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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1906
Page
8
Local brief items mix promotional notices and travels with short personal news. Mentions include fine stationery and pancake flour on Iowa avenue, want ads for renting or boarding, and several residents returning from holidays or visiting relatives in Rock Island Chicago Iowa City and Clin. An overshoe promotion closes the column.
Baker and Hain will hold an auction on the John Baker farm located 4 percent miles north of Moscow 314 miles southeast of Rochester 715 miles northwest of Wilton and 1 mile west of Lime City prospects for bidders and details to follow in local notices.
On Friday January 5 at 1 oclock sharp the Powers, 3 Stallions and other noted horses of Col Hare Haredale and Jim will be auctioned along with 22 head of horses and cattle. Free lunch and hot coffee at noon. Ten months time. Col Griff Johnson auctioneer W D Harris clerk.
A collage of social ticks and visits. Miss Helen Fuller of Chicago visits relatives in the city. Miss Josephine Sanders returns from Keokuk. Dr. R. S. McNutt lists address. Eliza Camp No 2191 plans a basket supper. Ogilvie heads to Nichols for business. South Muscatine reports school reopenings, New Year’s parties, and local receipts including births and illnesses. Wayne street and Davenport travel noted along with various social calls and club meetings.
A dated card pledges refunds for Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it does not cure coughs or colds. It also guarantees a 25-cent pot of tea to prove satisfaction or money back. Signatories include G. A. Riemeke, N. B. Barkalow, Jno Havercamp, Nesper, F. T. Theo Kuechmann.
The undersigned will sell at auction at the court house door on January Sth 1206 at 11 o'clock. The Haker property on Chestnut street will be offered. GB Schmidt Administrator.
Location at the McKee & Bliven Button Co. opposite the freight depot referenced in the notice.
Wilton hosts two annual gatherings with families from Muscatine San Jose and local residents. Mr and Mrs H E Nicolaus entertain nine guests at New Year dinner marking a nine year streak. A separate neighborhood party at Dr D E Smith home includes W D Harris N A McAulay Raynor Mason Burrows and others with several daughters and sons present.
At the regular monthly board meeting President G M Titus was appointed to arrange reception of the Weir collection by the P M Musser library. Heirs of the Weir estate gift their father's curios, complementing the library's holdings. Emma Mahin narrated a monthly report. new children's books purchased. bills approved for several book and periodical items.
George W. Breneman aged 84 died yesterday afternoon at his Columbus Junction home after a several months illness. He served as mayor councilman and justice of the peace and was active in I O O F K P and G A R. Funeral services will be held at the Breneman home Thursday morning conducted by the fraternal orders. He was born January 25 1840 in Lancaster County Pennsylvania and served in Company A 10th Pennsylvania during the Civil War. He moved to Iowa in 1870 and ran a meat market in Columbus City and later in Columbus Junction. The report also notes family reunions and several local social items from the area.
A short ad notes Electric Bitters as a universal remedy for dim eyesight tongue coating and constipation. It lists Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store as the seller and promotes the remedy as superior to other cures.
Retiring Governor Herrick sent his last message to the Ohio legislature denouncing sandbagging measures used to extort money from private enterprises and criticizing lobbyists. The address was read to the seventy seventh assembly amid strong comment from members and onlookers.
Philip Smith of Oxford, age 85, was buried in Iowa City today. A longtime Johnson County resident, he served in the 28th Iowa during the Civil War. He is survived by one son and six daughters.
The Iowa Central Railway announced sale dates January 2 and 16 February 6 and 20 for round trip and one way tickets to Nebraska Colorado Kansas Missouri Arkansas Indian Territory Oklahoma Texas and Louisiana. One way tickets cost two dollars above half fare while round trips run three fourths of the regular one way rate with a twenty one day limit. Twenty one day tickets go on sale first and third Tuesdays to southeastern western and northwestern points at one fare plus 2 60 for round trips. Contact Iowa Central agents or A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis for full details.
The two brief want ad notices in the Journal hint at the person described as “some one” in the message. Researchers note that each ad uses a unique clue pointing to a likely match, though the exact name remains unconfirmed in print.
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