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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1906
Page
8
Local items report visits and travels of residents including Dr McNutt, J C Clements moving to Ottumwa, Miss Leath Coyle to Creston for holidays, Mrs J N Younkin from Riverside, Mrs D C Richman from New York, Rev John Jans from Waverly, and others. Also notes on stores, medicines, and products from Ames and nearby towns.
The Musserville M E church will host a Sunday evening talk by Hugh Jameson of the Y M C A on The Christian Life with electrical aids. A big Appel's hall dinner follows tonight for the Roach and Musser Hose company with card games dancing and oyster supper. Local notes include residents returning home and family visits in the South End and nearby towns.
Miss Mira Hershey of Los Angeles surprises Rev Reinemund and the two German Lutheran old folks and orphans homes near Muscatine with a $1,000 Christmas gift. Her mother Elizabeth Hershey donated the original building and five acres, founding the institution.
An advertisement promotes Dr E Detchons Anti Diuretic claiming it can stop bed wetting in children and adults. It lists a $1 price and notes Havercamps Prescription Drug Store as the seller.
A Minneapolis machine shop owner and inventor touts revolutionary electro-magnet railcars, claiming speeds of 89 to 200 miles per hour, safer operation, and cheaper maintenance. He asserts control of the next major railroad advance, rebuts steam and third rail limits, and promises fair treatment for small investors in his patent ventures.
A bold prospect promotes redeemable stock tied to royalties from railroad patents. It claims full face value for shares, guarantees never to freeze out investors, and cites engineers John Erickson Karl Lehmann and F W Cappelen endorsing the system. The offer urges immediate action with payment plans and booklet proofs.
A historic description extols a street rail system with no overhead wires or underground trolleys. It claims faster, cheaper operation with less fuel, resistance to weather, no water electrolysis, lower current, single lever control, noiseless action, and no motor burnouts or electric shocks.
The system eliminates locomotives and heavy machines, achieving 8 to miles per hour with regular operation. It runs winter and summer, with weather resistance, reduced fuel use, quick starts and stops, and distant power houses up to 206 miles apart. Brakes are unnecessary and wheels avoid rail wear and depressions.
Miss Mabel Wilson remains seriously ill after a setback while Mrs. Dorothy Jane Morgan, age one, died of pleural pneumonia at home December 10. The community notes several sick residents, cattle delivery, and local visitors at the Lime City Aid society and county seat callers.
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