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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1902
Page
7
Davenport business visitors, visits in Cedar Rapids, Chicago trips, and social calls across Iowa are noted. A Summer Advice feature promotes Grape-Nuts as a cooling, easily digested food with grape sugar nourishment and a factory prepared promise for quick serving.
A new Iowa law establishes a department in a state insane hospital to detain and treat dipsomaniacs and other addicts. It sets one to three year first commitments and two to five year second commitments with gubernatorial parole possible after thirty days. Mt Pleasant hospital chosen after officials consulted superintendents and is expected to handle admissions from Muscatine and nearby cities.
The Quincy outbound for St. Paul on the Diamond Jo line carried a large freight consignment and a full passenger list from this city. A crowd gathered at the dock to bid farewell to relatives and friends taking a pleasure trip upriver. Several local residents are named among the travelers, including Mrs. Mary Shommo, Mrs. Amma Cummins, and Miss Gertrude Moynhan, among others.
Miss Anna Greenblatt rode the Western for Kalona this morning. Miss Lola Bebb is visiting her uncle Fred Coffin near Conesville. J. E. Van Camp of Sweetland Center passed through en route to Grand View. Mrs Rebecca Miller left on the 7 58 train for Hynes to visit the Beard family for a week.
Dr. C F Applegate, superintendent of the Mt Pleasant hospital, is ordered by the board to set apart wards for detaining and treating dipsomaniacs inebriates and narcotic addicts committed by the courts similar to incorrigibles and insane patients.
World notes from Wapello Iowa include C M Wright visiting Muscatine, a Salt Lake City marriage of Susie Tatlock to Harry Stuart Jayne, Epworth League ice cream social at the court house park on July 25, and the reading of A B Newhirter’s will granting a life estate to his wife with the remainder to his children Reid Mattox Ida Erb Mary Abigail Minnie and others upon her death.
An advertisement touts Cas carets Candy Cathartic as a digestion aid. It claims to repair digestion liver and bowels and offers genuine tablets stamped C C C sold by druggists and roc locally.
East Buffalo Illinois July reports good community health. Otis Kimball improving from bronchitis. Farmers busy putting up oats and hay amid better harvesting weather. Powers ill and visiting family in Davenport. Local social events include a grand social at Verne Castor's and a large attendance. Edgington cemetery funeral for Father Titerington. W. C. Kimball wins a dish set at Buffalo Prairie store. Mrs. Kimball collects them. Wm Hand sells 120 acres at 65 per acre and may move to southern Iowa. Minnesota visitor Eunice Morehead visits May Gilbert in Illinois City area.
An ad touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as superior to ancient pills and liquids, claiming genuine stamped CCC and that they are never sold in bulk. Available at all druggists for 10 cents.
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