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The Journal states ads can be guaranteed for publication only if the copy is in the office by 9 a m on the day handed in. This policy emphasizes strict timing to ensure inclusion in the edition.
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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1900
Page
7
The Journal states ads can be guaranteed for publication only if the copy is in the office by 9 a m on the day handed in. This policy emphasizes strict timing to ensure inclusion in the edition.
W. E. Battey, graduate optician, advertises up to date eye care and precise fitting at 217 East Second Street with the latest appliances for proper lenses and frames.
Muscatine committees from the Muscatine Lecture and Library Association the Trades and Labor Assembly and many lodges convened to plan council action. Barabara Detwiler and J M Gobble will draft resolutions to present to the city council that evening urging immediate library support and an election.
Advertised claim of ten thousand lives lost in an African war and annual deaths from impure blood. Testimonial by Fred Ackerman of Moberly Missouri touts Beggs' Blood Purifier as the best spring medicine, sold at J. J. Hwercamp's.
Paint shop H Stead and Son operates on Mulberry street offering best prices on work and materials. Local residents urged to compare offers at Filly Equiped Paint Store for supplies and services.
Illinois City Illinois Children’s Day at the M E church drew larger than usual attendance. The space was festively decorated with birds and flowers as children from ages three to teens performed well under trained teachers. A liberal educational fund collection followed. Wm Brayton and wife of Logan Iowa visit mother Brayton and relatives. Brayton recalls his boyhood home and notes local improvements since last visit, joined by pioneer Jake Knap.
Property for sale or exchange includes 80 acres near Annondale California for Muscatine city property or nearby farmland, plus 60 acres in same area. Multiple houses on Eighth Street near Mulberry range from 7 to 10 rooms with various lots and prices from 1059 to 4500. Other listings include 7 to 8 room homes on East Sixth, West Sixth, West Seventh, West Eighth, West Fourth and West Third streets, plus parcels on Newell Street, Lucas Grove Road, East Hill and Park Place. Also many city lots and land for sale. contact for full details.
A brief entry records Arnold and Weidlein at 106 West Second Street Muscatine la 1400 with no further context or details.
The advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh at all stages and is a constitutional treatment taken internally. It asserts the cure works by acting on blood and mucous surfaces and offers one hundred dollars for any failing case while urging readers to request testimonials. It lists F. J. Caeney & Co. Toledo Ohio as sellers and promotes Hall Family Pills.
Miss Elizabeth Ady travels to Belle Plaine and returns with Miss Nellie Henderson while Mr and Mrs James Dwiggins and Master Hierman Lindhart visit Tipton area. Charles Jayne and daughter visit Dr W B Jayne in West Liberty.
A narrator recounts leaving home on Wednesday June 11 for the Iowa State Encampment of the G A R and staying with comrades until June 13. They mention traveling with several companions and being driven down to Ball's Landing where they departed by boat.
Local notes report lard and kerosene vandalism on Mr. Burke's cherry trees followed by a paint refurbish. The piece records social rumors, dances, farm visits, family trips to Illinois for a funeral, and everyday small town life in Adams with multiple residents and neighbors listed.
Rail way engines numbered in the eight hundreds run with 60 to 75 freight cars, forming nearly half mile strings. Reverend Sylvester Jones leads Friends Church services as he plans a Cuba missionary path. Community notices mention Miss Ina Cate's Epworth League delegation, Ella Richter's brick houses nearing completion, a baby boy for Mr. and Mrs. Reed, and local residents updating homes and moving houses.
A poem by A Sibley read at the New England Society of Chicago 125th anniversary at the Auditorium recalls Muscatine as a former home. The piece titled Tune Illinois praises Bunker Hill and the fathers who fought for freedom, reflecting on New England values and military heritage.
The Pine Bluff school term ending June shows enrollment 29 with average daily attendance 25. Pupils never absent or tardy include Laverna Gatton and Mabel Franklin. Laverna Catton has three years of perfect attendance. No. %, Sweetland township.
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