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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1909
Page
7
Local residents and visitors are noted leaving for Davenport Letts Columbus Junction and West Liberty. Advertisements highlight Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea and local shops for candy ice cream and shoes.
More than fifty workers are in the city railroad yards carrying out upgrades to boost travel and shipping. Rock Island gangs replace ties on main tracks near Culver crossing while the McKee & Bliven button factory switch is relaid. Muscatine North & South crews fortify and fill the Pine street to South Muscatine trestle to improve stability.
Nearly one hundred players from across Iowa will compete in the ninth annual Iowa Golf Association tourney in Ottumwa August 10 to 14. Ottumwa Country Club hosts, with new greens and ample host decor, while hotel space and home stays are arranged for players.
Thirty Kaiser Company and forty Reach and Musser employees join South Muscatine Lumber Co in suspending operations to enable attendance at the state firemen's tournament in Davenport. Lower South End Locals send about thirty in uniform. Reach & Musser contributes forty to the parade line. Local residents depart for Cedar Rapids Rock Island North English and Grandview for visits and returns home after brief sojourns.
An advertisement touts Parisian Sage as the sole destroyer of the dandruff microbe and a quick rejuvenator. It claims Parisian expertise in hair health and guarantees a two week cure with money back. Large bottle priced at 50 cents at Havercamp's Drug Store and other pharmacies.
Conesville residents host relatives from Burlington Muscatine and Cedar Rapids with visits and trips. A pre nuptial shower for Jennie Tucker precedes her Aug 4 wedding to Jesse Hill in Port Byron Illinois. Charles Cecil and family return to Hedrick after two weeks with relatives. A coal car derailment near town delayed trains but caused no injuries.
Esther Jacobs departed Davenport for a day trip after visiting her sister in Creston Iowa. The passage notes her sister's return home yesterday following a week away.
A playful comparison pits Yello cornflakes against other brands. The tester notes crunch, taste, and texture, concluding Yello often edges out rivals, with a strong preference for its milder sweetness and crisp bite.
Two hundred sixty seven volunteers and twelve hundred spectators ride a special Milwaukee train to Davenport for the state firemen tournament and parade. Stark's military band leads the Mussatin delegation. Muscatine companies list numbers: Excelsiors 60, Champion Hose Co 25, Champion Hook and Ladder 25, Rescues 30, Reliefs 36, Roach and Musser 40, Kaiser 30, Huttig 21.
The advertisement claims Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has saved thousands of dollars for families unable to afford doctors and has served as well as physicians in many cases. It asserts physicians have sometimes failed where the product succeeded.
Clarence Coffman visited from Davenport and Fred Pentzer passed through en route to Atalissa. Dr and Mrs F A Abbott and children plan West Liberty as their new home. Purity Chapter O E S initiated B L Parker with refreshments afterwards. I L Wright returned from Des Moines. Grace Woodhouse left for Chicago to join a westward trip with Mrs Fannie Cooling and friends.
East Wapsie reports Clara Marolf back from Cedar Falls where she attended summer school. H. H. Hawker couple attended Bryan lecture in Muscatine by auto. Max Fickler lost a cow Thursday as threshing season begins with Wm Hudso n’s field. Clara Ruth and Gladys Marolf visited W D Conklin at Plum Grove Sunday.
East Hill members of the U7 Glass enjoyed a well decorated gathering at Miss Frances Bielefeld's Grant Street home last evening honoring the 1907 class. A dozen guests arrived around 8 pm and departed after musical numbers and light refreshments.
The Miriam Rebekah lodge held its annual picnic at Weed's Park yesterday afternoon with about twenty five attendees. Miss Sue Browning Miss Sarah Bilkey and Miss Minnie Porter were honored guests who plan to leave the city soon for Mason City Seattle and Toronto respectively. A 6 o clock luncheon at the club house followed by an eight thirty return to the city capped the event. East Hill Locals Nana Gilman left for Kingfisher Okla to visit relatives.
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