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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1902
Page
7
J L Giesler arrived back from a Chi cag business trip with late night arrival. Little Alice Margaret Keifner, 14 days old, died last night. funeral planned private. Bess Robb, Des Moines school principal visiting Kemble home, left for Oskaloosa en route home.
An advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a pleasant medical discovery that purports to cleanse the kidneys liver and bowels. It claims to dispel colds headaches fever and biliousness and promotes sales at 10 25 or 50 cents with a guarantee from druggists.
A boldly pitched ad for Cascarets Candy Cathartic claims a guaranteed cure or refund. The page also lists varied local items: Davenport visitors, widow’s pension granted, a divorce petition, travels, school notes, and hospital commentary. Minor civic and personal notes accompany tips on medical tonic and church events.
The Iowa Centre railway offers home-seekers excursion tickets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month to Iowa, Minnesota, the Dakotas, Montana, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas for one fare plus two dollars round trip with a twenty-one day final return limit. The Iowa Central route is a north west south and south west short line to farming belts. Agents or Geo S Batty G P and T A Marshalltown Iowa can provide full details.
The calendar features six reproduced Moran paintings printed in ten colors on six 10 by 12 inch sheets. Issued by the General Passenger Department of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway, it costs twenty five cents and is sent on receipt. Address F A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago.
The Churches Ministerial Association and Muscatine Ministerial Association will hold a meeting in Y M C A parlors on Monday at 10 30 am All city ministers and nearby ministers are invited A 1 30 pm Intermediate and Junior Leagues at 3 pm Epworth League at 6 30 pm Preaching at 7 30 pm Seats are free and all are welcome
Park Avenue M. E. Church schedules Sabbath school at 2 p m and preaching at 3 15 p m led by C L Stafford inviting a hearty welcome to all.
Trinity Church offers Sunday school at 9 30 with holy communion and sermon at 10 45 and evening prayer at 7 30. All Saints Chapel hosts Sunday school at 2 with services on Tuesdays at 7 30 led by rector F F Beckerman.
Sunday service at 11 a.m. at the First Church of Christ Scientist corner Sixth and Walnut Streets. Subject: God. Wednesday evening meeting at 8 o clock. All are cordially invited to attend.
The notice invites all to attend 9 15 Sunday school conducted by Miss Mulford and Mr Ziegler followed by 315 preaching by Mr Herr at the chapel. Pastor H D Herr signs the notice.
The article lists Sunday worship times at 11 p m and 7 30 p m with Sunday school at 1 30 p m The evening services will be led by Rev J W Malone presiding elder of the Iowa district P P Taylor is the pastor.
Corner of Sycamore and Fifth Sts. services tomorrow include preaching at 10 a m and 7 30 p m Sunday school at 11 15 a m Y P S C E prayer meeting at 6 p m Wednesday prayer meeting Thursday evening at 7 30 All who will meet with us are cordially welcomed J Fry pastor.
At 9:15 a.m. Sunday school meets. Children of our German friends are welcome. The week of prayer begins tomorrow with services at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m., sermon at 7:30. Evening services daily except Saturday. Strangers and friends welcome. Rev. R. A. Schmidt, pastor, 515 Walnut Street.
The First Methodist Episcopal Church on Third Street and Iowa Avenue led by Pastor C. L. Stafford holds a general class at 9:30 a.m. and preaching at 10:30 a.m. followed by reception of probationers into full membership with a Sabbath school to follow.
In the new Asthalter building on Iowa Avenue the Ladies of the Maccabees held the election of officers last month and installed them in the first meeting there. Mollie Wiles presided. officers include Emma Sterne man as Lady Commander and Hattie Nesper as Lady Lieut Commander with Carr ie Rankin as Record-Keeper and Nellie McCaw as Finance-Keeper.
A laconic definition of a toboggan ride mirrors health decline from general debility. The text promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription for stomach disorders and debility, claiming rapid relief and no alcohol or narcotics. Mrs. Frank Caswell of Salamanca, New York, testifies to dramatic improvement after two bottles of the Discovery and two of Favorite Prescription, with further mention of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for biliousness.
Corner of Fourth and Cedar streets hosts Sunday school at 9 a m and 2 15 p m in South Muscatine chapel. Morning services at 10 30 a m. Class meeting 7 p m. Evening worship 7 30 p m with weeklong protracted meetings starting nightly at 7 15 p m except Saturday. Pastor A H F Hertzler invites all to attend.
Corner Mulberry and Sixth streets hosts a quarterly meeting with Rev. R. E. Williams preaching at 10 40 a m and 7 30 p m. Holy communion follows the morning sermon. Sabbath school at 9 30 a m and Young People's meeting at 6 30 p m. Pastor B Hix resides at 616 East Sixth, corner Sixth and Oak. A cordial welcome to all.
Corner Third and Chestnut streets hosts morning and evening sermons on The Ministry of Remembrance and Yesterday Today and Forever. Lord's Supper after the first sermon. Sunday school at 1 30 p m Young People at 6 30 p m Evening service at 7 30 p m Seats free All invited Pastor H D Herr.
Rev J N Endiott pastor leads morning and evening worship at 10 30 and 7 30 with sermons Taking Refuge in the Loving Kindness of the Eternal One and Christs Final Withdrawment Sunday school at 2 with Dr J T Martin superintendent classes for children and adults C E meeting at 6 30 led by Miss Mc Dougall strangers welcome an orchestra assists the quartet in evening song services
First Banner-Bearer Miranda Jar, second Elizabeth Harbaugh, third Della Will. Members will join Tent No. 9 K O T M in dedicatory exercises for their new lodge rooms on the avenue January 21. Special arrangements and invitations to Mrs Hollister supreme commander and to Mrs Cavin Nelson and Mrs West are noted. A special program precedes a dance after the exercises.
Hannah Anderson, a colored inmate of the county farm, escaped Tuesday night but was recaptured yesterday while heading toward West Liberty. She had faced poverty and morphine use and was placed in the county house for care. A New Year search failed to locate her until Mr. Rice tracked her to the Salisbury road, where Mike Griffen sheltered her overnight.
The Eisley country home in Seventy-Six Township burned yesterday between noon and 1 PM. The north end collapsed before discovery. Mrs. Eisley warned others but the house was lost with no valuables saved. No insurance was carried on the property.
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for catarrh cures not helped by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo as proprietors and quotes endorsements from West & Trouax and Watkinson & Marvixy as wholesale druggists. Product details include price and internal use.
The undersigned promise refunds on a 50 cent Green's Warranted Syrup of Tarf for coughs or colds if not cured. A 25 cent bottle is also guaranteed for satisfaction or money back. Signatories include G. A. Riemcke, W. B. Barkalow, J. J. Havercamp, Nesper & Co., J Theo Keuchman.
Muggins notes rank is a significant issue in the navy while Buggins quips that it is a rank question. The exchange highlights humor over naval hierarchy.
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