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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1908
Page
6
East Hill to Park Avenue and Washington Street sees improvements as a Name Contest opens to all Muscatine residents. Prizes include 25 dollars cash or 50 dollars cash credit on property for the winning name, with a second prize of 15 dollars cash or 80 dollars cash credit.
The city holds a Name Contest open to Muscatine residents with no repeated prior additions. Submit up to five names in sealed envelopes to Wallace & Gates at 224 W 2nd, Muscatine Ia, marked Name Contest. The winner gains a substantial cash or credit prize and the committee selects the best name.
The Grand presents Lottie Blair Parker’s Under Southern Skies a beloved southern drama about love and suffering. The review praises its enduring appeal with a large cast of twenty three and notes a unique Hallowe en pumpkin dance as a standout feature drawing crowds today and tonight.
The Morgan Stock Company returns Sunday with a stirring adventure play titled The Black Flag. The troupe earned broad audience acclaim during its last visit for creditable performance and engaging entertainment.
George H. Cohan and the Royal Family will depart from the Colonial Theatre as The Yankee Prince nears its end this season. Cohan plans a two year vacation, while the musical drama dazzles with clever comedy bright colors tuneful music and a brisk pace from start to finish.
The Grand Opera House in Muscatine announces the Savage production of The Devil to be staged on Friday the 13th. Edwin Forsberg leads a distinguished cast in a modern, provocative drama with elaborate sets reproduced from New York and Chicago productions. The play centers on a worldly Devil attempting to undermine a married woman and the artist she sits for.
Residents of the Flat area demand extended water mains and hydrants after a disastrous fire at the Drakos home. They argue current hydrant and hose limitations hinder firefighting, noting delays until other companies arrive prevented saving the dwelling. A petition to city council will be circulated.
In compliance with Muscatine City Council orders the Rock Island Railroad Company began lowering culverts south of the city to drain water from the low land near South Muscatine. The project will take several weeks as crews work on crossings and track resurfacing at Oregon Street while other locals note routine visits and travel.
If you suffer from bleeding itching blind or protruding piles send me your address and I will tell you how to cure yourself at home by the new absorption treatment with references from your locality. Immediate relief and permanent care. Send no money but tell others. Write today to Mrs M Summers Box P Notre Dame.
The note praises Bor' for baking biscuits using Gold Medal Flour Berry. It highlights the quality and flavor of the biscuits and credits the flour mix as key to the result.
A dealer advertises a line of elegant automatic shelf swinging music cabinets with moving shelves for easy access. Priced from 9.50 to 16.00 and as low as 5.25, the cabinets come in mahogany, walnut and oak, emphasizing quality furniture with affordable rates.
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