W B Corsets Best Without Costing Most
A newspaper blurb notes W B Corsets offer value with affordable pricing as dealers stock corsets starting at one dollar and up. The line emphasizes low cost options in the retail market.
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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1906
Page
7
A newspaper blurb notes W B Corsets offer value with affordable pricing as dealers stock corsets starting at one dollar and up. The line emphasizes low cost options in the retail market.
Local items report fuel deals at Safe-Dry and grocery prices at 519 East Second Street. Multiple residents travel to Columbus Junction Moscow New Boston Davenport Burlington and Nichols with chautauqua visits stock movements and family gatherings noted.
A detailed account of the Vincennes murder involving Walter Johnson and William Koepping unfolds with Johnson claiming self defense after Koepping attacked him. Key figures include Anna Bell, Mack Johnson, James Bell, and Koepping’s family, with proceedings outlining the shooting, hospital attempt, and rising tensions surrounding the case.
Park officials will install a cistern near the club house to provide drinking water and plan a new toilet facility in the clubhouse. William Huttig has received bids and the contract will be awarded soon. A reservoir will feed the attic system via a pumping setup, improving park water supply and sanitation. The remains of Mrs. Michael Bujewski will be buried after funeral services at St Marys Church conducted by Rev Grieser with interment at St Marys Cemetery. East Hill locals report visitors and residents stopping by for news and routine visits as several townsfolk travel to and from the Hill.
The advertisement argues baldness is caused by a minute scalp organism, not heredity, and claims Newbro's Herpicide removes the cause to restore hair health. It promises dandruff disappearance and hair growth with persistent use, selling through druggists and samples for 10 cents.
Riverside notes a Spinsters convention by St. Marys parish now set for Thursday night in the opera house instead of Tuesday due to a misprint. Mrs. Fred Holtz hosted about 35 ladies for a carpet rag sewing at Mrs. C C Cress's home.
Ad claims Electric Bitters relieve biliousness and kidney trouble with a guaranteed cure sold for 50 cents at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store. Local tone emphasizes medical promise and accessibility.
Lincoln Iowa residents report attendance at an Iowa City chautauqua with Mrs P Hauri and her son Ernest traveling there. Lizzie and Agnes O Leary depart for Colorado for the summer. Mr and Mrs Jno Stock hosted about 35 relatives for dinner. Mr and Mrs Claus Wiese visited Henry Lennabaugh. A Enfield was a Hills caller.
Public health note urges households to prepare for sudden illness with diarrheal diseases such as dysentery flux cholera morbus and cholera infantum. It emphasizes stocking essential remedies and supplies for at‑home care.
Wakefield's Blackberry Balsam is advertised as a reliable remedy for all loose bowel conditions and is sold by all druggists.
Bloomington reports arrivals and visits including Mr. and Mrs. William Olney Thompson of Whittier California guests of Mrs. Maria Hoopes. George C. Roberts and Katharine McMahon wed June 25 in Minneapolis and will live in Los Angeles. A. J. Wood attends Iowa state convention in Des Moines. Reading notes from Boulder and Davenport visitors and local hospital staffer Miss Sadie LeFevre. Chau tauqua praised. health concerns for former residents Mr. and Mrs. John Hansen in Oregon.
An old advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as immediate relief for hay fever and summer colds. It claims to stop difficult breathing and heal inflamed air passages with a yellow package noted as genuine.
Bradford Whaley of Montezuma Iowa and Mrs Robert Kelley with two children from Cedar Rapids visited relatives here last week. The Muscatine Athletics beat Eliza 10 to 9 in a Sunday ball game. A group attended the Muscatine chautauqua last Wednesday and many locals traveled to see it.
Henry Noble and Sylvester Mosier were Muscatine visitors last Saturday. Mrs. John Brocket and her son Orval from Muscatine visit Mr. and Mrs. A L Brocket this week. Lawrence Beeney conducted business in Muscatine last Tuesday. Booker T. Washington address praised.
A charity style ad blurb for Dr. King's New Life Pills priced at 25 cents, offered by Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store, promising relief from serious bowel trouble and a terrific fate avoidance.
Dr H O Hink ley and wife with Mrs Kitchen and daughter Truma from Williamsburg stay with Henry Hinkley. Ross Lee a Coe college student visited over Sunday with parents. Geo Liverly of Morning Sun and family guests of Clark Faires. Several residents attend chaau tauqua in Columbus Junction. more to go later. Katherine Petsis dies aged 83. funeral at home and burial in Lone Tree cemetery.
Six dollar sixty five cent return fare to St Paul or Minneapolis via the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway for the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Minneapolis August 13 to 16. Tickets on sale August 13 to 16 with final return by August 31 1906. Extension possible on small fee. For rates routes or service contact a ticket agent or F A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago.
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