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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1900
Page
8
Ice cream social at Green Street Reading Rooms planned for Friday evening June 2. Local brief notes on marriages licenses, arrivals, visits, and trips involving residents and visitors from Davenport Burlington Chicago Rock Island and Des Moines. Also ads for Edison phonographs 20 dollars and Penny Picture Gallery 25 pictures for 25 cents.
Halstead and Son operate Fully Equiped Paint Store on Mulberry Street offering best prices on work and materials. The ad highlights supplies for painters and home projects.
Richard Von Dresky bought the Front street and Sycamore corner from Royal Canning Co and envisions a two story block modeled after the German Savings Bank with seven lots. Capt Smeenk announces a June 18, 1900 election at the Armory to fill Major Norris’s Grinnell vacancy, while Mrs. Geneva arrives to address Eastern Star lessons. Community notices mention society visits, military notes, a rabble of travelers, a circus ad, and local sales and engagements through Davenport and Chicago trips.
For sale notice offering pine wood in short or long forms for stable bedding filling or banking. Contact W. W. Richards of South Muscatine Lumber Co for details.
Muscatine residents seek recreation along the Mississippi and nearby sloughs. Favorable fishing reports come from Fourth Slough and Keokuk Lake area with bass and croppy plentiful. Popular locales include Wild Cat Den Wyoming Hill Weed Park and the Hog Island dams. Picnic groups grow as pleasant shade scenery lures citizens to river outings and future plans suggest more next week.
Mrs J H John hosted a social gathering at her home in honor of Mrs E J Richie of Little Falls Minnesota who is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs W W McQuesten and relatives About fifty guests attended enjoying hospitality and seasonable refreshments in an informal reception setting
Travel notices list cone dates for Iowa Sabbath school and Northwestern Iowa Veterans events with round trip fares, sale windows, and return limits. Also lists National Republican League biennial in St Paul and Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Chicago with fare rules and sales dates. Contact Geo S Beatty for details.
The fragmented note repeats a slogan about leg coverings and suggests men choose legwear for full coverage.
Titus and Jackson invite buyers to view property on Friday June 15 at 7 PM at Macabee Hall. Regular Review L. O. T. M. announces the event with initiation and notices for members to attend.
Articles of incorporation filed today for Wilson Lumber and Fuel Company of Wilton. Successors to Thompson-Wilson Company, the firm consists of J. W. Wilson C. R. Wilson and C. H. Wilson. Extends twenty years with renewal option. Capital stock $8,000 in 80 shares held by incorporators.
The excursion yesterday returned about 10 30 last evening. The stage of the river today is 2 feet 9 inches above low water mark a rise of one inch in twenty four hours. The Patton Workers' excursion left about eight o clock this morning with not quite as large a crowd on board as was expected.
The Nickel Plate Road launches a daily 27 hour service between Chicago and New York starting May 6. Dining car service will be offered at popular prices. Trains depart from Van Buren Street Passenger Station on the Elevated Loop with City Ticket Offices at 111 Adams Street and Auditorium Annex.
An advertisement promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a stomach tonic that stimulates appetite for those who struggle to eat. It claims Hood's can restore hunger after a short use and notes Hood's Pills as the best family cathartic.
Advertises a business opportunity inviting interested parties to call Titus & Jackson for a lucrative venture.
Local notice highlights The Monarch Wickless Blue Flame kerosene stove line. Features cited include compact design and efficient burning for small spaces. Details on availability and pricing are listed by the retailer.
Notice lists Tuesday sale dates May 1 and 15 June 5 and 19 July 3 and 17 August 7 and 21 September 4 and 18 October 2 and 16 November 6 and 20 December 4 and 19 for Homeseekers excursion tickets to many western and central states and Canada with sales to Denver Pueblo and Colorado Springs. Geo. S. Batty G P and T A invites inquiries through ticket agents or direct address.
Excursion tickets sold on the first and third Tuesdays in May June July and August cover Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo. One fare plus two dollars for the round trip. Inquiries to coupon ticket agents or to Geo S Batty G P and T A for territory dates limits and details.
E F Andrews of Newton Kansas touts Beggs' Blood Purifier as a standard spring medicine in his family for twenty years claiming it permanently cures skin and blood disorders available at J J Havercamp's after a Sheldon edition in Topeka Capitol proved successful for one week.
An advertisement extols Dean's Ointment as the universal remedy for itching piles, claiming it is absolutely safe and guaranteed to help everyone regardless of age or wealth.
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