Local Notes and Gossip From West Liberty to Muscatine
West Liberty visitor E. C. Nichols is in town. L. Urdangen of Montezuma visits several days. E H Gabreil of Wilton calls on friends. Dennis R. Bowman departs for Coon Rapids. Carl Yeager returns to Burlington. Crarity Masque ball planned under the G A R Circle Wednesday. State capital at Albany cost $20 000 000. Dr. Crane's Quaker Tonic Tablets price fifty cents and claimed cures for kidney and liver issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Yeager
John Appel
South Muscatine
Burlington
Albany
N. Y
Crane
Sure Thing for You Cascarens Candy Ad
A sweeping ad touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a guaranteed cure for constipation and sluggish liver with relief promised from numerous ailments. The copy sells the product as a sure thing and notes prices 10 25 and 50 cents with a free sample booklet offer.
Clean blood and skin with Cascarets beauty ad
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a blood purifier for pimple and blemish relief with prices of 1c 25c and 50c. It claims to purify the liver and body and offers satisfaction guaranteed through druggists.
Hon Robert C Brown Named Clerk of U S Court for Southern Illinois
Sparta Illinois politician Robert C Brown longtime 8th district representative has been notified of his upcoming appointment as Clerk of the U S Court for the Southern District of Illinois. Born 1859 he rose from blacksmith to lawyer admitted 1894 and is active in Knights of Pythias Elks and Modern Woodmen. He also endorses Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and Herb Laxative as a valued household remedy in a February 20 1901 testimonial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Brown
Sparta
Ills
U. S. Court
Southern District
Illinois
Knights of Pythias
the Elks
Modern Woodmen
Sirs
R. C. Brown
Port Allen Literary Society Sees Growth and Box Supper Aid
The Port Allen Literary Society meets Fridays and recently held a box supper that added $7.50 to the treasury. Floyd McCullough remains ill. Ada George of Shakerag visits Levi Blakes. Several locals are mentioned visiting, hosting relatives, or recovering from grip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Allen
Flora Bliven
Alex McCullough
Henry Musser
John Orr
Wm. Orr
Junction
L. D. Miller
Rock Island Plans New Depot At Grand Central Chicago
Rock Island line vacated Van Buren depot and now uses Grand Central at Fifth avenue and Harrison street. A new passenger station will be built on the old site as soon as possible. Trains of Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, Nickel Plate and Baltimore and Ohio also arrive at and depart from Grand Central, linking with B C R N trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
van Buren Street
Grand Central Depot
Fifth Avenue
Harrison Street
Chicago
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Nickel Plate
Baltimore & Ohio
Milwaukee rail project promises 600000 in new bridges
The Milwaukee road plans nineteen steel bridges costing about 600000 as part of the Kansas City cut off and La Crosse division improvements. Contractors and engineers rush designs while rock blasting continues for a 20 mile grading project from Davenport to Muscatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Buffalo
Milwaukee
Davenport
Muscatine
Chicago
Kansas City
M. H. King
Des Moines
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Ottumwa
Menominee River
Iron Mountain
Mich
Kilbourne
Wis
Mississippi River
la Crosse
Far Away in Manila News From Frank Chayka Jr.
Frank Chayka of Muscatine writes from the transport Grant in Manila Bay about a shipboard journey from San Francisco on November 15 to December 12 arrival. He notes 1900 soldiers aboard, no seasickness, and sees battleships Philadelphia Virginia and Iowa in harbor with the Oregon having sailed recently. He mentions Manila newspapers and predicts returning via Japan and Honolulu, with stories to tell on his homecoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Chayka
Muscatine
Cypress and
Ninth Street
Philippine Islands
Chayka
San Francisco
Orient
Manila
Frank
Philadelphia
Virginia
Iowa
Oregon
Freedom
Japan
Honolulu
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Reward Offer
One Hundred Dollars reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsed by West Truax Walpine Kinnan Marvix wholesale druggists Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally, acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Price per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills also promoted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
PF. J Cheney
West & Truax
O. Walpine, Kinnan & Marvix
Townsend Receives Chicago Tribune Praise for Artwork
Charles Freemont Townsend of Muscatine Iowa earns statewide recognition as the Chicago Tribune Sunday editor requests permission to reproduce his photograph Sleeping Boy. The note cites Townsend's art as competitive with leading works like Alone and Little Organ Grinder, confirming his standing among regional artists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townsend
Chicago
Charles Freemont Townsend
Musecatine
Chiago Tribune
Muscatine
Iowa
Cure Constipation Forever Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic
A reader notes the claim Cure Constipation Forever is advertised with Cascarets Candy Cathartic. The item references a faulty remedy and requests potential refunds or corrections to the ad copy.
