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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1906
Page
7
An early 20th century promotional notice pitches Arbuckles ARIOSA Coffee with mail order offers. It guarantees freight-paid shipments of ten pounds in a wood box for 1.80 and promotes sealed one pound packages direct from the mill with signed wrappers.
Multiple brief notices recap arrivals departures and errands in Muscatine. Residents C A Ames and others travel to Nichols and Davenport for business and shopping. Local firms Thormann Mfg Co and Peak City Panitorium promote services and goods while streets see sewer work and transit activity.
West Liberty Iowa June 2 The high school alumni held an enjoyable gathering at the rink with about 100 attendees including 74 alumni. Elmer Nichols was elected president and Leatha Jackson vice president with Eva Buckman secretary and Roy Tharp finance chair. A program followed with performances by a ladies quartet and readings and piano solos, plus a two course luncheon.
Advertisement notes that many deaths blamed on heart trouble result from acute indigestion, claimed to be easily curable by Electric Bitters sold for 50 cents at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
The Muscatine piece notes 56 000 tacks driven in a week for the Wallace circus and 280 000 tacks weekly on the route. Over five months at 1 120 000 monthly, 5 600 000 tacks are driven, with about 16 000 000 blows by the season.
A Iowa speaker defends Republican loyalty amid criticism of his campaign speeches in-state. He argues railroad influence is overstated, cites voting records across Polk Des Moines and other counties, and warns that tariff revision infighting threatens national party unity ahead of November elections.
Distressing kidney and bladder disease relieved in six hours by the New Great South American Kidney Cure. It relieves bladder and back pain and helps retention of water almost immediately. For quick relief and cure, buy at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store in Muscatine, Iowa.
The Wilton high school alumni held its eighth annual reunion in the school hall with a business session electing officers led by President Mrs. W. D. Harris. The event featured a program, class 1906 reception, and social toasts, plus out of town guests. The Wilton Fair Association revised the premium list and arranged a fall race program with purses, including a 2: crore pace and 300 dollar citizens purse, as well as visiting locals and social events surrounding the reunion.
Many Davenport area residents attended high school commencement events and alumni gatherings. Ed ward Maurer and Edward Wacker hosted a launch party while families from Bennett Muscatine and Iowa City visited relatives and attended alumni reunions and the medical convention in Boston.
An advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that cures catarrh in all stages by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It offers a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure and directs readers to send for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio, with Druggists carrying the product and a mention of Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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