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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1906
Page
7
Miss Mabel Nelson visits her great aunt in Davenport while many residents travel by Wilton and Firefly trains for Chautauqua and relatives. Ads urge readers to place want ads in the Journal at half a cent per word.
Dr E H King reports guidance from State Entomologist Summers at Iowa State College on destroying pests hurting fruit trees. The letter explains pear slug pests, lifecycles, and arsenical sprays, urging use of Bulletin 85 for detailed remedies and noting white hellebore as an alternative when fruit is nearly ripe.
Advertisement notes powerful relief from constipation and biliousness with Electric Bitters. Claims marvelous cures and suggests purchase at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store for 50 cents with a guarantee.
Columbus Junction Iowa July 24 R J Reaney republican candidate for representative greeted by 20 or more relatives at his South Hill home celebrating his 50th birthday. Family members hosted a luncheon and enjoyed a pleasant evening, with some relatives from Waterloo and South Dakota missing.
Medical ad extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the top remedy for female ailments and urges women to write to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for advice. It highlights backache irregular periods and nervous symptoms as common issues treated by the preparation. The letter describes testimonials and free guidance from Mrs Pinkham and her daughter in law.
Wilton residents travel to San Bernardino and Muscatine for Chautauqua events. Several couples and individuals visit Muscatine for lectures by Sam Jones and socialize with friends, while others depart for homes in Cedar Rapids St. Louis and Clinton. Everyday news notes attendees, retirees, and recovering locals, with reports on Homer Weatherly and Dorothea Sullivan.
The column lists residents and visitors including Rev Hurc from Columbus City at Muscatine for a chautauqua, Mr and Mrs Harry Paxson returning from Leon Iowa, M C Crouch heading to DeWitt, H D Rifenberg departing for a northern Iowa tour, Mrs G W Brock visiting Muscatine, Sylvia Buser returning from Conesville, Nettie Wilson traveling to nurse a patient, Lou Rhoades back from Wapello, FE Brockway visiting from Grandview, cattle shipped to Chicago by H M Letts Thos Robertson and Garry Orr, and a church lawn ice cream and cake sale by the Christian Endeavor society.
The past week had mean temperatures slightly below normal for late July with cloudy spells and local showers. Rainfall was below average, but crops show no drought stress with corn growth rapid, oats and barley harvesting progressing, and hay quality better than recent years.
A newly found cobalt area rich in silver and metals is linked to the Grand Trunk Railway System. A booklet detailing the section will be mailed to Geo. W. Vanx at the Grand Trunk Railway screene 135 Adams St Chicago.
J. W. Parson of Montezuma returned home this morning on the Western after spending yesterday in this city.
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