Prize Winners Listed for Journal Contest Awards
The Journal announces prizes for its pupil contest winners and asks them to call at the business office tomorrow to collect awards. Names include Jessie Brecken age 13 Cedar Street school and Laura Duffield age 12 2nd school Cedar Street, with first prize five dollars and multiple question answers about summer vacation study and Muscatine prospects if the Moscow Canal is built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Brecken
Muscatine
Moscow
Laura Duffield
Young pupil reflections from Muscatine May 1900
A 10 year old Miss Ethel Billings answers questions on summer work and study, favorite subject geography, funny school moment kitten at the window, saddest moment drowning classmates, Muscatine prospects with Moscow canal, and ideas to boost the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Iowa
Becaus
Moscow Canal
Muscatie
Ethel Billings
Steward Road
Summer Vacation and School Reflections at Muscatine
Local reader questions and student answers cover summer plans in the country to observe geography, preferred studies, and humor and sadness tied to school life. The piece also touches on Moscow canal employment and city growth through factories, plus a logic check on daily and triweekly newspapers totaling 4,300 prints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Iowa
Moscow
Reading the Papers Takes Hours Says Student Edith Althaus
Edith Althaus, age 11, 5th grade, Cedar Street School, Muscatine Iowa, notes that reading 4,300 papers would take 4,300x2-8,600 hours. She estimates a single 44 inch by 48 column page yields about 1,000 words per issue and discusses the effort to read all printed papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Breckon
Cedar St. School
Edith Althaus
Cedar Street
Muscatine
Iowa
Fuller St
Geographer in Training Aims for City Prize
Twelve year old Roda Concannon of Muscatine writes about summer study plans, favorite Geography, a funny school moment, and hopes for Moscow canal to boost trade replacing a personal note with a city-minded view.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Endorsed By Minister And Lawyer
In a village street exchange, Rev Archibald Windham and lawyer Bartholomew Livingston discuss Hood's Sarsaparilla. Livingston claims it cured his indigestion and says it also relieved his wife’s rheumatism and their daughter's scrofula, praising it as the best medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartholomew Livingston
Archibald Windham
Hood
Program at Stein's Music Hall for A. M. E. church benefit
The program for Tuesday evening June 26 at Stein's Music Hall features instrumental pieces by Gobble Pauchet Battey Schmidt and others, vocal and choral selections, solos by Miss Lilly Miss Jennie Batterson and Miss Dollie White, and a 15 to 25 cent admission with tickets at the usual place. A testimonial for Beggs Hair Renewer from W. J. Walsh Iowa City appears at J. J. Havercamp's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stein's
Music Hall
A. M. E. Church
Poff
Messrs
E. Gobble
Prof. Paudhet
W. E. Battey
Julius A. Schmidt
Mrs. A. Maxey
Quartette
E. Erb R. Lillibridge
Goff and Miller
Miss Lilly
Dollie White
Mrs. Maxey
Miss Phoenix
Jennie Batterson
Prof. Pauchet
Battey and Schmidt
Erb
Lillibridge
Public School Superintendent Praises Education's Power
A Western state's institute announcement quotes an unconventional superintendent praising education and calling teachers to a summer institute. He warns against excessive exams while urging cooperation, health, and knowledge as keys to a meaningful life, lamenting burdens on teachers and the draining cost of excessive schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Leghal
Wisdom
Journal Demo Leads Mahin to Order Porter Proof Press
J Lee Mahin of Mahin Advertising in Chicago saw a Porter Proof Press in the Journal’s composing room and ordered one for his city office. The demonstration proved a half tone cut can be produced, a testament to practical merit and lasting value for a modern printing plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Lee Mahin
Mahin Advertising Company
Journal
Porter Proof Press
Chicago
Porter
Mahin
Pleasant Evening Party at East Fifth Street Home
Mrs Frances Little entertained about seventy five friends at her East Fifth Street home last evening. The Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist church presented a set of portieres and a rug with a handsome design. Additional presents were received. Refreshments were served and all enjoyed the social event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Little
East Fifth Street
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Baptist Church
Card Ad Guarantees Tar Syrup Cures or Refunds
An 1860s style card from refiners advertises refunds on Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar. For a 50 cent bottle a full money back if cough or cold not cured, and a 25 cent bottle to prove satisfactory or money refunded. Signatories include G A Reinicke W B Barkalow Nesper & Co Jno J Havercamp and J Theo Keuchmann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene
G. A. Reinicke
W. B. Barkalow
Nesper & Co
Jno
J. Havercamp
J. Theo. Keuchmann
Home Seekers Excursion Tickets On Sale Monthly
Tickets for Home Seekers Excursions go on sale the first and third Tuesdays at all stations of the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway to various parts of the country at a low rate. Inquiries should be directed to any Cedar Rapids Route agent or to Jno G Farmer, A G P T A, Cedar Rapids Iowa. Also Mull's Lightning Pain Killer 25c is sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway
Cedar Rapids
Jno
G. Farmer
T. A
Iowa
Mull
Cleaning and Tailoring Services Advertised
Steam cleaned ladies skirts and suits with reasonable rates. Jackets and kid gloves cleaned. Men's and boys suits steam cleaned and dyed. Repairs offered with quick, neat work. Free delivery and pickup services included.
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Ters
Mississippi River
Cedar River
Ralph Leysen
Schoel
Muscatine-Tipton R. R
Weed's Park
St. Matthias School
West Sixth Street
Rochester
S. Adler Bros. & Co
N.Y
Sam Borger
Suc
Borger & Bliven
Ourth Prize
Aube
Roda Concannon
Maple Street
Musactine Town
W. J. Walsh
Iowa City
J. J. Havercamp’s
Worsteds
Serges
Cassimere
the Star Clothing Co
East Second Street
Oye
Geo. Kranz
Iowa Ave
Arcel Delivery
Journal Office
James O’toole
O’toole’s Shop
Lowa Ay
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