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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1902
Page
8
Items include visits and travels of residents J F Clark, Fritz Kautz, Mrs F E Dolsin, Mrs Jane Eaton, Miss Gertrude Chenoweth, and Mrs Samuels. Also mentions Barnard's Jewelry Store event date Oct 18, Purse for Y M C A Star Course tickets, Lost pup Prince, and services at Luellen Bros Panitorium.
Tomorrow, October 9, B. E. Lilly notes T. Richter & Sons will display at our store the largest line of boas cloaks and elegant muffs at manufacturer prices. This is a special display event with a broad assortment for shoppers.
The Muscatine rally at the Grand Opera house features Congressman Robert G. Cousins and William Hoffman as speakers. Hoffmans first campaign address aims to energize supporters and outline key issues for the Republican ticket in the Fifth and Second districts.
Members of Muscatine camp No. 106 Modern Woodmen of America filled Woodmen hall at Second street and Iowa avenue for an all member evening. The program committee Fred Koehler Charles Kern and John Neibling prepared the selections which were well rendered and enjoyed by the members.
Miss Bertha Lorenz wed William Whitmore in a Roscoe Avenue ceremony performed by Rev. Jans. Attendants included Madge Whitmore and Emil Lorenz. The couple plan to move to New Boston Illinois where the groom will start a business. relatives and friends offered best wishes.
A reflective survey traces England and its empire from Victoria to the 20th century, noting Gladstone and Browning, the Berlin Treaty, and education shifts. It blends distant history with local updates on residents Mrs. Bowlby ill, movers Thompson and Hankins, and neighbors at the Hankins home.
Orono October 8 reports fine weather as Perm Miller funeral was conducted in the V church by Pastor Potter. Wr. Miller leaves behind a wife and three children.
Regular meeting for the Red Men set Thursday at 7 30 pm. Work in second degree urged with full attendance. Per order Sachem.
Visits and family gatherings mark the week with Rev Hanley and companions dining with Hoskins. J Freyermuth announces a closing out sale October 21 featuring cattle horses farm equipment and crops. George Cornell returns from Minnesota after purchasing 240 acres for future residence.
Des Moines Iowa October opening of the twenty ninth annual convention of the W C T U of Iowa with about one hundred delegates from major cities. Officers reports were read including corresponding secretary treasurer and trustees accounts focused on Benedict home affairs. President Adams of Des Moines College spoke and delegates were hosted at a chapel reception.
Property pitch offers an acre for sale by Titus and Jackson in a good location at a lower price than a single lot, promoting value and convenience for buyers seeking larger parcel size.
William Ousley of Chester Pa is an eighties old man famed as the country’s oldest Odd Fellow. He walks about 15 miles daily six days a week for 20 years and stands for meals, refusing underwear, yet remains hearty and strong.
In Vinton on October 8 a libel suit moved to Judge Burnham under change of venue from Iowa county. The Victor Index editor seeks 16000 dollars from certain citizens over a handbill publication tied to a political dispute. The libel claim rests on citizens' sworn statements challenging the editor’s veracity.
A boiler in the Jones laundry exploded with a terrific noise in Creston injuring no one. The boiler was hurled hundreds of feet and landed in Justice Gouldin’s office half a block away. The laundry occupants escaped miraculously as the building suffered heavy damage and the cause remains unknown.
Mrs Anna Roosevelt Cowles wife of Commander W S Cowles U S N and sister of President Roosevelt is admitted as an elector by Farmington Connecticut selectmen She can now vote on school matters in Farmington where she resides when not in Washington Women suffragists nearby are elated believing the presidents sister action will greatly aid their cause.
V I Jocelson of the American Museum of Natural History arrives in Moscow on his return voyage to New York. He spent two years collecting ethnographic materials in the Amur and Yakovst regions and has gathered folklore and linguistic data on the Ukaghire and Koriaks.
After 32 years as a New York machinist, William S. Hughes perfected a smoke consuming device for locomotives. Lacking capital, he gained the notice of Cornelius Vanderbilt who tested the device on an elevated train from the Battery to Haglem. Vanderbilt has decided to aid Hughes in the matter.
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