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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1902
Page
8
Thiesen for pure drugs and Scheetz’s for housekeeping supplies headline a bustling Davenport city page. Local residents John Peck and Judge Brannan visited, mackerel arrived at Wheeler’s, and Aldermen Seiler and Otto returned from Chicago. A Greek worker lost a thumb on a handcar while near the C R I & P line.
Two carloads of horses from South Dakota aged 3 to 5 years, bay and brown, 15 to 15.2 hands, offered as a choice lot. See them at Rock Island stock yards July 26 at 1 o’clock. Smith Bros. E. C. Peto, auctioneers.
If you have a few hundred dollars you can buy a home on long time and easy terms. You will not make a mistake in buying Muscatine real estate with Titus and Jack son guiding the purchase.
Pure ice at P H Elfers and hosiery sales at Geo B Jackson highlight a morning of local commerce. Visitors include Messrs Sconce and Rhodebush from Eldon, and Mrs J H Rowe arriving with daughter Clara. Also listed are embroidery and fruit sales at St Johns, plans for a two week Kansas City visit by Fred Huttig, and a El Paso Chicago business trip by Will Kaiser.
The Iowa Central Railway introduces a sleeping car service from St. Paul and Minneapolis to Kansas City St. Louis and Peoria aimed at travelers seeking speed and convenience. The Limited departs Elrick Junction daily at 7 57 a m for Peoria and points east. See local ticket agent.
The city will hold caucuses at 8 o'clock tonight to choose delegates for the county convention next Saturday at the courthouse. Delegates will advance to the state and congressional conventions. First ward at Excelsior hose house, second ward at City hall, third ward at Rescue hose house, and fourth ward at Relief hose house.
The world’s greatest craze prompts quick buys at H. Schmidt & Son Co as limited Ping Pong sets arrive. River levels fall another half foot in 24 hours with muddy water and little change forecast between Dubuque and Muscatine. Fred Garrison and companions visited Geneva Island for a day trip. Reservoir Park social promises a lively evening. Cups and saucers 25c set at The Maze.
The Journal highlights Wednesday shopping with three bargain ads from The Boston Store Anson Clothing Wilson's Shoe Store. It notes carpet and skirt reductions, near price straw hats, summer suit deals, and Walkover Melba shoes plus Oxford tie straps and vacation footwear. Readers are urged to shop downtown tomorrow for savings.
The M. N. and S. company cleared the washout and cave-in this morning and began trains again. Ongoing heavy rains this summer have caused great losses to railroads, with this line suffering delays, money losses, and reduced business.
A short classified notice advertises selling Defiance starch in packages at low prices. It mentions three packages for a reduced cent amount and references Geo. W as the seller in a small local sale context.
J J Havercamp led a group to his summer cottage on Geneva Island this morning aboard the steamer Mignon, enjoying a day near the water.
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