, and events around Muscatine and nearby towns.
A society note describes the Comus and Cleomias dancing clubs hosting their first winter dance at the Maccabee hall in the Asthal ter building with invited members and friends. A surprise party for Harry Burrell at his South Muscatine home and another surprise for Conard Carl at 196 West Sixth Street are recounted, with music, games, dancing, and refreshments. The piece closes with the Chicago wedding of Robert Seabury Cook and Miss Gena Vera Nichols, noting Nichols as a violinist of merit and Cook as a Muscatine native who studied at Iowa Eastman and Chicago institutions.
A cordial sendoff was held at the home of Dr and Mrs E H King 417 West Fourth street for Joe King who leaves today aboard the Firefly for Highland Falls New York He will enter Prof Danas preparatory school before his West Point appointment The gathering reflected happiness tempered by sadness with many friends from West Liberty Davenport and area in attendance awaiting a final farewell to their former classmate
Cyclones defeat Muscatine Stars 2284 to 2268 at regulation alleys. Notable scores include Joe Powers 205, 169 1/3 average leading Cyclones while Gilmore 159 162 145 and DeLance 129 167 181 highlight Muscatine performances.
Schmidt's Music Store offers talking machines at great bargains with best machines and records selling fast. Don't miss the chance to buy a quality phonograph and enjoy new records at low prices.
The Hot Springs of Arkansas are described as a national health resort owned and endorsed by the U.S. government for rheumatism neuralgia grippe and other illnesses. The piece promotes winter climate 200 hotels, and suggests contacting B.C.R. and N. ticket agents or Jno. G. Farmer in Cedar Rapids for reduced rates and information. It also directs readers to the Bureau of Information in Hot Springs for illustrated guides.
If you have a few hundred dollars for first payment you can buy a good home on long time. Titus and Jackson advertise choice bargains in first class locations and invite you to call at once.
Bids are invited in the county auditor's office until Tuesday January 28 at noon for constructing a storage vault in the basement of the courthouse. Specifications are on file in the county auditor's office. A. C. Noble, County Auditor.
The Handsomest Calendar of the season offers six reproductions by Moran on six sheets 19 by 12 inches in ten colors. Issued by the General Passenger Department of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway, the calendar costs twenty five cents and can be obtained by sending payment to F. A. Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
Schmidt’s Music Store advertises talking machines with a $14 outfit including twelve records. The offer emphasizes value and beauty of the set.
An advertisement claims Recto offers a cure for piles with a pile pipe free per package. It pledges a positive guarantee and no cure no pay. Price is 50 cents with free samples, by J J Slavercamp.
A. F. Critz arrived in Rock Island for a business visit today, meeting local executives and discussing potential commercial opportunities.
The article lists bid quotes for Wheat Corn and Oats with May and July figures, plus ParkoO prices. It reports Chicago hogs receipts and price ranges from 5.70 to 6.55, cattle and sheep receipts and steady closes, and Northwest wheat receipts across Minneapolis and Duluth with weekly totals. It also notes Liverpool and Cattle Beeves price ranges and regional stocker values.
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