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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1902
Page
8
A string of brief city items notes visitors and travel to Davenport and Wilton, plus multiple ads for foods and services. Names include A M Garrett Letts and Bertha Stigletz with dates of travel. merchants M W Wheeler Hartman Ellman H F Rodman and 222 Iowa Avenue offer groceries, ham, fruit, vegetables, and dry cleaning.
Readable note highlights Roman punch vanilla strawberry and chocolate ice cream offerings at Hacker's, suggesting a seasonal menu feature.
Downtown dining spot Silver Grill run by Franck Nelson invites fishers and picnickers to a Naples style lunch with roast turkey and chicken on the menu. A mandolin club will provide music tomorrow evening for customers enjoying meals.
Lee Cody of Wapello visited the city this forenoon. Barnett Bros sold XXXX granulated sugar for 1 dollar. C. C. Smith offered new peas, home grown strawberries, and fine pineapples. Several locals traveled for business on the Helen Blair, Firefly and Western routes. Bartlett Bros promoted premium coffee and chocolate, and St Johns announced baked goods. M. W. Wheeler sold fresh butter, and Luellen Bros offered cleaning and shoe services. A social outing on Whitmore’s steam launch Mignon featured Elmer Batterson hosting friends aboard. Wallace Day traveled to St Paul by Firefly after news of Z. N. King’s illness.
A local ad lists ribbed children’s jerseys and ladies’ ribbed vests in all sizes. The notice notes available varieties and suggests favorable pricing.
A Muscatine report notes Heerd's Eczema Butter remains widely manufactured and sold. The remedy claims to cure eczema itching and skin diseases with many subscribers and local supporters, including children, while promoting Y M C A fundraising and Jubilee services.
A local shop shows two hundred handsome parasols in various colors including black and a line of black and white designs. Prices range from 75c to 3.96 with children's parasols in silk and cotton from 19c to 1.50. A special counter features lightly soiled parasols from 50c to 1.00 at half price.
Large and small Paris and Vienna fans on sale in various colors and fabrics. Prices range from 15 to 350 cents with many mid range options. Bright, decorative, and suitable for graduation celebrations. Come and see the selection today.
A 50 cent box sale promotes strawberries and other fruits while St Johns offers citrus and Pineapples. The Globe restaurant advertises seasonal delicacies and M W Wheeler lists sweet oranges at 10 cents per dozen. Miss Elizabeth Ludke travels on the Western to Riverside to visit sister Mrs Bearsley.
The undersigned express sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for support after their bereavement. Special thanks to the Vienna Button Mfg. Co and its employees for assistance. Mrs. Carl Pohlmann and Children.
Advertisement notes 20ths fine granulated sugar priced at 1.00 per 100 pound sack and 4.85 for a 1000 pound sack at C Otto and Sons.
The Old Ladies' Home invites applications for the position of matron. Interested parties should contact Mrs. Ebien M. Brown at 1424 Mulberry Street to apply.
Banner Lodge calls a meeting for Saturday at 2 o clock. All members are requested to be present by order of the Chief of Honor.
A. Siegel, proprietor of the Peoples Bargain Store, moves into the new room formerly occupied by Bississi on June street. He expands stock to include ginghams, calicoes, silks, muslins, per cales, shirtings, denim, ducking, and more, rebranding as THE PEOPLE'S DEPARTMENT STORE.
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