Wholesome Comedy Boosts Weekend Theatre Sale
Exciting incidents and villainy fade behind lighthearted scenes as a wholesome comedy returns. Special prices of 25c 35c and 50c apply with seat sale opening Friday morning at the local venue.
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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1902
Page
4
Exciting incidents and villainy fade behind lighthearted scenes as a wholesome comedy returns. Special prices of 25c 35c and 50c apply with seat sale opening Friday morning at the local venue.
Two Illinois men returning from Muscatine raced wagons on the toll road Monday evening and struck a buggy carrying Mrs James Keenan Mrs Faulkner and a boy. The buggy was destroyed bruised women and the boy was run over by a wagon. The drivers fled refusing to give names as the incident is investigated.
An advertisement argues Malt-Nut offers four times beef nutrition and similar nourishment at four cents a pound. It markets to workers by promising greater stamina, a rich flavor, and easier preparation, claiming one saucer of Malt-Nut equals a half pound of beef for a hard day.
Mrs. Emma Hediker was a passenger this morning on the Firefly bound for Chicago to visit relatives and friends for the next ten days or two weeks.
Muscatine will observe a weekly bargain day on Wednesdays after the local Journal interviews with major stores. The page shows special ads from Batterson Bee Hive and Anson Clothing Co offering corset sales and spring suits, while Wittich Brothers and Liebbrand Ryan Co list discounted items. Merchants expect peak crowds and buyers plan to shop weekly for limited stock offers.
The Cedar Street standings in school contests remain unchanged from last night. Voters must submit their ballots by 6 PM Thursday as closing time shifted from noon to the new hour.
W A McCoy of the seventh street and Iowa avenue corner is confined to his room by illness as the Journal reports.
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