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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1900
Page
7
A dress parade highlights made to order suits by skilled weavers. Woolen stock offers season fabrics described as light and cool with artistic patterns admired by patrons. French flannel summer suits and a line of trousers from $5.50 invite customers to visit.
Local notice advertises a tailor shop at 110 East Second Street with dress accessories for men and women. It highlights upstairs storage or showroom space and emphasizes updated fashions and quick alterations.
Three well contested races at the fair ground drew a large crowd as Madam Nordica broke pacing records along with Sarah Lou Harry H. and Nana On the Winners in a breezy regatta favored by favorable winds.
Reed's store offers W. E. Battey fireworks as John Bohling and others travel for the Fourth. Muscatine hosts a gala racing day with Madam Nordice winning heats and Sarah Lou taking the purse in a tight track program. The Davenport Times team covers local arrivals, a funeral, Volunteers of America move, and a city fair with racing, prizes, and a beer garden.
The notice warns that prices or availability are at a low point for the winter stock of McQuesten and Sawyer Co. and urges securing supplies before further advances.
Yesterday afternoon offered ideal conditions for boat racing on the river. Spectators watched several boats compete in the regatta as crews navigated the course with speed and precision.
Advertises 80 acres for exchange near Annondale California for Muscatine city property or nearby farmland. Also lists multiple houses with 7 to 10 rooms on Eighth Street Mulberry area and other streets, varying acreages, including 4 to 8 room houses with lots, barns, and furnaces. Contact for full particulars and pricing.
Unclear OCR fragment shows Arnold and Weidlein on Secona street Muscatine with figures 190¢ and 7 eeer. No full context or action.
Events by the city sailors opened on time with all entries. Final judging rests with a competent official who will review craft measurements. Race times show Ellis cup entrants with fastest marks, Berlin Studio cup results, and combined row and sail boat results, as judges R. O. McGaughey A. B. ve er and Chas. W. Hodge announce.
Farmers report extensive corn and ripening small grain yields with little idle land. The town plans July 4 events with the Lettsville band and a Cedar River bridge picnic. Garret Bros ship cattle and hogs. repairs and building projects continue as rains refresh crops. Daily life includes visiting relatives and farm activity across Main Street.
J A Linder editor Advocate Humeston Iowa endorses Beggs Hair Renewer claiming it cures hair loss and restores growth and color. Guarantees results for all scalp diseases and urges trying it at J J Havercamp's location.
An advertisement promises rapid cough relief with Mull's Lightning Cough Cure priced at 25 cents. The simple pitch emphasizes quick action and affordability, targeting readers seeking fast throat relief.
In a fair grounds baseball game Iowa City defeated West Liberty 19 to 11. A local youth from Iowa City suffered a broken rib and a night operator Mr. Martin weakened from heat while running a foot race. Large crowd and notable patriotic demonstrations framed the event with upcoming fuller write ups promised. Funeral and marriage notices, plus local travel and visiting guests, fill the rest of the column.
R M Booth of Elgin Illinois writes that Beggs German Salve cured his piles after all other remedies failed and that he would not be without it even if it cost ten dollars a box. The product is available at J J Havercamp's.
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Holmes of Elza township stayed with Elder M. D. Murdock and family on Saturday and attended Buffalo Prairie chapel services on Sunday. Elder Murdock preached at 11 a. m. and Elder D. S. Holmes preached in Millersburg that night before returning home Monday morning the 2nd.
Holmes and Murdock traveled to Illinois City for church business then met Father McDonald and arrived back after nightfall due to rain. Locally, rain refreshed fields though delaying clover hay. Elderly Mr Springer is very ill and may not recover. Mrs Eunice Bowser of Muscatine visits relatives. The Bull families share visits and school picnic notes.
Local applications fail to reach the disease. catarrh is a constitutional issue and internal remedies cure it. Hall's Catarrh Cure is an internal medicine acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It is a nonquack prescription from a leading physician, blending tonics with blood purifiers to produce results. Send for testimonials. Toledo Ohio suppliers. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. Hall's Family Pills recommended.
Handicap events in Paris feature 100 metres flat, 400 metres flat, 1 500 metres flat, long jump, high jump, throwing weight and 5 000 metres scratch. First prize 300 francs for main events, 100 francs for others, with 2nd and other prizes.
Pain relief product promoted as Mull's Lightning Pain Killer priced at 25 cents. Advertises widespread druggist availability and aims to curb sharp pain with fast acting formula.
Ad claims Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets keep bowels healthy. Mentions Asnemed physician authority and medical tone. Product promotion references digestive wellness and regularity.
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