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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1900

Page

8

Local Stagelist and Travel Notes Across Town

Mrs. Holtz left for Moline this morning. Dr. King was a morning passenger for Wilton. Mrs. S. T. Quinn of Des Moines visits S. L. Culp. Forty men sold return balls at the street fair. Mrs. Mitchell left for Moline Ill. Photo supplies at Hershey's Iowa avenue. The African Village to show at Wilton fair this week. Cora and Esther Morris left for Centerville. Miss Helen Dempsey to West Liberty. Stella and Bertha Fuller for West Liberty. Marie Pauly left for Davenport after visiting Mrs. Fiedler. Mrs. Frank Joslys and daughter left for Cedar Rapids. John Eade left for Town City to study at the University.

Fourth Ward Republican Club Campaign Call at Stewarts Hall

All those wishing campaign suits should call at headquarters at Stew arts hall this Monday evening per order.

Fourth Ward Republican Club Stewart’s Hall

Co C Dance Night At Armory Hall

Ticket notice for Co C dance at Armory hall on September 21 marks anniversary of their return from the south two years ago.

Co. C’s Armory Hall South

A New Lot Fran the Jeweler’s Time Inspector

A New Lot Fran the Jeweler’s Time Inspector is noted in a brief item involving R. L. & P. Ry. The clipped reference suggests a catalog or appraisal event connected to railway or jewelers’ standards.

Fran the Jeweler’s Time Inspector C

Girls Wanted Inquire at Beepple Button Co

A compiled local page lists job ads and notices including requests for a competent girl for general house work. It also records passenger movements, such as Mary Golden and Nellie Karg traveling for relatives, plus various residents departing for nearby towns and universities. A lost Angora collarette is reported and a room and board request is present. Nearby real estate ad hints at a house and half lot for $509.

Walking Skirts And Fall Jackets At The Boston Store

Fifty walking or rainy day skirts in all sizes offered at five dollars and other short skirts priced from 3.98 to 8.50. One hundred new jackets for fall and winter on sale with a broad assortment. Fifty pieces new dress goods in 54 inch width for fall suits with multiple price points. Carpets and linoleum advertised with various prices. Watch the Journal for bargains day by day.

Muscatine Axminster The Journal Boston

Local Departees and Meetings Mentioned in Muscatine

Mr and Mrs John Felger sail on the Firefly to Davenport after visiting the Schol ten home. Rev Stafford Rev C H Montgomery Mrs J F Robertson and Joe Hanley travel to Bloomfield for the Iowa Conference of the Methodist church. George Bros offer furnace overhauls in Muscatine as cold weather looms. Hawkeye Lodge No 30 A F A M sets a Sept 18 meeting at 7 20 pm for two initiations with lunch to follow.

John Felger Davenport Scholten Stafford C. H. Montgomery J. F. Robertson Joe Hanley Bloomfield Iowa The Methodist Church George Bros Muscatine East Third Street Hawkeye Lodge No. 30 A. F A. M

Attention G A R Regular Meeting in Shelby Post

Shelby Norman G A R post calls a Tuesday evening meeting with business of importance. All comrades are requested to be present.

Shelby Norman Post

Second Ward Republicans Plan Organization Meeting

The Republicans of the Second ward will meet tomorrow evening at K of P hall to organize two clubs the McKinley Roosevel t club and a rough rider squad. Many ward members intend to attend and join, with a large attendance expected.

K. of P. Hall Second Ward McKinley-Roosevelt Club Second

College Opens Sept 17 for Early Start Scholarships

To accommodate students who wish to begin work before Oct 1, the college will be in session on Sept 17 and after. Special scholarships may start on Sept 17 or any school day by Oct 1. After Oct 1 tuition by month: English $4, business $5, shorthand $6. Ten dollar scholarships remain. none after Oct 1. Visit college office on 5th Street near Mulberry to register.

5Th Street Mulberry College

Ministerial Association Elects Officers in Muscatine

The Muscatine Ministerial Association met at the Y M C A parlor to elect officers for the coming year. Rev C L Stafford D D was chosen president Rev L B Hix named vice president and Rev J N Elliott secretary treasurer. The group denounced the late street fair as a moral outrage and hopes it will be the last held in the city.

