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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1900
Page
7
Notices report Battey the jeweler and optician relocating to 120 West Dr. Peter Townley leaves for West Liberty. Kalona residents Miller and Miller visit or travel via Chicago. Rev H D Herr to Burlington for an address. Stenographer ad seeks students. Rock Island offers low round trip holiday rates within 200 miles.
The message calls for an officers election and initiation by the Redmen tomorrow evening. It identifies Sachem as the organizing title or role speaker. The notice urges attendance for the planned ceremonial activities.
Morning passenger L E Denham travels to Nichols while residents like Jannete Nicola and Mrs K Doran visit the city. Football buzz rises for the 99 M H S game against Mackey's eleven. Beach's World soap promoted as best value. Henry Butz offers glassware Xmas goods toys and medallions. A Blaire Miss Blanche Cochran from Iowa City visits. Guarantee Loan Co advertises loans on furniture planes horses and more with flexible repayment. Open Wednesday and Saturday evenings 7 to 9.
J B Smith a Vicksburg Mississippi boy says daily breakfast of Grape Nuts helped him regain health while studying. He beat his class in exams and plans to compete in military drill for a gold medal. Parents are urged to feed nourishing foods to growing children.
Prof Arthur Fairbanks of the State University of Iowa will lecture at 8 o clock Friday evening in the assembly room on A New Chapter in History His talk will cover Schliemann excavations in ancient Greece and their historical corroboration The event is under university auspices and free to the public
Santa Claus will be in Muscatine all next week at the Studio, 317 East Second Street, using a letter box for children's letters. Visitors may call between 7 and 9 o'clock each night to meet him and drop off notes.
Quotations from Mrs J Bremen and J J Havercamp praise Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup for curing long standing lung trouble and various respiratory illnesses including coughs colds asthma bronchitis la grippe pneumonia whooping cough croup and consumption according to the reader letters.
Notice of dissolution between Paul R. Schreurs and A J Ross. A J Ross retires on December 19 with Schreurs continuing the business, assuming all liabilities and collecting debts. Signed by Paul R. Schreurs and A J Ross.
The American Federation of Labor meet in Louisville reports a busy fourth day with debate on local union affiliation to central bodies. Resolutions address card recognition, non-union Tampa cigar makers, and printer labels on school books while hints of leadership changes and trade autonomy loom for future action.
L C Healy prepares to move into a new house. Miss Clara De Vere grows better after a sudden illness. George Cromer relocates to the old Wesson house for winter. N P Brimm and daughter May visit across the river to tend property. John Teufel spends Sunday with family then returns to Iowa City. M E church will hold 11 a m sermon next Sunday. no evening service. Chas Golding prepares a winter tent. George Albrand, troubled by heart problems, to visit Town City for medical advice at the State University.
Mrs. Mattie George entertained with Ina Wagner and Lelia Lowe at dinner last Sunday. Ina Wagner and Lelia Lowe also dined with Mr. Ella Wagner. A large crowd attended preaching at Pleasant Grove Sunday night. Mrs. J. Lupton and daughter Ina visited Mrs. R. Lee to check on Eva Lee who has been very sick.
W. D. Irwin traveled to Muscatine while Ira Reeves shred corn fodder. Joe Keck butchered a beef last Monday. Will Gilbert of Muscatine is a visitor here. Will Franklin of Kansas visits his father here. Mrs. Cora Hume suffers a felon on her finger. Mrs. John McEvoy visited Muscatine last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Leach went to Muscatine last week. Chas. Fix of Pine Mills seen on our streets. Children enjoy skating on the river. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Reeves called here Saturday. R. C. Kelly of Davenport was here on business recently. Miss Sadie Feuster visiting her sister Mrs. Geo. Fisch of Muscatine. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Leach visited with relatives here last Sunday. Mrs. Hattie Franklin spent last week in Davenport visiting her father A. J. Alien. Oscar Brimson went to Davenport Monday with a load of flower pots for John Schellhorn. Eda Clyde Leach and Anna Pardee had dinner with Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Croft last Sunday. Miss Bertha Mackmore, formerly ill with measles, is better now.
Mrs J Blake remains on the sick list while Mrs C Blake, though very ill, is somewhat better at this writing. G B Lowe visited Charley Gipple last Sunday and Nettie Simons spent the day with Flora Wagner. Penny pictures is the talk of the day as farmers near completion of corn gathering. Rev Willson and wife took dinner in the area.
West Liberty report notes a man leapt from a moving car Tuesday evening amid delirium tremens, was rescued and dubbed a cautionary example. Mr. and Mrs. Reed moved to Cathurst street, Mrs. Bowlsby travels to Omaha, and W C Addleman at the elevator handled three hundred bushels of oats and other grain.
Davenport Iowa resident Ernest Whipple endorses Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup claiming his cough and soreness disappeared after using one bottle. Ad promises guaranteed cure for throat and lung troubles with J J Havercamp signature.
Grandpa Shan left Stockton for Kelloga Iowa for a visit. Neighbors celebrated Claus Nielsen's birthday last Saturday, while Mrs Jeffries and Ida will move to St Lawrence South Dakota. Lorenzen sold a 540 pound hog for 24 dollars 30 cents. Storm damaged corn, farmers feed horses with the small crop. Rev E B Kephart visited his sister Mrs Jeffries but she left for South Dakota. Hans Andersons cow was struck by a freight caboose in a yard incident. Stockton school reopened with 36 pupils orderly in West Liberty.
Mrs H Greig of Dundee Kansas reports her child’s croup began at three months and Beegs Cherry Cough Strup cured her daughter. Guaranteed and recommended for children.
Arthur Reynolds president of the Des Moines and Northern Iowa railroad says a new line will reach Des Moines next spring with an engineering party to locate the Boone to Des Moines segment starting Monday. The board of directors formalized Des Moines as the line's terminus at Tuesday’s meeting. In Illinois, Joseph Dupuis aged 93 and 4 feet tall died in Kankakee after four marriages.
Bert Bacon aged 30 was caught in the act of assaulting Mamie Deitsche a 7 year old girl in Peoria Illinois. He is now confined in the county jail awaiting further proceedings.
Mrs. Adam Schreiber of Chattanooga Tennessee praises Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup as a life saving remedy for a baby with croup. The advertisement claims guaranteed cures for throat and lung troubles and notes many children benefited annually.
Dr Mandeville offers palmistry readings claiming accuracy from 19 000 cases across Europe and America. He uses magnifying glasses to study lines and mounts and cites examples of love courtship marriages and business fate. Charges reduced to 50 cents and office listed near Fifth Street and Mulberry Street.
Tax sale notice to Joseph Ridey for Island D and Island C in Muscatine County Iowa. Property sold for 1896 taxes to Titus Jackson on December 6 1897. certificate assigned to undersigned. Redeem within ninety days of service or deed issued and redemption right barred. Dated October 30 1890.
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