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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1908
Page
7
Muscatine welcomes visitors and locals on weekend business and social calls. A string of travelers from Wilton, Letts, Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Downey, Ottawa, and more are noted, with shopping, visits, and brief trips reported. Roach Musser Sash advertises wood at four dollars a load. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea promoted for health.
William Dickett, a lifelong West Liberty resident, died at 2:30 a.m. after a three week illness from kidney trouble and inflammatory rheumatism. He leaves a wife, a son, his mother Mrs. Bert Carter, and brother John Dickett. The funeral is set for Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. from the Christian church with Rev. Burch of Hiawatha officiating. interment at Oakridge cemetery.
The Iowa Wesleyan Glee Club from Mt. Pleasant will give a concert in Muscatine at the Sunday Memorial Tabernacle on Monday evening March 30. The group, now popular, presents a fresh program of solos duets quartets and chorus works praised by press notices.
J. S. Price held a three thousand dollar high bred hog sale in Muscatine, drawing buyers from Indiana and Kansas. Fifty six hogs sold for over three thousand dollars, first bid at 227.50, average about 54 per head. A second sale is planned for March 28 with expectations Muscatine becoming a market center for his stock.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway extends its Pacific Coast extension to Terry Montana crossing the Yellowstone River for the first time. Trains run Aberdeen to Marmarth and Marmarth to Terry daily except Sunday. Track laying proceeds at five miles per day with expected Chicago to Butte service by May 1908 and Seattle Tacoma within about a year.
An ad urges rapid relief for chest pains with Dr King s New Discovery claiming to prevent pneumonia. It promotes a price of one dollar and credits Havercamp s Prescription Drug Store as the supplier.
Telegram arrives announcing the death of James Graham of Weaver Iowa. Relatives Irwin Graham and Mrs P O Shipman travel to attend the funeral. The item also chronicles a flurry of local visits illnesses church activities and social events across Wapello with multiple residents traveling or hosting guests.
Well filled baskets and a happy day marked the sendoff for Mr. and Mrs. Hammond Ball and their children as they prepare to move to Stuart Nebraska. Mrs Hammond and the children will visit beforehand. A two-lady from each church missionary society formed a committee to plan a union missionary meeting at the Presbyterian church on Feb 27. Mrs J E Newsom, long-time India missionary, will address on Women’s Work for Women in India.
Injured in a fire or bruised by a fall apply Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Cures burns wounds sores eczema piles. Guaranteed 25 cents Havercamp's Prescription Drug.
Feb 24 update from Wyman reports Williams and family visiting Crawfordsville. Bert Lemon relocates to Enos Davis farm north of town. Pearl Williams joins Eva Mae Mathews to Winfield. Knox Dunn drives hogs to Chicago. Harry Davis family visited Joe Davis. Enos Davis family stayed at Bert Lemon’s Friday night. Margaret Turkington has been busy locally.
A. H. Havenhill visits Bert Lemon. Homer Wood works for Sim Carrick.
Mrs. A. Crocker of Wilton was in the city visiting at the John Neibert home on Woodlawn avenue Saturday.
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