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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1902
Page
7
An 19th century ad mentions Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a cure for croup sore throat and pulmonary troubles. Also touts Burdock Blood Bitters for stomach and bowel regulation. A line notes river gauge 2.8 feet above low water mark and Miss Gertrude Rogers returning home from Fruitland via M L & S train.
Edward O Burnside travels to Letts on business. Mrs Bahr infant and Mrs Diedrich ill but improving. Shore Acres curtain rises at 8. Dr Pentzer offers eye tests. Postum stories and Dr Woods syrup promote remedies. David Harum to be staged at Grand Feb 4. Family tale praises Postum health benefits.
The first new station on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul cut off is located just west of the Iowa River in Louisa County. G M Titus, the railroad’s Muscatine agent, bought land for station buildings yesterday. The site lies about 20 miles from Muscatine, between Conesville and Columbus Junction, near the Iowa River.
The railroad chooses the name Gladwin for a new station on the line. Land bought from Mary Hancher, Mary Loftus and John Butcher to build a depot fire tracks switches and stock yards. The company promotes growth potential with elevators and stores nearby. Rumors speak of another station between Muscatine and Conesville about eight miles away.
Chicago horsemen oppose branding horses for identification. Anaconda owner offers a $10,000 match against Prince Alert in a pacing contest. Martha Marshall paced Dan Patch last season. Lady Gothard and other pacers are discussed with prices and recent outcomes. Jockeys Harshberger and Nash Turner face mounting eligibility and workload notes before Frisco arrival.
An advertisement asserts beauty stems from health and purity of blood. It claims wine of Cardus strengthens female organs, promising radiant cheeks and improved mood, with a boast that friends will hardly recognize you after a month.
A vintage two paragraph advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure promises a $1000 reward for cures not helped. It features endorsements from F. J. Cheney and partners, West & Truax Druggists, Walpine Krinsan & Many Wholesale Druggists, claiming honesty and financial reliability. The product is described as an internal remedy that reaches blood and mucous surfaces, with price and bottle size noted. It ends with testimonials and mentions Hall’s Family Pills.
Miss Patten will give a candle illustration of the light of the world on Sabbath afternoon at three o'clock in the auditorium of the M E church. The talk is aimed at children, but parents friends and others are invited to attend.
James Fletcher the janitor of Musserville writes that he and other school board members never had trouble with the reporting editor regarding Dr J D Fulham being expelled from the Musserville schoolhouse.
The advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as safe for children and adults to aid digestion and growth. It cites testimonials from a Hoboken mother and a Erie county notary praising the remedy for infants and general stomach troubles, with a 59 cent price for full sized boxes.
George H. Ketcham purchases Gray Fanny and Nellie to breed with his champion Crescens. Gray Fanny is dam of Ruby Mack, 2 08 4, while Nellie is dam of Grasshopper, Mietta, Miss Brennan, and Miss Coleridge with times noted as 2 10, 2 18, 2 16, and 2 19 4 respectively.
Memphis plans a substantial stake for two 11 trotters at its October meeting. The amount is not fully legible in the OCR but indicates a notable purse for pacing and harness racing in Tennessee.
W C Whitneys Futurity winner Yankee has bulked up at Wheatley Hills and will weigh 150 pounds, ready to carry as much as a lighter horse. A two week extension at Billings Memphis track will allow grand circuit events to shape fall plans. John A McKerron, praised by Ed Benyon, tops the amateur brigade and aims to surpass Crescens for the title. McKerron has run 2 06% miles in wagon.
Pine Mills Iowa district notes C E Teeple moved his engine and drill to Patterson school house to prepare a well. A son was born January 27 to Mr and Mrs Wm Hartman. Cleveland Dodge visits Bloomington township with uncle N Purcell. John Armstrong and Bill Martin depart for Missouri. Thomas Sherry family set to move to Central Kansas February 2. Mr Welsch visited Muscatine Thursday.
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