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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1902
Page
7
Mrs. Chas Klink and Edd Hennesy plus Clifford Palmer visited Davenport on Monday. Many locals traveled to and from the city by train and river craft including the raft boat Isaac Staples passing downstream yesterday evening.
A wife retells how her husband, away from home, improved health and gained weight on a 90 day menu featuring four teaspoons of Grape-Nuts with cream, bread and butter, Postum Cereal Coffee, and fruit. She urges others to try the regimen for dentary laborers, office workers, and students, noting it can be prepared by a novice. The Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Michigan backs the claim.
Endorsed by E M Stephenson of the American Baptist Publication Society, Paine's Celery Compound is pitched as a summer health booster. The ad claims it cleanses blood, regulates circulation, strengthens kidneys, steadies nerves, aids sleep, and helps weight gain while allowing continued work and engagements.
Muscatine faces a coal shortage with only 25 tons of hard coal on hand amid an east coal strike extending weeks. Prices for anthracite rise, soft coal and briquettes gain attention, and a test in St Louis examines briquette efficiency against loose coal.
Edgar Fogg and wife of Cedar Rapids visited Springdale for the Ellyson reunion. Springdale Public school opens Aug 25 with exams for returning pupils. A wedding at Springdale unites Laura Swartz and Chas Montgomery. West Liberty fair plans and local visits shape the week. Mt. Clemens bath info offered by Grand Trunk Railway pamphlets.
Charles F. Swain died at his Wilber home on Saturday August 2 1902 after a brief illness of peritonitis aged 52 He was a miller at the Wilber mills and had recently traveled to Lincoln with his wife His death comes as a shock to friends He leaves a widow three daughters one son one brother M G Swain of Atalissa one sister Mrs I N Walton Muscatine and half brother Ira G Swain Grinnell IA He was a Woodmen of the World member with a $2000 benefit policy Funeral was held Tuesday at the M E Church Sunnyside burial He lived near Muscatine several years before moving to Nebraska He married Lizzie Good man in Marengo Ind and later moved to Nebraska He was remembered as a kind father and loving husband by the community
The Autumn Aquatic plans a moonlit outing this evening starting at 6 o'clock on the steamer Mignon and a pleasure barge. Supper will be served after sailing with dainty table settings and an ocean steamer style menu including fried chicken sherbet and coffee. The party will spend the evening on the water enjoying the voyage and a reflective river mood.
Mrs O D Myers and her son boarded the 7:58 train this morning for Letts. They had been visiting in the city for a week at the home of her sister Mrs Baer on Ninth street. Leonard Myers had been visiting relatives and friends in Illinois during that period.
Little Carl Hagemeister son of Mr and Mrs C L Hagemeister was a passenger this morning on the Western for West Liberty where he will visit relatives for a few days.
An advertisement extols sewing work as draining and unhealthy and promotes Dr. R V Pierce Favorite Prescription as a remedy for female weakness. It includes testimonials from Mrs Susannah Permenter and invites sick women to consult by mail with private correspondence and offers a medical adviser on request.
Mrs. Curtis Baker of Bookwalter Ohio relates how a neighbor’s infant sick with cholera infantum recovered within two days after using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. She reports repeated success over nearly a year and recommends the product. Sold by all druggists.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad offers luxuriously furnished vestibulated sleeping parlor cars and day coaches. Dining cars provide a la carte service. Stop-overs are allowed at Niagara Falls on all through tickets to New York and Philadelphia.
Detroit August 19 Frank Andrews president of the wrecked City Savings bank is sentenced to fifteen years hard labor for misappropriating the bank funds.
Pittsburg reports Schwab will retire from the steel corporation and all active business to recover health. Only family members may talk with him.
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