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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1905

Page

8

Local Iowa News and Social Tidings

City notes include a Fox family departure for Kansas City after the Fox White wedding. Mrs. Chas Fishburn and children visit Mulberry Street relatives from the Golden State Limited. Miss Marie Watson of Marion Kansas arrives for a brief stay with relatives. lodging at Vannalia home 229 West Sixth Street. Local ads promote cigars and investments with G M Titus and La Ritica 5c cigar.

Chas. Fishburn Golden State Limited A. Wallace Mulberry Street Marie Watson Marion Kansas Victor Miss Watson Vannalia West Sixth Street

Hay Prices Set Until After the Fourth of Next Month

Hay prices stay at nine dollars per ton with no new hay arriving until after the Fourth of next month. Strawberries are gone from the market as supplies are exhausted and fruit quality is poor, putting merchants off handling the remaining berries.

Market Prices For Wheat Oats Corn And Live Stock

Prices list shows wholesale and retail figures for grains including oats corn and barley. livestock prices cover hogs steers cows calves and lambs with dealers and shippers paying and retailers charging. Fruits vegetables and flowers list per unit prices for items such as bananas dates figs lemons oranges pineapples cherries and ferns roses and other produce.

California

Selections of Popular Dances and Melodies Catalog

A list of song titles and dance pieces including Arabola Arabian Intermezzo Arcadia The Gigglers Two Step Coax Me Happy Heinie Two Step Down in the Vale of Shenandoah A Southern Dream Waltzes Come Down From Big Fig Tree Uncle Sammy Two Step Good Night My Beautiful Star Yankee Grit Two Step Farewell Sweetheart May Zenith Intermezzo Heinsle Zenobia Just Across the Bridge of Gold Star of the Sea Reverie In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree Troubadour Two Step ll Meet You at the Cross Road Nellie Dear Peaceful Henry Two Step Meet Me in St Louis Louis Polly Prim Two Step Pal of Mine Peter Piper Two Step Just a Gleam of Heaven in Her Eyes My Lady of the North Waltz I'm Trying So Hard to Forget You Navajo Royal Chef Selections Noisy Bill Two Step Teasing Moonlight Serenade She Waits By the Deep Blue Sea Love's Desire Waltzes Sylvia Loveland Waltzes Would You Karama When the Bees Are in the Hive Love's Reverie Waltzes Why Don't They Play With Me Jolly Blacksmith Two Step You're as Welcome as Flowers in May Jolly Corks Two Step When the Frost is on the Pumpkin Innocence Waltzes Way Down East Fi Fi Novelette In the Valley of Yesterday False Alarm March Two Step Would You Care Dawn of Century Two Step On a Summer Night Dixie Belles Two Step Easy Street A Sa Ma Two Step Mamma's Boy Burning of Rome Always in the War Birds of the Night Waltz Anona Down at the Baby Store No Music Exchanged

Alexander Arcadia Vale of Shenandoah Big Fig Tree Beautiful Star Zenith Cross Road Nellie Dear St. Louis Louis Polly Prim Pal Peter Piper Rome Anona

Local notices and arrivals list with travel and sales

G M Titus offers money loans at 213 Iowa Avenue. James OBrien of Letts visits for business. Ed Breen of Clinton calls on friends. Private sale of household goods at 509 W 3rd St Mrs S F Hoover. George G Garretson of San Diego visits relatives. R K Corlett Iowa City leaves for home. L C Hirt leaves for Washington for business matters. National edition 10 copies for 25c at Hirt Fesler Music Store. Mrs May Howard leaves for Burlington for two weeks. Misses Hattie Johnson Ella Detchon Wilton return from institute. Mrs Delia E Thayer visits from Clinton. Mr and Mrs Fred Giesler and daughter Winifred 106 West Seventh Washington to visit friends. Music sale begins at Hirt Fesler 15c per copy eight copies 1 00. Miss Anna Hendricks leaves for Denver Pueblo mountains all summer. Miss Estella Collier West Liberty visits Miss Mary Fahey East Fifth Street. Mrs J M Appel and Miss Clara Wagner travel on Helen Blair to Davenport for remainder of week. Mrs Appel returns this evening. Weed Park club meets Friday at 2 at Weed Park. weather may move to home of Mrs Weed. Alex Grossheim repairing his launch. kerosene launch plans to be in water soon.

Cattle and Hogs Prices Reported with Varied Averages

The list shows assorted beef cattle prices from 3.70 to 5.75 per cwt and fat cows around 2.60 to 4.50, plus hogs varying 5.20 to 5.57 per cwt and pigs near 5.50. Hogs categories include butchers heavy light and other weight classes with multiple bids.

Uneven Tuesday cattle trade with mixed classes

Cattle sales show med ium classes lower while good fat steers hold steady. Trade eases as buyers resist higher prices. dry fed cows and heifers firm. Medium and grassy grades slow. canners steady, calves off 50c to 1d from week. Feeders improve, hogs higher than Monday, sheep brisk with ewes to 5.10 and lambs up 10-25c. Receipts light and quality poor, packers wary of rough hogs.

WEDDING IN FRUITLAND BRIDGES REED TIES THE KNOT

Miss Mary N Bridges and John H Reed both of Fruitland Iowa joined in marriage this morning at 10 oclock in H S Howes justice parlors. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs B M Bridges, and the groom, son of Mr and Mrs Moses Reed, plan to reside on Muscatine Island Fruitland.

H. S. Howe Mary N. Bridges John H. Reed Fruitland Iowa B. M. Bridges Moses Reed Muscatine Island

Painters Rapidly Complete Courthouse Interior Work

The painters and decorators finish the hallway and east three rooms of the lower floor of the courthouse. They are now working on the offices of the county auditor, clerk and superintendent of schools.

