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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1903
Page
6
The Steamer Helen Blair sails to Davenport on Monday Wednesday and Friday at 6 30 a m and Sundays at 7 0 0 a m returning the same evenings. For Burlington the service runs Monday Wednesday and Friday at 8 39 p m.
Wyoming Lodge K of P members from Muscatine heading to Council Bluffs for the grand lodge session from Sunday to Thursday. A successor to the late Brigadier General J C Manchester will be chosen to command the Iowa brigade. Memorial services will honor Manchester, who died after a sudden illness while en route.
City engineer J. J. Ryan announces grading projects on Front street East Fourth and Orange and Maple streets. Permanent walks planned near Lincoln school and Wintermuth residence. Surveys and bids set for Park avenue, Eleventh street, and cemetery vault. Waterloo sewer inspection noted.
An 19th century testimonial touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for female weakness and irregularity curing nervous headaches sleeplessness and run down health. The letter from Mrs. Ervie E. Woodin praises recovery after three bottles and urges others to consult Dr. Pierce Buffalo New York and use Pleasant Pellets as needed.
A Chicago man cites relief and cure from Dr Schiffmanns Asthma Cure after ten years of severe symptoms. He reports rapid improvement after the first trial and states he has been cured for nine years. The advertisement promotes sale by druggists and a free trial offer via mail to Dr R Schiffmanns in St Paul Minnesota.
South Carolina Senator Benjamin R. Tillman said the colored man is a brute in a Columbus Junction interview. He offered to pay reporters’ expenses to investigate the South and urged support for the Democratic ticket. He argued racial hierarchy, cited northern demonstrations, and claimed mixed-race individuals inherit worse traits.
Due to the expected enormous crop, one way tickets are on sale daily at very low rates through Iowa Central railway agents. Liberal return arrangements available.
A sensational ad claims Dr King’s New Life Pills end suffering from dizziness backache liver issues and constipation. It markets relief as gentle and thorough for 25 cents with Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store guarantee. Also notes fourteen casualties at Council Bluffs and plans for a $30 000 Ames elevator replacing a previous fire destroyed structure.
A Muscatine resident sharing a common daily ailment testifies to relief from back pain after using Doan's Kidney Pills. John Bloom of 1071 Hershey Avenue reports chronic back trouble worsened after the war, requiring morphine and days of recovery. He credits Doan's with decisive, lasting improvement and urges fellow sufferers to try the remedy sold by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
Iowa Central Railway offers round trip excursion tickets for 46.55 from Omaha area to Portland Seattle Tacoma Victoria and Vancouver with return by Oct 15 1903. Tickets valid Aug 1 to 14 inclusive with stopovers in both directions and option to mix routes. See agents or A B Cutts Minneapolis for details.
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