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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1902
Page
8
Report from Wilton fair spots shows Scheetzs and Thiesen drug promotions. Local merchants tout school tablets, glassware, tinware, bulbs and coffee while Miss Parkins and Mrs Kulp visit the fair and Dr Pentzer offers eye relief.
H Schmidt and Son Co promotes large Go tablets as ideal school supplies for Monday.
Removal notice reports Adams-McCoy Electric Co now located at 118 Chestnut Street. The change updates business address and contact access for customers and vendors.
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys are marching. They know the best shoes are here at Poys. Satin Calf Box Calf Vici Kid and all leathers offered. They claim to fit any feet and provide comfortable durable shoes.
A 12 weeks scholarship in the night school costs $7.00. If daytime hours are full, attend the Business College night program to learn bookkeeping and shorthand. The ad suggests investing a small weekly amount to improve job prospects.
E F Richman and W S Kincaid attend Wilton events as Bartlet Bros hosts an elegant salad dish with baking powder. The Home Tea Co offers a largest free salad dish promotion. Thiesen sells toilet soap and hosts Dr. Harrison eye clinic Sept 16 to 20. Sweetland hosts Sunday services by Secretary Nevius of the Y M C A at 10.
The town receives its largest piano shipment from Blasius Ludwig and Schaeffer pianos. The store notes it sells more pianos than local rivals and invites customers to view the purchaser list. Promos feature the Blasius Baby Grand and new Ludwig and Schaeffer styles.
Local notices celebrate school supplies and second hand goods at Scheetz’s with low prices. Fair week updates from Columbus Junction Wilton and Muscatine feature visitors, concerts and excursions. Automobiles arrive with Quick Speeder and Locomobile purchases, signaling growing car use in the region.
A local shop advertises expanded space and more stock for students. It touts quick service and a full range of school supplies to prepare for the new term. Increased room and variety aim to attract families seeking affordable essentials.
A promotional notice offers a large jardiniere free with the purchase of The Home Tea Co fine baking powder. The advertisement highlights a home goods giveaway tied to the baking product, urging readers to buy to collect the jardiniere.
In a Friday morning session Judge H. S. Howe heard Amos Mills and Mrs. Dorothea Homeier in assault and battery complaints. Testimony described a quarrel over a cistern grade, with Mills accused of striking Homeier and both sides filing Informations. Detwiler and Kammerer represented Mills and Homeier respectively, with Mills defending and Homeier prosecuting.
A retail notice touts 75 styles of silk and wool waistings available today in stripes checks and plains. Prices range from 25 cents to 1 dollar with multiple midrange options.
50 pieces of new all-wool carpets offered in styles you want at 40e a yard. Other all-wool carpets priced 45c 50c and more. Handsome grain carpets in new patterns 24c 28c 30c 22c and 35c. We offer room measurement services.
Over 75 pieces of all wool dress goods offered in a wide range of prices from 25 to 2.50 per yard. Stocks include zibelines armures soliles storm serges camels hair cheviots broadcloths venetians kerseys. Call or send for samples.
Edison records lead with new band, orchestra and descriptive selections including quartets and songs. Describes catalogue as featuring fresh discs and high quality sound from Edison.
The Wyoming Lodge No 76 of the Knights of Pythias calls a meeting this evening to conduct work in the rank of Esquire. Full attendance desired for the session and related duties.
Fine quality unbleached sheet ing full yard wide for 4c. Finest quality bleached muslin 8c grade for 6c. Bleached pillow slips for 8c. Large ready-made bleached sheets fine quality for 45c. Finest feather pillows sateen covers large size per pair $1.50 and $1.98. Men's unlaundered white shirts 24c.
Local catalog listing promotes large all wool blankets at 2.50 and Davenport style blankets at 3.50, appealing to shoppers seeking economy and warmth.
Chas Noetlich born April 25 1831 in Jena Germany died at 8 30 AM. He immigrated first to Ohio then to Muscatine Iowa in 1557 where he lived since. A blacksmith and prominent member of the German Mechanics Aid Society which will conduct his funeral. Survived by five children Louis Muscatine Albert Chicago William Kansas City and Mrs Harry Slight Muscatine. Married Anna Winkelmann in 1851 Ohio. Funeral is at 2 PM Sunday from 840 Cedar Street.
A large circle of friends shares sympathy as the funeral is planned for Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The notice notes the gathering will honor the deceased with attendees from the local community.
A large dike around the fire district blocks the blaze from reaching over 400 adjacent wells and many filled tanks. A stiff breeze worsens the danger. By noon losses climbed to about 300000.
The piece uses six hundred yards of silk and two tons of electrical appliances to stage a grand fire scene. The show debuts at the Grand on Saturday September 13.
Yesterday evening the infant Warren J Yingling died after several days of illness. He was the six months old son of Mr and Mrs Roy Yingling of East Sixth Street. The notice records a bereavement without detailing the cause of death or funeral arrangements.
Sept 11 1992 notice from Mr and Mrs Fred W Lewis 512 East Sixth St and J A Marion Assistant Superintendent expresses gratitude for the payment of the life insurance claim on their daughter Florence.
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