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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1908
Page
2
The Muscatine County Medical Society will hold its annual meeting Friday at Hershey Hospital with officer elections and discussions on minor matters. Dr. L W Littig of Iowa City will address the group on state organization, followed by an oyster supper at the hospital.
Memorial windows for the First Congregational church have arrived and will be installed soon. The panes are described as of beautiful design and will enhance the church interior.
A St Matthias parish school recital featured pupil performances led by guest Francis J. Leonard. Highlights included solos and duets by Miss Nina Harris, Miss Gertrude Funck, Miss Marguerite Morris, and many others with accompanists Miss Laurentia Rolland and Miss May Unkel.
West Liberty Iowa residents share social visits and travel orders. Mrs. W A Heck hosts a five hundred evening and serves luncheon. Julia Watters travels to Atalissa to visit relatives. Local residents make business trips to Muscatine Davenport and West Branch with family visits and hospital recoveries noted.
A historical testimonial advertises Hood's Sarsaparilla for impure blood, poor appetite, headaches, and nervousness. Readers are urged to buy the remedy in liquid form or Sarsatabs, with a claim of 100 doses for one dollar and production by C. I. Hood Co. in Lowell, Massachusetts.
A sequence of short social items lists guests visiting families in town, including Mrs Vincent Morris, Mrs B F Schmidt, Mrs Will Bustler, Mrs George Randall, Miss Helen Leonard, Miss Vernetta Swickard, and Miss Edna Jack. Skating accident injures Martha Whitacre, and travel updates note Frank Elder and Mae visiting Chicago and returning home.
An old advertisement promotes Dr King’s New Discovery as a cure for coughs and colds sold for 5 cents or 1 dollar at Haverkamp’s Prescription Drug Store.
Epworth League members held a summer picnic at the First Methodist Church last evening. The event featured a field meet with divisions representing Methodist School Ohio Wesleyan Cornell Iowa Wesleyan and Upper Iowa University. Contests included a potato race broad grin and indoor football followed by refreshments.
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