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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1907
Page
5
The Campbell Brothers show opened on East Hill drawing large crowds for a clean season opener. Bedouin Arabs, Delamedas, Russian Cossacks, and Japanese troops impressed attendees as tents filled the grounds all day.
An old newspaper item promotes a home remedy for stomach upset. It recommends Compound Tincture of Cinchona one ounce Prosene Compound one ounce Sherry wine half a pint mixed and taken before meals to restore digestive function.
The Milwaukee eastbound passenger train due in Muscatine at 8:44 p.m. was over two hours late after a derailment near Powersville. No injuries were reported.
An advertisement claims dandruff is a germ disease and praises Newbro's Herpicide as the only product that kills the dandruff germ, cleanses the scalp, prevents hair loss, and promotes new growth. It notes availability from Havercamp's Drug Store and offers samples by mail.
The Inland Waterways Commission led by General Alexander MacKenzie and members including Senators Newlands Warner Bankhead and Theodore Burton will pass through Muscatine on the Mississippi River trip. They join President Roosevelt at Keokuk October 1 on the Colonel A MacKenzie snagboat, with an itinerary from St. Paul to Keokuk and south toward Memphis.
Wilton residents attend the West Liberty fair and other nearby events as guests travel from Davenport Muscatine and Maquoketa. Attendees include Mrs Mentzer and family for the Cooling Wood wedding and Dr Maurice Henderson from Milwaukee visiting relatives.
Davenport Iowa August 22 Arthur Kautz 20 son of Chris Kautz of Blue Grass lies in Mercy hospital severely injured from a shotgun blast in his hand and abdomen while part of a party chasing a predatory cow in fields near Blue Grass. He was brought to Davenport by Dr H Matthey. The cow had escaped a burning freight car and roams the area as a chase continues.
Muscatine Island reports include Clifford Stormes improving slowly from appendicitis after two weeks illness. Mrs. F. J. Fowler leaves confinement from a felon. Mrs. E. H. Lawrence returns home from a visit with her daughter. Nelson Lee returns from Washington after his father’s death. Vail’s switch handles heavy loading of watermelons nuts tomatoes cabbage with over 600 carloads of cabbage in the past month. Ed Hahn’s children recover from illness. Tom and Clyde Fowler showing improvement. Mrs. M. Jewett loses many young chickens to animals. Mr. Klaiss of Indiana attends funeral of his stepmother, Mrs. Horace Klaiss.
John Bozarth 48 formerly of Cedar Rapids died after being caught gored and trampled by a bull in Minneapolis. His relatives were notified and moved to bring the body to Cedar Falls for burial. He leaves a wife and four children. He had lived here four years.
Hazel Dell Illinois notes on visits by Guy Potter and Julia Thurst assisting, Oscar Peterson business call in Reynolds, Mrs. Joe Fisher from Muscatine visiting and blackberry picking, John W Lutz selling farm to brother George and moving to South Dakota with Montgomery Brothers, Calvin Vanatta visiting Muscatine, Co A Peterson and sisters visiting Harmon and Mary Degraff.
Col. Hamm, a southern speaker at the Atlantic Chautauqua assembly, denounces Mrs Stones pictures as false representations of master and slave relations before the Civil War, describing supposed scenes of blood and cruelty as not true.
Newton Iowa August 22 jury in the case State of Iowa vs Burr Westbroke found him not guilty of keeping a shop open on Sunday after six minutes deliberation The offense was that Westbroke sold a quarter's worth of cigars on a Sunday
The defense argued that L. D. Baum, a furniture dealer, relied on cigars as a daily necessity after twenty years of smoking, portraying them as essential to his routine.
Miss Dora Pfeffer goes to Quincy to study the milliner trade for a few weeks. Maude Baker attends chautauqua while Elma Gilbert visits from Rock Island. A runaway team injured Jack Davies breaking his hand. The Innes band passed through en route to Sigourney chautauqua. Wreck east of town stirred a brief scare and amusement.
R A Fesler of Riverside, who had been visiting friends and relatives here for a few days, departed for his home this week.
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