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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1903
Page
8
The county seat reports a busy spell with parties at Miss Hattie Ivory’s Valentine event and a dozen Glenwood youths at Dr Campbell’s Malvern home. Local travel notes include visits by Swope and Montgomery, while standpipe contracts and a gallstone operation reflect ongoing town improvements and health.
The Masonic Lodge plans a Washington birthday banquet and speeches next Monday at their hall with C. M. Harle of Council Bluffs delivering the main address. Saturday night the G A R Post and citizens stage an Washington anniversary program at the Opera house. Iona Walker, 11, daughter of Mr and Mrs Carson Walker of Glenwood township, died Monday after a lengthy illness from an abscess in the head. Funeral Tuesday at 10 from the home. Rev R E Shaw officiated. classmates served as pallbearers. interment Glenwood Cemetery. Mysterious contrast noted between pale and rosy tones described as health signs. Dr King’s New Life Pills recommended to regulate digestion. 26 at C S Royce druggist.
Edna and Martha find the espe number and a valentine prize is won by Misa Smith. Charlie Gipe takes the booby prize a pickle. Guests enjoy games, graphophone selections, and refreshments. A heart prophecy amuses guests as music ends and they depart hoping for another gathering. An ad warns about croup and promotes Foley's Honey and Tar noting a mother's praise from Mannington Kentucky.
A long list of local people and visitors is recorded with mentions of Emerson J B visiting Omaha, Will Tollinger in Glenwood, C C Oaks on the sick list, and various residents traveling or ill. Other items note Odd Fellows banquet at Hastings, farm sales, and a family reunion at Uncle Henry Smith's with fourteen children attending.
Mrs J A Moore of North Star Michigan endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs colds and croup after years of use. The product is sold by Wilson the Druggist with strong confidence and satisfaction expressed in the testimonial.
A vintage promotion touts Scott's Emulsion as a universal tonic helping consumptives, children, and the elderly. It claims the product strengthens flesh and blood and travels widely to deliver health benefits. The copy notes a long history and references Scott & Bowne chemists in New York with pricing.
The week in Tabor includes Mrs C Dye shopping in Council Bluffs, visitors from Randolph Malvern Glenwood and Omaha, and Miss Myra McClelland hosting in Malvern. A basketball loss to Corning 14 to 12 is noted along with piano tuning by Chester Epps. Hubert Reader, born in Tabor in 1877, died in Scranton, 1903, leaving a grieving wife. Funeral held at Congregational church with Dr Askin officiating.
Mrs M. Blue and her young son visited Glenwood Monday. R. B. Sharp, noted Hillsdale resident Nasby, conducted business at the county seat Monday. Mrs R. Andrews shopped in Glenwood Wednesday. Mrs A H Landis and grandson Samuel Burrus visited her daughter Mrs Robert Masters on Saturday.
Dr Stockdale asserts the most thorough and systematic care for catarhal, chronic and nervous diseases offered to the public and claims lasting cures. All communications are private and confidential. Call on or address.
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