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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1902
Page
9
Muscatine prepares for vacation season with outings, boat trips, and family getaways. Geneva Island resurges as a summer resort as private camps rise near the river. Recess slows business while writers urge maternal rest and family sacrifice for a happier summer.
Muscatine greets spring with lawn tennis returning to prominence on local courts. Enthusiasts flock to the new dirt court at the golf grounds, eager to swing rackets as golf and pingpong rivals influence participation. Tennis is expected to dominate this season, drawing both sexes from winter quarters into lively play.
The Philadelphia Record reports Mark Twain intends to retire from the public platform forever while remaining active in humor. It notes his lifelong fear of audiences and past need to be escorted from halls, yet praises his enduring wit and hopes for many more years of writing and pipe smoking.
The Iowa state fair premium list shows seventy eight county and district fairs statewide with locations and exhibition dates. Counties listed include Adair Adams Allamakee Appanoose Audubon Benton Buchanan Buena Vista Butler La Porte Carroll Cass Mechanicsville Tipton Cherokee Union Big Four Clayton Strawberry Point Clinton Dallas Davis Delaware Burlington Fayette Arlington Franklin Grundy Guthrie Humboldt Hardin Henry Eastern Iowa Holstein Iowa Johnson Lee What Cheer Kossuth Lee Marion Wapsie Valley Prairie Valley Columbus Junction Lucas Mahaska New Sharon Lake Prairie Eden Mitchell Maple Valley Vallisca Mills Madison OBrien Sheldon Palo Alto Shenandoah Peweshiek Grinnell Ringgold Sac Rock Valley Story Sioux Tama Taylor Union Milton Eldon Winneshiek Decorah Wright Buffalo Center.
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