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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1909
Page
7
An advertisement touts Dr D Jaye s Expectorant as a standard remedy for coughs colds bronchitis lung inflammation croup and whooping cough. It urges keeping a bottle at home to protect family health and notes three bottle sizes priced at 1 0 90c and 25c available from all druggists.
Candles produced daily at Candy Kitchen. Mrs. William Gutherte of Grand View improving after Belleuve hospital operation. Mrs. J. R. Bennett of Columbus Junction also improving after Bellevue hospital surgery. Several visitors and travelers from Davenport Rock Island Cranston Little River Kan Ottumwa and Richland visit Muscatine or depart for home.
Rev J B Smith prepares for a special meeting at 7 45 PM at the First Baptist church. The subject is The Secret of a Great Revival and the invitation extends to all.
Bloomington residents report New Year visitors from Estherville Muscatine and Cedar county. Frequent callers include John Schweitzer and Mr Mrs E H Collins with gatherings at the parsonage and Hoopes home. North Star Lyceum schedules a meeting January 8 at 8 p m with a prepared program.
Miss Bertie Cripnen arrived home this morning from Davenport where she had been visiting friends for a week.
The Louisa County teachers hold the second annual meeting in Wapello on January 22 starting at 2 o'clock. The program includes papers on music in schools and sanitation, plus discussions led by teachers from Columbus Junction Morning Sun Letts Pana and Wapello with announcements and a question box.
West Liberty Iowa Jan 7 The Rebekah Lodge held its regular meeting with district deputy Miss Minnie Porter installing officers led by Noble Grand Mary Rock and Vice Grand Minnie Evans A two course lunch followed. Several local and visiting residents were noted in attendance and other residents were mentioned leaving or traveling to nearby towns.
A home recipe claims to cure deep seated coughs within 24 hours using Granulated Sugar, water, and Pinex in a pint bottle. It advocates regular dosing every 1 to 3 hours and praises Pinex as a concentrated Norway White Pine extract with lung healing claims.
The article notes a Drake University student in Moines starting her fourth year. It also reports Richard Watters of Atalissa as a patient at Hershey Hospital in Muscatine after another serious operation Tuesday afternoon, with comfort improving. Walter Schenck has become bookkeeper at the People's State Bank.
Dr. W. J. Smith of Sanders Alabama praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the sole lung treatment used in pneumonia cases and claims it controls the trouble in all he has tried. He notes personal use by himself and his wife and recommends it as superior to other cough remedies. sold by all druggists.
Word reached J D King of 608 Linn street announcing the death of his father J W King at Hixon Wisconsin. He was 70 and a former Muscatine resident remembered by older locals. Survived by wife two daughters and a son Jesse D King of Muscatine. He left to attend the funeral in Hixon Wisconsin.
Mrs. Austin Horton and son Fred visited Columbus Junction on Wednesday. The community reports several New Year gatherings at Conesville, Nichols, and nearby farms. A cow incident injured Mrs. Carrie Wildman. Will Brandon sprained a knee. Eva Krider returns from Cedar Falls for holiday visits.
The board of supervisors yesterday elected Henry Freers janitor of the court house Milton Rice superintendent of the county farm and Benj Beach overseer of the poor for another year John Duncan was chosen constable to fill the vacancy caused by Herman Tadewald who declined to qualify Tadewald had accepted a police appointment under Judge Howe and Duncan will keep his constable post in his court duties.
The January meeting of the local Ministerial association at the German M E church featured devotional exercises by M B Reusch and a program on Acts 9 Pauls Conversion led by F J Sternberg. Community notices include funeral attendance for Wm Harper in Mediapolis and family moves to Kirksville Missouri.
An 1880s style ad touts Dr Nott's Cuban Hair Restorer with money back guarantees and color restoration claims. The article then shifts to a community notes section listing local visits, school updates, lodge installations, county board actions, and a drowning accident involving a horse near Port Louisa township.
Frank J. Cheney, senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh cured not, and notes the 6th day of December 1886. The document describes Hall's Catarrh Cure as taken internally and claims testimonials are available. Notary A. W. Gleason affixes seal, with sales claims for Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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