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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1908
Page
6
A historic ad extols Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy with 35 years on the market. It emphasizes careful drug selection, purity, and no opium or harmful ingredients, promising satisfaction or money back through dealers.
Herman Dingle near South Muscatine lost a valuable horse while cutting ice on a slough. A second horse broke away and ran onto the ice, slipping and sinking after breaking through near the Milwaukee railroad bridge. Efforts to rescue the animal were to no avail as it disappeared beneath the water.
Harry Martin, a young farmhand south of Muscatine, was injured while hauling ice. A wagon load shifted as horses moved, ice blocks fell, fracturing his right arm near the elbow and bruising his foot. He received medical care uptown. Claude Fisher, injured days earlier by a wagon fall on Oregon street, is slowly improving but will need crutches for some time.
The Rev W Wilkinson of New York delivering a mission at Trinity Episcopal church will speak in public schools this week. He visited Garfield school this morning and explained teacher duties and student responsibilities in plain terms, urging prompt, thorough study and harmonious family support for school life. He defines learning as the first duty of a pupil and stresses moral development, recreation, and citizenship as key outcomes.
Advertisement urges purchase of ZEMO to cure dandruff by destroying the germ causing disease. It claims immediate itching relief and prevention of hair loss, promising a clear healthy scalp. Sold by A. W. Morgan at 107 West Second Street and by all druggists.
A valentine social is set for Friday evening at the home of William Stark west of town hosted by the Ipworth League society of Musserville M E church. All society members and friends invited with decorations and a planned program. Will Huey and Mrs Huey were surprised by a late evening visit from many friends in white robes.
Catarrhal troubles threaten throat and lung health by fostering germs. Breathing Hyomei is marketed as a direct, stomach-free cure. Havercamp’s Drug Store offers a refundable $1 complete outfit with a money-back guarantee if it fails to help.
The Muscatine Chautauqua board announced a three year contract with Citizens Railway and Light to use Electric Park. Improvements include a permanent auditorium roof to prevent rain outages. Tent locations for this season will be assigned at P M Musser Library with past renters choosing first on Saturday from 9 to 10.
Henry Ramer died Sunday night at his daughter's home following months-long illness. Local visits included Mrs. D. C. McKee and Almeda in Cedar Rapids and West Liberty. Other items report a horse loss by J. S. Bowlby after a bad ice fall, visits by Alec McCullough to the Edgars and Bowlbys, Will McCormick home guests, Farl Idle moving to the Irvan Idle farm, a baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. John Baker, and Martin Fielding's return from Bay Island NL for brief business.
An old style advertisement promises quick relief for piles with Pyramid Pile Cure. It urges readers to mail name and address for a free trial package from Pyramid Drug Co. and notes a 50 cent box after trial, claiming instant relief and avoidance of surgery.
Dayton Ohio man L T Cooper arrives in Boston selling a preparation said to restore hearing. He demonstrates publicly and claims to have cured deafness for Patrick McLaughlin of Cambridge after a year of deafness. Reports from cities before Boston sparked sensational excitement nationwide.
A series of lectures will be held at the YWCA rooms through winter and spring with local talent. Talks are free for members and require a small fee for non members. The first talk on February 18 features Mrs Cora Weed discussing Browning's Pippa Passes.
Mr and Mrs Edward Worth arrived in the city yesterday afternoon following a weekend visit with the former’s parents at Le Claire.
County livestock including horses cattle dogs and cats suffer grippe with chills headaches and other symptoms. Dr C J Hackett city food inspector notes widespread illness but says it is not worse than last year. Some livestock deaths have occurred this winter in Muscatine and nearby areas.
Wapello Iowa February 11 residents report visitors and travel. Miss Lora Archibald visits her brother Stewart Archibald and family in Atalissa. J S Kelly transacts business in Muscatine. Frank Gore and wife spent Saturday in Burlington. Ralph Ray arrives from Chicago where employed two months. Mrs William Ping of Mediapolis visits sister Mrs H L Tucker. Mrs Gus Barkhoff in Burlington. L Westerbeck and wife attend funeral of Charles Wheeler in Wilton Junction. John Crutchfield Sr returns from Des Moines and Winterset. Thomas Newell and daughter Mary visit ill Christina Newell in Fredonia. Aut Davison of Wichita visits relatives. E S Curtis of Fredonia visits mother-in-law Christina Newell. J Q Roberts and wife in Mediapolis on business. May Lischer visits brothers Andy and Paul in Columbus City.
White Prairie Iowa reports Mrs Reesing and her daughter from Muscatine visiting Ernest Schlosser and family. The Luth eran church Ladies society met at Mrs Robert Maurers home. Ernest Schlosser's family spent Sunday with Henry Maurer while Schlosser moves to a farm near Atalissa. Henry Maurer hires Charles Brown for the coming season.
Mrs Louise Lewellyn of Powell South Dakota praises Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills for fast relief from a dreadful nervous headache. The ad notes 25 doses for 25 cents and a druggist can refund the first package if it fails to help.
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