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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1911
Page
5
A vintage advertisement promotes Miller's Dyspepsia Tablets as a safe cure that does not irritate the stomach. It claims the medicine heals diseased stomach cells, prevents fermentation after meals, and relieves symptoms like heart palpitations, vertigo, sleeplessness, and fatigue while reducing nervousness and insomnia. Sold by local druggists, free sample on request.
Chief Hofman resists calls for a state investigation into his actions amid claims of illegal activity by state leaders. He says his conduct has been within the law and has kept in close touch with the attorney general, who would guide any probe. He may notify the attorney general if a probe becomes likely.
In action quick results are noted for kidney and bladder disorders within medical reach. A. W. Morgen, a local druggist, advertises this remedy and its effectiveness.
The November term saw unusually many cases settled or wiped off. County Clerk McKee reports numerous petitions for January term. Three suits were commenced yesterday and more cases began in the coming days. Civil suits include Mira Hershey Lumber Co. v. John Tani and others for 40.74 and costs. Alec & Smith v. George W. Hawn for 1088.48. Edith Smith seeks divorce from Andrew I. Smith, alleging marriage in 1901 and separation in 1911.
A 6 o'clock Wednesday ceremony at Mrs. W. W. McQuesten’s home on Gersod West Third streets united Miss Sarah Webble Questen and John Webster Stephenson of Little Falls Minn. Rev. Grigsby officiated with Love You Truly sung. couple walked in to Mendelssohn. Wedding party wore cream and pink tones. out-of-town guests noted. Post ceremony, a three-course supper followed. Bride’s attire featured a duchess lace and train. The couple departed for Chicago after festivities.
The Jolly Rovers club members were entertained at a Christmas party hosted by Mrs. D. B. Addieman at 208 Test Sixth Street in honor of Mrs. Coster. The event included a post card shower, a musical contest won by Mrs. Toka The, and a four-course lunch. Cards and photos were favors. A New Year’s Progressive party by the Tolty Rovers is planned at Mrs. Gunsle Mull’s home.
The Wednesday Evening Bridge Club met at Mrs. W. B. Hofman’s Mulberry avenue home for a Christmas bag session with gifts for all attendees. Light refreshments followed the contest as Mrs. B. M. Cobb of St. Joseph, guest in the Fitzgerald home, attended. Miriam Rehexah Installation staff are asked to meet at the O F. hall for practice this evening.
Advertisement-like notice touts MUSTEROLE for chest pain relief and throat ailments. Claims it prevents pneumonia and relieves sore throat bronchitis and colds. Promotes 25¢ and 50¢ jars, urges readers to mail order if not in stores.
Ad touts Stuart's Calcium Wafers as a blood cleansing cure for pimples and skin eruptions. Claims external treatments fail without purifying blood, promises rapid improvement in a few days, and offers a free trial package by mail with a 50 cent regular package in drug stores.
A sixteen member club hosted a long table dinner with lavish decorations. Centerpiece of two cut glass vases filled with pink carnations rested on a reflector amid a mass of small lux. Christmas colors draped the chandelier and red bells hung above the center. Holly designed place cards and miniature Santa Claus boxes held almonds. After dinner five hundred was played and gifts were exchanged in stockings hung above the fireplace. The party stood out for originality and thoughtful touches in decor and entertainment.
December 28 report from White Prairie notes Barry Duffee visiting John Maurer, and the Marolf family attending Christmas exercises in Wilton. George Hunt aided by Ed Slick’s family near Muscatine, while Ed Marclf and children visited George Klein’s family in Wilton. Anna Rexroth suffered a leg strain, and a German Evangelical church Christmas program drew a large crowd with a well received show.
The East Hill substation No. 3 on Park Avenue, under James Reynolds, handled close to three hundred dollars in stamps money orders and postal supplies the prior Saturday as residents shopped locally. Mail delivery and reception were steady, with demand for stamps up and bigger Christmas mail volume than in prior years.
City council may be asked to equip with chemical machines after downtown fires highlighted their rapid action. Alert Hose Company members urge installation of at least one tank at the new house and plan to form a committee at the January meeting to confer with city officials on this fire safety upgrade.
L Harris, Muscatine business man, and family depart for Floris Davis County to take over the main drug store of the growing town after purchasing the establishment. Harris previously worked with Neager Drug store in Muscatine and owned a store in Long Tree. He is a Ohio Institute graduate and well regarded locally. Also notes a testimonial for Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound as effective for child croup and hoarseness.
In Lincoln Nebraska the newly formed Nebraska Taft league held an all afternoon and evening meeting to organize campaign plans for electing delegates to the national Republican convention in favor of President Taft’s renomination. A committee was named to propose district delegates to Chicago. four delegates-at-large will be chosen at a January meeting. Former Congressman Ernest M. Pollard resigned as secretary and former State Senator Frank M Currie was elected to succeed him.
In New York on December 28 two men, Thomas Willams and Herbert Cole, were crushed to death when a slide of clay and sand buried 80 feet below the surface in the Fourth Avenue subway excavation in Brooklyn.
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