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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1900
Page
7
A Davenport visitor and city residents are noted amid announcements of travel, family visits, a death near Edgington, residence moves, and local business chatter. Updates cover a murder appeal, funeral attendance, measles outbreaks, oil wagon trips, a livery shift, and a sick mother’s urgent message from Lafayette Indiana.
Daily notes on community life from Muscatine neighbors covering births, social events, politics, and local observations with a cordial, informal tone. Includes society notices and brief personal announcements reflecting small town interests.
Henry Negus of Springdale conducts business in town. Vore and Gibson move their meat market to new rooms in a former Harris building on Calhoun street. Cattle from Barclay, Thompson, and Crookston Bros shipment goes to an western experiment station. Weather is disagreeable making pedestrians uneasy at street crossings. Electric light committee pipes are being covered with asbestos by Eli Elliott, contractor, signaling potential improvements. Mrs. L A Baird and Miss Laura Wright are ill with typhoid fever. Richard and Sarah Powers return from Mosinee Wisconsin after a three week visit.
A batch of brief notices records residents traveling to Burlington Moscow township and Iowa City, with trips to Chicago and western Kansas. Other items mention installment purchases, a farm sale, and visits to relatives. Classified style blurbs also promote Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil and Jones Rice Cream cornmeal plus wool blanket sales at McColm Dry Goods Co.
Titus and Jackson promote choice first mortgage loans as an investment with years of experience and no losses, inviting readers to call or write for money to invest.
An old catalog style line promotes Cascarets candy as a permanent cure for constipation. The ad copy emphasizes digestive relief and repeated use of the product.
A compact notice references a clock shop at 205 West Second Street promoting reliable timepieces to prevent missed breakfasts after a false alarm.
Local residents report visits and daily life in Sandy Grove and Letts including Mrs. W B Lowe shopping and calls at G B Lowe’s, R M Lee drilling for gas, mumps affecting Ina Lupton and Eva Lee, and J H Barker serving as juror. Neighborhood chores, school lull, and a buggy accident with Chester Williams are mentioned along with several social calls and visits. Doctor visits conclude the item.
Armentrout was called to see her and she is bedfast. Little Sesley Gipple expects to contract mumps. Harry and Walter Waltmal are sick with mumps. Most homes near the Grove show illness. Alvie Williams and Floyd Johnston recover from tonsillitis. Dr. Armentrout made two visits. Letts store meeting elected Charley Estle as trustee.
Sunday notices from Pleasant Prairie recount visits, illnesses, and school contests. August Plett and Plett Bros. expand wood business. Corn market active with 26% to 28% rates. Local deaths, telephone line progress, and social visits fill the week as residents assist, travel, and attend gatherings.
Relatives in this city received cards announcing the marriage solemnized in Philadelphia on January 10 1900. Dr Stith is known in Muscatine for years as a reader of medicines in the office of Dr F H Little and is a nephew of J Linn Hoopes. Muscatine friends wish him happiness and success.
Mrs Olhaver visited Miss Hinkly Monday. William Witte of Nebraska is vis.
J A Dodgen of Alpharetta Ga credits Chamberlains Pain Balm with relief after doctors and other medicines failed Thousands have been cured by this remedy One application relieves pain Sold by J J Havercamp and W C A Busch druggists Read The Journal for news
This ad asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh at all stages and is a constitutional treatment. It claims effectiveness by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces, promises to restore strength, and offers one hundred dollars for any uncured case. Sales and testimonials are promised from F J Curey & Co of Toledo Ohio.
The Louisvile and Nashville Railroad offers superior handling for tourists and travellers heading to Florida Cuba Porto Rico Central America or Nassau. It runs double daily sleeping car lines from Cincinnati Louisville Chicago and St. Louis through Jacksonville to interior Florida points and to Miami Tampa and New Orleans, ready for travelers to the Caribbean and Americas. For folders, contact Geo. B. Horner D P A St. Louis Mo.
Advertisement claims Dr Hobbs Sparagus Pills cure all kidney ills and offers free sample. The Sterling Remedy Co based in Chicago markets the product with asserts relief and health benefits amid early 20th century patent medicine style.
Beethoven might have burned his Adelaide piece but for a friend named Barth who intervened. The remark notes Barth's timely support preserved the composition.
The piece argues coffee harms nervous systems, especially among organized brain workers, causing headaches, digestion issues, and other disorders. It recommends stopping coffee, trying Postum Cereal Food Coffee, and details preparation steps, urging readers to test health improvements and buy Postum from grocers.
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