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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1901
Page
6
Atalissa July 18 reports a quiet rain ending a heat spell that dropped the thermometer from 102 to 75 by morning. Locals note disappointing rain totals but welcome cooler conditions after sultry conditions. The town notes visits, church pulpit exchanges, and local travel as residents pursue opportunities in nearby states.
Ten or more tickets on the Young to Black Hawk Tower will be furnished at Ticeach. A management change in the park this year brings a new, accommodating manager making visits more pleasant.
Community brief covers neighbor events and daily happenings in nearby towns with a focus on reliable local reports. Readers gain quick updates on everyday activities, social notes, and noteworthy items from the neighborhood.
Warm dry spell threatens corn as blades contract and crops risk. hay and grain work dominates, tractors active. Local tidbits include residents visiting, funerals, a postmistress appointment, an arm injury, barn nearing completion, and a show billed for the 22nd with plans for visits and travels of editors and carriers.
Rain cooled Yankee Hollow as oats are cut and threshing busy. Attendance at Durant’s Hall animal show drew many. Mrs. Barker returns to Fredonia after visiting her daughter Mrs. Nolte. H B Wetters and Harriman vist political fences and call on Thes. Bomt. Various residents attend funerals and visits in Muscatine Wilton Nichols Chicago. A new telephone improves service and mail will be delivered to doors after Aug. 1. The place is noted as uncomfortable to live in.
New York fashion notes celebrate summer styles with thin diaphanous gowns, gauzy hems, and red accents. Descriptions cover pale yellow linen dresses, ecru batistes with white embroidery, taffeta trim bands, mohair ensembles with satin bands, and an array of hats from cream straw to Amazon shapes.
Local testimonial from Mr. Wm Curtain of 202 East Fifth Street praising Doan's Kidney Pills for back and kidney pain. He spent money on remedies before, but found relief after using a box from Havercam's drug store. Price 80 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Doan's.
Dry weather has damaged corn and crops while a mad dog scare leads to muzzling all town dogs for 30 days. In other notes, a new marriage, a driving horse purchase, monument work, railway options, and a charity ice cream social at the Epworth League discuss town life in Conesville and surrounding area.
Nearby visitors Jas McKee and son Albert of Muscatine investigated his farm in town Tuesday. S W Field and wife plus Miss Summers and Miss Van Camp visited Nichols for Rev Millice's quarterly meeting. Dry weather persists with corn drying up and stalks whitening. a heavy rain could help some fields, but most will yield little. melons stand drought well. sweet potatoes drying rapidly.
Ainsworth this week reported two runaways with minor injuries from a broken horse and a buggy spin. A wedding occurred at the bride’s parents home between Doctor Anderson and Miss Nelie Crawford. Ainsworth beat Washington 23 to 12 at a local hall. Harvesting progresses as the thresher works and rain sprinkles a small shower.
Buffalo New York May 1 to November 1 1901 rates for six months or thirty days on application call at the passenger depot for information regarding the exposition travel rates and schedules
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