Local Painter Brannan Opens Atelier in Muscatine
William F. Brannan, trained at the Art Students League in New York and multiple U.S. schools, opens a third floor atelier in the Hare Building Muscatine with Tom Wilson as assistant. He plans two months of city painting before returning east and aims to study chloroscuro, not sell works locally, while staging a visitors parlor.
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William F. Brannan
United States
Hare Building
Brannan
Art Students’ League
New York City
Muscatine
Tom Wilson
Art Institute
Chicago
Smith Art Academy
Brannan Plans Year at Julian School of Paris
The article notes he will spend a year at the Julian School of Paris regarded as the world’s best. It states that many notable artists have studied there and graduates are highly respected in the artists’ fraternity. After his studies in Paris he intends to settle in New York City.
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Chicago
Paris
Brannan
Julian School of
New York City
Heard on the Streets A Cedar Street Teacher Nabbed by Flour Joke
Rumor says a popular Cedar Street teacher pranked a friend of Kranz the florist by ordering a sack of flour without giving a name. The florist confirmed the caller’s voice, and the flour was sent, revealing who initiated the joke.
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Cedar Street
Kranz
Newly Married Couple Accused by White Markings
A couple from a town near Muscatine visited a neighbor for a call. The bride bore a white mark at her waist and the husband showed white stains on the opposite sleeve. Neighbors noticed, the bride blushed, and the visit ended abruptly.
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Muscatine
Two New Chicago Denver Trains Not to Be Added
Rock Island will not deploy two extra trains between Chicago and Denver, despite earlier reports. At a Chicago superintendents meeting last week the decision favored maintaining current Colorado point services unless tourist travel demands extra accommodations.
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Denver
Rock Island
Chicago
Colorado
By Laws Adopted At Regular C Company Meeting
The C Company held a regular Armory session to hear a committee report drafting bylaws. The document tightens court martial powers, with appeals possible to the company and a two thirds vote to reverse rulings. Election of officers is slated for the next meeting amid talk of many privates seeking office. An honorary order with $2 annual dues is planned for former members.
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C. C
Columbus Junction Briefs and Local Returns
A. T. Dickerson of Muscatine returns from Kansas City cancer specialist with facial growth concerns. Bert Fish comes home from Mechanicsville to work at Dr. Morgan's drug store in Columbus City during Paschal's PI AR absence. Roy Close of Iowa City visits sister Mrs. Dr. J. L. Overhalt in Columbus Junction. Reverend J. W. Pool returns to Fort.
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Columbus Junction
A. T. Dickerson
Muscatine
Kansas City
Bert Fish
Mechanicsville
Dr. Morgan
Columbus City
W. W. Paschal
PI AR
Roy Close
Iowa City
Barter Column Promises Trade Deals Soaring
In the Journal barter and exchange page a reader seeks a swap for services or goods. The listing hints at a community network where neighbors propose trades and offers with mutual benefit. Details are sparse but show a lively bartering culture in the neighborhood.
Unclaimed Mail at Muscatine Post Office May 14 1901
Weekly list shows men Edw Boone Wm Butts Art Dill James Kingan L P Lake C H Nelson S E Overmass W A Pullen J N Roland Walter Sheets. women Luella Fry J Cc Hays John Heiner Jennie Hyler Alania Hughes Wm Mirtz Ethel Robinson Maggie Schierman Mary Vansoy Mrs Lucinda Washburn. foreign John Harms Reinhard Sagesser. Callers must say advertised. P M Wm L Roach.
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Muscatine
Iowa
Edw. Boone
Wm. Butts
Art Dill
James Kingan
L. P. Lake
C. H. Nelson
S. E. Overmass
W. A. Pullen
J. N. Roland
Walter Sheets
Luella Fry
J. Cc. Hays
John Heiner
Jennie Hyler
Scenic Rail Route Between Niagara Falls and Philadelphia
The Lehigh Valley railroad line from Niagara Falls or Buffalo to New York and Philadelphia offers entrancing beauty with panoramic scenery at every turn. Fast trains and dining cars provide service a la carte.
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Lehigh Valley Railroad
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
New York
Philadelphia
Muscatine Markets Grain Prices and Livestock Values
Market report lists prices for grain, hay, and livestock in Muscatine. Corn 40–43c, oats 23–25c, wheat 55–60c, hay Timothy $11–12, hay bottom $1.00–5.00, potatoes 40c, apples $1.10–1.50, butter 14–20c, creamery butter 19c, hogs $5.25–5.30, cattle $3.00–3.50, calves $3.50–4.00, sheep $4.00, lambs 3–4c per lb, young chickens alive 6c, dressed 8–12c. Flour 48 lb sack $1.15–1.25, sugar 5.95 per 100 lbs, coffee Rio 15–20c, oranges 20c–60c per dozen, lemons 20–30c. Prices note market unsteady.
Guaranteed Salary Opportunity in New Haven
Men and women of good address may apply for a permanent position with an old established house. $900 yearly salary guarantee plus commissions and expenses, opportunities for travel and local work, rapid advancement, pleasant income, and future prospects. Write STAFFORD PRESS 23 Church St New Haven Conn.
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Stafford Press
Church St
New Haven
Conn
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Students’ League, of
School of Paris
Latables
Flannery
West 2Nd Street
Mcalm Dry Goods Co
Space Great
Adies
Musli
McColm Dry Goods Company
Cy Slay
Piape
Dillaway's
Mittee
Armory
Balle Plaine
Lanhorn
Minn
W. A. Highsmith
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Myrtle Lodge No. 12
Council Bluffs
Tremble
O. S. Todd
Little Neal
Burlington
Fort Madison
Eli Edgington
Mornings Sun
Grant Schwarts
C. BE. Jayne
Geo. Ward
Nichols
Washington
Garden Grove
Mmes
Rev. Fouse
EF. R. Lacey
Mount Vernon
E. B. Tucker
Des Moines
J.B. McElwain
Clinton
G. I. Church
New Boston
Chas. Stickney
C. J. Wilson
Frank Wilson
West Branch
I. M. Lane
Fieral
Tome
Jas, O'Toole
Sycamore St
Muscatine Markets
Illinois
Graham
Neuro-Vitae
Buffalo, N. Y
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Middle States
Western Reserve
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Chautauqua
Lake Shore
F. M. Byron
G. W. A. Chicago
The
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
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