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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1900
Page
16
The Daily Journal highlights the New Process Laundry in Muscatine. It proclaims superior laundry work with vivid color and crisp finishes on shirts collars and cuffs, claiming noticeable quality advantages over rival laundries in the area.
Crowds attend evening Congregational church meetings with Rev H D Herr to discuss Devotional Co operation in the Churches. A promenade concert is planned and local notices list hotel sale talks, fashion shows, and community updates from Davenport and Muscatine areas.
Muscatine society reporters note George’s Charm and Torreno thrilling crowds at Stein’s Hall. B E Lilly advertises the latest neckwear. Isaac Mitchell of Letts returns from a day in the city then heads to Lewiston Idaho. Miss Helen Underwood of Lone Tree visits with stationery. Eberling and Pete Frambers return from a week of duck hunting. Jule Walters stars as Happy Hopper in How Hopper Was Sidetracked at Stein’s tonight. McCorm Dry Goods Co. invites a special showing of suits skirts jackets and capes Thursday the 29th all day. Knox All 5e cigars advertised.
A store touts its bright window illumination on Wednesday and Saturday nights. It promotes a spring suit display with beauties priced at 10, 12, 14 and up to 20 dollars, claiming superior qualities and makes compared to other houses.
The German Evangelical church invites all to a community event with dinner from 11:00 to 1:00 and supper from 5:00 to 8:00 tomorrow March 28. Fancy goods will be on sale and attendees are urged to attend.
Mrs. John Hahn spent the day in Davenport as Halstead’s work is highlighted as a standout in painting and paper hanging.
The author argues a country editor cannot elevate a community but should keep his paper clean and morally upright, focusing on maintaining a pure editorial page rather than moral uplift for all readers.
Reindl and Reindl, architects, prepare to submit plans for model houses. The firm highlights model homes as a specialty and ready-to-build designs for potential clients.
In Fairfield Iowa last Saturday at about 10 30 p m James Murdock fought Bert Coop after an incident near A T Wells residence following an opera outing Murdock stabbed Coop cutting his nose head and back Coop bled heavily and will bear scars Murdock fled to Ottumwa was arrested by Sheriff Black and brought back to Fairfield A hearing is scheduled before Justice Wilson tomorrow morning
The Journal Printing Company offers a abridged Code of Iowa free to advance paying subscribers for the year 1900. Subscribers with full paid annual subscriptions to the Daily or Weekly Muscatine Journal will receive a copy at the business office or by mail. Supplies are limited and the offer will end once all copies are claimed.
In March and April the L & N Railroad promotes pleasant travel to Tennessee Alabama Georgia and West Florida. Round trips at about half rates on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Inquiries directed to P Sid Jones in Birmingham or Geo B Horner in St Louis.
An old style ad promises “Everything man wants to wear” at Mackey's Model Clothing House. The terse copy highlights broad apparel offerings with a catchy slogan.
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