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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1902
Page
7
Several advertisements note deals in local property and services. Dr. Pentzer offers eye exams and remedies, New Panitorium cleans and shines shoes, while merchants promote patent medicines, insurance, abstracts, and medical career moves amid a busy reunion scene with numerous visitors and residents returning home.
The Michigan peach crop, hurt by last winter’s freeze, produced a glut as warm weather hastened ripening. About 200,000 baskets arrived in Chicago with prices dropping to 20 cents a basket for good fruit and 9 to 14 cents for fifths in stifled demand, while buyers from Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, and Milwaukee swamped docks and warehouses.
Grace Lutheran hosts the first in a lecture series by Rev J L Murphy this Friday. He will explore day’s tendencies and offer remedies to fallacies. The program includes organ, talk on pantheism or Christian Science, solo by Miss Laura Musser, offertory, and free refreshments. Admission is free.
Nickel Plate Road offers round trip to Cleveland Ohio for eight fifty with return by October twenty eight. First class equipment and service. Three daily trains from Chicago Passenger Station Harrison Street and 5th Avenue. John Y. Calahan general agent Chicago 113 Adams Street for details.
Des Moines reports Hon. Sereno E. Payne of Auburn New York will spend three days in Iowa delivering speeches October 27 28 and 29 as part of the campaign. Other notable figures including John J Esch Frank Lowden Senator Dolliver Governor Cummins and Senator Allison are listed for speeches plus Secretary Shaw and the entire congressional delegation plan to participate. Iowa’s campaign prospects are boosted by these outside speakers noted as leaders in the House and committees.
Nickel Plate offers special round trip excursion rates to New York with tickets on sale October 3 to 6 and return traveling no later than October 14. Reservations or sleeping car space can be arranged by contacting John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 113 Adams St., Chicago.
Time tables take effect April 20 1902 at 12 noon for Muscatine North and South by Co with daily except Sunday service. Details cover Ly Muscatine Roundhouse Fruitland Grandview Wapello Elrick Junction and connections to Iowa Central and other lines, including arrival and departure times for No. 1 2 3 4 trains and weekend adjustments. Charlies Howard general agent listed.
Etrick Junction lists northbound trains No 3 St Paul Express daily at 4 10 pm No 5 Mason City Mall ex Sun 7 58 am No 25 Way Freight ex Sun 10 05 am. Southbound No 6 Peoria Mall ex Sun 2 45 pm No 4 Peoria Express daily 5 36 am No 16 Way Freight ex Sun 1 50 pm. Coupon tickets to US Canada Mexico. contact A B Cutts Minneapolis or G L Seevers Flrick Junction for rates and folders.
The Iowa Central railway offers greatly reduced one way rates for harvest hands and laborers to Minnesota and North and South Dakota. Tickets available through your focal ticket agent for travel to and including Aug. 19.
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