Deans Kidney Pills Advertised Cure for Kidney Aches
In Muscatine a farmer Mr John St Clair testifies kidney pains and back ache eased after using Dean's Kidney Pills. He had heard of the remedy's reputation in Mt Forest Ontario and bought a box at Havercamp's drug store. He was cured and recommends the product to others. Sold by all dealers 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agent Remember the name Dean's and take no substitute.
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Dean
Mulberry Street
Mt. Forest
Ont
Havercamp’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
U. S
Dean’s
Pretty house wedding at West Liberty for Stevens and Osborn
Arthur J. Stevens and Edna Osborn wed at the Osborn homestead on Aug 19 1902 Rev J E Newsome officiating The event drew 75 guests out of 150 invitations amid stormy weather, with gifts of silver linen and furniture. Local residents attended services and other news items filled the day in the community news column.
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West Liberty
Arthur J. Stevens
Edna Osborn
J. E. Newsome
H. B. Osborn
Otto H. Vinall
Davenport
Pearl Lord
Illinois City News Briefs and Local Death
Wm Hahn and his five children left Illinois City after a week with relatives. James Unsworth died Saturday at 6 am. funeral at M E church Sunday at 3 pm preached by Rev Shepard. Camp meetings and lectures are noted at Findall's grove and VU B church. Chas Baker from Davenport visited relatives. Ed Morrow sent his daughter a new organ. Dan Kleist’s four year old son died of whooping cough and dysentery. A severe electric storm caused heavy rain, halting threshing and flooding Wm Tyler’s oat fields with a trench dug to drain water.
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Illinois City
Wm. Hahn
James Unsworth
Here
M. E
Shepard
Sheffield
Wm. Tyler
J. S.weely
F. W. Martin
C. R. Ellsworth
Findall's Grove
VU. B
Creach
Chas. Baker
Davenport
E. M. Baker
Ed. Morrow
Rock Island
Dan Kleist
Downey Notes of Social Round and Accident
Miss Minnie Mead of West Liberty visits Downey friends while Jessie Cornwall stays with Mrs. Tomlinson in West Branch. A severe wind storm damages outbuildings and crops nearby. An accidental near-drowning occurs when Myrtle Franklin falls into an uncovered cistern. F. Franklin rescues her. Labor Day plans loom with strong Muscatine attendance forecasts.
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Ed. Crittenden
Downey
Zillah Seaton
Dr. Borts
J. E. Elliott
Iowa City
Amanda Brisbine
Myrtle Pike
West Liberty
Ruth Compton
Pleasant Valley
Maud Hollingsworth
A. W. Hollingsworth
Wm. Jenkinson
Bert Lodge
Kansas
Lida Brown
Morse
Ida Thiele
Edith Cornwall
A. E. Lodge
Baby
D. J. Gates
Pope
Davenport
Frank Gregg
Mesdames Botts and
Wiggins
Brooklyn
Will Meridith
Muscatine
Franklin
Myrtle
Mr. F
W. W. Applegate
W. J. Felkner
Twentieth Century Medicine Promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic
An old promotional notice touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as superior to ancient pills and liquids. It claims genuine stamped CCC, never sold in bulk, and available from all druggists in a roc. period context.
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C.C.C
Heavy Rain Floods Oakland Area and Rising River
Oakland Iowa reports Sunday evening rainfall as the heaviest in years with the river out of banks and still rising. Local residents note improved health of the sick and list visits and social calls among neighbors. An entertainment event in Muscatine is anticipated for Labor Day as residents share daily activities and outings.
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Oakland
J. G. Morse
Day
Will Hoben
Baby
Hines
Jerome Morse
Pearl
Dyche
Ainsworth
Inez Rife
Muscatine
Dora Shoop
Lillie Morse
T. J. McCollister
Eva Reece
J. B. McBride
Milton Wolfe
Iowa Central Sale For Iowa State Fair Tickets
Des Moines reports the Iowa Central will sell round trip tickets from August 21 to 30 for one fare, with a return limit until September. The note invites readers to plan travel to an anticipated great Iowa fair year.
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Des Moines
Iowa Central
Iowa
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Northwes
Minnesota
South Pekota
Cates Homeseekers
Jno
G. Farmer
F Ai
Cedar Rapids
Lettsville notes labor day plans and local events
Miss Lilly Fry leaves Lettsville for Cedar Rapids to work at Lyman Bros. store and will miss home until holidays. Labor day celebration at Muscatine draws many Lettsville residents. Farmers face losses from wheat and oats in shock. Local updates include repairs, gas well talks, flooding from Indian Creek, and fair preparations at Columbus Junction.
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Lettsville
Lilly Fry
Cedar Rapids
Lyman Bros
Muscatine
Social and Family Notes From Cairo Iowa
Mr. Gibson of Des Moines visited west of Cairo at J. B. Keen's last week. Mrs. J. L. Murray improves from illness. Miss Luella Jarvis visited the Batterson home west of town. Miss Anna Patterson attended Miss Ella Longs Burlington wedding. Mrs. Mae Riggle and daughter called in Cairo yesterday. Laura Havenhill visited a Wapello resident Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. John Marshall stayed in Newport over Sunday. Mrs. James Maddux returned from a visit with her daughter Mrs. Adye. Epworth League social last evening at Mr. Hildebrand home. Leo Dalton home from Muscatine on a short visit. Nellie Gunderson of Conesville visiting R. T. Paullins.
