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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1907
Page
5
Miss Catherine Terry nine year old daughter of Mr and Mrs George Terry of Wisconsin Street suffered a fractured right arm just above the wrist and shoulder bruising after stepping on a hop in a neighboring yard. Dr Oliver attended and reduced the fracture.
The Musserville German Methodists plan a social at Bleeker street chapel this evening with decorated grounds and lawn tables to host a large crowd if weather permits. The Ladies Aid social meeting is postponed two weeks to allow planning and officer elections at the church. Local notes mention residents returning from Wilton and visitors from Ohio, with several ill or traveling residents listed.
A large force of Heinz company workers on the Burlington road farm has been moved to East Hill, increasing labor at the river road farm. About 40 children labored cutting and picking onions, finishing at the lower farm today and moving above town to finish the crop. The season was fairly successful though labor shortages were noted. Local brief notices follow about residents and visitors in the area.
An elderly man and three ragged children stop at a bridge toll station, asking if a woman who crossed or was seen nearby had jumped. He believes the lady may have jumped from the high bridge and hurries away into the crowd while the children trail.
Real estate listing notes Lee Stirlen seeking a nice lot in the River View Addition for purchase or development.
Professor Foster predicts a hot late August will give way to a sharp cool spell, with frosts possible in the corn belt as September begins. He forecasts above normal fall temperatures in the north and New England while other regions stay cooler, with heavy rainfall in the Mississippi corn belt and New England.
Richard Kerr of Chicago Illinois died at his home on Washington Avenue after a long heart condition. He was 70, formerly lived in Muscatine with family ties to local grocery founder J M Kerr. He leaves wife Lily Gibson Kerr and brother W R Kerr. Funeral services were held at his Chicago home and his remains will be brought to Muscatine for interment.
Rev. J. H. Benedict resigns as pastor of the Baptist church in Iowa City facing lung and heart troubles. He travels to the Atlantic seashore seeking health but his doctor warns he must quit pulpit work for a year or more or he may not live. Benedict sent the resignation from the east and will not return to Iowa.
A food expert explains Grape-Nuts as mainly grape sugar formed from starch in wheat and barley flours. The article touts natural heat moisture and time in processing, calling Grape-Nuts a perfect food for human needs and noting digestive health benefits and flavor. It also references the book We Road to Wellville in product packaging.
Mrs Ida Warfield sues Gordon and Euston company seeking landlord’s attachment. A piano a moving picture machine and two hundred thirty chairs were attached. The firm leased the store on Second Street for shows but dissolved by July first and left the property in the building.
Peter Holland a miner was killed by a fall of slate in a mine at Hite ma while laying a switch. He is survived by a wife and three children.
Tipton Iowa hosts the annual Woodmen picnic on September 2 with a full program. Prizes include 5 for tug of war 5 for largest camp turnout and 25 for best drill team. Events feature two baseball games parade contests and a grand evening ball with the Christensen Family Orchestra.
Laxative brand Orino promises a positive guarantee to cure constipation indigestion and related ailments with a full refund if it fails. A. W. Morgan lists contact at 197 West Second Street and invites consumer trust.
W. L. Langdon of Council Bluffs reports that about seventy percent of the country’s small canning factories have been crowded out of business by the large packing firms.
A trade ad notes two germicides ZEMO and ZEMOTONE can destroy germs causing skin diseases and always cure. It lists E. W. Roy Med. Co. of St. Louis and states all druggists carry the products with sale through A. W. Morgan at 107 West Second Street.
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