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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
5
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Rev H S Rutledge will conduct the Park Avenue M E church prayer meeting at 7 30 this evening. A rumor claimed the church would close to allow members to attend the Governor Johnson address at the Muscatine chautauqua, but many hill residents urged services proceed. The gathering will be brief and start promptly.
An advertisement from Haver Camp’s Prescription Drug Store promotes Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and colds priced at 50 cents and 1.99 dollars, urging readers to try the remedy.
Sweetland No. 6 school board in Muscatine faces a vacancy after George Satterthwaite reverses plans to teach in the Philippines. He left Muscatine for Manila to testify in a murder trial and resigned, prompting the board to seek a replacement for the upcoming term. East Hill notes, local brief items, and a drug headline conclude.
Survivors of Wilson's Creek battles near Des Moines and Captain J S Clark of the First Iowa urge a national park and a monument at the battlefield. A reunion August 10 to 12 could push Iowa and state lawmakers to fund and authorize a fitting memorial for the First Iowa and other units.
Superintendent I P Lusk filed information with Secretary of War Luke E Wright in Washington alleging Burlington railroad held the draw at the bridge on July 25 trapping the St Paul steamer. A prior ruling required the draw stay open but no penalty was imposed. heavy fines or bridge removal can follow repeated offenses. The incident endangered the sidewheel steamer, especially with downstream wind.
Washington County Sheriff seeks Muscatine officers aid after a burglar who broke into a freight car near Washington boarded a train bound for Muscatine. Officers pursued to Nahant but the train did not stop, and no arrest word was received.
An advertisement touts Dr. King's New Life Pills as painless purifiers preventing dangerous abdominal surgery. Havercamp's Prescription Drug is listed among suppliers.
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