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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1906
Page
8
Read like a busy local page with visits, trains, and shop mentions. Cigar brands Melita and Hully Gee appear, while residents such as Mrs R W Hinkhouse and Dr R S McNutt travel to Iowa City and Durant for short visits and business.
Shel by Norman post members meet at the G A R hall to arrange Memorial Day services in Muscatine under local post auspices. Bryant C. Preston named principal speaker with other patriots to address the crowd. Supervisors grant permission to erect a stand in the court square for speakers and attendees. Old soldiers graves to be decorated in the forenoon by G A R Ladies and the W R C. large turnout expected from surrounding areas.
Removal notice states stock moved from 205 W Second Street to 225 West Second Street next to Stein Furniture Co. Jackson Electric Supply Co.
This week the Boston Store offers cut price carpets with last chances to buy all wool carpets at 39c 45c 50c and 59c per yard while all wool carpets go for 1.00 per yard. Graduation dresses and white dress options in wool or silk and wool range from 50c to 1.50 per yard and white embroidered robes priced 6.50 to 12.50 with wide embroideries and insertions offered at 40c 60c 75c and 85c per yard.
New England readers are urged to trust Foley’s Kidney Cure after Alvin H Stimpson of Willimantic Connecticut reports recovery from acute kidney trouble. He claims four bottles cured him completely and he is now entirely well. Haverkamp’s Prescription Drug Store promotes the remedy.
Fifty pieces of new wash goods arrived in fresh spring shades. Prices range from 12¢ to 75¢ per yard with 10 and 35 cent lines included. Special emphasis on the yard goods. customers urged to visit or request samples.
Grand showing of ready made white dresses in new natty styles trimmed with lace and embroidery. Sizes 32 to 40, priced from 3.50 to 10.00, with a promise to please on all ready to wear garments. Come to the Boston Store this week and save money.
Large selection of linoleum patterns in bright colors priced at 50c per square yard for 2 yard widths and 59c for 4 yard widths. Additional patterns from 39c per square yard on 2 yard widths. Boston Store promises savings on linoleum and cloth.
Wabash will offer excursion tickets to Boston from May 31 to June 9 with options via Niagara Falls and Montreal or via New York. One fare plus $1.00 round trip, extended return limit to July 15 1906. Inquire for printed matter and full details from F. H. Tristram Assistant General Pass Agent 97 Aldens Street Chicago.
Local anglers celebrate the opening of the season with plentiful fish below the bar and at the eight mile bridge on the slough. Reports say fish are larger this year and many picnics occur, with some anglers catching large catches despite continued law questions.
Preparations underway at Musserville M E church for children day observance on the second Sunday in June. An evening program features songs recitations and planned dialogue or cantata though time is short. Last Sunday island M E church held large baptism services with Rev Brooks presiding.
H Rupp, a dentist, operates at 128 West Second Street over Bodman's grocery. The location is noted as his practice base, indicating a small neighborhood setup.
A resident returned home from Grandview after attending the Keik Walker wedding last week. Mr and Mrs J E Hoopes and family visited High Prairie with the former’s father. Mrs Kauffman and daughters on Stuart road attended island church services. Mrs Thornton Nichols and Miss Mabel Stark on Muscatine island spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs John Pring. Ina Cate, recently operated on at Hershey hospital, is improving. Hazel Jarvis of Muscatine Island returned home after a brief visit with her aunt Kathryn Benn on Philip street.
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