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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1909
Page
2
The Commercial Club of Muscatine places a new sign at the M B & B trestle foot of Sycamore Street, visible to trains. It proclaims 1,000 men women and girls needed to work in factories with the message Watch us grow, reflecting local enterprise to attract labor.
A. L Nusbaum of Batesville Indiana describes suffering a three month summer cold that interfered with work. He tried several medicines before Foley's Honey and Tar rapidly cured him. His wife also experienced successful relief from the product. A. W. Morgan, druggist.
August board session approved blanket general insurance covering 110000 with allocations for buildings and contents and awarded a coal contract at 2.53 per ton to W G Block Co for 710 tons. Meeting also reviewed bills and treasurer’s report with few topics of interest.
Due to labor scarcity the planned improvements at St. Marys Catholic church proceed slowly. The rectory addition excavation is unfinished and brick work will not start soon. Completion time is conjectural. Interior frescoing is advancing satisfactorily.
Iowa farmers follow clover and alfalfa experiments led by Charles J. Brand of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Researchers study 75 native and European red clover strains including Orel and Ten clover, with trials from Minnesota to California. Shaftal, an Indian annual, shows rapid hay yield and frost resistance, tested in Carlton Oregon, Danville Virginia, Yuma Arizona, Stockton Kansas, and St Anthony Park Minnesota.
Oak Grove notes Geo Shields returned from a west coast trip including California Washington and Oregon. The community mourns Mrs Ed Fishburn with funeral at Greenwood Chapel on Wednesday at 10 am. The Young Ladies Aid gathered with Miss Carrie Goddard for sewing and social time, followed by refreshments. Miss Olive Barnard to host on Sept 1.
An elderly user praises Wakefield's Blackberry Balsam as a quick and safe cure for diarrhoea and related bowel troubles. The letter extols its effectiveness for 63 years with no reported failures when used as directed, urging households to keep a bottle on hand. It notes full size bottles priced at $1.00.
The Medical Record warns house flies spread disease and outlines sanitation steps. Destruction of breeding sites is key, with covered manure bins, frequent street cleaning, and proper disposal of waste. Food protection through screening, milk coverage, and flyproof kitchens lowers transmission risk.
An advertisement quotes testimonials from Mrs. S L Bowen of Wayne West Virginia and A W Morgan a druggist, praising Foley's Kidney Remedy as a cure for kidney disease with a dollar price and words about recovery.
Mrs Rhone and children visit parents Mr and Mrs Silas Hardman in Grandview. Several residents travel to Muscatine for visits and business. Carpenters begin work on Moses Guthries house as people frequent Muscatine and Columbus Junction for events and errands.
A compiled list shows Muscatine business visitors, weekend trips by residents to Muscatine and Lone Tree, and relatives traveling to attend funerals. Activities include drivers in touring cars, threshing engine shipments, and family visits in the region around Muscatine, Wapello, Letts, Mediapolis, and Washington.
Fragmentary note mentions orders and a sack of items related to a medal or biour, with unclear context and no identifiable events or dates.
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