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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1905
Page
8
Multiple brief notices report residents traveling for business in Missouri and Iowa City, attendances at graduation, society meetings, and family visits. Items mention court and university events, local shop ads, and upcoming St. Matthias and St. Mary's activities with dates and locations.
The coming appearance of Buster Brown and Tige promises a popular event for area children this Friday with lively entertainment and familiar comic characters drawing local audience crowds.
Abe Siegel, long established in Muscatine, today departed with his family for Cincinnati Ohio where he plans to start a new business once he finds a location. He leaves many friends who regret the move and wish him success.
The Pennsylvania opens service on Sunday June 11 with a daily train from Chicago named The New York Special. It leaves Chicago at 8 00 a m arrives Pittsburg at 6 30 p m and reaches New York next morning at 8 15. The 23 hour train to New York carries parlor dining and coach cars to Pittsburg and a sleeping car to New York with five dollar extra fare. For full information address Geo Jenkins T P A Des Moines.
The James Cotter homestead on Seventh street is offered for sale with possession at once. Owner seeks a quick sale. Contact G. M. Titus at 213 Iowa avenue for details.
Silks department hosts a broad sale featuring yard wide torchen laces and 10¢ goods with notable discounts.
Adjutant General Thrift orders night schools at four Iowa National Guard regiments camps in Des Moines this summer. Instruction covers reports, returns, briefing, letter writing, and other duties with regimental command held by colonels. Camps run July 6 to August 9 across regiments Fifty-sixth to Fifty-fifth.
Fire department plans to invite smaller towns to attend parade day in Muscatine providing moral support and community solidarity amid preparations.
A Boston Store display offers 200 ready to wear skirts for ladies misses and little girls at deep discounts. Skirts formerly worth 7 to 8 dollars now 5 dollars. little girls skirts priced 2.50 to 3.50. Includes tucked and pleated styles in grand display.
New line of ladies and girls summer coats in white cream black and more. Grand display of jackets priced at 5 6 and 8 dollars. We will please you on all purchases. Come to the Boston Store.
Fifty pieces of wash goods in white and colors such as voilles panama cloths arnold silks crinkle crepe and dotted Swiss offered at 15c to 50c per yard. Special showing this week at the Boston Store.
The Boston Store offers a fashionable line of new wash suits and wash dresses in white and colors at popular prices. Dresses priced at 3 50, 3 75, 3 98, 4 50, 5 00, 6 00, 6 50, 7 50, 8 00, 8 50, 8 98 and 10 00.
Marketable note describes men’s summer undergarments in lisle finish labeled as high quality. Emphasizes comfort and durability for warm weather.
The Iowa Central Railway announces daily summer sales of round trip tickets at one fare plus two dollars to certain northern Minnesota and Dakota points with return by October 31. Low round trip fares to St Paul and Minneapolis also on sale daily after June 1. For details contact agents or A B Cutts G P and T A Minneapolis Minn.
Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds cures lung trouble. Price one dollar. Available at Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store.
German Methodist Epworth leagues of Davenport Muscatine Wapello Foster and Rock Island hold annual convention at Rock Island German Methodist church June 22 26. Program includes sermons addresses declamations and musical numbers with sessions daily from Thursday evening to Monday morning.
Effective June 15 a new Pennsylvania line agency will be created in Davenport including Davenport Rock Island Moline and Muscatine. Iowa Rock Island and Moline had shared a district but rising business prompted division. Co E Adams becomes agent for the new district and J F Murphy leaves C M St P in Moline to be freight solicitor for the Union line connection. Adams has 15 years with the company.
A testimonial extols Grape-Nuts as a cure for stomach and kidney ailments from a heavy meat diet. The speaker credits improved digestion, steadier nerves, sharper thinking, and sustained work capacity after switching to Grape-Nuts. The notice invites readers to read The Road to Wellville and mentions Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Michigan.
The promotion reflects the value and esteem in which he is held by the company, underscoring his contributions and leadership.
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