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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1900
Page
7
The Daily Journal urges timely delivery reports to the business office and asks subscribers to ensure papers arrive before 6 30 p m. Prompt complaints are requested for late deliveries and readers should provide secure delivery locations.
People leaving for the season can keep The Daily Journal by notifying the business office. The paper will follow them to new addresses by mail or telephone. Adress changes can be made as often as desired.
The Journal guarantees ad changes only if copy is in office by 9 a.m. daily. The paper is sold at R. A. Holmes, E. E. Davidson, and CC Hodges stands, with pews available for customers.
Local notices report a job listing for a competent girl at 403 West Baird Street, while other items note arrivals from Kalona and Rhode Island visits, a family returning home, and a funeral in Elma Iowa for Thomas I. Mereners killed in Decatur NL.
Various notices list feed and hay at Jones and Rice, photo supplies at Hershey's, and a house with a half lot for 500 dollars. Passengers and travel notes cite Clara Hirschman, Cora Yelick, H. Harder, Delia Brown, Mrs. Kimble, Mrs. Quigley, Miss Shellabarger, Mildred Kautz, and others. Also ads for Dr Fowler's Extract, camera supplies, a Glee Club, a parade float, and loan offers from Titus Jackson and the Guaranty Loan Co.
William Huttig resigns from the water works board and is replaced by William L. Roach. Judge Brannan’s choice is expected to be confirmed by other district judges next Monday in Davenport. Roach’s long, successful business career assures competent city service, and the public response is favorable.
You have constant headaches, nerve trouble and sleepless nights. Hood's Sarsaparilla, the great blood enricher, promises to improve blood flow to nerves and organs and bring better appetite and refreshing sleep. Hood's Pills claim to cure indigestion.
The B Y P U president for the next six months will be elected by ballot at the Sunday prayer meeting on September 16 at 6 30. Every member is urged to attend and participate in this important decision.
Frank Bowman offers a well matched gentle pony team for sale with or without harness and phaeton. Also available are a second hand survey and a pair of buggies in good condition. Must be sold.
A vintage advertisement promises permanent relief from constipation using Cascarets Candy Cathartic. It offers a money back guarantee if the product fails to cure and notes a refund from druggists.
For sale two iron settees and two iron chairs suitable for lawns inquire at the af fica.
West Liberty on September 14 drew large crowds for a district fair with major livestock prizes. Schuessler Bros and others showcased Shropshires and Poland Chinas while Muscatine visitors attended. A West Liberty baseball win and races at the fair highlighted a day praised by managers and local press.
Ferdinand Potter invited friends and neighbors last Saturday to help celebrate his wife's birthday with a surprise gathering.
Advertises numerous farms from 7 to 315 acres within a few miles of Muscatine priced from bargains to $50 per acre. Highlights improvements including houses, barns, wells, cisterns, fruit, and timber with mentions of nearby shipping points and rail access. Also offers city lots, other state locations, and insurance services.
The Friends held a quarterly meeting Wednesday and Thursday with visitors Theodore Russell and family from Henry county and others from Marshall county. Mahlon Hollingsworth and wife left for a Marshall county yearly meeting in Clear Creek Illinois and may be away three to four weeks. Miss Jennie Moore of Jefferson county Ohio arrived to visit her brother George A.
Mrs Mackeron and two children left Letts for St Louis after a stay with the O Briens. The M E church music committee met and chose the Methodist hymnal for services. Visitors include Mrs Sarah Curtis of Chinese visiting relatives in Letts, and Miss Ora Hall of Louisiana with Miecee Gertrude and Edna Thompson. Local moves include Drs Thompson and Armentront moving their residences and Mr Meffetts relocating to a newly purchased property.
Mr Allan and Miss Margaret Stuart attended the melon party at Miss Beatty’s in Sweetland and reported a good time. Many residents attended the Court of Honor social on North Mulberry. Miss Margaret Stuart was ill Sunday, the doctor was called, and she is improving. J C Stuart represents the Muscatine Journal at Liberty fair, while Mrs J C Stuart visited Liberty fair. News is scarce as everyone attends the street fair.
A quirky ad style item questions a misfit riddle about rods poles and perches, then ends with a proverb like line about an acre and a vague local business cue. The fragmentary text mixes a medical themed phrase with an unrelated product plug from Sterling Hennedy Co in Chicago.
Local residents attend the street fair and West Liberty fair. Merchants and farmers report shipments of cattle and hogs from Bayfield to Chicago and other places. Visitors include Misses Florence Frater Hazel Gregg Cedar Valley and others.
An ad promises relief from a wide range of ailments by correcting bowels with Cas carets. It claims natural cures with easy movements and a ten cent startup, urging consumers to buy the genuine product stamped C C C and beware imitators.
We prove our low price ability with ten and twelve dollar suits designed and cut in the latest fashion. They are superbly tailored with serge body lining and striped sleeve lining. Garments offer excellent service. Call to see fall hats in our elegant line.
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