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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1909
Page
18
Jury rules will of Eugene Gesell invalid and awards the estate to contestant A E Gesell. Trial spanned most of the week with deliberations until near midnight. Property valued at 1800 dollars involved. objections claimed testator unsound mind in September. Attorneys M C Madden J R Hanley. foreman John Leibrand.
Aldermen John J. Coughlin and Michael Kenna abort the dancing ball plan for December 12 at the Coliseum. The event will be a concert from 8 pm to midnight with no liquor, no masquerade, and no dancing. Police rules will limit costumes and stop drinking at 1 am.
Three Iowa City racing figures including former Auditor D A Munger Dr J S Potter and O H Pinney were acquitted by the American Trotting association on charges of falsifying a 2 30 pace record set at Iowa City during the county fair. Former Marshal Scott Wilson’s case remains undecided. C E Perry of Des Moines received a $50 fine and suspension until paid.
A vegetable liquid remedy called ZEMO is advertised to cure eczema and all skin or scalp diseases. Sold by A W Morgan druggist, it is claimed to draw impurities to the surface and destroy germs, with prompt relief and suitability for infants.
Mildred Worley, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Bert Worley, dies last night in the north part of Columbus Junction Iowa. The death leaves a bereaved family in the community.
The Worley family mourns as Mildred Worley, nine months and fifteen days old, died in her sleep after a period of neuralgia ill health. Funeral services are scheduled for Sunday at 2 PM from the family home, with interment in a Tennessee cemetery.
Gustav Althaus sues Mrs M Jane Bumgardner for 90 for board with a counter claim for services. Bumgardner testified about her ties to the plaintiff and son in law. Jurors were secured around 10 this morning and the trial may finish tomorrow.
The justice court hears the case with defendant represented by Attorney I. S. Pepper and plaintiff by J. G. Kammerer. A jury of Chas. Toyne Carl Lew C. L. Schauland D. S. Romig W. H. Gilbert Milton Frack Ed. Barnard Louis Kleist Lee Friese W. R. Schmidt John Farrell and Fred Schuessler sits.
Dr. E H King has returned from Excelsior Springs Missouri where he attended a meeting. The report notes his recent travels and ongoing professional engagements.
An advertisement touts Mi O Na as a guaranteed cure for indigestion with a money back promise. A testimonial from F M Bryant of Newman Georgia claims relief after 14 years of heartburn when using a 50 cent box, and the Sun Shine Prescription nickname is cited. Leading druggists stock it and samples are offered from Booths MiNa in Buffalo.
Dr King reports an excellent meeting among Milwaukee railroad physicians but notes extreme cold with the thermometer at 12 degrees below zero.
Mr A W Morgan states he will continue the agency for ZEMO the best known remedy for eczema pimples dandruff ring worm prickly heat tetter hives and other skin or scalp diseases ZEMO is a clean vegetable liquid for external use pleasant to use and can be used freely on infants Last year ZEMO reportedly cured chronic skin conditions and offers prompt relief and cure with the agent.
Delegates from Ohio western Pennsylvania Indiana and Illinois coal regions announce a conference of operators and miners to be held in Toledo. The meeting aims to discuss industry issues and potential joint actions across the central district.
In January miners call for a higher wage scale as operators in Ohio Pennsylvania Indiana and Illinois insist a reduction from the 90 cents per ton lump coal rate is essential. Read The Journal, 10 cents per week.
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