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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1902
Page
6
Over two hundred thousand trial bottles are offered free by mail through a special arrangement with the Dr David Kennedy Corporation Rondout New York. Readers must send full name and postoffice address and mention the Journal to receive a bottle and medical pamphlet. The ad cites high relief for kidney liver bladder and related conditions and notes a strong purchase rate after trial.
Miss Luella Betts visits Louisa county recalling her Wapello teaching days while Miss Nina Wilson returns home to Grinnell after a Normal Institute stay. The Wapello Band offers an open air concert on Second Street with a diverse program. Baxter Bros canning plans for about 1200 acres of sweet corn begin around August 12. Miller Tomato Canning Factory to start when crop ripens. Presbyterian Young People Society to meet August 6 with musical numbers and readings. Nathan Crutchfield injures forefinger trimming trees. wound extends to bone.
In Wilton Iowa on August 2 Miss Bessie Packer hosted about twenty friends at her east Wilton home for cousin Miss Bessie Long of Toulon Illinois. News notes include Mrs J J Russell and daughters leaving for Louisville after visiting Wilton relatives and other hosting events. Miss Estella Smith is seriously ill with typhoid fever.
Iowa Central Railway offers a new fast service with sleeping cars and coaches. The Limited leaves Elrick Junction at 7 39 p m daily and arrives in Minneapolis at 8 00 a m with low rates. see local ticket agent.
Foster Illinois reports Fred Huttig Sr of Kansas City visiting Muscatine at Watson's. Ed Thornton loses a work horse. it is killed after injury. Misses Fitzgerald Schmidt of Muscatine visit Mrs Foster and daughter Kate. Mrs F W Mewes returns from Nacomis Illinois. Robert Bryars returns to St Louis for duties at Huttig Sash and Door Co after two week country vacation. Miss Lillie Workman to Aldeo for institute and will teach in Mercer county. Kranz brothers begin threshing at Ed Feldman’s.
An advertisement promises relief for eight months in bed with backache kidney pain and rheumatism. It claims Dr Fenner’s kidney and backache cure cured a patient named H Waters of Hamlet New York after other remedies failed. Free consultations and a Cook Book are offered at Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store.
Resolution authorizes a special tax to fund sewer work in Sub-sewerage District No. 10, Main District No. 1. No objections were filed. assessments set at or below 25 percent of property value with 6 percent interest. Installment options include seven yearly payments for waivers signed by property owners.
An old advertising brief promotes Cas carets Candy Cathartic to train the bowels like muscles or the brain. Genuine tablets stamped C C C, never sold in bulk, offered by all druggists for 10 cents.
Miss Litte Bain visits Wayland. Mrs. Joseph Boltz in Fairfield. Free Methodists hold camp meeting in Bicycle park, Rev. Omstead of Chicago in charge through Aug. 6. Rush Wallace ill with catarrhal fever at his mother’s home. Rev. W. J. Buchanan of Monmouth visits. manages Monmouth College. E L McClurkin and Currans attend Des Moines convention. Arthur McElhinney to Des Moines for Iowa Business College. Dot Sterrett hosts friends. Marsh band to perform outdoor concert Saturday. Miss Bacon of Oshkosh visits James Sterrett. Robert Hayes grows weaker after two months illness. Dr. C B Allen and daughter Lottie to Denver for health. Chautauqua at Columbus Junction draw local stockholders. tickets at city drug stores. Revival plant agent sells “resurrection ball” to many ladies. several leave ball in homes pending payment. Ladies compare progress of new plants on lawns last evening.
Des Moines Iowa sale dates for September travel to various fairs and cities. Des Moines bound round trips priced at six dollars, with Iowa State Fair dates August 22 to 30 on sale August 21 to 30 and return September 1. County fair at Columbus Junction on sale August 6 to 14 with August 15 limit. St Paul Minneapolis daily low round trip rates. Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo low round trip tickets on sale daily. Elks annual meeting in Salt Lake City Utah on sale August 7 to 10 return by September 30 price 32.30. San Francisco meeting of K P on sale July 29 and August 2 to 10 with return limit September 30 price 48. Cc M Gould Agent.
The Iowa Central railway offers low summer excursion rates to St Paul and Minneapolis and Minnesota resorts with return by Oct 31. Minnesota resorts are praised for health and recreation, with fishing mentioned. Consult Iowa Central agents for details.
W G Block, agent for the Diamond Jo line, authorized by Isaac P Lusk to sell Clinton excursion tickets for 1 25 round trip in connection with the Mississippi Valley Spiritualists association annual meeting. Sales run July 19 through August 22 with return allowed until August 30.
Iowa Central will sell round trip tickets to Salt Lake at less than one fare for the event August 12 to 14. Stop-overs allowed west of Denver and Cheyenne. Tickets on sale August 7, return by September 30. For side trips, contact nearest Iowa Central agent.
Listings announce round trip excursions from Muscatine by rail to Des Moines for the Republican state convention on July 30 with sale July 29 30 and return August 1 at one fare. Also Epworth League Colfax convention July 24 to Aug 3 sale through Aug 4 with round trip fare. Catholic Total Abstinence Union Dubuque convention sale Aug 3 7 with return by Aug 12. New York City and Atlantic City trips on sale July 31 Aug 7 and 14 with 12 day return limit and 23 35 round trip.
The Iowa Central Railway markets a new sleeping car service from St Paul and Minneapolis to Kansas City St Louis and Peoria for quicker travel. The Limited departs Elrick Junction daily at 7 57 a m bound for Peoria and points east. travelers urged to consult local ticket agents.
The Rock Island system runs a special train from Muscatine to Iowa City and back for the August 5 1902 event. Departure 7 30 a m from Muscatine with return at 10 pm. Round trip fare one dollar, valid only on the special train. Hon William J Bryan will deliver an address.
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