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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1902
Page
6
A local dealer extols Vinol as a strength creator and debility rebuilder. An endorsement from Jane H. Fenfen of Suncook NH cites rapid improvement after illness, claiming Vinol surpasses any cod liver oil tonic.
Wilton Iowa W R C members elected President Mrs Marshall Senior Vice Mrs Hucke Junior Vice Mrs Valet Treasurer Mrs Weatherly Chaplain Mrs Wm Myres Conductor Mrs Kate Miller Guard Mrs Jewell The secretary to be appointed by president and others called to Redfield for illness of Mrs Marshall from Wilton and surrounding moves and visits noted.
The miss Dunlap murder trial in Aledo draws wide interest and may extend two to three weeks. Weather remains wintry as farmers plan husking and fodder tasks. Local visits include Geo E Close family to Kewanee and others from Millersburg and Aledo. Rev Shepard of the M E church preaches and Grace Burrows leads a school program before Thanksgiving. A Buffalo Prairie hall dance receives poor reports.
An advertisement-like notice touts Paine's Celery Compound as an infallible cure for all forms of ailments. The sensational claim blends warning and comfort language, typical of mid era patent medicine pitches.
The advertisement urges rheumatic sufferers to use Paine's Celery Compound to end pain and illness. It cites Mr. Chas. W. Luker of Mount Pleasant South Carolina reporting two months of use with no further rheumatic attacks after trying various doctors and medicines.
The commission man notes a dull week after Thanksgiving with holiday stock due in about a week. Holly, Nellis pears from California, and modest gains in sugar, cranberries, cabbages, and apples are reported. Prices rise modestly across several produce items as retailers prepare for Christmas trade.
The Atalissa column notes subzero mornings, corn left in fields, and a local telegraph worker in Des Moines. Lectures at Presbyterian Church feature President Leil of Wilton College on Backbone. Royal Neighbors event praised. minstrel shows criticized. Muscatine crowds praised for behavior. the Atalissa creamery has ceased operations, leaving butter sales to farm wives.
Prices cover corn oats hay hay bedding and staples. Corn oats rye barley hay hay bottom hay hides eggs potatoes pears apples onions cranberries turnips hogs cattle calves sheep lambs flour corn meal per sack with ranges and per unit quotes for fresh goods and live stock.
A historical price list shows Bran at $1.00 per unit, turkeys live 1% per pound, dressed 14 cents, and spring chickens 15 cents per pound. Groceries include sugar sacks at 4.90 to 5.00 per 100 pounds, coffee Rio green 17 to 20 cents per pound, butter around 25 to 27.5 cents, eggs 22 cents, lard 12 to 15 cents, and various cheeses. Produce covers potatoes 15 cents per peck, 50 cents per bushel, and items like cabbage, celery, October produce, fruits with per peck or per dozen pricing, and fowl prices for mallards and small ducks. Fish, fuel, and coal prices are listed with ranges for soft coal, hard coal, cordwood, and regional coal variations.
A Muscatine reader shares a testimonial about years of gravel and rheumatic pain. After trying many remedies, she used Doan's Kidney Pills from Havercamp’s pharmacy. The treatment reportedly increased kidney secretions, reduced swelling, lessened pain, and eased her condition. For sale nationwide at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo, NY is sole U.S. agents.
On the first and third Tuesday of each month through April 1903 the Iowa Central Railway Association will sell colonist tickets to Arkansas Southwest Missouri Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska South Dakota and other points at very low rates. Contact any Iowa Central agent or A B Cutts Minneapolis Minnesota for rates and details.
Luxurious trains run on limited time service along the Black Diamond Express route with stopovers at Niagara Falls on through tickets to New York and Philadelphia. The system promotes the double track scenic highway concept.
Muscatine Savings Bank lists officers J. Carckaddan president J B Dougherty vice president and Chas Page cashier with capital of 80 600. Four percent interest on deposits and real estate loans at low rates and favorable terms. Located in First National Bank Building.
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