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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1907
Page
2
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a top kidney liver and bladder remedy. It claims quick relief for back pain frequent urination and other symptoms and promotes sample bottles and a free information book by mail from Binghamton New York. It urges readers to mention Muscatine Daily Journal.
At a Commercial Club meeting held on West Second Street President Giesler named the year’s committees. Railways J M Gobble chair with E A Ogilvie and W S Hill. Manufacturers C R Musser chair with W L Roach W L Mull Henry Jayne CC B Fox Chas Spaethe and Arthur Hoffman. Statistics and advertising W F E Downer chair with J G Van Lent D Throop T C Clark A E Othmer J A Bartemeier and W B Fuller. Membership and finance J W Eells chair with H B Seems E E Davidson C F Schmidt L P Flannery and E J Zeidler. Local work E L McColm chair with Henry Otto Theron Thompson ill at S U N hospital.
An old advertisement urges readers to avoid fake cures by requesting the full name and looking for the signature of E. W. Grove to prove authenticity. The ad states a price of 25 cents and promotes a remedy to prevent grip and remove its cause.
Wellman notes report Miss Susan Gardner returning from Mt. Pleasant after a weeks long visit. Frank Hicks and family arrive from North Dakota for an extended stay with relatives. Miss Geneva Smith suffers a tonsillitis siege this week. Mr. A. O. Thomas travels to Iowa City Friday to be with his father.
A promotional note claims any 12 year old girl can bake delicious pies using OUR PIE. It emphasizes simple full directions on each package and positions pie as a daily staple rather than a luxury. Encourages buying several packages to share with friends.
Arch Reed takes son Charles to Normal Til to place him in the Baby Fold. Gideon Reed and John Powell families attend Live Stock Exposition in Chicago. Will Kruger welcomes a ten pound son born December 6. M Lutz visits daughter Mrs John Price. Rev Richardson the new minister preached at the church Sunday. John Price travels to Canton Illinois Friday for business. Neighbors husk Arch Reed’s corn Friday.
Mel Trotter of Grand Rapids recounts a life of ruin from Davenport to Chicago and back to lead a rescue mission. He describes alcohol ruin, a dead child, wife reconciliation, and conversion at Pacific Garden Mission, inspiring 98 converts and a growing ministry.
Free mail order offer claims Pyramid Pile Cure cures piles without surgery. Letters from users praise relief from soreness and swelling after initial treatment, with promises of further results. The ad invites readers to request a free trial package from Pyramid Drug Co in Marshall Michigan and notes affordable refills via druggists.
Miss Julia Goldin was buried in Moscow cemetery after a funeral at the M E church on Sunday December 1 conducted by Rev W Slack of Beacon Iowa. Protracted meetings in Moscow will continue next week. Mrs Perry Slater shopped in Wilton Friday. Rev Will Slack and family returned home after visiting the Leimkuehler home. The Woodman oyster supper and dance on Friday December 6 drew a large crowd. Frank Billhelma nurses a sprained arm.
Ralph Beau champ spent Thanksgiving in Nichols. Edna Jones, a student in Washington, visited her parents in Wyman. Dick Carrick and Nellie Chamberlin wed in Winfield on December 3 and plan to live on a farm near Albia, Iowa. Sam Furlington was a Crawfordsville caller Friday. Mrs Chas Zickaroos and Margaret Furlington visited Crawfordsville Wednesday.
An advertisement for PAZO OINTMENT guarantees cure of itching bleeding or protruding piles within six to fourteen days or a full refund. The product is priced at 50 cents and marketed with a bold money back guarantee.
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