St Matthias Catholic Fall Festival Profit Report
Rev F J Leonard announced the festival at Woodman hall netted 826 20 dollars from the Catholic church ladies effort The event drew five hundred dinners and about 350 suppers with a concert and promenade The hall was packed from morning until night and all booths were well patronized The ladies express thanks to patrons and workers.
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Woodman Hall
St. Matthias Catholic Church
F. J. Leonard
Met
Harper News Highlights Local Movements and Visits
Nic Weachter arrived from Kansas and will winter with his mother here in Harper. Mrs. Jim Bell and two Muscatine children visit friends and relatives. Mrs. Fiona Bethel returned from Oskaloosa. Pat Fitzgerald and wife plan a Walla Walla trip with Grace Allan accompanying them. Walburga Salm assisting at State bank while Grace is away. Chas White family from Sigourney visit his mother. Mike and Wes Striegel took stock to Chicago. Jno Streit’s Sigourney visit. Local youths attended a show in Sigourney. Edna Crooks returned from Delta after a visit with friends.
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Harper
Iowa
Nic Weachter
Kansas
Jim Bell
Muscatine
Fiona Bethel
Oskaloosa
Pat Fitzgerald
Walla Walla
Wash
Grace Allan
Walburga Salm
State Bank
Miss Grace
Chas. White
James
Sigourney
Mike
Wes Striegel
Chicago
Stock
Jno. Streit
Edna Crooks
Delta
Zemio Skin Cure Offered to End Itching
An advertisement claims Zemio cleanses skin by drawing germs and toxins to the surface for relief and permanent cure. It asserts instant relief and universal applicability to skin and scalp conditions, with samples from E. W. Rose Medicine Co. and sales by A. W. Mor on 2nd Street.
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ZEMO
E. W. Rose Medicins Ssaiacine Co
A. W. Mor
St. Oe
Visitors Spend Time Across Local Households
Copperas Creek Illinois residents travel to and from nearby towns visiting family and friends. Mr and Mrs J C Hesser host at their home. Wm Mewes stays with sister Mrs G Kleist. Ancil Davis visits family in West Liberty. Os Reynolds visits Davenport relatives. Mrs S J Schell and Mrs L Beney visit Illinois City and Eliza. C O Haver from Muscatine spends at W Buckley. Chas Franklin and Ab Bowser with Muscatine and Illinois City connections.
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Copperas Creek
Ill
J C. Hesser
J. Mills
Bay Island
Wm. Mewes
Illinois City
G. Kleist
Ancil Davis
West Liberty
B. R. Davis
Os Reynolds
Davenport
B. Reynolds
S. J. Schell
L. Beney
Eliza
J. C. Hesser
C. O’haver
Muscatine
W. Buckley
Chas Franklin
Miller Farrington nuptials set for December in Chicago
Miss Pearl J. Miller of Wilton will marry Franklin D. Farrington of Chicago at 8 p m December 1 in a Chicago Congregational church ceremony. The Wilton area hosts many relatives and friends following invitations announced in this notice.
Markets At a Glance Chicago Nov 20 Prices and receipts
Open- high- low- close quotes for Wheat Corn Oats and Livestock in Chicago on November 20 with notes on cattle hogs and sheep receipts. Includes cash grain values and produce quotes.
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Chicago
Chicago Poultry Market Prices Report
Chicago poultry market report from November 20 notes weak demand with turkeys at 14 cents, chickens at 8 and a half to 9 cents, and springs around 10 and a half cents.
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Chicago
Ill
New York Grain Market Report
New York N Y November 20 wheat for December at 1.14 dollars and corn at 72 cents per bushel are recorded in today's grain market notes.
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New York
New York N. Y
New York Produce Market Butter and Eggs Steady
New York produce market reports butter firm and unchanged and eggs steady with receipts of about 2,700 for butter and 4,000 for eggs on November 20 in New York.
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Chicago
Ill
New York
New York Poultry Market Prices Steady
New York market reports live poultry steady with springs 12 13c, fowls 11 11%c, turkeys 10 15c. Dressed prices also steady with springs 12 18c, fowls 11 14c, spring turkeys 14 22c.
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New York
St Louis Grain Market Report Retrieves Prices
St Louis Missouri November 20 Wheat firm Dec at 1 04 and corn 61 cents and oats 48 cents.
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St. Louis
Peoria Corn Market Report
Peoria Illinois market notes corn prices for No 20 and No 3 grades quoted at 62 cents per bushel with 62 cents shown for multiple lots.
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Peoria
Ill
Local Market Prices for Corn Oats Wheat and Grains
Inland market reports list prices for corn oats wheat and many feed ingredients in cwt per hundredweight per peck and per ton. Live stock figures include cattle mutton veal and sheep with ranges for heavy and light grades and carcass yields.
Market Price List For Commodities And Produce
Soft nut coal three fifty per ton. Hard wood six dollars per cord sawed. Sugar granulated five twenty five per ewt. Flour one forty to one sixty. Buckwheat flour forty five to fifty cents. Spring chickens twelve and a half percent per pound. Geese twelve and a half percent four cents per pound. Flower Market carnations three five to five and a half cents per dozen. Astors twenty five to fifty cents a dozen.
Dr Schell of I W U to Speak at local church Sunday
Dr Edwin Schell president of Iowa Wesleyan University Mt Pleasant will have charge of Sunday services at First Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev and Mrs Osborn mourn their three year old daughter and are quarantined at home. Schell is regarded as an excellent speaker and is expected to draw a large audience.
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Edwin Schell
Iowa Wesleyan University
Mt. Pleasant
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Thomas Osborn
Schell
North Prairie Brief News: New Arrival and School Starts
Charlie Fisher welcomes a newborn son born November 12 in North Prairie Iowa. School resumes November 22 with Miss Cora Fryberger as teacher. Farmers report corn husking nearly finished. Mrs Geo Shoemaker and children visited Muscatine over Sunday. Preaching next Sunday at 2 30 and Sunday school at 1 30.
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North Prairie
Charlie Fisher
Cora Fryberger
Geo. Shoemaker
Muscatine
The Tardy Guest
A husband arrives late to a dinner engagement after claiming an office delay. He discovers his wife and children are gone and the house locked. He breaks in through a window to fetch the evening paper, then dresses and travels twenty blocks as guests wait at 6:03.
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Kansas City Star
First Five Presidents Ate Pie With Their Knife
The Utica Observer notes that George Washington through James Monroe ate pie with a knife. John Quincy Adams, after France, adopted the fork and found it hard to switch back, as Mrs. Adams explained to guests at the White House era.
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George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
White House
America
France
Massachusetts
Utica
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L. C. Winter
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Bert Fulton
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Henry Frenzel
H. J. Rickert
Northumberland County
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I. N. Kiser
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Money Saving Store
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East Second Street
Muscatine Markets
DR. Schell
University At
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Ophelia
Hun
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Muscatine Broom Factory
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