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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1900
Page
4
Bids will be received until noon on September 14 1900 for a steam heating plant for the court house and jail. Plans and specifications may be seen at the county auditor’s office. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids. E C Stocker County Auditor.
Bargain coalition of leading merchants offers a drawing for a grand Schaeffer piano. Each 2c cash purchase earns a coupon ballot. the firm with the most ballots by Nov 1 wins the piano. Ballots must be deposited at Vienna Bakery within one week of purchase date.
Notice that the partnership between Hahn and Waai in Moscow Iowa has been dissolved. All parties owing the firm are asked to settle accounts at once. P Hahn Jr
Des Moines Sept 7 A B Cummins withdraws from the race for the Iowa Senate seat after years of ambition. He cites party harmony and time demands, warning a Dolliver contest would split Republicans. Dolliver’s appointment followed by party leaders to unify forces ends factional lines. Washington reports postmasters and bank actions as additional state notes.
Aaron Park sells his 37 year old Wilton business to John Downer who will be mentored by Park. Rev John Hanks seeks health beyond the Rockies. Joe Hanley will fill the M E church pulpit Sunday. Several residents noted as ill or traveling, with various social and civic mentions across Wilton.
Local school opens with Miss Nel lie Fryberger and Miss B. V. Perry teaching. Mr and Mrs Thompson visit relatives in Missouri before returning home. S M Hoskins surveys Cedar river bridge repairs. Uncle Tommy Hain predicts McKinley next President. Paulus Hahn Sr suffers hay fever. wishes for quick recovery. Joe Hanley delivers sermon at M E church. Chas Kizer and family visit F Leimkuehler. Epworth League plans for Sunday Sept 16. W J Miller and wife visit Wilton friends. Mrs Sarah Smith visits daughter J E Parker. Ben Parker returns to Wilton high school.
The city grain market remains firm with hay selling readily this morning. Grapes are expected to be scarce this season due to a severe winter harming vines, while a big shipment of peaches is on the market. Muscatine merchants prep for the street fair as Second Street businesses deck for the event.
Muscatine Iowa reports grain and produce prices with corn at 33 to 35 cents per bushel, oats 20 cents, rye 4 to 5 cents, hay ranging 4 to 8 dollars, and flour and meal costs. Live stock includes hogs at 5 dollars, cattle 3.25 to 3.75, lambs 4 dollars per hundred, and various fruits vegetables priced per peck quart or bushel. Market notes indicate unsteady conditions and broad itemized pricing across staples and dairy.
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