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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1903
Page
7
Adverse standpipe delays prompt construction of a new 40 foot high 16 foot diameter tank. Local notes record visits and incidents among Malvern and Glenwood residents including marriages licenses issued and a fatal illness. Revivals, lectures, and court sessions color the week with community updates on people, property deals, and notable travels.
A report from Chester Michigan quotes postmaster A L Spafford describing a sudden attack that left a girl unconscious. Four doses of One Minute Cough Cure were given, then repeated, to reduce swelling and inflammation, ease breathing, and restore rest. The remedy is claimed to relieve coughs colds grippe and lung troubles.
A period advertisement states Kodol supplies the natural juices of digestion and aids the stomach by relaxing nervous tension while its muscles rest. It claims the remedy digests food and helps digestive organs convert meals into rich red blood. Royce 8.
Henderson. A E Harlan transacted business in Carson last Thursday. Many residents like Charlie Hunter and Mrs Hayden Carter are recovering from illnesses. The infant of C P Culver is sick with measles. Several locals visit relatives in nearby towns including Libertyville and Council Bluffs. Births announced and travel notes from Emerson, Red Oak, Macedonia, and Malvern fill the page with regional social updates and town commerce.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for female weakness and related ailments. It asserts the medicine restores confidence, heals irregularities, and alleviates weakening drains, inflammation, and ulceration, with a testimonial from Mrs. Cora L. Root detailing relief after extensive use.
M Chase visited Carson this week to oversee business interests. Mrs S M Perkins and children from Villisca are visiting with Mrs Perkins' parents, the Stonebrakers. Ralph Boileau suffers rheumatism. P Lewis of Macedonia was in town last Monday. Joe Sell takes a new grocery department manager post at Greenfield, Iowa, and will start March 1. Gilbert Cheney of Emerson was in town on business last Tuesday. One Hundred Dollars a Box is the value H A Tisdale places on DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve after a 20 year battle with piles and skin ailments.
Local notes report visits by Josa Hargitt in Malvern and Rev J W Wright in Glenwood. Henry Hastings from Council Bluffs spent Monday here. John Mass shipped cattle to Omaha Tuesday night. Athel Wiles visited with her Bluffs family over the weekend. Rob Foster from Woodbury County was in town early week. Mrs Frank Anderson visiting Glenwood. Permers Institute and Teachers meeting set for Feb 5 to 7. invitations extended. Several townsfolk, including Mesdames Thomas, Conrad and Buckingham of Malvern, visited Hargitt Sunday. Mattie Mass of Omaha and Jease Johnsons from Nebraska visited relatives here. Francis and Mabel McCoy of Malvern visited. Mr and Mrs George Harrison leave for Lincoln to settle. Verla Derby, Gilbert Virtue, Satsford Kerney and Bert Quilaker from Council Bluffs visited home folk. Roy Finchem, recently from Randolph Neb, is visiting his father. Bertha Plumb becomes new clerk at Carey & Fleming, while Mrs Hosterter tends to her mother. Reports of typhoid fever affecting Mrs Alice Lacoel are unconfirmed. Geo Rev and Wm Burgoin shipped seven cattle to Chicago via Rock Island. Burgoin and Avery Miller accompanied them. About twenty-one ladies hosted Grandma Hopking for her ninety-first birthday with stories of early times.
Daily use brings relief from burns scalds cuts bruises and fever sores. It stops pain and accelerates healing on eruptions boils warts and wounds. Endorsed by Beth G Royce and sold for comfort and safety.
Community notes mention visits by Miss Anna Hall and Mr and Mrs Harry Hall with friends, Sunday church plans, teaching staff travels, and a funeral attended by Omaha visitors. The YWCA Calender Supper netted about 87 dollars, a Rhetorical Program drew Randolph High students to Tabor, and a funeral for Mrs Charlie Hill was held at the Congregational Church. An advertisement promotes Chamberlains Cough Remedy for croup in children.
Li C Stevesson and family from Peaceville visited Hast of Strahan Sunday. Geo Rev of Silver City bought corn at Clark paying about 35 cents a bushel. The community mourns Mr and Mrs John Hannah buried in Oakland with many locals attending. John Wheeles, Geo Strohl shipped four cattle cars each. Philip Hambsch one car. A man from Imogene joined a Chicago trip. Moses of Malvern bought fat cows for Omaha market. Miss Gertie Stevesson visited Miss Rena Gipe. A J Moore visited Glenwood. E W Bushnell and H J Baird of Malvern called at Strahan. Miss Katie Ogden hosted a party for a visiting cousin. Corn husking finished, ice houses filled. Epworth League meeting Saturday at 8 pm. Bessie George, Villa Summers of White Cloud and Ellen Wing of Sunbeam attended teacher meeting at Pacific Junction. W H Salyers went to Red Oak to see his teaching mare Winula. Sunbeam school to hold annual entertainment soon likely in February. Emma Gardner of Malvern sewing at W H Salyers. Joley’s Tongue and Tar advertised as cough remedy.
The ad warns that consumption is a human weed that grows in weak lungs and is best fought when young. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as the best lung fertilizer, plus salt pork as digestible food. Emphasizes beginning treatment early, remaining regular, with fresh air rest and hearty eating as the overall plan.
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