Court House

New Desk for City Hall Police Office

A new desk arrived from Burlington for the chief of police. Marshall McGaughey installed the desk in the city hall office and moved the old one to a back room. The desk is finished in quarter-sawed Flemish oak and was recently ordered by the city council.

Burlington Marshall McGaughey City Hall

Back Water Damages Lumber Piles on Mississippi River Branch

High river water damages lumber piles at the Mississippi River company. Foundations topple risk, braces set to hold piles until waters recede. Local crews report several piles at danger, with structures stabilized temporarily.

Mississippi

Hirt & Fesler Piano Co. Prices and Goods List

The notice lists American Beauties from $2.00 to $4.00 per dozen, Calla lilies $2.00 to $3.00 per dozen, carnations 35 cents, sweet peas 10 cents per dozen with deals, and Smilex at 5 cents per yard. Wholesale fish prices include bass 14 cents per lb, carp 3 1/2 cents, catfish 13 cents, trout 110 cents per lb, salmon at 9 cents, and other species. Fuel prices cover hard and soft woods and coal, with pine wood loads priced. Seeds include Hungarian 1.25, millet 1.00–1.25, buckwheat 1.09. Mention of invoices from Chicago.

Ada Hutchinson Graduates with High Honors at Massachusetts College

Miss Ada Hutchinson daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Z. W. Hutchinson of Mulberry Street graduates from a Massachusetts college with high honors. Mrs. I. B. Richman of this city attended the graduation ceremony.

Ada Hutchinson Z. W. Hutchinso Mulberry Street Lesy College Massachussetts, Day Hutchinson I. B. Richman Cit

Building Permit Issued for Hutchendorf Brick Addition

A building permit is issued to H. Hutchendorf to add a one story brick addition to a 12 mill being installed at their novelty works on Orange Street. Estimated cost is $150.

H. Hutchendorf Orange Street

Yesterday's AL Result Shocks as Chicago Tops St Louis in Ten

In a rain plagued schedule Chicago defeats St Louis 3 to 2 after ten innings. Washington game postponed. Cleveland faces Detroit in a separate match.

Chicago St. Louis Washington Cleveland Detroit Semehive York

Train Service Notice for Midwest Routes and Stops

Iowa Central Railway announces travel on first and third Tuesdays to Nebraska Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Indian Territory Texas New Mexico Colorado and other states. Stop overs allowed. Tickets limited to 21 days. For schedules and times contact A. B. Cutts G P A Minneapolis Minnesota.

Iowa Central Nebraska Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Indian Territory Texas New Mexico Colorado Saul A. B. Cutts Minneapolis Minn

National League Scores From a Baseball Card

National League games include Cincinnati tying Chicago 6 to 6, Philadelphia 9 over Brooklyn blank, New York 2 beating Boston 1, and Pittsburgh 4 9 to St. Louis 2 4 in a rain interrupted or double header style result.

Cincinnati Chicago Philadelphia Brooklyn New York Boston Pittsburg St. Louis

Three League Scores From Rock Island to Bloomington

Rock Island defeats Decatur 2 to 1 at Rock Island. Peoria beats Cedar Rapids 3 to 2. Bloomington records 6 to 4 over Daven at Bloomington. Dubuque’s Atuque hosts a match with a field 7 to 2.

Pittsburg Philadelphia Chicago Cincinnati James Sivas Xeaves Boston Eee Brooklyn Clnubs L. Pet Rock Island Decatur Peoria Cedar Rapids Bloomington Daven Atuque Dubuque Rane

Western League Scores From Burlington Ottumwa Keokuk Waterloo

In Burlington Fort Dodge tied 2 to 2. Ottumwa beat Marshalltown 5 to 1. Keokuk lost to Boone 1 to 4. Waterloo defeated Oska locsa 9 to 6.

Aterloo ASL Port Dodger Keokuk Eee Ottumwa Marshalltown Eee Oskaloosa Ree Seccete Burlington Soul Iw Western League Fort Dodge Marshalltown Keokuk Boone Waterloo Oskalocsa

Sewer cave‑in halts Muscatine project with $3000 loss

Heavy rains cause about 300 feet of sewer under construction in Muscatine to cave in, resulting in an estimated damage of 3000 dollars. Recovery and repair actions follow the incident.

Muscatine

Also Mentioned on This Page

East Second Street A. G. Whittaker State of Oregon HA. M.bartlett J. E. Kranz Florist, Opp. Journal Iowa Ave Iowa Avenue F. A. Hautsen East Second St Lee Fox Kansas City G. M. Titus Oliver W Stewart Illinois Business College America C. Leverne Peck the Business College M.C. Hayes CO Muscatine Markets Brazils Per Shippers Ay Fis James O’brien Letts Ed. Breen Clinton S. F. Hoover George G. Garretson San Diego R. K. Corlett Iowa City L. C. Hirt West Seventh Street Hirt & Fesler May Howard Hattie Johnson Ella Detchon Wilton Delia E. Thayer Fred Giesler Winifred Hirt & Fesler’s Anna Hendricks East Tenth Street Denver Pueblo Estella Collier West Liberty Mary Fahey East Fifth Street J. M. Appel Clara Wagner Helen Blair Davenport Appel Weed Park Club Weed Park Alex Grossheim Home Tea Co Siegel & Isaacson St. Neat Ogilvie Bros Sky Rockets Garden City Butz Stein Furniture Co Sports Ww. L. Pet Awenween Ene Bt. So Oscckbe Homer Lehigh Crooked Creek Webster County Hirt & Fesler Piano Co Ada Hutchison Wellesy Pet Des Moines Sioux City Weeer Mpcines Acs Eecacesacsae Richman & RI GMAN Sam Borger
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