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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1906
Page
6
A pasted testimonial touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney pain and uric acid buildup. It claims kidneys filter poison daily and describes relief in a Muscatine reader’s account after three days of use.
The Modern National Reserves fraternal order launched with about 50 charter members at Fisch hall. State Manager W H Criswell led preparations. officers elected include Dr C J Hackett president and Henry G Schoentz as president with a social to follow. Next meeting set for Tuesday January 8 to pick regular meeting night.
Sigourney notes a plan by the Eastern Star chapter to present a home talent play during January. Local visits include James Morrison of Hedrick and Dr Freq Lawson of Packwood. L A Berry resigns as express agent and A N Strain becomes county recorder.
A large group of relatives and friends surprised Mr and Mrs Charles Littrel in Concord on their fifth wedding anniversary. Guests arrived around seven, shared a supper and gifts including two rockers and other presents. Names of attendees included G B Lowe and family Etta Littrel Sheridan Johnston George George Martha and children Littrel and others.
An open rate of one and one third fare for the round trip will be given on the Rock Island and Frisco systems for the holidays. Tickets sold December 20 to 25 and December 30 to 31, 1906, and January 1, 1907, are good for return until January 7. W S Underdonk Agent.
The speaker asserts a gas range is the most useful Christmas gift for his wife, implying practicality and value over other presents. The note emphasizes furnishing a modern kitchen appliance as the ideal holiday choice.
Civil service examinations will be held January 9 at Mt. Pleasant and January 12 at Iowa Falls and Oelwein for clerks and rural carriers in the post offices at those locations.
In Iowa Supreme Court Justice Wade requests a rehearing on the point amid a big business matter. The Iowa City lawyer is involved as other matters are discussed.
Des Moines reports Judge Wade in the supreme court questioning the need to prove a poison is poisonous beyond doubt when convicting of murder by arsenic. The Blydenburgh case hinges on whether Rough on Rats was shown to be poisonous. Rehearing granted as two judges opposed affirmation of a life sentence.
Riverside reports Howard Beam of Haskins in town Monday. Frank Prymek visits Iowa City on business. Mr. and Mrs. O. Saville spent time with Wi Sutton and wife in Iowa City. Lucy Bouquet visited Cedar Rapids friends from Saturday to Monday. Mrs. F. J. Truxan and son Will left for Odell Nebraska. Will Rath and Jennie Smith of Highland wed in Washington Iowa on Tuesday the 13th. they plan to live on the W. W. Dennison farm nearby next year.
A new Riley poetry book highlights his best children poems with sixteen full page four color illustrations and twenty five smaller two color pictures by Ethel Franklin Betts. The volume measures 8 by 10 inches and is priced in a box at 2.50 dollars postpaid.
Harrison Fisher presents Longfellow's epic of Aboriginal life in a deluxe edition. Over sixty pictures including color plates, with delicate tinted decorations by Earl Stetson Crawford. Size seven by ten inches, boxed, priced at $3.00 postpaid.
A lavish color picture book titled The Christy Girl showcases exquisite portraits by Howard Chandler Christy. Earl Stetson Crawford provides decorative work capturing the artist's spirit. Printed in color in 7 by 10 inch format, boxed edition priced at $3.00 with 18 cent postage.
Keller offers seven by nine inch images of The Legend of Sleepy Helion in the style of Washington Irving with a modern brush. The set is available postpaid for two dollars, a bet friendly price for collectors and fans.
Charming gift book with tinted page decorations and sixteen full page color illustrations. Pictures in color by E. M. Ashe. Size i2mo, cloth bound. Supplied in a box, priced at $2.00 postpaid.
An account of a great heiress in the George the Third era filled with wit and swordplay. Features twelve color plates by C F Underwood. Cloth binding, price one dollar fifty, postpaid.
A promotional note for a book of eight pictures by Alice Barber Stephens describing the work as an entertaining adventure mystery and captivating romance with the most thrilling stories. Clothbound edition priced at $1.50 postpaid.
A religious romance praised for vivid descriptions and strong emotions. It tells a noble love story and features striking illustrations by Andre Castaigne. 12mo cloth edition priced at $1.50 postpaid.
The Philadelphia Item notes the year's most popular novel to be renamed Book of a Thousand Delights. Illustrated in color by Howard Chandler Christy. I2me cloth priced at $1.50 postpaid.
Book description notes a warm human emotion and frank style. Listed by Relvea Cleth, priced $1.50 postpaid.
A brief notice promotes Zona Gale's Romance Island a 12mo clothbound volume with vivid color illustrations by C Wall. The book is priced at $1.50 and includes post information. The description highlights light hearted plots, love affairs, and humorous peril as it unfolds in a golden land of fiction.
A brief item notes the book The Crariatans by Bertleton Taylor, promoted at Metropolitan. The ad emphasizes the reader’s pleasure and happiness found in its pages and mentions a cloth edition priced at 1.50 postpaid.
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