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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1905
Page
8
Local notes show M Doyle and others from Wilton at the carnival in this city. Robert Hickey Jr and Clarence Riddle with his mother visited, while numerous residents and out‑of‑town guests attended events and traveled aboard the Firefly and Interurban.
Modern Woodmen of America carnival week in Muscatine draws crowds from Monmouth and Ottumwa to enjoy new Parker Amusement Company features. Attractions include Beautiful Bagdad, Katzenjammer Kastle, Zoological Eden, Creation, Lombardo’s concert, Mille Lizette Leap the Gap, Mile Corinne Loop the Loop, and the Electric Theatre showing battle scenes of Mukden with an illustrated lecturer.
An advertisement extols S S S as the ultimate blood purifier and tonic curing Rheumatism Skin Diseases Scrofula Catarrh Old Sores Malaria and Contagious Blood Poison. The testimonial from H. M. Warren of Ohio praises weight gain improved health and roots out poisons with S S S over forty years of use. Medical advice offered free.
Advertisement praising Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments. Claims thousands of women restored to health, cites letters on file, and urges readers to write to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice. Mentions cures for menstrual issues backache leucorrhea and uterine problems with strong claims of unmatched efficacy.
The narrative blends vivid war imagery with a travelogue on the Tyrolean Alps. It details rapid artillery actions and casualties, then shifts to a night presentation of Matterhorn and Geneva scenes with storm, moonlight, Swiss city life, and a choir in The Holy City.
In Stockton Iowa on August 18 Mr and Mrs Henry Dittmer and children visited John Dittmer. Mrs Geo Metzger and children spend a week with cousin Mrs Belle Bohnsack. Viola and Harry Bohnsack returned from visits to Pleasant Prairie Blue Grass and Hazel Dell. John Dittmer and Leonard spent Tuesday evening in Walcott. Emma Dittmer hosted a birthday gathering with many friends. Also noted are visits, picnics at Walcott, and various family movements among Dittmers Broders Metzger and Ihms families.
William Holland, Omaha blacksmith, appeared before Justice H S Howe after preliminary hearing on tying a Rock Island freight car and stealing six cookies and a ring of Bologna. Bound over to grand jury with $300 bond. failure to pay sent to county jail. Grand jury to review two cases this fall. The report also notes a monkey injured by a prank at a carnival, where two youths were arrested for acid splashing.
The funeral services for Geo Plitt were held at 2 PM Saturday from the residence, conducted by Rev N A McAulay of the Presbyterian church. Interment followed at Oakdale cemetery. Relatives and friends from Davenport, Rock Island, Joliet, Muscatine, West Liberty, Upland Neb., and Sioux City attended and traveled for the service.
An old advertorial touts Hyomei as the sole cure for hay fever promising a home climate change. It claims heat dust and pollen cause symptoms, that Hyomei kills germs and soothes mucous membranes, and offers a $1 outfit with refill option and a money back guarantee by J. J. Havercamp.
Short visits are noted in Muscatine with Clara Slingsworth and Miss Maude heading to Colorado Springs and Miss Lizzie Haggerty visiting. Miss Eva Port hosted friends near Wilton with Miss Zoda French as guest. Emma M. Mark, born 1867, died 1905 near Wilton after church fellowship. funeral held at German Evangelical church. Kilroy and Britton vaudeville at the Grand on August 21 with a strong company and critical praise.
A sensational comedy drama titled An Aristocratic Tramp promises absorbing romance and adventure with picturesque types of characters and a lively story. It highlights love amid social contrasts and travels through dramatic scenes and witty dialogue.
Ringling Brothers circus plans a grand Muscatine exhibit on Tuesday August 29 featuring a new Field of the Cloth of Gold production. The show includes 1 200 performers 2 500 signs 15 car train of scenery and a tent the largest yet electrified to create atmosphere with elaborate tableau wagons and cavalry pieces.
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