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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1901
Page
4
Large discount sale featuring lace yardage at 10 and 12 cents, dress ginghams, French flannel waists, ladies ready-made suits in odd sizes, silk waists worth 4.50 to 6.00, dotted curtain Swiss, wash silks, flounce skirts at 5.00 to 10.00, silk petticoats, muslin, cambric, pillow slips and sheets, plus other items on display. bring inspection to 40 this Saturday.
Ice from above the high bridge broke at 1 30 PM sending moving ice from bank to bank across the river. A giant cake of ice, said to be the largest ever seen, swept from island to the railroad bridge, piling about 15 feet high before the force abated.
An Irish supporter hurries from the C R I and P depot to find a Muscatine professor to conduct music for Sousa's band at the Grand Opera house. The proprietor searches for the professor but cannot locate him, prompting the request to bring him to Sousa's concert.
Hart and Griffith from Iowa City have opened a permanent music store in the former Wonder dry goods space on East Second Street. The exclusive shop will sell pianos organs and music merchandise with fifteen pianos already received from makers Weber Wheelock Schubert Stuyvesant Kingsbury Cable Kimble and Conover and a large stock of organs arriving ahead of a grand opening.
The pulpit and altar for Grace Lutheran church arrive in wild cherry with Gothic design and natural oil finish. Interiors progress rapidly as windows arrive soon and temporary seating is used before later chairs and pews are installed.
Goodrich reports the steamer Indiana grounded near Racine with passengers and crew in grave danger. Rescue efforts were reported underway as the vessel ran aground on March 15 in Milwaukee.
The distribution extends to eleven companies, with representatives from Thomas R. Shewell Co. of Chicago, Crane Co. of Topeka, Ginn Co. of Chicago, Rand McNally Co. of Chicago, The Globe School Book Co. of New York and Chicago, and Silver Burdet t Co. of Chicago among others.
Fruitland residents report the death of Mrs. A. Hopson after a long illness. The column notes several travels, a wedding between Frank Fowler and Clara Jenison in Muscatine, and local movements including Mr. Sidebaton's planned move to Dakota. Other items mention new boarders, arrivals, and early spring birds.
An advertisement touts Wheeler’s canned fruits with the claim of being put up in pure juice of the fruit. It emphasizes quality and suggests trying the fruit products.
Local fight over text book selection shows wide representation from Western Publishing House, Welch, Werner, Maynard Merrill, Butler Sheldon, American Book, McMillan, Eaton, Meyers, Wheeler, and Heath. Previously seven different companies supplied the county needs.
Kincaid and Frank Benham of Muscatine carried out the work. The bell's cost was raised through a subscription drive.
Thompson's book store hosts an exhibition of Copley Prints valued at over 3000 dollars. A water gauze stand readings show 8.6 today. A business change is reported for the Wilson and Cherry shoe firm next Monday.
Advertisement listing numerous houses and lots for sale on streets including 2nd 4th 6th 7th 8th and Mulberry in Muscatine. Includes barns vacant lots and farms with bargains and trade options within city limits and nearby areas. Contact 106 West Second St. Muscatine flows.
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