Local notices and social updates across Muscatine area
A crowded column reports visiting relatives and friends in Davenport What Cheer and Wilton. It notes indebt ed accounts for Oscar Grosheim and a Des Moines trip for the Republican State convention. Also mentions fairs in Des Moines August 24 to September 1 1900 and local health ads for Dean's Ointment and Hood's Sarsaparilla. The piece blends society notes with business calls and agricultural updates from East Buffalo and Muscatine region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Williams
Nick Kanan
Davenport
Hood
French Tansy Wafers Promise Gentle Menstrual Relief
An old remedy, French Tansy Wafers, claims to treat painful and irregular periods. The product is advertised as devised by a celebrated French physician and sold for over ten years. Genuine red wrapped wafers cost two dollars, through La France Drug Co and J. J. Haverkamp's drug store in Muscatine, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la France Drug Co
San Francisco
J. J. Havercamp’s
Muscatine
Iowa
No To Bac promotes quitting tobacco with a miracle cure
An advertisement urges readers to quit tobacco using No-To-Bac the wonder worker that makes weak men strong. It claims cures are guaranteed and offers a booklet and sample free with orders to Sterlin Remedy Co in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterlit
Remede Ca
Chicos
Mer York
Joyful Births and Sage Observations in Country Journal
Country news highlights personal milestones and social notes with correspondent columns on births social visits and philosophical observations from local sages reflecting community life and values.
Local Notes and Social Bids From Muscatine and Surrounds
Community updates include a blackberry gathering and canning, an ice cream social rescheduled for August 9 at Hazel Dell to support a good cause, and church preaching next Sunday. Visitors from Buffalo Prairie and Louisiana stayed with H. B. Potter. fishing at the bay occurred last Friday with Sam Boruff pledging another trip. Local residents report health concerns, hogs sold at Joy for 4.75, and stacking work by FE Potter and D B Potter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
Egypt
Democrat
J. B. MacDonald
Murdock
Buffalo Prairie Chapel
Charles FE. Anderson
Mpd
Louie Murdock
Joseph Boney, Sr
W. C. Kim Hall
Muscatine City
Ss. C. Ramsey
Aledo
Joseph Sproson
Andrew Smith
Sproson
Smith
Kate Kenneman
Taylor Ridge
Derman
Hank
B. Merdock
Drury Township
M. PD. Murdock
John Ross
Charles Whitlock
Hazel Hell
William Drury
Buffalo Prairie
Perry Drury
Louisiana
Muscatine
H. B. Potter
Sam
Allex Boruff
Ross Kennedy
M. E. Church
Hazell Dell
William Hays
Ed. Potter
Felix Vanatta
Alex Roruff
FE. H. Potter
D. B
North Buffalo
Anna Peterson
E. H. Potter
James Kennedy
Artie Price
C. A. Peterson
Williarm Poe
J. R. and Family Monday Evening
Ed Potter visited Muscatine on Tuesday. the report notes J. R. and family gathering Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R
Ed. Potter
Muscatine
Vote for Harriman Aims for Muscatine Speech
Muscatine residents will hear vice presidential candidate Job Harriman of the Social Democratic Party speak at a mass meeting in Court House Square this evening. The appearance marks the start of Muscatine’s 1900 campaign activity and offers a chance to judge his doctrines firsthand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Job Harriman
Social Democratic Party
Court House Square
Coffee Becomes Cause of Constipation and Health Recovery
J M G of Jefferson Wisconsin credits coffee with causing severe constipation and biliousness and reports switching to Postum Cereal Coffee. He says symptoms improved after the change and notes widespread local adoption, enclosing a list of twenty to thirty Postum users while asking that his name be withheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum
Box
Jefferson, Wis
McIntosh Files Candidacy for Muscatine County Attorney
J. E. Mc Intosh announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for county attorney subject to the Muscatine county Republican convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine County
J. E. McIntosh
Oarsmen Sail for Antwerp to Represent Nation
The crews chosen at the national regatta on the Harlem River sailed today on the steamship Westernland to Antwerp to race on the Seine at Paris for the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harlem
Seine
Paris
Antwerp
Westernland
Sawdust War Between Agents Over Supplies
George Bock of Rock Island Brewing and Patsy Criner of Zeller Bros. Brewing in Davenport clash over sawdust diverted to saloon customers. Criner secures Hershey sawdust contract. Bock vows to win the cinch. Many local notices follow about community events, visits, and repairs in Muscatine area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bock
Rock Island Brewing Company
Patsy Criner
Zeller Bros. Brewing Company
Davenport
Hershey
Mr. Criner
Mr. Bock
Hershey Company
Anst
Mr. Swartz
Delle Riggs
Wesley Engle
Washington
Washington, Have Returned Home, Accompanied By Mr. Engle
Lulu Engle
John Priester
St. Louis
Maggie Stoker
Nichols
Cora Sales
Moline
South Muscatine
Musserville M. E
Emma Stineman
David Stineman
Grandview
Henry Zerringer
Clinton
Mike Dillion
John Dierck
Oquawka
Illinois
Joseph McCleary
Wm. Keller
Bessie McCleary
Fairport
Farmers buy pigs at Pine Mills trades
In Pine Mills D. Kelley bought a male pig from G. Eis for eight dollars and A. Henke purchased a pig from Tone Barsh, reflecting local livestock sales as farmers place timely orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Kelley
A. Henke
Cas Carets Candy Cathartic Advert
An old advert promises health through bowel care with Cas Carets Candy Cathartic. It claims quick, natural relief from various ailments and notes a 19 cent starting price, urging beware of counterfeit stamps on boxes.
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Cc. C
New England Shooting Tournament Opens in Boston
The Boston Shooting Association hosts a New England tournament on August 1 inviting top marksmen from the region to compete for valuable prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Boston
Mass
Boston Shooting Association
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Hershey, Ia
Adel Hayward
Charles Kincaid
Oscar Grosheim
Laura Rice
West Liberty
Croup
Thomas
W. J. Young, Jr
Maud, Blanch
Ethel Concannon
What
W. F. Eichoff
Des Moines
Euelah Bennison
Bertha Herr
Young
Woodhull
Dean
H. D. Herr
D. W. Vaughan
Henry Kurige
Hazel Yoes
Chicago
Hutchinson
Bessie Trus
Winona, Minn
Ida Warfield
Dr. Snooks
Lydia Rimer
Bennett, Iowa
Lizzie Pfeiffer
Kate Ott
Wilton
Thomas Horan
Victor
J. A. Townsley
Burdock
Burlington
Alice
Margrete Geiger
Marion, Iowa
Will Narvis
Mable Weaver
Minnie Towers
Front Street
Mrs. Harrigan
Letts
Thompson's
Alice Anson & Co
Mattie Guild
Muscatine Temperance Union
W. L. Roach
J. S. Blackwell
J. M. Butler
J. C. Coster
Capt
J. B. Jester
Fraternal Aid
A. M. Thompson’s
East Sixth Street
U. B. Church
Mechanics
East Buffalo, Ili
Anu Pees
Tak aWill
Darling Remedy Co
Chrisis
Mestres
News
Journal
Ferdinand, III
Royal Baking Powder CO
William ST
Musserville
Sue Sickman
Showers
Bert
George Dodge
Charlie Alteneder
Brandt
Dodge
Louis
Jake Grimm
Charlie Fix
Christena
C. H. Milner
Wm. Alteneder
Mike Miesel
Henry Wunsche
Christ Brase
Pine Mills
Parsons College Fairfield
Omary
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