Ticket Prices for Reserved Seats Released
Prices listed for seating include Parquet except first row and Ist row in Balcony at $1.00, while Balcony except first row and Ist row in Parquet cost 75 cents.
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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1902
Page
5
William Roffman to Speak at Campaign Night
Robert G. Cousins will also speak at the event arriving tonight. Paudhet's Band has been engaged to provide music for the campaign opening night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Roffman
Will
Robert G. Cousins
Paudhet
Republican meeting in Muscatine to hear Cousins and Hoffman
Interest rises as Muscatine hosts the first campaign event with Congressman Robert G. Cousins of the Fifth District and William Hoffman of the Second District addressing the crowd. Pauchet's band will provide music and Hoffman makes his first formal campaign speech. Further gatherings include Frank L Lowden's Oct 23 appearance in Muscatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Robert G. Cousins
Fifth District
William Hoffman
Muscatine
Hoffman
Pauchet
West Union
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Lowden
J. C. Cost
Chicago
Speakers to be announced for county events in Muscatine
The county will host talks with speakers from Iowa and other states. Wilton West Liberty and many other areas will receive solid speakers, with dates to be announced within one to two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Wilton
West Liberty
Postal Telegraph installs call bell system in Muscatine
The Postal Telegraph company begins work on a call bell system in Muscatine enabling patrons to summon a messenger by pressing a button. The material is on hand and installation has started in local offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Postal Telegraph Company
Muscatine
Man Hurt Stepping Off Moving Street Car
Fred Frutig of West Eighth street was severely bruised when he stepped off a moving street car and fell face down on the pavement. He lay unconscious for hours but improved today and may be housebound for several days. A physician found no broken bones after examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Frutig
West Eighth Street
Thought He Remembered
A society dialogue recalls meeting at a social event in Chicago Tribune style. A colonel and a society beauty exchange lines and humor about memory and recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
California Cure Claims For Brights Disease And Diabetes
A California study reports new compounds curing Brights disease and diabetes with recoveries averaging seven percent. Researchers say the investigation is so conclusive that they sent for reports and the new treatment for urgent cases in the city. Call or send for one of the reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
California
National Magazine Enlarges October Issue
The National Magazine of Boston increases its October number to thirty two extra pages, featuring stories poems public affairs character sketches and nearly one hundred full page engravings. It showcases a graphic illustrated mirror of contemporary life with over one hundred fifty pages of text and pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Magazine of
Boston
October Success issue highlights Henry Cabot Lodge
The October issue of Success presents a broad range of reading material representative of American progress. Notable among its contents is United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts with a discourse on Good Citizenship, a topic seen as essential for the growing youth of the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
Massachusetts
Pilgrim October issue features Otto J. Schneider cover
The Pilgrim for October showcases an Otto J. Schneider cover with an Hellen dry point etching. The magazine offers extensive content and broad family appeal, including Willis J. Abbot's timely Men and Matters of Moment and a strong editorial standard from the start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto J. Schneider
Willis J. Abbot
Alexander Hamilton as Revolutionary Figure in Cosmopolitan
John Fiske’s study of Alexander Hamilton, published as the leading article in the October Cosmopolitan, highlights the man’s character and motives. The piece underscores the struggles of the American Union on its path to excellence and the perfection it must achieve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Hamilton
John Fiske
The Reader Launches as Leading American Literary Journal
The first number of The Reader appeared in October 1902 and is described as a leading literary journal in America. It promises entertaining and pleasant reading across its entire contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Train collision settles with Conesville ladies in Iowa
The Chicago Rock Island & Pacific railroad settled claims with Mrs. Swoboda and Mrs. Jean of Conesville for injuries from a August accident at Columbus Junction. The driver Frank Paxton and the livery firm Shaffer & Klotz were not settled with, and suit is expected against the railroad. The two women received a fair sum, while Paxton’s claim remains unresolved. The crash occurred when a northbound train struck a carriage carrying the two women as they rushed to catch the 9 PM train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel W. Albright
