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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1908
Page
7
The column lists numerous residents and visitors in the city for shopping visits, business, and short trips. It notes several deaths and funeral arrangements, including relatives traveling to Beaconsfield and Riverside for services, and mentions individuals from Letts Wilton Keswick and Fos ter visiting and returning home.
The Gingerbread Man is a grand musical show full of merry Christmas flavor. Kris Kringle, reindeer, Margery Dan, Simple Simon and other Santa figures star in beautiful pictures and striking effects. It boasts a large cast and elaborate scenery, coming soon to the Grand.
The Y W C A announces a Valentine party for tomorrow evening inviting the public to attend and bring a valentine. The educational committee plans a business meeting and the membership committee will hold a six o clock supper and session before the social. The S S L club skips its regular meeting to join the party.
Mrs. P F OToole of Letts spent yesterday afternoon in the city visiting friends and doing some shopping.
A long forecast by Prof. Foster predicts cold spells, storms, rain, snow, and rising temperatures across regions. Disturbances, warm and cool waves, and a blizzard try to outdo each other with dates shifting west to east, signaling a February of extreme weather.
An advertisement warns against mercury containing nostrums and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. The internal remedy targets blood and mucous surfaces with a claim of no mercury. The note urges buyers to ensure authenticity and mentions testimonials and druggist sales.
Fred Dunham shipped cattle on Tuesday. Fred Meyerholtz and Aut. Williamson delivered horses to a buyer in Morning Sun. A four-year-old horse weighed 1800 pounds and sold for 260 dollars. Oliver Sloan and wife of Sioux City visit Wapello for Miss Jennie Niccolls funeral and stay to see relatives in Morning Sun with daughter Margaret Sloan. Charles Benton accompanies them. Miss Clara Kremer is ill and absent from Pine Grove school. Charles Wright helpsGazette efforts in Columbus Junction. Editor Jamison’s health declines, and his daughter Gertrude is seriously ill with pneumonia with a trained nurse. Mrs. J. M. Haddock of Bedford mentioned.
Maude FE Forgie of Leesburg Virginia writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured months of feminine ills enabling her to feel strong and well again. The letter promotes the remedy and invites other women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
In., formerly Miss Maggie Carrigan of Wapello, returned home after a visit with her ill father. Modern Woodmen delegates to the county camp include Dan Hicklin and others with three new members. Fannie M. Brown arranged for selling Anthony Haney’s estate near Burlington. A M Taylor Relief Corps elected officers for 1908 led by Marietta Foot. City council moved the Staats quarantine family to a new house. old structure to be destroyed. Norman Marshall’s family released from quarantine.
Prairie Grove notes a sequence of visits and gatherings including Mrs. Marion Kirby and her sons with Helen McCann, Winifred Dice helping at a new home, A V Aker closing out sale before moving to West Liberty, and multiple visits by Mrs. Alma Walker and Mrs. Elsie Watson. Funeral services were held for Neely Crees and Thomas Pownall Sr. at local churches.
Money orders 18816 to 19060 were stolen from Chicago post office Station 129. A man and a woman used some orders at stores in St Joseph Missouri for purchases from 25 to 50 dollars, taking change in cash. Suspects go by James Miller. descriptions emphasize a tall man and a slender woman with dark features. Local police alerted to watch for the pair as they pass through towns.
Robert McClintock returned from Canada to aid his gravely ill brother. Joan Armstrong of Blanchard left after weeks with relatives. Miss Margaret Hungate visited Columbus Junction friends. Harry Sligh and Mr. Odell visited from Wapello. Leigh Sterrett spent time with home folks. Mrs. Snyder visited from Wapello. Mr. Perkins of Letts called on friends. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Patterson plan to move into Mrs. Walkers tenant house. Jessie Frazier recovered to resume school. Miss Willah Trotman returned from Cedar Rapids. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Rutt. John Dornan of New Alexander Pa. visited relatives. Misses Baine and Van Zant took Cedar Rapids trip. Mr. and Mrs. Sloan and Mr. Benton of Sioux City and Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Coulter of Burlington attended Miss Jennie Niccolls funeral. Mrs. T. J. Umphrey died Monday afternoon near town after pneumonia.
Wm. Mather of Springdale traveled to Prairie Grove Monday on business while visiting the home of his father in law Jose Faires over Sunday.
O A Deweese of Wilton was in Muscatine yesterday attending business matters and meeting with local contacts. His activities were routine for regional commerce.
Mrs. Cora B. Miller has spent $125000 helping women with medical treatment. She continues free home remedy offers to those suffering from female disorders and piles, sending a 50 cent box and an explanatory book to any woman who writes to 3068 Miller Building, Kokomo Indiana.
The City Council met in a special session with Mayor Asthal presiding to discuss the election law. A two member committee was appointed to confer with two attorneys on construction of the law. The city attorney clarified that petitions would govern elections and primary law noncompliance does not invalidate petition elections. Plans for a new hose house in South Muscatine were approved. A tax omission inquiry proposal was not acted upon due to lack of signature. Tax receipts and a tax abatement request were referred to the city attorney. The lease with Automatic Button Co. was approved and signed. The council adjourned.
An advertisement claims Dr King's New Life Pills prevent dangerous abdominal operations. The painless purifiers are priced at 25 cents and sold by Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
An enterprising Chicago publication runs a page illustration of "beautiful mail order girls" suggesting the range of items available from mail order houses. The blurb notes the growing convenience of mail order shopping and insinuates a broad catalog of goods.
State wide notice informs that on February 6 1908 the last will of C W Norton was opened for probate in Muscatine County Iowa. A hearing for proof is set for March 9 1908 at the District Court during the January term. Anyone interested may appear and contest admission to probate. W S McKee Clerk of the District Court F A Martin Attorney.
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