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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1901
Page
8
Mrs. Lucretia Ayres of Wilton visited the city yesterday as a business guest. The note mentions joining the Yeomen and enjoying Crandall & Johnsons ice cream and a Two Bills cigar after dinner.
Local notes report on the Yeomen fraternal insurance society and its reserve fund use, plus community mentions. Crandall & Johnson open for business at 215 Iowa Avenue as new activity spreads through town.
Crandall Johnson manufactures all their own confections and opens a Granite store. Miss Lizzie Fox and Mrs Kuip travel between Davenport and Des Moines on 7:58 and Fire Fly trains. Public notices announce Yeomen office location in Des Moines and a Green Mountain Renovator agency in Muscatine with doctors Hawvercamp pharmacy as sole agent. Sermons by Mr Fowler refresh audience. Oliver type writers promoted at Muscatine Business College.
Cozy cottage in a pleasant neighborhood offered for sale at a reasonable price with easy terms. Affordable home option highlighted for buyers seeking simple financing.
Schmidt and Bros advertises huge bargains on second hand bicycles open Wednesday and Saturday evenings for customers to browse and buy.
Mayor Schmidt attended a Des Moines meeting aimed at forming an organization to aid Chas. Picket of Waterloo in his bid for Grand Exalted Ruler at the Grand Lodge session in Milwaukee July 23 to 26. Seventeen of twenty seven lodges in the state were represented. Schmidt serves as Grand Lodge delegate from Muscatine. Sam Berger and John A. Rowan are Grand Lodge members.
Anxious buyers seek a photo fine and faster results. Townsend is acknowledged leader of the artists in his line. Use Journal want ads for results.
The executive committee is making extensive preparations for the annual reunion to be held at the high school on Friday evening June 14. Invitations have been issued to members, and the committee hopes for large attendance to cover the high costs of the event.
About 50 members of the Ladies Ald Society of the First Methodist Church gathered at Mrs. Chas. Kincaid's home for an all day sewing event. Each person brought a lunch basket and the dinner was a memorable feast. Sociability, sewing, and sacred music filled the afternoon with cheerful activity.
Travel ad touts a memorable through service by Lehigh Valley rail line between Niagara Falls Buffalo and New York and Philadelphia. Highlights include magnificent scenery historic regions and superb service with stopovers allowed at Buffalo on through tickets to New York and Philadelphia.
The Grand Trunk Railway System introduces a modern vestibule train on June 2 leaving Chicago at 11:30 a.m. via Detroit Mt Clemens Port Huron and Niagara Falls to Buffalo at 6:15 a.m. and New York at 4:03 p.m. Pan-American visitors are advised to arrive early to avoid rush. time tables and rates available from the City Passenger and Ticket agent at 249 Clark Street, Chicago.
Cyclists flock to Schmidt tress as bicycles gain popularity with stores open on Wednesday and Saturday. Residents notice increased foot traffic and demand for two wheel transport options.
The Lehigh Valley railroad offers through tickets to New York and Philadelphia on the Buffalo to New York and Philadelphia line known as the Black Diamond Express route. Luxurious trains operate on a limited schedule along this corridor.
Advertising copy touts Lodo as a great antiseptic powder that heals burns and scalds quickly without pain or scarring. It claims immediate cooling and pain relief, drawing out heat and protecting blisters from air. Priced at 25 cents a box for druggists.
A humorous revamp parodies a naval bombardment claim by praising a local paint store. It riffs that the Iowa endured eight hits without damage, then pivots to promote Ev Brandenburg's Red Paint Store on the Avenue, noting 20 years in business.
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