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company
Columbus Junction
Swoboda
J. E. Jean
Conesville
Nichols
Schaffer & Klotz
Frank Paxton
Bryan
Shaffer & Klotz
J. W. Swoboda
Paxton
Coal distributed to New York poor at 15 cents per pail
New York began the distribution of 1,500 tons of stove and chestnut size anthracite to the poor at cost. The operation started this morning at Barber yards near Water Street under the Brooklyn Bridge, selling coal at 15 cents per pail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Barber Yards
Water Street
Brooklyn Bridge
Three Good Bargains in Muscatine City Property
Titus and Jackson advertise three especially good bargains on Muscatine city property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine City
Titus & Jackson
Century to Feature Northwest The Great Southwest Writer
The Century announces that Ray Stannard Baker will create illustrated papers on the Northwest similar to his The Great Southwest series. Maxfield Parrish provides illustrations as Baker prepares a 1993 run detailing resources, industries, characteristics, and outlook of the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Stannard Baker
Great Southwest
Maxfield Parrish
Baker
Northwest
Southwest
Century
United States
Food versus Recreation in a Novelists Recovery
An anecdote praises Grape-Nuts as a brain and nerve food that restores energy and makes work enjoyable. A prominent novelist recounts fatigue, travel, and revival after starting the cereal, crediting Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Michigan for the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Change Over Deep Valley and Bear Mountain
A narrator nears Deep Valley Idaho and learns from a stranger that Bear Mountain has slid down and filled the valley. He warns that Hank Thompson may be buried under a hundred feet of rocks and dirt, requiring a shovel and crowbar to reach him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deep Valley
Ida
Bear Mountain
Closby
Hank Thompson
M. Quad
Seeing the Right Thing
A colonel recalls founding a western town and seeking a newspaper. A stranger swindled him with 600 dollars to fund a Chicago outfit, vanished for three years, then reappeared in Iowa. The man traded the outfit for a blacksmith shop and chose a steadier path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Iowa
Something Tarned. A Turn-Up Joke Exchange
A short humorous exchange about a woman’s reaction to waiting for something to turn up. One says the item “turned up,” the other quips that she “turned up her nose.”
Severe Life Sentence Pronounced in Court
In a dramatic exchange the judge declares the prisoner guilty and sentences him to life imprisonment for the crime. The prisoner admits teaching the judge's wife singing but the judge insists on the heaviest permissible sentence under the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Bulletin
Lawyer Delivers Damages Note After Railway Crash
A lawyer informs the wife of a railway accident victim that recovery is unlikely and discusses damages rather than health. The wife expresses gratitude to the doctor, while the lawyer clarifies his role and the grim prognosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston Post
Determined to Be Pleased and Tolerant Attitude
A Washington Star quote shows a man who accepts his car stopping without warning. He says the pause annoys him a little yet provides the satisfaction that the vehicle will not hit anything, reflecting a good natured view of misfortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Wholesale Market Prices and Goods Listings
A dense catalog of groceries and supplies with prices across multiple categories. Includes grains, dairy, produce, live stock, vegetables, fruits, fish, and fuel with quoted per unit or per sack costs for items like corn meal, flour, potatoes, apples, melons, and coal. Notable entries cover oats, wheat, hay, hides, eggs, butter, lard, sugar, coffee, citrus, peppers, pumpkins, and musk melons among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Hides—inc
Rio
Graham
New York
Lehigh Valley Railroads Vestibuled Limited Trains
Rail line advertises vestibuled limited service from Buffalo to New York and Philadelphia via Niagara Falls with dining car and a la carte service. Stopovers allowed at Niagara Falls on through tickets to New York and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Buffalo
Chicago
West
Niagara Falls
New York
Philadelphia
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Iowa Avenue
Thiesen
M. C. Hayes & Co
Umschied & Seiler
Musca
Bond
Brights Disease
Diabetes
H. C. Thiesen
National
Cosmopolitan
the Reader
Rock Island
Lumbus Junction
J. L. Giesler
J. H. Kaiser
S. L. Johnson
F. H. Little
Gus Schmidt
John H. Kaiser
A Baird
F. W. Swan
F. W. Eversmeyer
J. L. Geisler
C. A. Mull
J. K. Blackwell
Darac
Muscatine, Iowa
China
Haviland
Dillaway
Hood's
Old Colony
Chas. C. Braunworth
Aouallas Marais
Hocking Valley
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