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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1906
Page
6
The Muscatine Commercial club endorsed I. E. McElroy's automatic valve for steam traction engines. A test is proposed with a committee to raise funds. successful results would lead to a local factory manufacturing engines with the valve.
The new pure food law changes. It bans artificial coloring in peas tomatoes olives and boxed products and requires honest labeling. It ends bottle smoked ham and encourages natural smoke. It affects bakers cooks grocers and farmers nationwide with tighter product standards and new names for several items.
Jobs advertised across Minnesota and the Dakotas offer harvest work with daily tickets on the Iowa Central Railway from August 1 to 31, 1906. Wages range from 1.75 to 3.00 dollars per day including board. For details contact A. B. Cutts, G P T A, Minneapolis.
Sarah Berks took Bredtric Bitters for headache and can now attend social engagements. Prescribed at Hav ercamp's Prescription Drug Store for 50 cents.
West Liberty Iowa lists passengers to attend chautauqua at Columbus Junction on Friday. Names include Mrs. Sarah Morse and daughter Virginia, John Gibson, Mrs. B Nichols, Mrs. Albert Whitacre, Lem Herrue, Mrs. A A Atkins, Mr. and Mrs. W A Anderson, Mrs. A M Floyd and daughter Mattie, M Hall, Albert Whit-.
The Supreme Court decides that Dr Kings New Discovery wins against Coughs and Colds. Prices shown are 50 cents and 1.06 dollars. Havercamps Prescription Drug Store appears in the notice.
White Prairie residents host relatives this weekend. Mrs Annie Maurer and son George arrived from Chadron Nebraska to visit kin. Lewis Grunder left for Iowa City to work for Edward Maurer. The Maurer family children visited Edward Maurer in Iowa City. Edward stays behind. John Will from Western Iowa visits relatives in the area.
Ardon events include families camping at Columbus Junction Chautauqua this week and a July 29 cattle shipment totaling 15 carloads by Will & Legler and Lee Bros. Robert Lee and sons joined the shipment. Local visits include Nellie Shelabarger and Winifred Bowers with Ver non and Rhea Legler.
W M Riges hosts brief guests while Mildred Ruffner Des Moines Anna Kern and Julia Niver Museca tine stay at Byrne hotel. Isaac Abbott Conesville visits sister Mrs Wilbur Chapman. John Gertenbachs name newborn son Roland Elliot. Robert Green family attended Muscatine Chautauqua as J Kerr and Gertenbachs plus Ella visited J E Gertenbach home.
An advertisement urges readers to use Botanic Blood Balm for a range of conditions from ulcers to skin diseases and blood poisoning. It claims deep-seated cures where others fail, with $1 large bottles, free samples, and mailed medical advice from the Blood Balm Co located in Atlanta, Georgia. Havercamp's Prescription carries the medicine.
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