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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1909
Page
7
Travel guidance for Seattle Exposition with directions to the site and a call to request a folder detailing the event. S. F. Boyd and W. S. Underdone are listed as division and local agents for visitor information.
Dr Klaffenbach a Hershey Building dentist on the 8th floor is referenced. Mrs Harry Schreurs of 905 Oregon street left for Mediapolis for a brief visit. Miss Alice Countryman returned home at Fruitland after a day shopping. Miss Clara Fleitz of 406 West eighth street came back from Boulder and Colorado trips. Mr and Mrs R Smith of Ainsworth returned home after a Muscatine visit. Mr and Mrs Edward Morse of New Boston spent a short time in the city en route to Cedar Rapids for a visit.
Short notices report Miss Annie O Keefe and Mrs M E Bartlett visiting in Muscatine while Koontz continues music teaching. Miss Grace Chapman returns from Cone. Maud Ratcliff travels to Fairfield. Will Dillaway returns to Memphis. Arden McCoy to Bussey. F O Kelley leaves Dallas for Cranson. Snyder’s rigs spotted near Muscatine. Corsets demo at McCorm Dry Goods. Nellie and Marie Anderson return home after teachers institute in Rock Island and visit Axel Anderson in Moline.
A promotional paragraph extols Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as universally effective. It claims the medicine cures bowel complaints and has gained broad approval worldwide.
The Ladies Aid of St Marys Catholic church will host a supper and ice cream social next Tuesday evening at the church grounds on West Hill. From 5 to 8 pm attendees will dine in the hall and enjoy a lawn festival with ice cream tables, refreshments, and booths. The Stark Military band will provide music and various committees are listed for preparations and booths.
An advertisement from Mrs. M. Summers of Notre Dame Indiana offers a free home treatment for bed wetting that claims to address constitutional causes. The method targets mothers with children and also asserts effectiveness for adults and aged people with daytime or nighttime urine difficulties.
Class meeting at 8 45 Sunday school 9 30 lesson Paul on Christian Love Epworth League 6 30 Relief in Sorrow reference John 11 1 46 Leader Mrs Addleman Pastor Rev Thos Osborn preaches 7 30 fourth sermon in series Peculiar People Insulated People Good music free seats cordial welcome to all Descriptive items reflect church activities and anniversary remarks.
Mulford Congregational Church at Hershey avenue and Main street announces Bible school at 9 a.m. Worship classes at 10:30 a.m. Topic The Greatest Thing in the World. Evening program at 7 p.m. Topic From Captivity and Danger to Power. Special music by choir and quartet directed by Miss Rosetta Wagner. Everybody welcome.
The German Methodist Church announces Sunday school at 9 15 a m followed by prayer. Sermon at 10 30 a m by Rev William Schoenig of Rock Island. Communion of the Lord's Supper will be administered. Quarterly love feast at 2 30 p m and union service of the German churches at 7 30 p m. Rev Schoenig will preach all are invited.
The First Church of Christ, Scientist offers services at 11 am and 8 pm with subject Christ Jesus. Sunday school at 9:30 am. Wednesday 8 pm meeting. Reading room at 116 Iowa Avenue open daily 2 to 4 pm except Sundays. Corner Walnut and Sixth streets.
German Baptist Church corner Sixth and Walnut invites all to Sunday school at 9 30 a m preaching at 10 30 a m and union service at 7 30 p m at the German Methodist church Rev W C Schultze to preach everyone welcome
Sunday school at 9 45 a m invites men to join the Baraca class studying Acts Chapter II for tomorrow. Morning worship at 10 50 a m expected to feature Rev A J Lander and services for all ages are announced.
The article touts Root Juice as a miraculous cure for indigestion constipation nervous weakness rheumatism and other stomach liver kidney and bowel ailments. It credits Morgan's drug store as the local agency selling bottles at 1 each or three for 2.50, with crowds traveling to meet the discoverer.
The new pastor, J. B. Smith, will preach at 6:40 PM at Weed Park if weather permits, otherwise 7:30 PM in the church. Services at West Hill chapel at 2:00 PM feature Wm. L. Steinbaugh with the theme Mas querading.
The First Presbyterian congregation joins a union service at First Congregational Church at 7 45 a.m. The Rev Burt Estes Howard Ph D professor at Stanford University will preach. You are invited to attend.
Grace Lutheran Church at Corner Iowa avenue and Sixth street lists activities for the twelfth Sunday after Trinity. Sunday school at 9 30 a m and chief service at 10 45 a m with a sermon titled Spiritual Deafmutes. Luther league service at 7 p m led by Miss May Wingerter with topic Ready for Work. Visitors welcome to all services.
Bible school at 9:30 a.m. led by Arthur Hadley follows Sept morning worship at 7:30 p.m. with the theme A Call to Faithful News. Youth fellowship 6:45 p.m. led by Mrs. Jeanie Field. Evening service at 7:45 features a sermon for young people. Pastor Ora W Carrell invites strangers to attend.
Trinity Church holds holy communion at 7 30 in the morning with morning prayer and sermon at 10 45, followed by evening prayer and a short address at 7 30 in the evening led by Rev. Geo R Chambers rector in charge.
United Brethren Church at Sixth Street and Mulberry avenue lists Sabbath school at 9:45 morning worship 11 oclock Young People 6:30 and evening sermon 7:30. German Congregational Church led by Pastor C A Dettmers holds Sabbath school 9:15 morning service 10:30 union German churches meeting at 7:30 with Rev Schoenig of Rock Island preaching.
The advertisement promotes Chamberlains Cough Remedy with a money back guarantee if the user is not satisfied after using two thirds of a bottle as directed. The offer emphasizes consumer trial and a refund option.
Government announces railway mail clerks start at 800 dollars a year rising to 1200. Exam dates set in Iowa in November and other postings nationwide. Over 4,200 appointments last year, with an estimated 50,000 this year. Open to any ambitious person over 18 with ordinary education. Information free from the Rochester Positions Bureau at 376 Hamlin Building Rochester New York.
An old advertisement declares stop taking liquids and crystals and instead use Cascarets to tone and strengthen the bowels. It claims cascarets are the world’s biggest seller with a box for a week’s treatment and millign boxes sold monthly through druggists.
The Muscatine city council passes the 1910 appropriation ordinance on its third reading after suspending rules. It allocates funds for city government, bridges, health, fire, library, streets, and public buildings. Aldermen vote aye with Robbins absent. mayor declares the ordinance adopted.
An advertisement claims deafness cannot be cured by local applications but only by constitutional remedies. It attributes deafness to inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh, offering $100 for any case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and urging readers to request circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. It also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Richard Flint yesterday afternoon filed an information against Henry Fuller under city ordinances alleging that a quantity of manure piled on Flints property at the corner of Eighth and Cedar streets causes a nuisance.
An unsanitary condition in the vicinity is the subject of a case to be heard before Judge H. S. Howe, likely early next week.
An old advice piece touts sage and sulphur as a natural hair darkener and scalp restorer. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur from Wyeth Chemical Company is marketed at 50 cents or one dollar per bottle, available through druggists or direct orders.
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