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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1909
Page
8
Local notices report Dubuque Palmettoes vs Muscatine at the ball park and a call for all to attend. Several residents travel for shopping and relatives visits while promotions urge attendance and support for the game.
Eleven barrels six hat barrels and four quarters of liquor stored in the county jail basement await Saturday morning court before Justice J H Carl. Consignees must show why the booze should not be destroyed as Sheriff Benham enters the likely fate of the confiscated beer.
A. M. Thompson and driver James Hopkins face jury trial next Thursday morning in Howe's court on charges of transporting liquor without a permit. Judge H. S. Howe to preside after a venue change secured by attorney J. R. Hanley.
Mrs Elizabeth Halsey visiting at sister Mrs Charles Schainburger 611 West Fifth street returned to Fairview Mont last night.
Mrs M J Hildebrand of Letts spent the day in the city shopping and returned home yesterday afternoon.
An elderly Baird Texas resident recalls a neighbor’s push to quit coffee and try Postum. He credits improved digestion, regular bowels, and relief from pains after switching to Postum, with his son also benefiting. The letter ends urging readers to read The Road to Wellville.
Muscatine teachers plan to submit a signed petition to the board of education at Friday's regular meeting seeking a minimum first year salary of 400 dollars and proportional increases for longer service. The drive covers nearly all grade school staff amid rising living costs and notes nine month pay basis.
Keota Iowa residents report the Keota Ladies Band traveled to Washington for the opening of Brinton's Airadome to perform. They earned the initial forty dollars plus a share of all funds over fifty dollars and returned with seventy two dollars for their treasury, marking a successful engagement.
An advertisement promotes Foley's Urine Laxative as a remedy for constipation stomach and liver trouble. It claims the laxative sweetens the stomach and breath gently stimulates the liver and regulates the bowels and positions it as superior to pills and ordinary laxatives.
Miss Mabel Anita Brookhart and Arthur G Wells were wed at the Brookhart home near Letts. Rev. W A Longnecker officiated before about twenty five relatives and friends. The bride is popular in the locality and the groom works on the Milwaukee road as a passenger brakeman. They plan a trip to Gravett Arkansas and will reside in Davenport.
A life sentence of suffering with throat and lung trouble is quickly commuted by Dr. King's New Discovery. The remedy, offered at 50 cents and one dollar, is advertised by Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
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