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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1902
Page
7
A local note lists events including a patriotic social at Musserville with Panchet's band on Thursday evening July 31 and various personal updates. Itch relief from Dean's Ointment is advertised as a safe cure.
Classified items include two buggies for sale cheap by C E Richards and a list of local names and notices. Dr Pentzer eyesight specialist located at 217 East Second Street. L C Hampton arrives in Marshalltown for visit with Fred A Hampton. Elk’s race meet plans referenced by Mayor R S McNutt. Miss Bessie Robertson returns from Chicago University with Mrs Price and daughter. Deputy County Clerk W S McKee returns after typhoid recovery to resume duties.
A Davenport Times account details a joyful Muscatine excursion by Davenport residents including Mrs Mayer, Mrs Levi, Helen Levi, Ed Kohn, Mayer Levi and Pauline, Julia Levi, J Bear of Rock Island, A Frankel and Edward Frankel of Des Moines. A lunch was enjoyed on the boat and six handed euchre won by Miss Levi of Rock Island.
Shell fishers near Kai ser's mill face a Thursday trial over alleged nuisance as Sanitary conditions in the lower city are debated. Reporters find families boiling shells along the riverbank with meat dumped downstream to feed river life amid warnings of health hazards.
Sheriff J. D. Stuart will conduct a daily auction of the T. E. Fell store stock in Fruitland starting today at 1 o'clock and running to 10 o'clock each night until all goods are sold. The sale returns to the Fruitland premises each day until complete.
Notice to stockmen planning exhibits at the Iowa State Fair August 22 to 30 invites them to write Hon. S. B. Packard Superintendent of the Cattle Department Marshalltown Iowa to reserve stalls. The cattle exhibit will be large so exhibitors should reserve space promptly.
If you have a few hundred dollars you can buy a home on long time easy terms. Titus and Jackson promote Muscatine real estate as a safe investment and a good choice for buyers.
Buffalo Prairie and Eliza host worship on Sunday August 3. Buffalo Prairie services begin at 11 a.m. and Eliza services at 2 30 p.m. All are cordially invited to attend.
Mrs Milton Metzgar visits friends in Washington. The Allman couple report their young daughter ill with malaria. Mr and Mrs Emory Duncan and their son were passengers for Chicago early.
Mrs G Bruce of Lansing Michigan credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and San ative Wash with restoring health after ovarian issues and long travel. She asserts no lost engagements and lasting wellness. The notice invites free confidential counsel from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
Advertisement claims deafness caused by catarrh can be cured by constitutional remedies. It asserts inflammation of the Eustachian tube causes hearing loss and offers one hundred dollars for any deafness case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Contact F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. pills sold by druggists.
A city committee seeks funds to hire and retain a park custodian after a council appropriation pays Mr Weed for the year. Members urge residents to contribute small amounts that add up to continued care of the park for picnics and city credit.
Striking Indian nomenclature lists Muskoka Clear Sky Land Mag netewan Smooth Flowing Water Kawartha Bright Waters and Happy Lands as fitting descriptions of fine summer outings on the American continent Readers can obtain descriptive literature and timetables by applying to Geo W Vaux A G P T A Grand Trunk railway system Chicago room 917 135 Adams street
The notice states that Kemble's at 116 Iowa Avenue retains the only complete abstract books in Muscatine County to date. It notes availability for examination and potential inquiries about property titles and chain of title records.
Davenport report shows the Second District Democratic Committee set September 10 for the congressional convention in Iowa City. Delegates by county are Clinton 21 Iowa 10 Jackson 12 Johnson 14 Muscatine 12 Scott 19 and Judge Wade of Iowa City is favored to be the nominee. The meeting elected C G Hipwell chairman and J G Van Lent secretary.
Unclaimed letters for week ending July 29 1902 at Muscatine Iowa include Men's List Wm Amos W W Brown Frank Burall Will Cooke F E Creelman Lr Co Wm B Gross Frank Machlan Wm McConnell Harry McKee Jos T Petrie W W Platt L B Robinson Will Seiler Dr Jay Wallahan Charles Werner and Ladies List Mrs James Brooks 2 Miss Kate Brown Miss Nellie Crook Miss Pearl Frymoyer Mrs Fannie Groomes Miss Maud Naughton Mrs Arthur Platt Miss Mamie Shindehelm Mrs Amanda E Scott Charlotte Walters Foreign List Wm Boland Callers must say advertised P M W L Roach
The Iowa Central Railway announces a new fast sleeping car and coach service to the Twin Cities. The Limited departs Elrick Junction at 7 39 p m daily and arrives Minneapolis at 8 00 a m with low rates, see local ticket agent.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Mrs Brown and the Smiths with phrases about being well heeled and wholesouled. No clear event or dates. Requires cautious interpretation to form a stable news item.
A letter from E. R. Bancks of Blue Grass Indiana describes a horse cut by barbed wire above the hind knee. The wound measured eight by five inches. flies were kept away, and the animal was hoisted promptly. Bancks notes no proud flesh and claims the 1-0-DO treatment saved the horse.
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