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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1900
Page
7
A local retailer promotes affordable attire with suits priced at ten and twelve dollars. The notes highlight stylish cuts, serge linings, trimmed sleeve linings, and durable service. The ad also invites customers to view fall hats in an elegant line.
Irregular or tardy delivery of The Journal should be reported to the business office. Every copy should be delivered before 6 30 p m. Complaints about late delivery should be made promptly. Subscribers should provide boxes or a secure designated place to avoid weather or molestation.
The Deliy Journal offers seasonal subscribers home delivery during summer outings. Notify The Journal business office in person or by telephone to start and change the address as you travel. The paper will follow you as a bearer of home news.
The Journal reminds advertisers that changes to ads must be received in the office by a stated time. The Journal is sold daily at R. A. Holmes KE Bb. Davidson and C. W. Hodges news stands and customers may be supplied.
The Mothers' club met at Mrs. R. C. Schenck's home this afternoon. Mrs. Will Gochee departed Saturday for Oskaloosa. Dr. A. E. Myrick visits his brother H. D. Myrick in Anamosa. Hood's Sar sarsaparilla advertised for curing scrofula and salt rheum. D. W. Vaughan visits relatives in the city from Kansas City. Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil promoted for pain. Mrs. J. Davis travels to Iowa City after a visit on Mulberry Street. Frank Harris and wife return to Oxford after a week in the city. Dyspepsia extolled by Burdock Blood Bitters. Miss Marie Hudker and friends from Wilton attend the fair, returning home. Miss Irma Baker arrives from Chicago with her nephew. Dean's Ointment advertised for eczema and delicate skin. Miss Mayme and Mabie Kuebler visit Omaha, then depart Saturday night. Burlington Cedar Rapids & Northern Ry announces one fare round trip within 100 miles for the fall carnival October 1–6. Dr Fowler's Wild Strawberry Extract touted for summer illnesses for forty years. Mrs. H. J. Martin and children return to Omaha from Mast Hill after a three-month visit with relatives.
Advertises Cascarets candy as permanent relief for constipation with a money back guarantee if it fails. Mentions druggists refund policy and the slogan Me or %e. If C. C. C. fall to cure.
Suburban newspaper highlights personal events from Joyous Births to social gatherings. Correspondents chronicle community life, sharing notes on births, engagements, and notable social happenings within the close neighbors network.
Frank Kelley of Fulton township leads the campaign push with a grand Republican rally to be held in Stockton on Sept 20. J D Razall will address in German, with additional speakers in English on leading campaign issues. Music is planned and attendance invitation extended to all, especially ladies.
Jesse L. Corley left for Delaware Ohio for studies at Ohio Wesleyan University. His brother Ames plans to join him there and Foss will attend Cornell College again. Mrs Rebecca Atkinson visited friends in West Liberty before returning to West Branch. Mrs L G Murphy heads to Grinnell for the MFE conference then back in two weeks. Mrs W S Elliott returns from Denver with son Ed arriving earlier. Dr Mary Neff and daughter vacated the Elliott home on Spencer Street. Mr and Mrs John Miller return from Colorado. School bells rang again Monday.
Mrs. George phoned Mrs. Lee and Eva Lee visited her cousin Iris Lupton. Roy George called on cousin Floyr Johnson. John Lupton’s group visited relatives G. B. Low. Mr and Mrs S L Johnson visited R M Lees. A street fair drew many, with G B Laws and C Gipple seen among others.
Riverside report notes two men hunting along Old Man's Creek last week when an incident occurred. Details are sparse in the readable text.
A list of several Iowa properties for sale within miles of Muscatine including 100, 80, 173, 315, 250 and 20 acre farms with homes, barns, wells, fruit, and timber. Prices range around 50 dollars per acre with multiple locations and farm types. Also offers city lots and trade options plus insurance and collections services.
Reports describe a Nebraska Busby brothers cattle shipment by train and a well attended Wednesday excursion. Uniondale church holds a protracted meeting as Riverside area notes weather and local obituaries including Grandmother Medichky and a Muscatine brick mason Joe Biles at the new brick building.
The McKinley and Roosevelt club prepare for a large October 5 parade in Davenport with a special train to transport participants and a Roosevelt speech that night. Officers and members of Musserville M E church plan a church meeting tonight. Other items note baby announcement and funeral service details.
An old advertisement promotes Cas ecarets candy cathartic claiming to cure a wide range of ailments from headaches to cancer by cleansing the bowels. It promises easy natural movements and warns buyers to start with 10 cents and beware of imitation.
Henry Fachs a Swiss-born Tell City baker planned to marry Miss Anna Lehman of Cannelton. The couple postponed multiple times as a brother-in-law died. Fachs traveled to Cannelton and back to Tell City, but Anna refused, choosing never to marry.
Two iron settees and two iron chairs suitable for lawns. Inquiries at this office.
Passenger schedule notes the Exposition Express leaving Buffalo at 8:00 P.M. via the Lehigh Valley Railroad. It promotes luxurious sleeping cars on the service.
Ernst Schmidt of Chicago formerly of this city took part in the dedication of a large pipe organ at the Morris Congregational church. The Mor ris Daily Herald lauds Schmidt as head of Lyon & Healey’s pipe organ department and praises his violin solo and the organ's magnificent case work and design.
Clear Lake Iowa emerges as a popular inland resort with visitors from Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan and the seashore. The lake offers cool weather boating fishing and ample hotel and cottage accommodations attracting future summer residents and inviting low round trip rates from the Iowa Central Railway led by Geo S Batty G P A Marshalltown Iowa.
The Iowa Central Railway announces an annual home visitors excursion to Indiana Ohio and Louisville Kentucky on September 4 11 19 and 27 1900. Round trip fares are under one fare. Tickets go on sale September 3 4 10 11 18 19 26 27 with return passage limited to thirty days. For routes and details contact ticket agents or Geo S Batty G P and T A Marshalltown Iowa.
Special summer excursion rates advertise rail travel to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Glenwood Springs Salt Lake City Ogden Sheridan Hot Springs Custer Deadwood Spearfish and more via the Burlington Cedar Rapids Northern line offering discounted fares for a limited time.
Dates of sale set for August 21 and September 4 to 18 with return by October 31, 1900. For rates and routes contact any agent of the Cedar Rapids Route.
A man who drinks coffee out of his saucer nowadays risks public mockery as social norms shift and quirky habits draw ridicule. The remark reflects changing etiquette and the clash between old customs and modern expectations.
Oshkosh and Superior City show population figures, Pandora suffers a major fire with $50,000 loss, Susan B. Anthony is ill at 80, and global meetings in Paris expositing railway funds, German loans, and Boer appeals. Also notes Guam natives gain U S citizenship and a large Paris banquet planned for Sunday.
Reports from Eau Claire Hadleyville and surrounding towns describe a rat attack injuring Alonzo Gott, a missing Labor Day treasurer John Hallihan allegedly taking $42.40, Morgenthaler and Chalk killed near Campbell County, a large pine purchase by Chippewa Lumber, Des Moines census dissatisfaction, and other brief notes from Sept. 17.
Evansville Indiana hosts the tri state fair this week with entries above average and strong management from Indiana Illinois and Kentucky. Organizers anticipate a solid exhibition across categories and attractions.
Charles Schaefer a 62 year old Fosterburg township farmer was killed Saturday when a bull gore occurred on his farm He was a prominent figure in Madison County politics.
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