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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1902
Page
7
An old ad style notice promises a full refund if Hector does not cure piles and offers a free pile pipe with each package. The text also lists brief travel notes and small ads for clothing care, a Panitorium club, and Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil with medical tone references.
All through tickets to New York and Philadelphia allow stop overs at Niagara Falls. Double track line is stone ballasted with magnificent trains and dining cars a la carte.
Public notice offers a $100 reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Includes endorsements of F J Cheney & Co of Toledo and listings of local druggists. Describes internal action and price, with testimonials available.
Notices from the region list social events and travel. Mrs Will Meerdink visited Davenport and returned by night train. Mrs Addie Summerville left Columbus Junction after visiting in the city. Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup advertised for coughs and bronchitis. Mrs Josephine Deiderich travels to Nichols to visit her son. Mr and Mrs Henry Otto head for a two month trip to Pasadena Los Angeles and San Francisco. J M Woodcock returns home to Chicago after visiting G A Funck. Miss Nettie Kasper travels to Bayfield to visit her sister. Mrs Frank Welch and child go to Nichols to visit relatives. Burdock Blood Bitters promoted for digestion. Mr and Mrs John Bolton and daughter Mrs Lloyd travel to Topeka for months. Mrs Valentine Meyers returns to Iowa City after illness of her son Frank Auburn.
The Rock Island Railroad allegedly abandons the Drakesville Trenton cut off and plans a Indianola to Lineville line, creating a Des Moines to Kansas City main route. Centerville residents oppose the cut off as it would miss the main line. The Indianola Line would be under eighty miles and funded by reallocating the $2,000,000 Drakesville Trenton cost toward the Indianola project and a West Liberty to Des Moines double track.
The World Wide Popularity of Hot Springs Arkansas draws thousands seeking health benefits from its restorative waters. Season opens January 1. The government runs the baths with moderate charges and good treatment. The Iowa Central line offers very low round trip rates with information via Geo. S. Batty Marshalltown Iowa.
John M. Kemble attacks the Rock Island railroad debate, alleging broken promises and asking pointed questions about rights to lay tracks along Water Street and the river front, including the scope of the December 1853 ordinance and the Cedar Rapids Wilton line confusion.
A health advertisement extols Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets as a safe remedy for catarrh of the stomach and indigestion. It features testimonials from N. J. Booker of Chicago and details the product composition of Diastase, Aseptic Pepsin, Nux, Golden Seal, and fruit acids.
In Grandview Iowa Rev Thiel of the Congregational church submitted his resignation. The Journal man reported on local business as of Friday. W A Gray returned Saturday and left for Davenport. W E Schwitzer and company moved their feed house north of town. N R Letts sold his large farm northwest of Grandview to F Brockway of Letts.
The English melodrama Sporting Life comes to the Grand on Wednesday January 22 after long Broadway and Chicago runs. It boasts 12 scenes including a real training stable with race horses and grand scenic tableaux of the Earl of Woodstock’s ancestral home and London sports venues.
The upcoming elaborate production of Lewis Morrison's Faust at the Grand on Friday January 24 offers stunning scenery enhancements. Electric effects including fire lightning clouds and sunset are created through stereopticons and electrical agency to heighten the play's drama.
The piece describes Marguerite's home and garden under sunset skies with shadows from Nuremberg's Cathedral and a luminous twilight. It highlights skilled work by electricians illuminating a tranquil domestic setting.
In West Liberty Iowa on January 20 1902 W L Rejahl and Miss Lura Worstell were married at the Worstell home in a pink and white carnation setting officiated by Dr Durin H Ward Iowa City About 40 guests attended a supper and gifts were exchanged they will reside in Guthrie Oklahoma where Rejahl has a drug store position Others tied to the wedding include Miss Vannie Burge and Mrs Joseph Heath who went to Iowa City hospital and Mr and Mrs H J Ottmars who left for Fund Oklahoma for a week or more
Mr and Mrs Thomas Garvin spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Byron Drury. Hazel Dell meeting canceled due to scarlet fever. sickness improving. Wm Colberg visited Mrs Colberg s sister Mrs Chas Mewes. Lydie Krueger returned from Illinois City. Byron Drury returned from Andalusia after Mrs Britton s funeral. W F Krueger and wife visited Chas Mewes. Wm Blankenburg visited Lewis Krueger. John Zollner lost 5 head of horses to corn stalk disease.
A health guidance note urges careful food choices for weak stomachs. It recommends Grape-Nuts breakfast cereal with rich cream as pre digested nourishment to aid recovery, restore strength and nourish blood.
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