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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1901
Page
8
Advertises low prices on pianos and organs with pianos from 25 to 175 dollars and organs 10 to 35 dollars. Mentions fireworks wholesale and retail, various local visitors, Fourth of July notes, and a bargain table at The Wonder offering odds ends and broken stock at about half price.
A local paint dealer touts Brandenburg as the paint man offering the best paint for the money. He warns against cheap paints but asserts the best price is the cheapest option. He urges remembrance of the Maine and the name Brandenburg.
The item lists daily happenings around Muscatine Iowa including visits by Amos Hawley and Mrs J W Crabtree arrival from Valpariso Ind and Ruth Rice leaving for Geneseo Illinois. Constable John Richley rode a Tipton bound passenger train this morning. An ice cream social is planned at the Presbyterian church Wednesday evening June 26.
School program presents six little grandmothers and six young performers. Recitations by Miss Katherine Hayes and Miss Jeanette Hannon. Duets by Miss Edna Davidson with Miss Maniie Nolte and by Clarence Hahn with James St. John Jr. A piano solo by Miss Stella Richards and hoop drill by S young misses.
New $25 gramophone offered for $5 with 50 gramophone records at 10c each. Sale takes place next to Hine Brothers, promoted by Schmidt Brothers.
Chicago market notes show reopened hogs higher late day while cattle and sheep hold steady. Wheat and corn futures mixed with June and July positions edging or slipping. receipts reach 32,000 hogs and 14,000 cattle as Northwest and Liverpool reports push prices. weather patterns forecast rain in the southwest and Oklahoma with clearer conditions northwest.
In a compact ad Geo B Jackson promotes shoes and summer apparel including shirt waists for hot weather and cool undergarments. The listing highlights men’s union suits suitable for warm days and positions Geo B Jackson as a source for seasonal wardrobe needs.
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