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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
7
Local residents and visitors are noted traveling between Wilton Letts West Liberty and Muscatine. Dr Cal W Smith Mrs I W Lewis and others are mentioned visiting relatives and handling business in towns including Wilton Letts Davenport and Denver.
Police pursue W. E. Gordon, described as about 35, tall with light complexion, after he drove from Rock Island to this city, left a horse and buggy at Fred Bowman's livery, then fled on an overland trip to Muscatine. He had passed bogus checks as an automobile agent before stealing the rig. The force believes he boarded an evening train.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for any catarrh cure Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot achieve. It features endorsements from Walding Kinnan Marvin and F J Cheney & Co of Toledo. It claims internal use, blood and mucous action, testimonials, and pricing of five cents per bottle. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
William McAvoy, sought since last September by Chris Stammer for a theft of an eleven jewel watch, was found yesterday after ten months on the island farms. Constable Luther Woods arrested him on larceny charges and a hearing is slated before Justice Coster on July 18.
Temporary Iowa Game and Fish Protective Association secretary Harry Barmeier tours major cities to boost membership and gather state data. A circular outlines aims to revise laws, secure a resident hunters license, river licenses, officer pay reforms, a ferret hunting ban, felony dynamiting penalties, and bi annual conventions before legislature sessions.
Miss Iva May Thompson and Ira J. Chamberlin were married at Mrs. Thompson’s home near Grandview in a ceremony led by Rev. L F Chamberlin. After a wedding supper and music the couple planned a honeymoon trip to North Dakota and St Paul before settling on the Thompson farm. Officials and guests praised the bride and groom as they begin married life.
The Fourth passed quietly with two births recorded. A son named Joe for J. L. Siemen was born Sunday morning to Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Cecil. A son was born Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Beache, with health improving for the mother after a brief critical period. John Edgar and family acquired a new survey in Columbus Junction. Dr. English and Dr. Day attended the new mother. Wilbur Chapman and family visited Isaac Abbott’s home for the Fourth. Mrs. N. A. Horton and son Fred spent the Fourth in Muscatine.
Advertises Dr. King's New Discovery as a cure for coughs and weak lungs. Sells at 50 cents and 1.00 dollar through Haverecamp's Prescription Drug Store.
An editorial cautions that women’s blues often signal serious organic derangement and require immediate medical attention. It urges affected women to seek prompt help from health professionals rather than ignore persistent low spirits.
A 30 year advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard female remedy. Letters from Mrs F Ellsworth of Mayville New York and Mrs Mary J Williams of Bridgeport Illinois praise relief from despondency nervousness backache and other female troubles. The copy claims it cures displacements inflammation ulcers irregularities and periodic pains and urges women to try it.
Wapello reports include Ray Nyemaster attending Miss Vesta Croxen funeral in Atalissa after July Fourth drownings. Various residents travel for visits, weddings, and family gatherings. Officials in Muscatine discuss drainage matters for District No. 7, while local campers and travelers are noted through Spitznagle Lake and connections to Cedar Rapids area. The iater works vote result is noted as forthcoming.
Muscatine chautauqua prepares for a children's club for ages 4 to 9 to be directed by Miss Emily Chesney. An opening day meeting is set for Friday July 24 with likely helpers. The aim is a dedicated tent space and ample canvass by Des Moines Tent and Awning Co.
The measure passed 208 to 106 with 66 women voting 46 for and 20 against. Male support stood 162 to 86, signaling surprising public approval for the plan. Work would start around August first and finish by November first, marking progress for Wapello.
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