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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1906
Page
6
Local news lists visitors from Chicago DeWitt and Wilton and trips by Muscatine residents. Shoppers buy Eclipse Naptha Soap and Mrs Austin Pancake flour. Thormann Mfg Co promotes Thor mann Button saws. Dr McNutt and Dr W Carter are noted.
Davenport teachers appeal to state and local officials to amend the new law requiring annual examinations for certificate retention and sending papers to Des Moines. The letter and resolutions urge equality with other professions and seek legislative relief without a lobby budget.
An advertisement touts Crown Skin Salve as a guaranteed cure with a full refund from the druggist if no cure is achieved. The promise emphasizes the product’s reliability and customer protection.
At Davenport meeting 173 teachers support resolutions urging state boards to grant Uniform County certificates without examination. They call for waiving per cent requirements in old and new laws and seek cooperation from Legislature, press, and educators statewide to ease teacher transition.
Readers are told that Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease. The advertisement promises $100 if any case remains uncured and invites testimonials while naming F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo as suppliers. It also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The Iowa Central Railway offers a holiday round trip to Havana Cuba for one fare departing December 18 19 and 20 with return by January 9. Travel via New Orleans with Southern Pacific steamers. For rates contact A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis Minnesota.
A Maquoketa mass meeting raised the final dollar of its 10000 subscription to fund an electric interurban between Davenport and Dubuque. Mrs Alice M Butler leads the effort with Walter Olney of Des Moines and a committee to oversee bonds and stock. The project envisions a northern route from Davenport to Dubuque with Maquoketa as the main power hub, costing over 2000000 and aiming for completion around March 1998.
Farr McGinnes of Bugalo Prairie visit Fred Kelley. Emma McGinnes celebrated her eighteenth birthday with a shindig at John Cannatm's. Muscatine Island visits by Johnson and the Thomas family. Oyster suppers draw crowds at Illinois City and Buffalo Prairie. Local callers include Wyn France, Dan Winegaard, and Will Thomas. Frank Thomas and George Johnson visit Will Parker’s below Copperas Creek.
The church holds daily services at 7 30 p m with Rev Brinton delivering sermons on The Second Birth The Second Coming of Christ The Gospel for the Moral Man and The Devil s Gospel. Attendance grows as families dine with neighbors before year end.
Frank Weaver of Iowa City, an ice company worker, narrowly escaped death while ascending a stairway. About fifteen feet up, the moving way collapsed, dropping him to the ground with great force. He sustained severe shaking but was not seriously injured.
On January 14 the Ancient Order of United Workmen marked twenty years in Waterloo with Howland lodge No. 274 hosting a program of music speaking and social entertainment to observe the anniversary.
The Muscatine Commercial club reports that Congressman Dawson learned from the supervising architect in Washington that the new Muscatine public building will be all stone. Plans resemble Clinton Iowa's model office with ample space for public and staff. Citizens praise Dawson for his efforts and hope for a satisfactory, fully stone structure.
Advertises Electric Bitters from Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store as a cure for stomach liver and kidney troubles. Claims 50 cents and guarantees results.
W F and W C Krueger helped Chas Krueger build a hog house. The Thos Beverlin sale Saturday drew a large crowd and items sold well. Mr and Mrs W C Krueger and Mrs Chas Krueger were shopping in Muscatine Monday.
W O H Criswell of Des Moines, state manager of the Modern National Reserve, will organize a local lodge at Fish Hall this evening with charter membership of 50. Muscatine has already shown strong interest and the fraternal and beneficiary association operates in six states.
Mrs. F. Greg of Kansas City visits her sister Mrs. G. Dodge in Murcatine after an operation at Bellevue Hospital by Drs Klein and Weaver. Miss Ella Alteneder collects funds for the Christmas tree at New Era. Mr Letts of New Era visits William Hartman. Miss Birtie Dodge and Earl Duncan of Sweetland wed on Wednesday. Wm Hartman and son Roy visit Muscatine on Saturday.
The committee in charge of the junior prom at the State University has been named. The date for the prom is not yet set but will be after Lent.
Manufacturers report thousands of testimonials touting the remedies effectiveness. Narratives describe persistent coughs yielding to its soothing effect and colds breaking up with use. Some claim it warded off pneumonia and cured dangerous croup cases, praising its worth.
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