Local notices of Muscatine residents and visitors
A collection of short items lists residents visiting relatives, traveling to nearby towns, and staying with friends. Notes include engagements with Otumwa Davenport Keota and Washington Iowa, plus health updates and travel by Mrs. Cora Ekelbeg to Peoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. L. Ryan
Davenport
Peter Gunzenhauser
J. G. Gunzenhauser
Kecklerville
Homestead
Gunzenhauser
Cora Ekelbeg
Peoria
Beware of Summer Germs Mi o na tablet ad
One Mi o na tablet before meals protects against summer stomach problems and germ-related diseases by improving digestion and soothing the digestive tract. It claims to prevent headaches back ache poor appetite heart burn and other ailments and offers a money back guarantee from J J Haverkamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Havercamp
Luther League Meeting Slater Address by Rev H F Martin
Rev H F Martin of Grace Lutheran church will speak at the Luther League state meeting in Slater Iowa August 29 30 and 31 His topic The Luther League in Relations to the Amusements. A local chorus choir of about 20 voices is being organized for the church and the local church will undergo extensive improvements in coming months
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Martin
Grace Lutheran Church
Luther League
Slater
Iowa
Sigourney Chautauqua Draws Thousands for Big Day
Sigourney hosts Keokuk County Chautauqua with an estimated five thousand attendees. A noon arrival, crowds packed the large tent to hear the speaker on The Prince of Peace while heat and a storm disrupt the grounds. The event featured Robert McIntire, monograms, and a ball game between Monograms and Chautauquaites with a 5 to 6 score.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
Keokuk County
Hedrick
Sigourney Brass Band
Robert McIntire
Father Vaughn
M. J. Wade
Brown Grounds
John Wittetoe
A Wonder Worker Physician Announces Constipation Cure
A physician specialist announces a new treatment named Chase's Constipation Fablet claiming it cures constipation by gently stimulating all digestive organs to restore health and strength. He emphasizes it is not another pill but an acute remedy announced to colleagues after years of study and practice.
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Chase
City Council Set To Convene In Adjourned Session
City leaders plan an evening meeting to address tax appropriation for the year and to pass the ordinance fixing the levy. The notice includes ad copy claiming a health remedy claim unrelated to the meeting. The piece references a patent pill advertised as gentle and non gripping.
Water District and Tax Levy Discussed at City Council
The council will decide the coming year's tax levy and fix the water district bounds. Rough figures show about $110 000 needed to run the city with levy around 80 mills. Muscatine property values rose and the burden is not expected to increase much. Minor sidewalk orders and petitions may be acted on. August session unfinished business will be completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sirgen
Muscatine
Ringling Brothers Stage Field of the Cloth of Gold Spectacle
Ringling Brothers will present The Field of the Cloth of Gold a colossal show with 1200 characters 300 dancers and 200 singers running August 29 with matinee and evening performances. The production features 2500 costumes Parisian design and a fifty member band along with jousts sword fights and a horse ballet. McClellan noted as an atheist stirred local attention as his burial plans surfaced.
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Ringling Brothers
Cured of Brights Disease by Foley's Kidney Cure
Geo A Sherman of Lisbon Red Mills Lawrence Co New York says after twelve years of kidney disease and failed treatments he used Foley's Kidney Cure. One half bottle relieved, four bottles cured him, reducing frequent urination and brick dust voids. Sold by Havercamps Prescription Drug Store.
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Bright
Geo. A. Sherman
Lisbon
Red Mills
Lawrence Co
N. Y
Foley
Havercamp
Transfer Rumor Places Rosser Toward Illinois Division
Railroad circles expect F. W. Rosser train master of the Iowa division to be moved to the Illinois division. If confirmed he will replace Kelso as Illinois trainmaster, while Kelso is to become superintendent of terminals at Chicago and Beard departs for the Panama Canal project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Rosser
Iowa
Illinois
Rock Island Union
Rock Island
Rosser
Kelso
threshing winter wheat near Akron yields high No 1 quality
Harvest activity reports threshing of winter wheat around Akron with yields from 22 to 25 bushels per acre and nearly all grain graded No 1 quality.
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Akron
Funeral for merchant McClellan ends without clergy
In Galesburg Illinois on August 23 the funeral for W B McClellan of Necoma was held with no undertaker embalming no railroad wheel turning under the casket and no minister officiating in accordance with his expressed wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesburg
W. B. McClellan
Necoma
War on Consumption Cures and Reliable Remedies
Nations strive to curb the white plague with Foley's Honey and Tar touted as a perfect cure for coughs and colds preventing consumption. The ad urges avoiding unknown remedies and recommends Oley's Honey and Tar instead, sold at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Oley
Havercamp
Pickle miscreant sought after on passing train
East Hill reports the T. J. Heinz Company aiding Rock Island in identifying the person who threw pickles through a car window on a train near pickle farms. Superintendent Miller assigns a watchman for farms east of the city and promises vigorous action against the offender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Heinz Company
Rock Island Company
Miller
Als
Weed Park
Salvation Army
Low Rate Excursion to St Paul Minneapolis 1905
The Iowa Central announces a special round trip excursion to St Paul and Minneapolis on Saturday September 9 with a 4.59 dollar fare. Departs Erie at 7 52 pm reaches Minneapolis 8 15 am and St Paul 8 50 am Sunday morning. Tickets valid on regular trains until Sept 12 1966. Sightseeing spots include Lakes Minnetonka Harriet Calhoun Como Park Minnehaha Falls Port Snelling Wildwood Indian Mound Park and State Fish Hatcheries Gul water and major flour mills.
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St. Paul-Minneapolis
Iowa Central
Erick
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minnetonka
Harriet
Calhoun
Como Park
Minnehaha Falls
Port Snelling
Wildwood
Indian Mound Park
Gulwater
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