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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1908
Page
4
Advertisement for the New Shoe Store at 107 West Second Street promoting new fall arrivals. It promises fit for every foot and latest styles with affordable prices.
Local notes show residents traveling and visiting friends in Charlotte Davenport and Muscatine. Mentions include Stirlen Rowan Mrs P Von Arkel and Miss Frances Welch. An editorial touts Muscatine prospects as the best western town with a real estate sales pitch by G M Titus at 213 Iowa.
Work began in the catsup department at the H. J. Heinz pickle works with a large force of female workers. Crop prospects look strong, and thousands of bottles of Heinz catsup are to be produced in the coming months. Some kraut plant workers were laid off due to slow cabbage progress and rain delays.
A telegram from Wilson, Iowa announces the drowning of Ed Nichols, a former Iowa City musician and piano dealer. He was 38, unmarried. His body will be brought to Iowa County for interment. His father M. C. Nichols, formerly of Iowa City, now abroad. James Slaine of Cedar Rapids bought 31 acres of Phoebe Lucas tract for 18600 to develop Iowa City additions. The estate touches Governor Lucas and Governor Kirkwood properties. Other items note a bride of four months dies in Marengo, a teen may die of lockjaw from a nail puncture, and J J Beranek sustains injuries in a wagon accident. Also five Iowa City pastors pledge religious education courses under university rules for credit.
A New York woman reports ten years of stomach and liver trouble eased by coffee abstinence and Grape-Nuts with Postum. She gains twenty pounds, regains energy, and now can work through the day, eating modestly and avoiding ill effects. The Postum Company advertises the letter as genuine and recurring.
Two University of Iowa researchers Otto Stromson and Otto Kampmeier survey the Iowa River to locate clam beds and assess their extent and population. The project aids pearl fisheries and button industries, with dredges and shell sightings guiding bed maps as deeper waters pose greater challenges. More rivers will be explored in coming seasons as results aim to boost supplies for national industry.
Local community reports show Mrs J F Paisley and daughter Hazel visiting Wayland, Ed Skinner owning a notable new bus, and multiple visitors from Monmouth Cairo Reading Des Moines and Burlington. Other entries list chautauqua guests at the Junction and weekend trips to Cedar Rapids and Chicago.
During the absence of the secretaries at the Geneva conference the rooms will be in charge of Mrs. Edith Schmidt. Meals will be served as usual and the rooms will be open for the use of members and others. Miss Headley reports Lake Geneva camp lovelier than ever and says a Muscatine delegation will have a familiar face awaiting friends from home. The Uplift of China will be the mission study book used by the conference class under Miss Berninger. Delegates should bring books if they wish to enter the class.
A visitor from Crawfordsville arrived Saturday evening to stay with G J Tomlinson. Stanley Matthews returned to Lincoln Nebraska on Monday after a week with relatives in town.
Advertisement notes Frank Ashcraft offering gas stoves refrigerators gasoline engines oils and related items. Read The Journal at ten cents per week for more details and pricing.
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