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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1900
Page
7
Notice to advertisers states ads guaranteed to run only if copy is in the office by 9 a m each day. The Journal is on sale at R A Holmes E E Davidson and C W Hodges news stands. All customers can be supplied.
In Chicago the Methodists completed a four week General Conference session with limited changes. It retained the time limit on appointments and kept the amusement rule and temperance position mostly intact. Gov. Shaw of Iowa and Gov. Yates of Illinois drew attention but the body maintained discipline and signaled cautious progress rather than sweeping reforms.
W E Battey offers the latest appliances for accurate fitting at 217 East Second Street with professional ophthalmic services in a historic optician shop.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as cleansing the blood and skin, promising clearer complexion by stimulating the liver and removing impurities. It claims beauty for ten cents and notes the product is drugstore sold with doses of 25 and 50 cents.
Hans Fick and brothers visited Wm. Cameh last Sunday. The road district bought a wheel scraper. Mr. and Mrs. Rick visited at Mr. and Mrs. Rann’s home. F. A. Martin and Wm. Cameh visited with Cameh’s parents last Saturday. Van Camp the census man inquiring into agricultural enterprises. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Mahanna and Mr. and Mrs. Whitcomb dined at Mrs. Mary Haney’s Sunday. Aug. Rode and Lena Oskaloosa visiting parents. Mrs. and Mrs. Fred Rode in the vicinity. Mrs. Anderson and daughter Lettie and Bert Hershey arrived with his Kodak, visited Mr. and Mrs. Noble last Sunday. Geneva and Union Sunday schools will hold a combined picnic one week from next Saturday. The Jolly Club will party at the Haney homestead next Saturday evening. Mrs F. Smalley and Mrs Frank Shoemaker invited to represent them. visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs Stanley Whitcomb last Thursday. Mrs. John Schwedel and daughter in law planned a visit with relatives in Davenport returning last Sunday.
A 100 reward ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh and constitutional disease. It claims the remedy works internally to reach the blood and mucous surfaces, rebuilding the constitution, and offers $100 for any failed case with testimonials available. The Wail Family Pills are also promoted as the best.
The fifth annual reunion of the Southeast Iowa AOUW and D of H in Fort Madison Iowa will feature a special train from Muscatine at 6 a.m. Thursday June 7 arriving around 10 30 a.m. Return will be in the evening with time to be announced. Round trip fare is 2 25. Visitors may tour the state penitentiary and other attractions. posters list details.
An old advertisement promises constipation relief with Cascarets. It hints at a guaranteed refund from druggists if not satisfied and markets the product as a simple cure. The terse copy uses promotional language common to medical quackery of the era.
Muscatine notes report residents visiting relatives and moving into West Second street. improvements include houses under construction on Green street and new barrels being produced. A proposed feed yard near the Musserville school and electric streetcar extension is urged. Community events include Epworth League officers elected and a farewell for Rev. Stocom at Hershey avenue.
Cusets Candy Cathartic promises permanent constipation relief for 10 cents. Advert enters guarantee with druggists refunding money if not cured.
Stockholders of the Royal Pearl Patron Co will hold their annual meeting at the office on Tuesday June 12 1900 at m for the election of directors and other business. Full attendance is desired. J L Giesler President W H Fayle Secretary
The 57th annual communication of the Iowa Grand Lodge of Masons met in Cedar Rapids on June 6. Reports from the grand treasurer secretary librarian and trustees of the grand charity fund and library building were read and approved. An earlier medical ad notes Mull's Lightning Couch Cure for coughs chest and lung pains with a claimed cure in days and targets children.
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