July Fourth travel and local notices in Muscatine
Local items note residents traveling for the Fourth of July to Davenport Des Moines Wilton and Cedar Rapids and returnees visiting relatives. Birth announced a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. W G Negus. Various ads and notices for products services and school events fill the Muscatine page including steamship schedules and a German Baptist picnic at Weed's park.
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Jennie Hazlett
Des Moines
Reuben Blanchard
West Third Street
Wilton
German Baptist Church
Weed's Park
Julia Smith
Oskaloosa
Fourth of July Shirts at Hine Bros City Hat Store
Summer catalog blurb notes Fourth of July shirts and straw hats offered by Hine Bros City Hat Store in a wide range of styles for mid summer wear.
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Hine Bros. City Hat
Fourth of July Hammocks at Hine Bros City Hat Store
A sale of hammocks advertised as Picnic hammocks priced from 1.00 to 6.00. Buyers invited to call and view the line at Hine Bros.' City Hat Store.
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Pike
Hine Bros
Muscatine Pearl Novelty Co Forms in City
Muscatine organizers file articles of incorporation for the Muscatine Pearl Novelty company to manufacture pearl novelties from clam shells and supply match boxes. Capital stock is 30000 dollars. a factory will be built here soon, possibly in the old Van Nostrand saddlery building. Officers named: President W S Hill, Vice President J A Bartemeier, Secretary Treasurer W H Graff, Superintendent J E McClung. Directors include Graff, Hill, Daut, Kendall, McClung, Bartemeier, and Sauer.
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County Recorder
Muscatine Pearl Novelty Company
van Nostrand Saddlery
Chestnut
W. 8. Hill
W. H. Graff
J. A. Bartemeier
J. E. McChing
J. O. Sauer
W. E. Kendall
Fred Daut
Mississippi Pearl Novelty Company
W. S. Hill
J E. McClung
Fred. Daut
J. E. McClung
Fourth of July Observances And Postal Rules In Muscatine
Banks and many stores close on July 4 with limited morning hours and no after noon sales. Postoffice limits first delivery 9 10 and closes windows at 10 while mails go on as usual. Two large religious meetings planned in Citizens Railway Park and Congregational church feature Pauchet's band and sermons by Judson Kempton and Judge Weaver with Titus.
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Muscatine
Postoffice
W. D. Burk
Peoples
Citizens’ Railway Park
Pauchet
Judson Kempton
Baptist Church
First Union
Ministerial Union
Congregational Church
S. M. Weaver
Iowa Supreme Court
G. M. Titus
Muscatine Markets Slow Wheat and Fruit Prices
Wheat markets quoted 90c retail to $1.10. Oats 30 32c retail 35c. Corn 47 50c. Popcorn per pound. Barley dealers pay 45c. Hay prices 6.50 to 8.50, baled 11 to 12. Butter farmers pay 15 to 20c, creamery market 25c. Bananas 15 20c per dozen, oranges 15 45c per dozen, lemons 20c per dozen, pineapples 10 25c apiece. Live stock and fish sections with varied prices follow. Regular quarterly meeting moved to July 3.
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Eee
A B Thorman Co Expands Button Saw Plant in Muscatine
The A B Thorman Co reports rapid growth at 319 Mulberry Street as a small corner operation becomes a large plant. It touts Sheffield steel button saws and a new tempering process that draws high praise from customers including a June 15 testimonial from Muscatine Iowa urging immediate tempering of 1000 sixteen line No 1 saws and 2000 eighteen line No 2 saws for orders.
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A. B. Thurman Co
Mulberry Street
Journal
A. B. Thurman
Sheffield
A. B. Thorman
A. B. Thorman Co
Muscatine
Appendix Kept Busy by Dr King’s New Life Pills
Advertisement for Dr King’s New Life Pills promoted to aid digestion and prevent constipation. Claims to keep the appendix busy. Mentions Havercamp's Pharmacy as supplier and price of 25 cents.
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Dr. King
Havercamp’s
Traveling salesman nets 17½ pound pickerel in Clear Lake
John A. Allen of Chicago representing H J Heinz Co. proves successful on Tuesday by catching a pickerel in Clear Lake weighing 17½ pounds. The catch marks a notable achievement for the traveling man.
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John A. Allen
Chicago
H. J. Heinz Co
Clear Lake
Lambert and Briggs Form New Firm After Dissolution
S. V. Lambert & Son dissolve by mutual consent with S. V. Lambert retiring. Ernest Q. Lambert and Lu E. Briggs form Lambert & Briggs to settle accounts at the old stand corner Railroad road and Main street Ata lissa Iowa, thanking the public for 31 years of courtesy.
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S. V. Lambert & Son
S. V. Lambert
Ernest Q. Lambert
Lu. E. Briggs
Lambert & Briggs
Old Stand
Corner Railroad Road
Main Street
Depot Atalissa
Iowa
Sam V. Lambert
Homeseekers to Northwest Round Trip Tickets Sale
Iowa Central Ry offers weekly Tuesday sales of home seeker round trip tickets to Iowa Minnesota South and North Dakota and the Canadian northwest at one fare plus two dollars. Tickets valid 21 days with stopovers allowed. For rates contact agents or A B Cutts G P and T A Minneapolis Minnesota.
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Homeseekers
Northwest
Iowa Central Ry
Homeseeker
Iowa
Minnesota
South
North Dakota
Canadian Northwest
A. B. Cutts
Minneapolis
Minn
Services at Citizens Railway Park Sunday
Rev. Judson Kempton will hold services at Citizens Railway Park Sunday afternoon at 4 o clock. Special music by the Baptist church choir with Pauchet s full band. The Y M C A quartette will also take part.
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Panchet
Lucia
Donizetti
Wm. Fuhrman
J. N. Elliott
PF Oe
the Baptist Choir
J. W. Potter
Judson Kempton
the Holy City
Blanche K. Stewart
Dr. Beatty
The
Union Service
Citizens Railway Park
Citizens’ Railway Park
Baptist Church Choir
Pauchet
Y. M. C. A. Quartette
Iowa Central Rywill Summer Round Trip Fares Notice
To Lane Agents this notice announces daily summer sale of round trip tickets at one fare plus two dollars to northern Minnesota and Dakota points with return limit October 1st. Low round trip tickets to St Paul and Minneapolis on sale daily after June 1st. For particulars contact agents or A B Cutts G P and T A Minneapolis Minn.
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Iowa Central
Minnesota
Dakota
St. Paul
Minneapolis
A. B. Cutts
Inn
Fourth of July Hats From Hine Bros City Hat Store
White duck hats and caps priced at 25 and 6 cents. Perfect for the Fourth of July. Hine Bros. offer a range of summer headwear at the City Hat Store.
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Hine Bros
Does Your Home Suit You Exchange with G. M. Titus
If your current home fails to fit, consider trading it for a new one with G. M. Titus. He offers exchanges and may provide options to fit your needs without delays.
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G. M. Titus
Iowa Avenue
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W. S. Beatty
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