Stomach Cure Promoted By L T Cooper Interview
An interview with L T Cooper touts his medicine claiming it regulates the stomach to cure widespread ill health. He argues the human stomach is degenerate and overworked, noting success in thousands of cities and predicting Europe sales next year. A Winchester man testifies to relief from catarrh, rheumatism, and gas in the stomach after using New Discovery medicine. Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store promotes and sells the preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. T. Cooper
Cooper
Europe
Monroe Brown
Hancock Street
Winchester
Mass
Mr. Brown
Boston
Discovery
Havercamp
Local people depart and visit in city records
Numerous residents and visitors leave for Wilton Rock Island Burlington Letts Montpelier and Des Moines after short stays in the city. Individuals named include J Chasteen Mrs H B Kline Dr Clapp Mrs E G Guenther Miss Grace Nauman Mrs H J Gray and Miss Ella Mark among others. Real estate offered includes five room house for sale and a pair of work mules for 90 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Mark
Cedar Rapids
Maccabees
J. B. Mark
Des Moines
A Ton of Gold Could Buy Nothing Better
An ad touts Electric Bitters as a cure for female weaknesses and back and kidney troubles. It claims substantial relief at 50 cents a bottle from Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havercamp’s
Big Dredge Moves to Head of Fourth Slough
A large dredge shift occurs as it heads to the fourth slough to begin raising the big levee. The other two dredges continue work at the sleuth mouth with excellent progress reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Levee
City Council Proceedings Pave Ash Street Curbs 1907
Official city notes detail a motion by Alderman Holmes approving a special tax for improvements on Curving and guttering Along Asa street and a second district for Ash street from Second to Third. It includes seven installment plan, engineer certificate totals, and bids for jail cells at Muscatine City Hall with Stohr and Freund as lowest bidders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asu
Margaret Stapleton
Kate McDermott
Eppel
Ash Street
Second
Third Street
South Line
Muscatine
Iowa
Cty Council
Dietz
T. W. Holmes
Pavine
Ald. Eppel
Ald
Kneese
Ald. Richards
City Hall
Stohr & Freund
City of Muscatine
Board of Health
Oalavereac
Two Steel Cages Bid Placed For Muscatine Project
The Muscatine city council accepted a bid by Stohr & Freund to furnish and erect two steel cages with riveted argyle framing for the city jail, two bunks, jump lock components, and Yale pad locks, matching E T Barnum Iron Works specifications, for 170 dollars. The same meeting heard sidewalk, cemetery, and finance committee reports, approved transfers, deeds, and proposed street grade fixes in various neighborhoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Plains
E. T. Barnum Iron Works
Yale
M. H. Hess
Ald
Kneese
Leu
Iowa
Smalley Avenue
Nyenhuis
Eppel
Mulet
Gas and Electric Light Fund
Sander
E. O. Burnside
Burnside Avenue
van Zyl
Ald. Diercks
Ald. Holmes
Ald. van Zyl
City Finance Committee Minutes From Nov 19 1907
City Finance Committee met in regular session at 8 pm with Aldermen Eppel Holmes Sander Richards present and no absentees. Bills were examined and found correct and recommended for payment from the funds and appropriations below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ald. Holmes
City Recorder's Office
City Finance Committee
Alderman Eppel
Ald
Sander
Ald. Richards
Police Pay Roll and City Expenses Summary
A fragment listing payrolls and city expenses including regular police pay of 535.00 and special 12.00, charges to Muscatine Herald 20.00, Iowa Telephone Co. 8.50, The Austin Western Co. 60, Muscatine Pressed Brick Co. 7.70, Purington Paving Brick Co. 3.75, Engineers pay roll 87.33, and other items totaling multiple entries with various vendors and amounts. Names and places include Muscatine, Iowa, and vendors such as Thompson Bros Co and Corry & Wernetin Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. & C. Appa
Jackson el
Taichi Alblin
ORY Fon
Iowa
H. Appa
SNC
Appn
Ngweetidono
Ota Ev
Muscatine Herald
B. H
North & South Ry Co
Purington Paving Brick Co
Corry & Wernetin Co
Citisens’ Ry
Muscatine Pressed Brick Co
The
Burdick Sign Co
Tcmmerio Sc
Pit
Duncan
Owe
John Diercks
PU Mroiorm Soo
SORH
Cess
Adams & Wiles
Siemens
Henry Koenig
Fine Fund Tacmpeon Bros 1 6-7 ss 0 1.70 Corry & Vernentin Co
Iowa Telephone Co South Muscatine Fuel Co Mississippi Box Co McQuesten & Sawyer Co. 60 Shared fund entries listed with small monetary figures and multiple company names in a fragmented historical record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacmpeon Bros
Corry & Vernentin Co
Iowa Telephone Co
South Muscatine Fuel Co
Mississippi Box Co
McQuesten & Sawyer Co
Home Treatment For Constipation
Eight in ten suffer constipation causing nervous exhaustion backache and kidney and stomach troubles. A scientist's compound from tropical fruits creates a mild bowel mover while boosting digestion and vigor. Recipe uses Obitrut Compound Extract port wine and is simple to make at home.
City Ordinance Appropriations for 1908 Passed
City council passes 1908 appropriations totaling salaries health street works and libraries. Ordinance repeals 1907 act and directs accounts and warrants to specific appropriations. Mayor J Asthalter signs. City Recorder Gustav Weis witnesses. Alderman Holmes seeks gas price reduction and sidewalk and street improvements orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Recorder
J. Asthalter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. J. Chasteen
Wilton
City
J. K. Tyler
H. B. Kline
Atalissa
Emma Brinsen
Fairport
Frank Bowman
Lilly Fuller
Fredonia
Joan A. Robbins
Jennie Broadwell
Rock Island
George Rands
East Fifth Street
Helen Lowe
Dr. Clapp
East Second St
John Eliason
Letts
E. G. Page
B. Stinemetz
Homestead
J. G. Gunzenhauser
East Ninth Street
Herman Schroeder
East Second Street
Montpelier
Nettie
Birdie Chasteen
E. G. Guenther
Burlington
Grace Nauman
H. J. Gray
Summit
William Anson
Clayton Rowland
East Front Street
M. W. Stiren
E. Friedericksen
H. A. Ficken
Spruce Street
Big Dredge
Ayer
Dan Co. & Co
Lowell, Mass
Portland Cement
Atlas
Marquette
W.B. Corsets
Eingarten Bros
Nay
John Hahn
Margaret A. Stapleton
Geo. A. Hahn
W. W. Richards
Bummery
Musatine
Board of Police
All Grocers
Fred Leu
Ald. Sander
Manhattan
Sexton
Jones & Rice
J. Hackett
August Korneman
Und
Lewes Me
Alae Toe
Peru Fund
Muscatine Lbr. & Box Co
Mira Hershey Lbr. Co
City Lumber Yard
John Hoffman
John Morris
W. D. Goldsberry _Road Dist. No
South Muscatine
F. J. Eppel
Ordi
Che
General Fund
Fine Fund
Langley
Longley, Low & Alexander Makers
Chicago
Anson Clothing Co
Good Clothing
Nance
Holmes
Diercks
Richards
Leo
Gustav Weis
Citizens’ Railway & Light Co
Ald. Kneese
Friends Church
Wisconsin Street
Benham Avenue
Dewey Avenue
Muscatine Independent
Gilbert Street
Burlington Road
New Hampshire Street
Louis Tobias
William Tobias
Dandruff
A. W. Morgan
West Second Street
CC Rest Second Street
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