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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1908
Page
2
P R Hardin of West Liberty Iowa died Sunday at his East Third street home after a two year struggle with tuberculosis. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at two oclock from his residence with Oakridge cemetery interment. The West Liberty W R C elected officers for the coming year.
The Woman's Relief Corps ends tag day with about $300 in receipts likely to grow as local men plan mailed checks. Nearly 4,000 tags sold, most in small amounts with a few larger donations. Mrs. Anna J. Beaham won the top prize for most tags. Mrs. Lillie Stowell and Mrs. Susan Walton followed, while Mrs. Eis collected the largest sum. A Corps meeting at the G A R hall is planned for this evening with stories and other business on the agenda.
West Branch visitors gather as relatives travel through town including Mrs Irwin Aikens and family on West Fourth Street. Mrs George Anderson earns an appendectomy recovery at home with doctors L A Royal and Titzell. Elizabeth Jones returns from Atalissa, George Herr travels to Iowa City and Cedar Rapids, Abigail Kennedy heads to Montrose for vacation. Infant of Mr and Mrs George Embree dies. Bert Danks visits Muscatine. Mrs P A Aldeman travels after cousin Mary Evans’ death. Maude Smith to holiday at Calhoun Street home. S Chesebro visits Atalissa parents Robt Hindee.
Notre Dame University faces a schedule heavy with travel and strong opponents after a 25 point win over Lewis Institute. The Catholic College boasts a standout basketball lineup with renewed depth, a West tour planned through Illinois Iowa Missouri and Alabama, and upcoming games including Morrison and the Peoria Y M C A.
The Muscatine Typographical Union No. 251 held its annual meeting at the Trades and Labor Assembly hall. Officers elected include President C. L. Smith and Vice President W. Pierrett, with others named on the ballot.
An advertisement touts a one day cure for a cold using laxative bromidequinine tablets with a money back guarantee. It features Dr. E. W. Grove’s signature on each box and lists a price of 25 cents.
Captain William Barclay presents river statistics on the upper Mississippi noting the first steamboat New Orleans of 1811 12, the first towboat 1815, a surge of steamboat building in 1851 60 and 1871, and listing 36 bridges from St. Paul to Memphis with counts for each site.
An advertisement promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as common sense solution for indigestion. It explains using nutrition, nerve force, and fluids from blood to aid digestion and speed relief, claiming tablets digest food, stop gas, enrich gastric juices, and are available for 50 cents with free trial by mail from F. A. Stuart Co.
The article lists federal appropriations totaling 208 million dollars up to March 3, 1907 for survey and improvement of the Mississippi and tributaries. It notes Missouri navigation since 1819 with 12 million allocated since 1836, Monongahela 9 million, Tennessee 8 million, and six foot year round depth on the Kanawha. It cites 361 engineers department vessels in 1906 valued at about 5.44 million and the flat-bottom stern wheeler as the prevailing Mississippi steamer.
An advertisement notes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a fast healer for cuts sores and burns. It promotes a 25 cent size sold at Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store.
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