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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1908
Page
5
An ad touts Pape's Diapepsin tablets as a candy tastng remedy for indigestion. One Triangule tablet is claimed to digest 3,000 grains of food, relieve belching and heartburn, and restore appetite within minutes.
The Gingerbread Man will play at the Grand on Wednesday evening featuring noted musical numbers and scenic effects. The dainty tale unfolds in Pastryland and Bon Bon Land with mild atmosphere, humor, love, intrigue, and a happy ending despite counter plots.
A female author and mother credits Grape-Nuts with boosting morning appetite and milk supply, improving memory and energy for writing, and helping her four children grow healthy. She notes rapid strength gain, steadier nerves, and clearer thinking after starting the cereal. She endorses the product with the slogan There’s a Reason.
The piece weaves fast witty action with Carmaletti the fairy reforming Fudge the black art exponent. Lively songs, catchy music, and lavish costumes and scenery accompany a notably chosen cast in this novel musical fantasy.
A vintage drugstore promo touts Electric Bitters as a perfect cure for female weaknesses and ailments like back and kidney trouble. Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store advertises the remedy at 50 cents.
Water in the Raccoon river rose two inches an hour with rapid increases by evening. City workers including Carpenter Howe used dynamite to break the ice gorge, creating a western channel about one hundred feet wide. Ice was wedged to the river bottom beneath the surface.
Judge Peter S. Grosscup and seven Central Illinois Traction officials faced arraignment in Celles county court on counts of criminal negligence and manslaughter related to the August 30 interurban collision near Charleston. Eighteen killed and fifty three injured. Arguments on the motion to quash began and could take the week.
Harry Springer of Mulberry avenue, a student at Iowa State University in Iowa City, ended a three day visit with his parents and left this morning for Iowa City.
A local man known as Billy explains why he does not admire Sunday after being accused of stampeding a crowd. The incident prompted police questions and a community discussion about public safety methods.
Religionists and shaming of revivalism stir Frisco talk as Packey McFarland prepares to meet either Jimmy Britt or Battling Nelson in San Francisco next month. Waterloo ministers protest evangelist Billy Sunday while boxing terms with Sam Berger unfold and Tommy Burns pilots a Burns Johnson bout offer from Britain.
The funeral of Charles Hunter was held this afternoon at 2 o clock at Island church with Rev A J Kempton officiating. Shelby Norman Post G A R attended in a body. Pallbearers included Edward Henneker W J Hilton August Eichoff Conrad Brenner Herman Schmidt and Thomas Fitzsimmons. Interment followed in Island cemetery.
Columbus Junction residents report visits and travel details across nearby towns. E R Lacey returns from Cedar Rapids to help move relatives. many friends travel to Washington Morning Sun and Muscatine for work, care, or family visits. several moves and health recoveries noted among locals.
Mr and Mrs Andrew Meyers observed their silver wedding anniversary at their farm home west of the city with about fifty relatives and friends attending after 1 pm. A six oclock supper and games followed a decoratively adorned gathering. guests offered many presents. The couple have resided in the county for 22 years.
Word from Muscatine indicates Mrs. Carrie Curtis, former pastor of Musserville Friends Church, plans to return soon after health improved in California. She left for California months ago. Rev Pling Fry has led Musserville services in her absence. No changes announced yet.
Operations halted at the Jones Button factory in South Muscatine for several days to overhaul the machinery. The boiler is being reworked, new flues installed, and the pipe system cleaned. Cutting machines repairs are planned before reopening. Friends surprise George Johnson with a birthday party at his Bismark street home. The Musserville Methodist Ladies Aid plans a Wednesday meeting at Mrs. Will Randleman’s Grandview avenue home with hosts Mrs. Brummel and Mrs. Paisley.
An advertisement claims ZEMO can cure dandruff by destroying the germ that causes the disease. It promises instant itching relief and prevents hair loss while leaving the scalp clear and healthy. For sale by A. W. Morgan at 107 West 1 Second Street and other druggists.
Rev. W. H. Thomlinson of Preston Iowa, the newly named Mulford mission pastor, is due to arrive Saturday and will lead Sunday services including the morning Sunday school and the 6 p m Christian Endeavor meeting. He will set the regular Sunday schedule and his family plans to join him next week living with Rev. and Mrs. B C Preston until a home on Green street is found.
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