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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1902
Page
8
Wilmering & Co announces a millinery opening inviting ladies from Muscatine and surrounding areas to view a spring collection on Friday Saturday and Monday March 21 22 and 24 at 323 E 2nd Street.
Local ads list Easter novelties at Scheetzs Ludwig pianos for sale cheap at Hirt Griffiths and new styles at Welch Knopps. Residents and visitors attend recitals and piano events while shops promote kidney pills samples and free sittings for Easter bonnets.
Ducks at Don Koehler's fish market are described in a brief note highlighting the vendor and location with a casual uncaptioned scene. The line suggests a local display or sale setting without additional details.
Waide offers a three-story building on Second Street with store and dwelling layout. Features include a cement basement furnace modern water closets plumbing throughout in good repair and a side entrance in a good location. Address Waide 4229 Lake Avenue Chicago.
The A. M. E. church stewardess and ladies presented an entertainment last evening. The program was well received and a neat sum was netted. The ladies thank friends for generous patronage and hope for future support.
Announcement notes a sale of pianos and organs to be held Friday and Saturday featuring very rare bargains.
A pamphlet from Ames veterinarian Dr John J Repp urges a 2500 appropriation to study diseases of animals in Iowa. The letter notes livestock value above 264 million dollars and ties animal disease to human health, proposing Ames Veterinary Experiment Station expansion with state and federal support.
N S Ketchum of Marshalltown visits the city as his Republican bid for Iowa railway commissioner is announced. The Des Moines Register endorses his candidacy citing forty years of familiarity with freight conditions and a record as a shipper and manufacturer.
Special market dispatch lists Wheat Corn and Oats futures with daily high low and close figures for March and May contracts. Beef and pork prices show closed ranges for Hogs Cattle Sheep with receipts and market tone notes. Chicago live stock totals include hogs cattle and sheep, with shipments and clearances for the day.
A Brooklyn grammar teacher recalls how bright children stumble on language tasks. One student listed sentence types and math figures as answers to a topic. Another misread plain as plain ly and offered a distant reasoning. A third asked why the Dutch settled the Hudson river for washing.
The article cites the Baltimore Sun warning that moderate cigar use may be harmless but excess is dangerous. It explains nicotine as an active poison and empyreumatic oil as a potent toxin affecting the nervous system, heart, and spinal nerves, claiming tobacco harms all body parts in excess.
Cancel freeform. Friday and Saturday sale event announced by H Schmidt and Son Co offering pianos and organs.
Fred Shellhorn of Fairport and Miss Bessie McCleary of South Muscatine were quietly married by Rev. W L Clapp at 3 yesterday afternoon in his home at 608 East Sixth street. The couple plan to set up housekeeping on a farm near Fairport.
H. Schmidt and Son Company announces an organ and piano sale on Friday and Saturday. The event features a range of instruments available for purchase at reduced prices. Located at their shop, the sale runs both days with highlights on popular models.
Fitzsimmons accepted the Century club of Los Angeles offer to fight Jeffries during the week ending May 10. He insists the club guarantee $25,000 to the contestants as a condition of acceptance.
San Francisco dispatch reports a devastating tidal wave in Central America linked to the steamer City of Paratecem arriving with details. About 200 lives are believed lost, with 100 bodies recovered and hundreds of fishermen's huts swept away in the lowlands. The Journal notes 19 cent weekly price.
English terms differ from American in railroading. Shunting becomes switching, goods trains replace freight trains, carriages replace coaches, guards replace conductors, drivers replace engineers, bogies replace trucks, wagons replace freight cars. Station becomes depot booking office, chimney for smokestack. A railroad man moving countries must learn a new set of phrases.
A naturalist notes that even a big chameleon can leave only indentations rather than blood. He recounts provoking bites to study habits and a rare moment when a chameleon clamped his finger but did not pierce the skin, leaving red, triangular tooth impressions briefly.
The writer speaks to an extensive employer of labor and notes the boss knows every worker from head man to laborer and their strengths and weaknesses. The message warns readers that their employer is aware of their performance and suitability when selecting new foremen or superintendents.
An advertisement touts Bromo-Lax as a fast remedy for grippe colds neuralgia and constipation with no quinine. It notes available through druggists at 25 cents per box.
Wilton residents held a caucus last evening and placed a full city ticket in the field. The slate includes George Bannick for Mayor, E Friedericksen and L N Ayer as Councilmen, D G Agnew for Treasurer, M B Nelson for Clerk, and John Beimford for Assessor.
A new preacher asks a deacon if his sermon was strong. The deacon agrees it was poor but adds he has heard worse and jokes about riding to keep pace with the sermon. Ohio State Journal.
A cartoon caption quoted in the Catholic Standard and Times highlights a debate over censorship of jokes in theatre programs. It notes Wicks advocating a law, Hicks countering that reading is optional, while audiences often listen to others explain the jokes.
A neighbor says the boy lacks determination while Farmer Corn tessel insists Josh is the most determined not to work he has seen. The quote highlights a clash over work ethic attributed to the youth in the Washington Star report.
On the first and third Tuesdays of March April and May at one fare plus 2 will take you to points in Minnesota Iowa North and South Dakota Montana Idaho Washington Oregon British Columbia Utah Colorado Nebraska and to many points south southwest and southeast. For full information address Geo Batty G P and T A Marshalltown Ia. Send for an interesting free booklet on home.
A brief dialogue snippet from the Boston Transcript features Mrs Homer-Jane urging fresh air while Jane argues the air has circulated all morning, reflecting a domestic moment captured in a newspaper quote.
A brief Chicago Record-Herald remark notes the strain of marriage to a genius. It quotes phrases about wearing the burden of being the wife of a brilliant man and others who wonder how she manages.
The piece describes the mole’s burrowing as a natural soil conditioner. While the animal hunts earthworms and insects, its tunnels loosen soil and mix leaf mold, improving air and drainage. The author notes ridges appear but justify them for soil health and early land claims.
A young woman applying for a grocery department position impresses the manager with her claim of experience and skill at writing "one pound granulated sugar" with a flourish. The manager hires her.
The Black Diamond Express departs Buffalo at noon on the Lehigh Valley Railroad bound for New York. It features a la carte dining car service and luxurious parlor and day coaches with stop-overs allowed at Niagara Falls on through tickets to New York and Philadelphia.
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