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F. E. Thomas
East Third Street
Will Sites
Cedar Rapids
Stevens-Osborn
S. E. Jelly
Anna
Oklahoma
W. J. Stevens
East Sixth Street
Hiram Donahue
Tipton
Arthur
M. A. McDonald
Watonga
Ralf Walker
Selma
Ohio
Esther Harrison
Des Moines
Alta Welsh
Brother John
Mobile
Alabama
S. G. Hogue
South Columbus Street
I. A. Nichols
Denver
Colo
Ella Sosbee
Green
Mrs. Lamb
Mt. Auburn
Chicago
D. Barr
Sherman Teets
Percy Miller
Truro
J. E. McIntosh
C. M. Brand
Cedar Valley
Carrie McNutt
Ord
Nebraska
W. L. McNutt
Luella Jarvis
Batterson
Anna Patterson
Burlington
Ella Long
Mae Riggle
Cairo
Laura Havenhill
John Marshall
Newport
James Maddux
Adye
Hildebrand
Leo Dalton
Muscatine
Nellie Gunderson
Conesville
R. T. Paullins
East Buffalo Thresher Injured By Frontal Bone Blow
East Buffalo Illinois Aug 21 horses broke loose while threshing. H F Whitney employed by Wm Kaneman stood near a horse when it kicked him on the frontal bone injuring his eye. Dr A Miller Edgington treated the wound and he is recovering.
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East Buffalo
H. F. Whitney
Wm. Kaneman
Mr. Whitney
A. Miller
Edgington
Murdock
Russell
Annie Brown
Rock Isl
Friends and families share gatherings and travel notices
The report details a lawn party at Henry Carpenter's on the 13th after a visit from Germany relatives. Nora Myres of Aledo visits her brother Vincent Myres. a surprise gathering for Nora occurs the 15th. Charles Campbell leaves Wm. Elliott’s employ for his father's near Grinnell. Dela Reeding and Nella Bales depart for Columbus Junction. James Unsworth dies with bubonic plague symptoms. interment at Illinois City. Mrs. L. E. Murdock and E. E. Murdock visit Laurel, Iowa.
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Germany
Henry Carpenter
Nora Myres
Aledo
Vincent
Miss Myres
Vincent Myres
Charles Campbell
Wm. Elliott
Grinnell
Dela Reeding
Nella Bales
Columbus Junction
Miss Bales
James Unsworth
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C. B. Fuller
F. Giesenhaus
Western
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Illinois Central Railroad
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Hardin Springs
Grayson Springs
Wawson Springs
Cerulean Springs
Crittenden Springs
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Dixson Springs
Ill
A. H. Hanson
Chicago, Il
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Philadelphia
Broad St
James L. Patterson
Neo!leat
Miss Edna Osborn
Julia Furst
van Reeves
Soft
M. Reeves
Susie Edgington
Frank Bailey
Binas Erickson
Cole
Iowa State Fair
T. L. Freeland
Barnett
Our Town
Williams
Commercial Hotel
Henry Griffin
Cedar Township
J. H. Letts
Bradford Pa
Receiver Carr
Fred Hofer
Ernest
Taylor Ridge
A. Stamm
Evergreen Lawn Farm
F. Featherston
T. L. Meeker
Mattie Meeker
South Dakota
Indian Creek
Olin
Columbus Junction Fair
Gibson
J. B. Keen’s
J. L. Murray
Wie
Leir
Eccuer
E. C. Dae Wrrr & Co
Dewitt
Coady & Morgan
J. L. Giesler
J. H. Kaiser
S. L. Johnson
F. H. Little
Gus Schmidt
John H. Kaiser
A Baird
F. W. Swan
F. W. Eversmeyer
J. L. Geisler
C. A. Mull
Blackwell
Homeseekers
K. P. Hall
F. Whitman, Sachem
F. A. Johnson
C. of P
Masonic
Lodge No
A. F
A. M
G. A. Riemcke
W. M
L. Johnson
Sec’y
P. Geo. C. Winn
E DE Molay Commandery
No. 1
K. T
Geo. B. Jackson
E. C. W. H. McCoy
IL. Oo. Co. F. Miriam Lodge
D. of R
Prairie Encampment
Muscatine Lodge
Speer
Second
Cedar Streets
Cedar Street
Woodman Hall
A. J. Barger
J. M. Conner
Bend City
Modern Brotherhood of America
K. of P
J. H. Cosgrove
Sue Browning
Eagle Lodge
A. O. U. W. Hall
Second Street
M. W
K. O. T. M. Muscatine
Maccabee Hall
Asthalter
Town Avenue
KE. G. O'Brien
J. W. Hahn
Ladies OF the Maccasbees
Muscatine Hive
No. 13
Emma Sterneman
Carrie Rankin
Fraternal Aid Association
Bloomington
Shammo
Q. T. Howard
E. P. Day
Rathbone Sisters
Sally McCoskry
M. R. and
Frances Rosenbaum
E. S. Electa
E. S
A. L. Lindner
Emma Manlove
A. Muscatine Camp
Modern
Woodmen of America
Olds’ Block
Zg. C. Coster
V. G
J. A. Leyda
Iowa Legion OF Honor
Argus Lodge No. 17
G. A. R. Hall
W.W. W. Millett
A. C. Hopkinson
Knights OF Pythias
Wyoming Lodge No. 76
K. P
Iowa Avenue
J. M. Butler
C. C. U. S. Howe
K. of R
East Second Street
P. M. Muller
Third Street
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