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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1910
Page
2
Large attendance filled the Geneva school house for a Christmas entertainment last evening. The program featured an elegant program, a Christmas tree, and distribution of presents. Miss Lena Geirse directed with help from the Sunday school class and was presented with an elegant watch fob.
M Mayer of Chester New York reports severe back pain and fatigue due to kidney trouble. After using Foley Kidney Pills he claims a complete cure and renewed strength, shared by local druggist A W Morgan.
Blood poisoning followed a bruise on the foot of six year old girl from Fruitland. Her parents Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hintermeister summoned a doctor after a bruise from a bottle falling at the well led to a severe contusion and serious illness.
Mrs. D. McKee, who has been visiting relatives in this city, returned to her home in Conesville, Wednesday.
A local firefighter urged using electric lights instead of candles on Christmas trees and stressed secure wiring and firm tree setup to prevent fires during gifts removal. He warned against cotton batting for Santa hair and noted the need for cautious decoration to avoid terrible calamities in homes, churches, and schools.
In North Concord Iowa Miss Fay Wagner visits her mother and Miss Frances Gerlach plans a two week Winona Lake visit with her parents. A Dec 17 1910 double wedding at Muscatine First Baptist saw Miss Ettie Wagner wed Frank Orr and Miss Iva Orr wed Walter Kemp. The Orrs move in with Robt Orr while the Kemps start housekeeping in Fredonia.
The advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease requiring constitutional treatment. It claims the remedy works internally by affecting blood and mucous surfaces and offers one hundred dollars for any case it cannot cure. Includes address F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio and reminder to buy Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The Bloomington W. F. M. S. enjoyed a Tuesday afternoon program on Western Women in Eastern Lands hosted by Mrs. Fred Stortz. Nearby visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Lyss Lake from Wilton township and Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Burnside with Kenneth Day joining dinner at Mrs. Maria Hoopes's home. The Burnsides and Day plan to travel to Mexico, Missouri, to visit the A. N. Day family for the holidays.
Mrs. George Cramer returns to her Moscow residence Wednesday following a shopping trip in Muscatine.
A six and one half pound girl was born this morning to Mr and Mrs Isaac Pearlman at 811 East Seventh Street. The infant weighed six and a half pounds and was delivered this morning.
Under Liberal League direction petitions are being circulated in Muscatine urging the Iowa thirty fourth general assembly to oppose both the resubmission of the prohibitory constitutional amendment and new oppressive laws. About twenty five men are circulating and signing the papers, with support from the German Alliance in this city.
J. W. Greer of Greenwood Louisiana suffered severe lumbago needing injections before trying Foley's Kidney Remedy. He states the back pain diminished and he is no longer bothered by the ailment. A. W. Morgan, a druggist, endorses the product.
Officers for the year were elected at the Teamsters Union No. 225 session at Assembly Hall. President Pat Haney and Vice President George Voge lead the list with Lee Lang as Financial Secretary and Treasurer. Recording Secretary Omer Reynolds, Warden Fred Smith, Conductor William Wricht, trustees Tony Fuller H Lang Fred Fowler, and delegates Omar Reynolds and William Purcell to the Trades and Labor Assembly.
Henry Geiss will turn eighty on December 28 and remains hale and hearty. Family members may plan a birthday party to mark the milestone.
The Launch Club honored Commodore L C Lenck who leaves this week to reside permanently in Cairo Illinois. Members recalled the club’s history and Lenck’s leadership while four past commodores attended. He received a cut glass decanter as a farewell gift amid cider wafers apples and candy.
A dampened piece of flannel with Chamberlain's Liniment bound to the affected area provides prompt relief for lame back or pains in the side or chest. Sold by all dealers.
Muscatine welcomes the college crowd as rah rah hats trouser cuffs and squirrel haircuts return. Open season runs until January 5 with social activity rising as students travel home for turkey and hearthside gatherings.
Clifton R. Wooldridge, a former Chicago detective, mourns Fire Marshal Horan and forty others killed in a Chicago catastrophe. He praises Horan as a brave, disciplined leader and recalls their long acquaintance. His Family theatre engagement features his criminology lecture and Petrim's circus acts with clowns and animals, as weekend headliners.
Keota Iowa December notes report Mrs Clara Bower hosting a C M of P E O meeting with 25 attendees and a two course luncheon. Miss Hilda Hartman and Sarah Coffman wed in South English, Rev Samuel Flory officiating, couple to live with groom’s parents near South English.
Charles Lindsay, soon to wed Miss Ethel Jones, received a surprise tie and hosiery shower at the Richards Smith company button factory. While away from his station, he returned to find a Christmas tree adorned with hosiery and ties. The gifts came from twenty fellow workers at the factory.
A Muscatine area notice promotes MI DNA stomach tablets as a 50 cent remedy for indigestion caused by food fermentation. The ad claims fast relief from belching sour stomach gas heartburn and a lingering bad feeling with a money back guarantee if it fails to cure. It cites Arthur Sederquest of Wakefield Mass praising the product and notes availability at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store and other druggists nationwide.
The school board announced January 2 as a vacation day for teachers and students in city schools. The measure designates a full day off to observe the holiday.
The Muscatine Commercial Club signed a contract with Brunswick Balk co to obtain two top billiard tables for the Hershey building club rooms. Two existing tables were returned, $950 paid, plus extra quality ivory balls and twenty four ebony point cues ordered to enhance the billiard room.
Ben Dyer, a U.S. mail carrier, suffered a fractured kneecap this afternoon when he slipped and fell along his route on Hershey Avenue. He was attended by Dr. F. Appel.
Foley Kidney Pills act as a tonic offering quick results and restoring natural kidney and bladder function. They aim to correct irregularities in urinary processes.
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