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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1902
Page
16
Teichmiller Bros offer hard wood and Maze advertises daily arrivals. Lon Eldred and Mrs Eldred welcome a son in South Muscatine while Mrs Kepler visits East Hill in Rock Island. St John’s promotes Queen of Pantry flour and home baked pies as Clipper steamer departs upriver.
Decorators prepare patriotic festooning and flag arrangements for H Schmidt and Son Co storefronts. Crews install banners, bunting and streamers to ready the business for a local celebration.
Thiesen for pure drugs. Miss Rose Miller has returned home to Wilson. Carl Reinemund departs for Iowa City to enter the state university. B J Lockwood heads to Newport Ark for shell business. Vera the palmist at 172 East Second Street. Mrs Charlies Chase and Miss May Walker visit in city. Vinnie Letts en route to Oberlin College. Wilson's Shoe Store advertises rubber boots and Nan tonic.
Local shop Hine Bros at 217 East Second Street promotes a display of fur furnishings with a steady line of offerings for soldiers this week.
Miss Allie Bell enjoyed a pleasant Saturday evening surprised by many young friends who called uninvited and shared in a merry time at her home. Attending were Misses Mabel Heinig Nellie Gerdts Viola Connor Flora Connor Mabel Bronner Ada Cas per Tena Vodegal Bertha Tobias Lulu Shaper Lena Smith Rosa Geller Anna Geller Allie Bell Deil Bell and Messrs Cornelius Deward Charlie Klap Arthur Steinbaugh Claus Wilkins Tony Tobias Henry Libbe Carlie Bronner Frank Tobias and others.
A Townsend photograph display window draws crowds during reunion week. Patrons praise the artistic arrangement and compare Townsend favorably with Sarony and Dupont. Highlights include portraits of Colonel Hare from 1861 and last week, titled The Midsummer of Life and The Autumn of Life.
Large turnout reported for the Special Piano Sale with many customers already attending. Thousands have not yet visited but show strong interest and the event remains a prime opportunity for close buyers.
A local public sale in Muscatine promotes a piano event described as the best ever. The item listing includes photos, portraits, and a free sitting for residents over 70, with photographers Townsend and effects by Berlin Studio.
On September 24 25 and 26 a display of a choice line of pattern hats opens the fall and winter season. The public is invited to inspect the new hat patterns at 323 E 2d St hosted by Mrs Geo H Wilmering.
Downtown store invites shoppers to see a full fall furnishings line and new hat styles at Hine Bros 217 East Second with a featured complete lineup.
Members of the B Y P U and friends are invited to a reception hosted by Miss A Bertram on Wednesday evening September 24 in honor of Miss Anna Hellemann of Tremont Illinois.
Josiah Day of Prosperity Indiana is visiting relatives and former acquaintances in the city. He formerly lived here and is now traveling to reconnect with old friends.
The Century will publish a yearlong series on trusts including the Meat Trust United States Steel Corporation Standard Oil and American Sugar Refining Company. The articles promise unbiased analysis showing what trusts claim to be as economical organizations and their involvement in American trade and foreign markets.
Maximilian Shonzo Machita of Sa nuke Japan was the valedictorian of Lehigh University's graduating class this year.
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