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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1900
Page
7
Specially built for economical ice handling, the chamber emphasizes efficiency in cold storage. The Large Frovision Chamber showcases a compact design aimed at reducing energy use while maintaining frosty performance.
Thompson Bros. announce in Muscatine readiness to treat diseases of men and women by Osteopathy as taught at Kirksville mo. The method seeks natural health and free circulation. If prior methods failed, try Osteopathy. Consultation and examination free for thirty days. Office hours 9 am to 5 pm except Sunday.
The generous offer of P M Musser to fund a new public library in Muscatine earns widespread approval. Modern Brotherhood of America and Court of Honor pledge support as citizens foresee a large, well organized building with thousands of books and a six day access.
The Journal guarantees ad changes on the day of copy by 9 a m. New copies are available daily at R A Holmes E Davidson and C W Hodges news stands. All customers can be supplied.
An advertisement touts a non poisonous Carboleum solution in a one gallon bottle that will destroy ants roaches and other insects. It offers a booklet from McBride and Cope for details and purchase.
W. E. Battey, graduate optician, advertises up to date equipment for precise eyeglass fittings. Located at 217 East Second Street.
Halstead and Son operate a fully equipped paint store on Mulberry Street offering best prices on work and materials for painting projects.
Patent medicine advertorial touts Mull's Lightning Cough Cure as a safe remedy for chest and lung pains, claiming rapid cure in days after failure of other treatments. It emphasizes safety for children and is directed at drnevists.
Shelby Norman Post G A R members plan to travel to the Davenport state encampment next Wednesday with flag banner brass band and attendees. Railway arrangements place them on a morning train with a Davenport arrival at 10 AM and return by 11 30 PM tickets half price through the 16th and a parade at 2 PM.
80 acres near Annondale California for exchange for Muscatine city property or nearby farm land. Multiple houses on Eighth Street near Mulberry with 7 to 9 rooms and varying lot sizes. Additional properties on Elphin Street Seventh and Sixth Streets West Ninth streets and East Hill with 4 to 10 rooms. Also two acres on Lucas Grove Road with barns, and Cedar and Park Place homes. Lots across city and other lands offered. For full particulars call or write 2888.
Des Moines residents subscribe to social updates with mentions of Niles Greeg visiting the Wm Chase home and D W Corley visiting the M E parsonage. Calhoun street residents H B Watters and C F Regnier repainting, a new son born to the Jordan Jacksons on Calhoun street, and Perry B Turkle nursing a broken arm. School closure approaching with West building exercises Friday at 10 a.m. Baseball at the Fair Grounds features Night Hawks versus Young Sluggers, 23 to 20 victory for the Night Hawks, railroad workers cheering.
The notice promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for catarrh and claims it cures constitutional disease through internal action on blood and mucous membranes. It also offers one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure and directs readers to send for testimonials and address J. Cursey & Co. Toledo Ohio. The listing ends with Cruevists and Tc Hall Family Pills touted as the best.
A lighthearted maxim urges laughter as a healthy habit and a cheerful remedy for daily stress. The saying favors regular humor as a simple wellness boost and mood lifter.
James Davis and Jane Ransom married in Milan Ripley County Ind in 1850 celebrated their Golden Wedding at their Wilton home with about 250 friends and relatives. Guests enjoyed decor of smilax and cut flowers, piano music, readings, and refreshments at a frappe table presided by three granddaughters. The couple have lived in Muscatine county for 43 years and in Wilton 29 years. All children and grandchildren attended along with several relatives.
In Lyn Iowa Mr Will E Johnston of Ida Grove Iowa and Mr and Mrs John M Gray of Toledo Iowa visited. Mr Gray spent his boyhood days with Mr Davis family and has always been considered one of them. The occasion will long be held in pleasant remembrance by those present.
A large reunion of the A O U W and D of H drew 175 Muscatine visitors to Fort Madison with lodges from thirty areas. A railroad excursion carried crowds from Muscatine Columbus Junction Washington and Fairfield. The day featured parades bands a D of H dinner at the park and a grand parade with Roman chariots and fireworks ending with a fire department review.
The Des Moines gathering June 13 14 will feature delegates from member institutions. Addresses include topics on bank law currency and bank inspection by notable speakers such as Judge Charles A. Bishop Mason City E E Markley Fort Madison Savings Bank and Des Moines National Bank president Reynolds.
Stockholders of the Royal Pearl Battery Co will hold their regular annual meeting at the office on Tuesday June 12 1900 at 3 pm for the election of directors and other business. A full attendance is desired. J L Giesler president W W Fayle secretary.
The item cites over ten thousand deaths in Africa and notes a claim that a medicine called Mead Purifer is the best empire medicine, with a testimonial from Dred Acheomeun of Moberly Missouri. The text appears as fragmented promotional language from a vintage advertisement.
A June meeting of travelers from the Montron line discusses formal vote on routing changes to connect Louisville and Nashville. About seven and a half miles of graded road are involved in the proposal.
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