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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1901
Page
5
All retail merchants are reminded of a meeting of the Retail Merchants association at the city hall this evening at 7 30. The gathering aims to advance Muscatine business interests with several important matters to be discussed and a permanent association to be formed.
Article urges all men over 21 who have not registered to do so tomorrow. Eligibility for the spring election requires six months residency in the city and ten days in the ward. Any man turning of age by Monday night may vote and should register tomorrow.
Master Clark Barnard was surprised by friends at his East Tenth Street home last night. Games and refreshments followed, with the host proving a lively entertainer. Present were Misses Florence Gould, Stella Schwertfeger, Adelia Barnard, Bessie Allen, Laura Baker, Corrine McElravy, Louise Schenck, Mildred Helfer, Florence Jeffries, Edith Elliott, Charlotte Barnard, Lamba Jarard.
Frances Barry, Helen Barry, and a list of notable correspondents include Walter Harrington, Clarence Collins, Edwin Gould, Jakie Worst, Harry Schwertfeger, Robert ee Horace Eaton, Egbert Schenck, James Elliott, Morton Barnard, Clifford Worst, and Glen Barnard.
A card from G. A. Reinicke, B. Barkalow, J. J. Havercamp, Nesper & Co., and J. Theo. Keuchman pledges to refund money on a 50 cent Green's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure a cough or cold. They also guarantee a 5 cent bottle to prove satisfaction or money refunded.
Mrs Frank Parham left this morning by train for Davenport to visit relatives and friends for a few days before returning to her home in Sioux City South Dakota. The Muscatine Business College hosts Yankee Detective on Friday evening March 1 with a grand social after the play and 15 cent admission at the door. Lee Ewing B C R N brakeman spent yesterday in the city visiting at home.
The Muscatine Journal reports a group met at J. W. McKee’s office to plan a school election campaign. McKee denies knowledge and claims his office was used without authorization. The paper protests personal agendas in school politics and urges selecting capable leaders for the schools. A public call announces a February 25 meeting at McKee’s office at 7:30 p.m.
The Journal voting contest ends at 10 oclock with the winner of the Singer sewing machine to be announced. Mrs Wiles leads with Mrs Liessering a close second and Mrs Ellis third, as hundreds of votes pour in. Miss Brandt withdraws with 2244 votes. standings shown at 3 oclock today. Lively evening expected at the Journal office as contestants push for the winning number before the 7 PM cutoff.
An old Medical Press note urges stopping eating temporarily to purge impurities. It recommends long walks, deep breaths, full-body exercise to accelerate circulation, daily thorough bathing, and moderate refeeding after brief fasts avoiding gorging and unhealthy foods.
Special dispatch presents open high low and close figures for Wheat Corn and Oats with Mar and May contracts. Live stock receipts include hogs cattle and sheep with price ranges and market tone. Car lot totals show wheat corn oats and hogs received at the market in Chicago and Muscatine.
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