Iowa Brief: Paving, Churches, Funds and Factories
Council Bluffs laid 69 300 square yards of brick paving last year. Des Moines Methodists will dedicate a new church January 26. Iowa has 4 750 000 dollars of school funds safely loaned out at 4 percent interest. A 240 acre farm near Imogene sold for 80 dollars an acre after a year at 62 50 per acre. Davenport to get a three stack blast furnace with eastern capital funding about half the 950 000 dollar capital stock. Ore near Wankon county three miles west of Wankon operated by Warkon Tran company on Milwaukee line. Full details available from company agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Des Moines Methodists
Iowa
Imogene
Davenport
Allamakee County
Mississippi River
Wankon
Warkon Tran Company
Milwaukee Railroad
Riverside News Briefs and Obituaries
Lew Rose engages in fur trading. Mrs. Fanny Bray dies at Keota aged 79 and is buried beside her husband in Riverside after his death three years prior. Funeral held January 11 at the Methodist church. John Lingo buys a Lone Tree hardware store. Mrs. Sig Schnablen funeral held at Catholic church with burial at Schnablen cemetery. Ice house leased and filled with ice by Rh Law and Tew Shellady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Lew Rose
Fanny Bray
Keota
Payne
Methodist Church
Simeon
William Miles
Wesley Hart
John Lingo
Lone Tree
John
Sig Schnablen
Schnablen
Frank Lutremont
Low Rates to Cedar Rapids Annual Poultry Exhibition
Train offer from B C R and N Railway provides discounted fares to Cedar Rapids for the Western Poultry Fanciers Association annual exhibition set January 13 to 18. The railroad announces special rates and travel details for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Western Poultry Fanciers Association
Homeseekers Excursion Tickets Go On Sale
On designated dates excursion tickets to all points on the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern line north of Abbott Iowa go on sale. Tickets are valid 21 days from sale with allowed stopovers on the return trip in certain districts. Information on lands along the line and ticket details available from Illen Brooks immigration agents Cedar Rapids or B C R N agents in Cedar Rapids Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Ba
Abbott
Messrs
Candy Cathartic Promises Health Benefits
An early 20th century advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a gentle restorative for kidneys liver and bowels. It claims to cleanse the system dispel colds cure headache fever and biliousness and invites readers to buy a box for 10 25 or 0 cents, guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophie Bonham
Chicago
Lydia IE Pinkham
Mrs. Pinxham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Surpare Bonham
Oak St
Ill
C. C
Smallpox cases reported near Pine Creek with social event noted
Pine Creek January 14 reports two nearby smallpox cases Miss Addy Dodge and Miss Minnie Nagle are ill. Grace Missel also sick. Farmers busy storing ice. A dance is planned at Sweetland hall on January 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Creek
Addy Dodge
Minnie Nagle
Grace Missel
Sweetland Hall
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GEO. H. Phillips Commission Merchant Grain and Provisions
Rialto
Daily Journal
McBride & Cope’s
Los Angeles
Sam
Susie Battey
W. Sth St
George Bros
East 3Rd St
Hay Market
John A. Robbins
Olds’ Block
the Daily Journal
E. C. Nichols
West Liberty
L. Urdangen
Montezuma
E. H. Gabreil
Wilton
Dennis R. Bowman
Coon Rapids
Stax
Hershey LumberCo
South
rlieX$ileLeseie
Titus & Jackson
Banner Lodge
D. of H
Mary Foster
East Seventh Street
O. J. Shirkey
Nichols
M. Rabedaux
Crandol
West Second Street
Will Fisher
Black Rock
Ark
Fred L. Kennedy
The
Lotus
Newport
Tfew
Pittsburg
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta, GA
Law
Tew Shellady
John G. Farmer
N. R.y
Cedar Rapids, Ia
Svervin
TNE Lkghtning Medicine CO
Mull
Centa
J. J. Havercamp
East Secord St
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