C. L. Stafford D. D L. B. Hix J. N. Elliott Muscatine

Rumor of Heating Plant Change Stirring City Officials

A journalist questioned Superintendent Fiske about rumors that the heating plant connected to the street railway and electric light plant would be discontinued. He answered that nothing definite could be stated about any change.

Journal Fiske

Local notices and arrivals from town and nearby

Joe McDonald arrives from Seventy Six and John Tyler from Conesville. Judge Brannan leaves on the Firefly for Maquoketa. J F Gipple visits Grandview. Miss Deeder heads Galesburg, Mrs A Ewing to Davenport. Titus Jackson handle property. Bert Merk to Keokuk as assistant secretary. Camera shop offers full line and low prices. Booth writes of a German salve curing piles at Havercamp’s.

R. M. Booth Elein, Jr J. J. Havercamp’s

Nobody over twenty ought to enjoy a picnic

A compact item notes the notion that only those under age twenty should partake in a picnic, reflecting a witty or provocative social remark. It presents a humorous or satirical stance without further context or named individuals.

Kickapoo Chief Offers Help in Sino War

White Horns the Kickapoo chief arrives at Fort Clark with his daughter and riders to offer service to the United States in the China conflict. He cites prior tension with Chinese laborers invited by a Mexican farmer near the reservation, including thefts and a missing child as motives.

White Horns Uncle Sam China Old Fort Clark White Horn Althou

White Horns Chief Plots Against Chinese

White Horns, chief of the Kickapoo, provokes Indians with rumors of Chinese murder. An aged soothsayer accuses the Chinese, prompting White Horns to vow violence. Guards pacify the camp but threats persist and hostility grows as he misreads geography and contemplates a massacre.

White Horns Squay China Rio Grande United States Army Texas

Lehigh Valley Railroad Route Between Major East Coast Cities

The route between Chicago and New York and Philadelphia runs via Buffalo and Niagara Falls using the Lehigh Valley Railroad.

Chicago New York Philadelphia Buffalo Niagara Falls Lehigh Valley Railroad

Marquette as a Charming Summer Resort on Lake Superior

The lakefront Marquette in Michigan offers healthful air scenery and good hotels as a top summer retreat. The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway promotes the area and a booklet on The Lake Superior Country by Geo H Heafford includes Mariette and copper country details, postage four cents.

Marquette Lake Superior Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Mich Mariette Copper Country H. Heafford Chicago

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Daily Journal Joe Kranz N. Cedar St Reliance Loan CO Musca H. M. Bartlett Horan & Devitt P. O Davidson's C. H. Armstrong Titus & Jackson Dr. King Wilton S. T. Quinn Des Moines S. L. Culp’s Hershey's Iowa Avenue Wilton Fair Cora Esther Morris Centerville Helen Dempsey West Liberty Stella and Bertha Fuller Marie Pauly Mrs. Fiedler Frank Joslys Cedar Rapids John Eade Town City University Beepple Button Co Mary Golden Harper Sam Snyder Cedar Township A. James Moscow F. Reppert Nichols Will Beardsley Wellman Lee Demorest Corning W. W. Wagner Letts Rose Millegan May Brown Fredonia Nellie Karg Ainsworth Lew Witter Iowa City W. H. Galatt Columbus Junction E. M. Randall Miss Henderson Miss Brimm Angora Collarette City Cemetery H. D. Myrick Dr. Myrick Anamosa J. L. Giesler West 4 Fred L. Apple J. W. Logan Waterloo Anna Cummings F. A. McCaulley Washington Journal Office Price Muscatine City Postum Co Battle Creek Guarantee Loan Co East Second Street Attention Colfax Adam Hild’s Muscatine Business College Ministers’ Association Joe McDonald John Tyler Conesville Judge Brannan Maquoketa J. F. Gipple Grandview A. Ewing Bert Merk Keokuk Y. Mw Thompson's Book Store Brecker Press Co Oscar E. Pauline Evry Suit Clus Pattern Department Gar B. E. Lilly's
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