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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1902
Page
7
Crowds gathered despite threatening skies for a powerful meeting at Mrs Woodworth Etter's evangelist tent. Attendees testified to healing and improvement after her sermon on Isaiah chapter 53, verse 1, with an altar filled and continued meetings planned.
A historical advertising column extols Sears Roebuck and other firms for using persistent ad campaigns. It argues that advertising drives customer awareness, business growth, and sustained profits, urging merchants to advertise oftener, better, and with coordinated effort across departments.
Mr C M Gould ticket agent of the B C R N railway has authority to offer special low rates for residents of Muscatine and vicinity. Call or write him to save money on any destination.
Governor Samuel Van Sant, governor of Minnesota, traveled from Davenport to Burlington aboard the Helen Blair as a guest of Captain Walter Blair. He described his trip as a pleasure outing away from state duties and politics. He noted ample logging drives on the St Croix, Mississippi, and Chippewa rivers, predicting a healthy log supply for the season and a favorable water stage throughout the summer.
Keota Iowa July 25 E F Bower and R L Sanders are in St Louis buying goods for the local store. Chas Johnson visits his sister Mrs Ivy Crouch in Davenport. Clifford Nolters nearly lost three toes when a bench fell on his foot this morning. Misses Coreman and Rosalie Arnold return from Iowa City vacation. Wm Skinner buys the FE E Smith property on Sunnyside. G G Greenwood elected second assistant cashier of the First National Bank in Washington. Mrs John Reinert visits her parents in Muscatine. Dr L B Ash accepts a one year veterinary contract at the Surgenmas ter ranch. Miss Bessie Bry returns from a two week visit with friends at Iowa City.
Mrs Patterson and children visited the Wonderfish home last Wednesday. Miss Maggie Brandt spent Sunday at the Paul home. Tillie Henke entertained several visitors in town activities.
Mrs. Sam Irwin and son Louie visited at D. Grimms. Arthur Hetzler helped Holling Bros. with haying. Arnold Kretchmar called on friends. Lizzie Paul aided her aunt Mrs. Dipple of Durant. John Missel of Pine Mills visited Henke home. Jake Van Camp of Sweetland stopped at Grimm's. Julius Welsch Jr called Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs L T Gray spent Sunday with Mrs Gs parents. Some residents attended Christian Endeavor at Pleasant Prairie.
An advertisement argues deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It attributes deafness to a inflamed Eustachian tube caused by catarrh, promising a $100 reward for any case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and inviting readers to request circulars.
River Junction IA July 25 repairs on the Iowa river bridge by c R I P bridge men and painting follow. Allen Wheatley returns home with violin tunes and reports good crops after a summer in northern Iowa. Eva and Lottie Staten visit Cedar Rapids after two weeks with sister Ida Shellady. Henry Walker reports rye yields 25 bushels per acre. Estella McComas from Shenandoah visits the Shellady family.
Round trip excursion notices list several departures from Muscatine via the C R J P R R. Des Moines hosts the Republican state convention July 30 with sale dates July 59 and 30 return Aug 1. Other trips include Epworth League Colfax July 24 to Aug 3 with Aug 4 limit, Dubuque Catholic Total Abstinence Union Aug 3–7 sale, and New York City Atlantic City specials July 31–Aug 7 and 14 with 12 day return limits and $23.35 round trip.
Albert McKean visited Columbus Junction as a business caller. The Wagoner and Coulter families spent Sunday at M R McKean. Essa Morse and Pearl McCullough attend normal at Wapello. Mrs Dyche and Inez Rife visited Mrs E C Walford. Jeff Harris was in town Tuesday as water levels drop. The high water damaged corn oats hay and late potatoes. Elmer Orr’s child is ill. Chet Yocum works for Edward Solomon during threshing.
Yankee Hollow farmers report oats blown down but likely decent yields. Barley quality poor due to heavy rain last week. potato crop good though some rot on low ground. Several threshing outfits active. Local people visits and a Wilton township land sale details Prof. L. G. Focht paid 117.50 per acre for 169 acres last Saturday.
Canadian Pacific roars with promises of six hundred miles of mountain peaks canyons and cataracts forming the grandest scenery. The line invites riders to view famed landscapes at low excursion rates amid a surge of conventions and eager viewers.
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