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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1902
Page
7
Special offer through the Journal invites readers to request a free trial bottle and pamphlet of Dr David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy from the Dr David Kennedy Corporation Rondout NY. The ad touts kidney liver bladder and blood benefits with a 91 percent success claim and cites a laxative effect. It notes the price and bulk deal and urges readers to mail name and address with the paper reference.
John Peck of Trenton Mo visits. Wm Kincaid travels to Chicago on business. Elizabeth Salisbury returns from Chicago. Eva LeQuatte comes home from Chicago. Dr Cal W Smith is ill with neuralgia. Dr C J Hackett returns from Davenport and Rock Island. Margaret and Sarah Baird return from Wisconsin. Mary Raff arrives for visit with A K Raff. Union services near court house square resume as September begins. Mollie Delaney visits for two weeks at 211 East Second Street. Neil returns from Wapello to resume school duties. Mrs J M Peck and daughter Gertrude leave for Chicago on No 16. Ethelyn Coverston returns to resume teaching duties.
Round trip tickets to Ohio and Indiana via multiple lines from Peoria at one fare plus 2.00 for round trip. Valid 30 days from sale. Tickets on sale Sept 2 9 16 23 1902 for Indianapolis Sandusky Columbus Springfield Dayton Cincinnati Louisville and intermediate points at proportional rates. Information at M N & S depot or from A L Lindar general agent.
At Alusal Baptist Church Hutchinson a well attended recital featured reader Miss Margaret Jayne assisted by contralto Mrs May Morgridge and pianist Miss Julia Hutchinson Local connections boosted interest with encores for Jayne and a strong showing from Morgridge The program included Inja by Amelia Rives The Three Singers by Berthold Tours and Minuet Op 17 No 2 by Felix Dryschock with additional pieces by other composers The audience praised the performances and the performers</s>
Mrs Rhodes controlled the horse as it bolted after being startled near Lilly's store. Elmer Corwin chased and grabbed the bridle and shaft, slowing the horse until others arrived to help stop it at West Second Street near the First National. Mrs Rhodes nearly fainted but remained composed.
A serious runaway was narrowly prevented yesterday at about 5 PM by Elmer Corwin a clerk at Thiesen's store. Mr and Mrs Jesse Rhodes drove down the avenue and stopped in the roadway as the incident unfolded.
An advertisement asserts women can gain 40 pounds using Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and other products. It cites a testimonial from Mrs. Edwin H. Gardner who claims weight increase from 135 to 175 pounds after six bottles and three vials, plus other remedies. It also notes a free medical adviser offer and provides an address for Dr. Pierce in Buffalo, New York.
Dr Chas H Utter of Panama Colombia reports in a letter that a 16 year old patient with severe dysentery recovered after he prescribed Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Within eight hours she felt better and within a week was entirely well. For sale by all druggists.
Mrs. Wilhelmine Schramm aged 82 died Wednesday at her daughter Mrs. A T Wikert’s home near Longcreek after a long illness. Born in Germany March 3 1820 she came to America at 26 and lived in Pittsburg before settling in Iowa. She leaves three of five children. Funeral held at German M E Church Longcreek with Rev. W S Schultze officiating and interment in Longcreek Cemetery.
Late Thursday afternoon articles of incorporation for the Conesville Telephone Company were filed to operate a line between Conesville and Muscatine and a rural line. The firm also plans electric lighting plants. capital stock is 19900 with 1600 paid in. four directors will run affairs until the first annual meeting: Van Lent, Wolford, McKee, and Coldren. The line is nearly built and would have been completed sooner if not for high water. operation expected in about a week or two.
In Wapello Iowa events include a League master heading to Atalissa to assist as assistant principal, local church missionary groups meeting, and the Orchard Grove schoolhouse burning with suspected arson. The city board of health orders a ditch on the M N S railroad to drain stagnant water on State street north. The Letts Co operative Store receiver reports $13 900 cash on hand from real estate sales and stock, with $300 more to collect and potential director liability discussed.
The ad promotes an eight dollar fifty cent round trip to Cleveland with departure on September 26 and 27 and a return by October 28 via Nickel Plate Road. It notes three daily trains with vestibuled sleeping cars and meals in dining cars from 35 cents to a dollar, plus à la carte options. City ticket office is at Chicago 111 Adams St and General Agent John Y. Calahan at 113 Adams St for details.
Theatrical manager Mr A M Palmer argues after years in publicity that daily newspapers are the best way to reach the public. He notes people pay to read the paper and advises against advertising in unread media.
A Woonsocket mother praises Grape-Nuts Breakfast Food after her seven month old weighed under ten pounds and thrived on the product for about a year. A doctor remarked the child’s appearance improved, and the mother urged readers to try the food, though she requests anonymity.
The article emphasizes kidney disease as a fatal risk for women and credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with a carefully chosen herb blend. It claims the formula harmonizes with the female system and uniquely targets women’s kidney troubles among many so called remedies.
The Pennsylvania Special departs Chicago Union Station at noon and arrives in New York City next morning before nine for business. Return trip leaves New York at 1 55 p m and reaches Chicago at 8 55 next morning. H R Dering Agt 248 South Clark Chicago offers arrangements.
Advertisement urges buyers to obtain genuine Cascarets Candy Cathartic stamped C C C and warns against substitutes. States genuine tablets cost 10 cents and are never sold in bulk. warns druggists to beware of cheats and frauds.
Notice urges Muscatine readers to stay at the Hotel Grace in Chicago located at the corner of Jackson and Clark streets. It claims Grace is the most convenient and reasonably priced lodging for travelers visiting Chicago.
A round trip fare of 8.59 to Cleveland Ohio and back via Nickel Plate Road departs September 26 and 27 with an extended return until October 28 upon ticket deposit in Cleveland. First class equipment and service with three daily trains from Chicago Passenger station at Harrison Street and Fifth Avenue. John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 113 Adams Street, Chicago, invites inquiries.
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