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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1907
Page
8
Local notices report residents and visitors in Letts Muscatine and nearby areas. Licenses issued include Carl Blankenburg and Bessie Gillette. Phenia Fry returns home from Letts after a Muscatine visit. A one day grand reduction sale on worsted dress goods begins tomorrow at MacColm Dry Goods Co.
A short promotional note from Brandenburg hints that a paint solution protects a home from weather while enhancing curb appeal. It emphasizes practicality and aesthetic improvement with a single, confident endorsement.
Notices list sales events at McCorm Dry Goods Co and specials on dress goods with extra stamps. Visitors include A Epperly of Letts, Mrs J B Bell traveling to Harper for a funeral, and Dr S G Henderson returning from Chicago. Mentions of rides on the Firefly and recent trips to Rock Island and Chicago.
Daily advance claims for Dr King’s New Discovery cure for coughs colds and lung diseases. Available at Havvercamp’s Prescription Drugs Store priced at 50 cents and one dollar.
A large Muscatine turnout is planned for Iowa City as Secretary Taft delivers the commencement address. Six local students are at the state university and many residents will attend the events and dinners surrounding his visit.
The National Military Traveling Men's association plans a historic convention voyage down the Mississippi. Delegates will be gathered along the route by a chartered steamer starting at St Paul and landing in St Louis before continuing to New Orleans to conduct business aboard.
The Fellowship club will meet this evening for drill practice at 8 o'clock. Miss Wilson's Bible class will meet at 7 45 this evening. The Glee club is not meeting this week but will resume next Wednesday. The Daily Bible club for systematic home Bible study is growing. let us know if you wish to join.
A Cincinnati woman credits Postum and Grape-Nuts for restoring appetite, easing side pain, and reversing pale cheeks to pink. She details relief from nerve and muscle ailments after replacing coffee with Postum and starting Grape-Nuts at breakfast, leading to weight gain and improved health.
The Roach and Musser Hose Company held a special meeting on Hanover Street to decide on moving the old hose house. Work will begin soon once the site is cleared. George Luckhardt was elected secretary in recognition of his service. Local notes include Mrs. Baldwin returning to Davenport with her deceased daughter Ruth’s remains, plus several residents visiting or recovering at home.
The Muscatine Island levee will be repaired within the next month per a Rock Island government station report. The rip-rapping along the island was found in poor condition after inspection by the steamer Lily, prompting immediate work by a team of engineers slated to arrive around the 15th. Residents fear current protection is inadequate, especially during high water.
Foster residents host visitors from Oregon and share church events. Summer travels bring Rev. J. R. Spiller to the Baptist church with services set for June 18. Obituary note on Miss Margerie McKellip at 19 after a prolonged illness. Relatives attend funeral in Atalissa and visits among Buffalo Prairie and Illinois City families are noted. Mrs. Noble and Bessie Feldman assist in caregiving.
East Buffalo reports a well attended ice cream social at W D Eliott's. Mrs Otis Kimball and son Dale visited Sherard and returned home Sunday. Local men A W Murdock Adam Fahr William Wagoner and George Wagoner fished at the bay last week. Miss Ethel and Bertha McDearmon leave for Lyndon to spend a month with friends and relatives. East Buffalo school held classes on Friday.
The Block Button company plant on Benham avenue in South Muscatine was destroyed by a fire at 11 last night. Loss estimated at over $6,000 with $2,500 insured. cause unknown, suspected boiler defect. Fire crews from Hershey Hook and Ladder, Roach and Musser Co., and Kaiser companies assisted but could not save the building. The plant employed 49 men. building loss put at $4,000 excluding machinery.
Advertisement claims itching and skin eruptions disappear rapidly leaving clear velvety skin. It touts purity with no poisonous ingredients and notes 25 cents at drug stores or available direct from Kenyon and Thomas Adams New York.
Fresh butter and cottage cheese are featured at Linders Delicatessen, promising dairy staples for breakfast and baking. The display emphasizes quality dairy products and household affordability.
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