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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1908
Page
10
Local notes announce tomorrow at The Batterson Stores double stamps with all purchases plus similar sales pitches for candy and toilet water. Various local residents including Miss Frances Harrington and Mr. J W Frater were in the city on business, and several town residents plan short trips or home visits.
Bargains in automobiles offering RAMBLER and other makes. Runabouts and touring cars in one two and four cylinder varieties, freshly painted overhauled and guaranteed in good running order. Request the special bargain list of RAMBLER machines overhauled by the makers from THOMAS B JEFFERY CO. Chicago.
Bride Sophia Anderson of Foster Illinois weds Lee Freise of Sweetland township at First Baptist parsonage in Chicago. Couple to live on a Sweetland farm and host friends soon. East Hill locals report various travels and illnesses across Davenport Foster Wilton Freemont area.
An old advertisement touts Dr. King's New Life Pills as a painless purifying remedy for abdominal ailments and cautions readers about dangerous surgery, promoting Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store as the source.
We offer loans secured by horses, cows, carriages, pianos, household goods or other personal property. Goods stay in your possession and the transaction remains confidential. Immediate money with no red tape and flexible repayment anytime. We also keep Saturday evenings open from 7 to 9.
A gathering on Grant Street saw a large number of women present with productive afternoon labor followed by a social time in the later hours.
In Des Moines on February 27 Mrs. Earl Needham was severely burned when her clothing caught fire from a match she stepped on in her mother in law's home at 1412 West Grand Avenue. The elder Mrs. Needham acted quickly to extinguish the flames, saving her daughter in law. The burns cover her lower limbs and torso with flesh peeling from the skin.
A. W. Morgan asserts Foley's Kidney Cure stops kidney and bladder trouble and can cure any case within medical reach. The notice emphasizes relief from irregularities.
Oscar Brunson and family visited Fred Schelhorn on Sunday. Mrs. Sam Steffy recovered from grippe and was up. Martin Keepping’s eight year old son was sick. Dr. Beveridge reported improvement. Adam Brosart Sr. escaped serious injury after a fall while directing road openings. Frank Feustel and John Schelhorn settled Ira Reeves insurance in Muscatine. Bert Hershey’s little son ill but improving. Erma Reeves confined to room with possible pneumonia. John McCully and family visited relatives in Montpelier. Clarence Wainscott moved to the Dolan house. Dick Morris stood in for McCully. Al Martin returned to Illinois City.
The notice advertises purchasing cheese coffee and pickles at Linders Delicatessen located at 211 West Second Street. It emphasizes a buy now appeal for standard deli items.
Harley Holmes of Eldon Iowa fell from a brakebeam on Train No 89 at Fairport near 9 45 AM. His foot was crushed and later amputated at the ankle. He was taken to Hershey Hospital for care with Drs Feveridge Tyler and Heidel attending.
Mary Murray and her daughter May, members of the Gingerbread Man company, met Philadelphia officer John Omelia and his sister in Muscatine after a 40 year split. Murray manages wardrobe while May acts as Taffy. The Murray sisters once toured as the Murray Twins and nearby illness kept one sister home.
Lusette triumphs with Gold Medal flour leading the field in a standout performance. Distinct brands and participants noted in the report highlight Gold Medal flour’s prominent position amid the competition.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ann Fletcher were conducted at 2:30 PM from High Prairie M. E. Church with Rev. P. M. Conant presiding. Pallbearers listed as Fred Woods John Hunt C Goldsberry M Riggs Rudolph Altekruse and D Addleman accompanied the procession.
The Missouri Supreme Court declares the St. Louis court of general sessions unconstitutional and void. Criminals held on guilty pleas and sentences there are illegally deprived of liberty and entitled to freedom.
On Monday evening February 17 about 37 neighbors gathered at Mrs. Albert McCullough house to celebrate her 47th birthday. Oysters were served and guests shared warm wishes as they visited with the ailing hostess who was resting at home.
The services were conducted at 2 PM from 1077 Fulham Avenue with Rev. J. C. Willits officiating. Interment followed at Greenwood Cemetery.
Macomb Illinois February 27 Hon I N Pearson secretary of state under Governor Fifer died today of apoplexy at age.
A brief note shows Georgiana expressing dissatisfaction with a cookbook for not recommending Gold Medal flour while addressing Imogene.
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