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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1908
Page
6
The Muscatine Launch Club seeks a twenty year lease for a riverfront strip opposite the M N and S R R depot to build a large club house. Attorney Bartlett outlines plans and a $3000 project. Council to investigate and act soon after visiting the site.
West Liberty April 17 invitations have been issued for a men s banquet at the M E church next Wednesday with supper at 7 30 served by the ladies. C G Pratt to toastmaster and Dr L A Royal to speak on The Christian Young Man in the Professions. Other speakers include Howard Anderson Hon F D Steen and Rev J F Robertson. Principal address by Hon W L Roach of Muscatine.
As advertised, IT purchased a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and found it true to claims. Three members of the family have used it with good results in summer complaints. H E Howe publisher of the Press Highland Wis declares for sale by all druggists.
Morning Sun reports on residents visiting and traveling. S M Willson and daughter Gladys of Mediapolis return home after visiting friends. Twin boys born to Mr and Mrs James Whitham. Several locals home from other towns over Sabbath. Meade and Rowe meat market dissolves partnership with Rowe leaving. J W Lee exits livery firm to D McElhinney. Robert McClintock travels to Canada. Mrs Lizzie Willson visits from Mediapolis. Rev S Turner Foster departs for Hopkinton NA.
Frederica notes Gold Medal Flour pleases cooks in households and kitchens, praising its quality and reliability for baking and everyday recipes.
Frank Johnson of Eau Claire Wisconsin lies in critical condition after a wind blown hat led him to reach for it while driving a drag wagon. He fell and the front wheel passed over him fracturing three ribs and inflicting additional injuries.
An advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for women approaching forty facing nervous weakness and health decline. It cites Mrs Martha Dennis of Kalamazoo Michigan detailing her improvements after using the pills and promotes a free booklet Plain Talks to Women. Pills priced at 50 cents a box with six for $2 50 from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
The Epworth League of the First Methodist Episcopal church held its annual meeting and elected officers. President Elizabeth Bridgman and treasurer Elizabeth Fotsch head a slate that includes vice presidents Clinton De Camp Alpha Wabnitz Maggie Switzer Bertha Sherwood, secretary Lillian Bronner, chorister Margaret Payne, and organist Stella Knight. The league also voted to subscribe five dollars to the Epworth League general office in Chicago and set the next annual meeting for April 1909.
Two American Telephone linemen passed through Blue Grass on Friday while Mrs. Mary Matteson of South Dakota visits relatives here. Easter program set for Pleasant Prairie church April 19 at 2 30 p m. Various social visits and small business trips noted, including Bancks and Watts gatherings and a Davenport trip by Balluff and Watts families.
Mrs D McNamer hosts a Baltimore visitor F D Dobbs arrives in Sandy Grove. Mrs G B Lowe and Mrs W B Lowe call on Mrs Chas Gipple. Kate Ritter and Ina Ritter visit Ina’s father Isaac Wagner. Mrs G B Lowe makes a Thursday visit.
A spoof ad notes counterfeit dollars failing to buy relief while a genuine quarter buys Dr. King’s New Life Pills for constipation malaria and jaundice at Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store.
April notes from Orono summarize visits and errands around Nichols, Columbus Junction, and nearby farms. The item lists Mr. and Mrs. Webster Newton hosting at the Thomas Neff home and multiple visitors and workers including Meyer Bros. hanging paper and a carpenter crew at Cass Hankins home.
Hazel Dell Illinois April 16. George Rausch delivered hogs in Joy Wednesday. Grandma Peterson and Mrs Oscar Peterson visited Reynolds Monday. Ruth Lutz left for Geneseo to visit her sister Anna. Maud Fisher and children Mrs McCormac and daughter and Mrs Will McGinnis and son visited Leonard McGinnis Friday. Guy Tyler and family visited Will Tyler's Sunday. Clyde Kent and family visited George Rausch's Sunday. Clyne Hessman and wife of Buffalo Prairie visited Lizzie Reed Sunday. Oscar Peterson small business caller in Rock Island Saturday. George Lutz Buffalo Prairie delivered hogs in Joy Tuesday. Ethel Tyler Illinois City visited her sister Sherman Powell Monday.
Charles T. Kindt of the Chamberlin-Kindt Theatrical Circuit was elected president of the Middle West Theatrical Managers Association at a Chicago meeting. The group, expanding west of the Mississippi, condemned sensational plays and pirating of titles, and will convene in Chicago next April.
ZEMO promises a cure for dandruff by destroying the germ that causes the condition. It claims to stop itching instantly prevent hair loss and leave the scalp clean and healthy. AJ Druggista sells ZEMO with A. W. Morgan listed at 107 West Second Street.
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