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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
2
An advertisement extols Kodol as a liquid digester that treats all foods, relieves indigestion, and begins in the mouth. It claims complete digestion, reduced pain and gas, and urges readers to buy a dollar bottle with a signed guarantee from E. C. DeWitt & Co. in Chicago.
A Muscatine Launch Club special meeting raised 1000 dollars for a new clubhouse with 2000 more expected before next Tuesday when the building contract will be let. A canvassing committee of Bartlett Bishop Malone Pepper and Grossheim and a building committee led by Hanley with Lenck and Adams were named. The two story clubhouse will measure 50 by 32 feet with a riverfront veranda and rustic interior finish.
Ex-Senator G. M. Titus presented his thorough discussion of the Ship Subsidy Bill at a well attended Presbyterian Brotherhood meeting in the church parlors. Dr. E. H. King spoke briefly and a lively discussion followed with several members. Light refreshments were served by the ladies.
A. W. Morgan urges readers to choose Foley's Honey and Tar for coughing and colds claiming it cures the worst cough and expels the cold. The ad asserts the product contains no harmful drugs and encourages insistence on obtaining it.
About 300 traction and electrical men from across Iowa attend the annual meetings of the Iowa Traction and Interurban Association and the Iowa Electrical Association in Des Moines this week. The Savery hotel hosts sessions and a joint program with a grand smoker and vaudeville. The traction group plans an interurban trip to Ames Friday afternoon after a day of line inspections and power house tours. Exhibitors fill the Savery dining room for display purposes.
A Muscatine letter to congressional candidate M A Walsh asks three questions on railroad value and rates, bank regulation, and federal issue of currency. Dated April 17 1908 with reply sought by April 22 1908. Signed by John M O'Brien Jr of 423 West Front St Muscatine Iowa.
The YMCA circus last evening drew about five hundred spectators, packed the building, and featured an athletic display by the physical department. Arch ie Keath led as a clown and juggler with other acts including aerials, acrobatics, a Sioux City Tourist Game parody, indoor baseball, and a dramatic Slide for Life.
Mr and Mrs Thos McClement traveled to Burlington for the funeral of their nephew Arlo McClement. Mrs Burns dies near Linton at ninety three. funeral held at Sharon church attended by family from Olathe Burlington and Columbus City. Lela McEhinney to wed Rev S E Greer of Tabor Kansas on May 6 at their home. Various social calls and move notices from Morning Sun and nearby towns.
Miss Ella Kneese and others traveled from Muscatine and Fruitland to visit at the H Maysen holder home. W A Norris and Lilly Norris spent the day in Strawberry Hill. families visited Easter in Lake Township at Frank Blake's. Community updates note Mrs Alla Gipple's illness improving and Mildred McColm's Easter at home.
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