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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1908
Page
6
Diapepsin is touted as a harmless digestive aid to restore stomach power. Each 22 grain triangule contains pepsin and enzymes to improve digestion and relieve symptoms within minutes after meals. A 50 cent case is sold at pharmacies for quick relief and better appetite.
Will Bradley and Deworthy Leona from New York headline a strong Bijou bill with gypsy songs grand opera selections and expert singing. Art Adair delivers a clever debut drawing hearty audience laughter. Moving pictures this week are excellent.
Local Corinth lodge members prepare to host about five hundred delegates for the nineteenth district assembly in Iowa City on March Sth. Three meetings will occur with registrations in the forenoon an instructional school in the afternoon led by Grand Chancellor Bixby of Knoxville and a rank conferment in the evening followed by a banquet and toast program with notable Iowa speakers.
A cough remedy titled La Grippe Chamberlain claims to cure La Grippe and counter pneumonia risks. It is advertised as effective worldwide with prices 25 cents for small and 59 cents for large, sold by druggists everywhere.
Warning against catarrh ointments containing mercury as dangerous to smell and health. Recommends Wall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo as mercury free and taken internally. Urges purchasers to ensure genuineness and notes price per bottle. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Edith Clute visits relatives in Montezuma this week. H. H. Rockafellow and daughters Maude and Clara attend the wedding of Frank B. Montgomery to Edith Hill at West Branch. Earl Jackson and Edna West Liberty visit Hancock home. Aker sale February 12 drew a large crowd. Jessie Phelps at league social in West Liberty. Maude and Clara Rockafellow at Templeman reception in West Liberty for Charlie and bride. Daisy Ridenour hosts a party Friday night.
Dean E C Paget former Trinity pastor represented Iowa at a Calgary banquet honoring Abraham Lincoln's birthday hosted by Americans in Alberta. More than 240 guests attended at the Arlington hotel as Paget read telegrams from Iowa officials and delivered a stirring reply on behalf of Hawkeye state residents.
Elias Fry, longtime Wellman resident, dies after a prolonged cancer illness. Funeral held Thursday at the M E church with the I O O F lodge in charge. Dr S J Smith and family from Iowa City attended. Other local Society notes mention millinery moves and land trades nearby.
An old ad-style plea extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for digestion issues. It cites Hon George C Rankin and wide testimonials as proof, urging readers to buy a 50 cent or 1 dollar bottle from a druggist with a guaranteed result for stomach and bowel ailments. It promotes use for children, women, and the elderly and claims lasting improvement.
Mrs James Strawin of Battle Creek Michigan attributes her recovery from anaemia and a run down condition to Dr Williams Pink Pills. She describes weak kidneys headaches fainting spells nervousness and white lips plus relief after a few boxes. The pills are promoted as a general cure for weak watery blood and a tonic for nerves with claims of success against rheumatism after effects of flu and fevers.
The Unity Guild hosted a progressive Valentine party Friday evening visiting three homes. At Mrs. J B Lloyd’s scarlet decor set the theme with heart motifs while the games encouraged endearing terms. A telegram announced a Cupid themed wedding toast while guests sang partner lines and enjoyed a three course dinner and love potion.
The W C A announces tonight's lecture on Pippa Passes from Browning by Mrs Weed. A neighborhood Bible class will form Wednesday at 2 30 at 1118 Mulberry Ave. A physical culture class meets Wednesday at 7 PM in the Y W rooms. Skirt and home tailoring classes may start next week with a six week, one dollar fee for members. sign up at the rooms.
Special orders issued by Adjutant General Thrift call for a February 24 election at S4th infantry armories to fill the major vacancy caused by Major Frank F E Westherell. Captains Lucas of Fairfield and Ball of Iowa City named as candidates. Norton to handle ballots and poll books. other captains withdrew in favor of senior officers.
Wapello Iowa residents report visits to Columbus Junction Muscatine and Burlington. Mrs C E Hoag spends Monday in Columbus Junction visiting Editor Jamison. Elizabeth Owens and son George travel to Columbus Junction to visit family. Miss Mary Fricke of Muscatine visits Mrs Charles Kemper. Miss Inez Neal and a University of Iowa friend stay with the H S Neal home. Ada Ives attends Elliott's Business College in Burlington and returns for Sunday. Miss Mattie Hunt hosts the K W T E Society. Walter Schwab returns from Iowa City for the weekend. J W Dewein of Burlington visits A H and wife. Blanch Boulton of Columbus City visits Cleaver Poutzius home. Ethel McCaw visits Stockport. Lee Carsbaum and family visit Blanchard. Robert Steiffel of Burlington spends Sunday at Cleaver Pontzius. Telegram from Kirksville Mo reports Mike Wallace ill. Anna and sons Mike and Dave leave for there. Wallace is among Wapello’s early settlers. two years ago he moved away.
Missourian farmer purchases near Kirksville and multiple residents visit family in nearby towns. J. Lioyd Maffitt, born 1861 in Washington Illinois, dies after apoplexy. He lived in Iowa since 1879, taught briefly, then worked in real estate. funeral set for Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. Koopman officiating in Wapello cemetery.
Homer CC Swain a West Liberty provision merchant dies at his Prairie avenue home after an illness and recent appendicitis operation He was born March 17 1868 in At tica Iowa and lived in West Liberty twenty five years married Myrtle Baker in 1888 He leaves his wife four daughters six sisters and two brothers active in the local Methodist Episcopal church Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters Funeral arrangements not announced.
An advertisement touts Dr. King’s New Discovery as a quick safe and sure remedy for coughs and colds. It lists 150c and $1.00 pricing and credits Havercamp’s Description Drug Store as seller.
James P. Hayes, agent for the Trades Dispatch, and John O'Donnell a cigar dealer, were shot and seriously wounded by J. D. Cosby, proprietor of the Cosby hotel, in the hotel office last night.
In Kentucky, Beech Hargis defends his father’s murder claim as Breathitt Circuit Court opens. The boy’s $50,000 estate share funds defense costs, with a self defense argument likely and insanity plea dropped.
An advertisement claims Hyomei air therapy from a pocket inhaler heals respiratory diseases. It asserts fast relief when symptoms begin and reports remarkable cures in chronic catarrh. The complete outfit costs $1.06 and is sold by Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store with a money back guarantee.
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