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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1902
Page
4
Elegant 240 acre farm two miles from town with new improvements costing 5000 priced at 80 dollars per acre. Prairie 317 acres three miles from town well fenced rolling and level with good water on main road priced at 66 dollars per acre. Must be sold at once. Money to loan on farms. Fred S. Pentzer Muscatine Iowa.
City notices list bargain ads for chinaware at Wonder. Mrs. Wm. O Conner of Wilton visits in the city at Mrs. Frank Nevitt home. Household help sought by Mrs. D C Berntheiser. Clendenen to teach dancing at the Armory after 2 PM. Union visitors include Mr. Oscar Lodge from Chicago and Mr. G W Beck of Fremont with local relatives.
Long list adds many names to the reunion registration books since Wednesday noon. The paper’s prior roster is updated with numerous attendees extending the list through the latest additions.
A long roster lists Company A through K members from Tipton Muscatine Letts South English Corydon Clarinda Algona Clearfield Colfax Washington Ottumwa Marion Washington Crawfordsville Wayne New London West Liberty and other towns. Many entries note spouses and ages. includes Omaha Neb and Illinois City. The document catalogs names and residences of soldiers and their families across units.
H Schmidt Son Co promotes a special sale at Muscatine's oldest music house. One Blasius Ludwig Re gent and two Schaeffers were sold during the event, claimed profitable for buyers and prompted questions about the sale.
W. L. Comstock Moville Iowa S G Smith Grenada Kansas Company 8B W A Hunter Anamosa Iowa Wm Chesney and wife Harper Ia Ss W Bunt and wife Sigourney Ia Cyrus Pinkerton and nephew Sigourney Iowa D M Shane and wife Sigourney Ia Albert Fritzler What Cheer Iowa A Stanahan and wife Washington G W Beck and wife Fremont Ia Alonzo Shelley Montezuma Iowa Thos D M McElroy Marshalltown
A claim that Schiffmanns Asthme Cure cures asthma after 35 years of suffering appears with testimonials including C W Van Antwerp of Ful NY praising the remedy. The ad states the product is sold by druggists at 50c to 1.00 and offers a free sample by sending a 2c stamp to Dr R Schutfmann in St Paul Minnesota.
J W Eyestone of Wellman Iowa J S Rice and wife of Davenport Iowa Wm Meyers and wife from Brighton Iowa F M Ohmart and wife of Grinnell Iowa named in the public notice segment.
A roster of individuals linked to the Fifteenth Iowa unit includes Wilson Lumpkin Jennings Ottumwa Marts Danville Leonard Ottumwa Scott Marion Seymour Danville Doolittle Danville Hart Keosauqua and families Hunter Washington Jordan Burlington Rumsey and wife Monson son Gard Cedar Rapids B Jordan Central City and others across the state.
At the 35th Iowa reunion headquarters in Dixon Iowa 158 veterans registered with several wives and children adding 105 more for a total of 243. The list names G W Hickson Louis Miller H B Eightey and many others with regiments and initials. The piece ends with horse racing terms left at the post weaver and dosed to lose a race.
Finder is asked to return the pin to this office for a reward. A separate notice offers paid work from Monarch Mfg Co for a yearly poultry feed contract paying $20 weekly plus expenses. Address with stamp to Monarch Mfg Co box 430 Springfield IL.
The 35th Iowa held its final morning session at the G A R hall on Second street electing officers for the next term. Col Keeler retained as president. next meeting set to be in Muscatine with an executive committee arranging the date. Major General McArthur addressed the group and Joseph Stibbs recited a poem before photos at the library on Iowa Avenue.
A Danube steamship sank near Vienna today resulting in fourteen deaths. Rescue operations followed as officials investigated the disaster and notified authorities.
Four tall veterans from Company A Eleventh Iowa led the Crocker brigade in the parade as the first four through the war in front ranks. They were J. P. D. Richards of South English Iowa William Tyler of Illinois City Charles Miller of Eagleville Missouri and Robert Henderson of Montpelier Iowa.
Excursion tickets from Chicago to New York priced at 23.30 with stopovers in Baltimore Washington and Philadelphia. Alternate 25.85 fares via Fort Wayne Route. Return valid until October 14. For details contact H R Der ing A G P Agt 248 South Clark Chicago.
Harrisburg dispatch reports Governor Stone states it is unnecessary to declare martial law in the coal region. No emergency measures are planned at this time.
A Clinton woman answered a matrimonial ad from a wealthy Indiana man in his eighties. They signed an ante-nuptial contract paying $2000 in two installments, the first cash, the second after marriage. She received the money, demanded the second installment, fled, and left the man short of funds.
Iowa Central railway offers special low rate excursion tickets to Clear Lake every Saturday through September 30. Tickets are good to return the following Monday, enabling a brief, inexpensive outing for busy people. See your local ticket agent for details.
Woodbine Camp No 14 of the Royal Neighbors of America meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays each month. Officers listed include Mrs Catherine Moncrief as Oracle, Mrs Katie Parvin as Recorder, and Mrs E L McElroy as Receiver. Visiting neighbors in good standing are welcome.
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