Muscatine Opens School Year With New Instructors
Muscatine schools begin a new term as Superintendent W. F. Chevalier reports strong enrollment and several teaching staff changes. Principal R. M. Arey leads High School with 190 seats and 200 plus enrollment expected. new Business Course and Music offerings unveiled by Miss Florence Barclay and Mrs E P Davis.
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York
Remoriwg
Muscatine
Binning
Chevalier
Ays
Theournal
Cretary
East Hill
Jessie A. Braunworth
Emma E. Manlove
Bessie Robertson
Rita Berry
Butlerville
Rebecca Shoemaker
Green Street
South Muscatine
Florence Barclay
Chas. McMullen
Silvan Plumly
E. P. Davis
Modern Brotherhood of America Selects Eight Delegates
An interesting session of the Modern Brotherhood of America was held Monday evening. Two members were installed and five balloted on. This lodge is entitled to eight delegates for the convention to be held in Davenport.
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Modern Brotherhood of America
Davenport
Explosion damages mill. three men injured in Musser incident
A mill explosion at Musser Lumber in Musserville shatters walls and bricks flying up to 300 feet. Injured are Robert Carter, John Dular, and David L Dulgar. Carter and Dular face severe burns and possible eye damage while Dulgar sustains broken ribs and knee injuries. A wrecking crew starts clearing debris. no insurance on the mill.
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W. E. Eberling
Masters
Musser
Journal Representative
Robert Carter
John Duglar
David L. Dulgar
Carter
Musser Mills
Musserville
Musser Lumber Company
E. B. Fulham
John Dular
Robt
Alo
Hog market rises as porkers reach higher prices
Hog prices jump from 5.60 5.75 to 6.00 6.25 as receipts fall after heavy shipments. Grain receipts stay heavy with corn 55 58 cents, hay 13 a ton. Sugar 5 per 100 pounds, cucumbers cheaper, fuel and fish unchanged. General price trend remains high, cost of living above average.
Muscatine Markets Grain and Livestock Prices
Local Muscatine market report lists prices for corn 55 to 58 cents per bushel, oats 3 cents feeder value, oatmeal 38 cents, rye and barley around 40 cents, wheat 55 to 60 cents, hay 13 to 14 dollars, potatoes 1.25, eggs fresh at 12 cents, butter 14 to 20 cents, lard 9 to 10 cents, hogs 6.00 to 6.25, cattle 2.75 to 3.25, calves 3.60 to 4.00, sheep 3.50 to 5.00 per hundredweight, lamb 3.14 to 4 cents, poultry prices varied for young alive and dressed. Retail flour 1.10 to 1.20 per 48 pounds, corn meal per sack 20 to 15 cents, sugar around 5.65 per 100 pounds, coffee varieties listed, eggs 12 cents, live and dressed chickens quoted, vegetables with multiple per-dozen and per-peck prices for corn, celery, potatoes, beets, onions, tomatoes, cucumbers, turnips, cabbage, pears, pineapples, bananas, peaches, plums, and California plums. Market described as unsteady.
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Illinois
California
Lightning Pain Killer Cure Claim Ad
A Lightning Pain Killer remedy promises fast relief for inner and outer pains. The ad touts safety for children and invalids, with dosage instructions and a 25 cent bottle price from The Lightning Medicine Co. in Rock Island Illinois.
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the Lightning Medicine Co
Rock Island, Ill
The Price of Corn and the Farm Hand Remedy
An early 20th century style notice links corn prices to farmer costs and worker hardship. It promotes 1-0-D-O antiseptic powder as a remedy for cuts bruises and pain from planting and shelling with a sales pitch for 25 cents a box.
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Igi Company
Encour
R. M. Arey
Erima F. Underwood
Leona E. Howe
Mary E. Whicher
O. D. Longstreth
Mary Ryan
Ethel Coverston
Florence LeQuatte
First Ward
I. S. Pepper
Misses Katherine Hayes
M. Bertha Hoover
Belle Connor
Hattie D. van Horne
Anna E. Kincaid
Mary E. Platt
Lucy Neill
Hattie G. Smeenk
Third Ward
Thomas McCulloch
Mabel Leverlin
Sophia Hagermann
Bliax M. Parker
M. Jennie Hawley
Isa Greeley
Anna B. Lewis
May Leyda
Lucy Connor
E. A. Ogilvie
Cedar Street
A. C. Kennedy
Fannie C. Hadley
Anna MceDougall
Eva A. Johnson
Cora Hurlbut
Fannie Peabeck
Ida M. Brown
Bessie Murphy
Anna Conner
Fourth Ward
Dina McCoy
Fannie McDaniel
Mollie Herwig
Emma F. Appel
Helen Brigham
Alice H. Mulford
Minnie Headley
Letty R. Kennedy
Sue Erb
L. A. Franklin
Florence Smith
Minnie E. Brown
Jennie Ewing
West Hill
Mary McDougall
Lulu Ogilvie
Neddess Huff
Laura B. Simon
Mr. Musser
Mandel Bros
Chicago
Muscatine Markets
Prins
Graham
Mull’s
Sully House Wholesale
East Seconder
Kodak
Jin
Oscar Grossheia
Chestnut Hill Academy
Wissahickon Heights
Cistnut Hill
Pat
Cougty
Philadelphia
Broad St
James L. Patterson
Elley’s Land Agency
C. A. Kelle
Iger
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