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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1901
Page
8
An itemized list notes a 26 inch steel red umbrella with paragon frame and silk, plus white shirt waists and sacques. Prices range from $0.75 to $3.75 for various garments and accessories, including dresses and accessories at several dollar amounts.
The notice lists sales and bargains at Scheetz and the Wonder hardware and department store. It highlights reduced fireworks prices, new white waists, walking hats, and various passengers traveling to Chicago Davenport Nichols Keswick and Kinross for the Fourth of July visits. It also notes local traveling and store promotions and a photo studio operating on the Fourth.
Citywide warning forbids firing cannons firecrackers or revolvers in Muscatine on July 4. Violators will be prosecuted according to law. By order of Mayor Barney Schmidt and City Marshal Chas Balliff.
McQuesten and Sawyer's advertises Davenport combination filter and cooler with emphasis on low prices and selection for sale. Local shop features multiple styles and models for home use.
Aldermen move to advertise bids for Benham avenue works and assign street and alley committee to protect properties from storm water. Reports note gutters and crossings on Ninth and Spring streets washed out by rains and other gutters to be cleaned. Several drainage and sewer matters referred to committees. motions to secure deeds, extend water mains, file excavations, and contract city with property owners for sewer extension.
A dispute between the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway and Hershey Lumber Co in Muscatine centers on a 75 by 1 060 foot strip sought for a right of way. Hershey demands 16 000, the railway won’t meet that, and a new route may be surveyed with lower cost though higher grading.
Special market dispatch shows July grain and livestock prices in Chicago with highs lows opens closes. Wheat corn oats pork lard ribs hogs cattle and sheep receipts and prices at Chicago and Kansas City Omaha with northwest wheat arrivals. Weather notes Iowa showers Omaha rain hot dry Kansas and Nebraska with forecast for thunderstorms and high temps. New York stocks listed with closing quotes. no trading in New York til Monday.
A reader from Hamden Cornwall reports coffee as a stimulant that worsened her father’s health while Postum provided lasting benefits. She describes lingering nervous symptoms before switching to Postum and notes a New Haven clergyman’s wife who recovered her nerves after six weeks on Postum, praising its health effects. Kate Austen.
South Muscatine residents faced with stagnant water near the M. N. and S. railway below the streetcar crossing. The city council has referred the issue to Mayor Schmidt after ongoing complaints about odors since the railway’s construction.
City cemetery gates will be locked at 7 30 p m every evening. This notice to visitors is signed by John Haifleigh the Sexton and serves as formal guidance for entering hours.
Hammersless or hammers-all revolvers offered at lowest prices by McQuesten and Sawyer Company on Fourth of July. Blanks also advertised. opportunity for firearm purchases noted by the dealer.
A special meeting of Iowa lodge No 2 is set for this evening at 7 30 for work in the third degree. Master Masons in good standing are invited and urged to attend.
Local Muscatine dealers tout Coke Dandruff Cure after widespread tests and a surge in sales. The advertisement highlights Coke Shampoo and Toilet Soap for hair, scalp, and skin, with endorsements from customers and figures like George Dewey praising the product.
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