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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1900
Page
8
A dense roundup lists visits and departures of residents from Grandview Letts Wilton West Liberty and Davenport. Copperalley items note arrivals on ships and trains plus local business activity including Otto & Sons salt sales and farm equipment offers. A mass meeting for Boer envoy presence is announced along with temperance remarks and law observance concerns.
A reader praises County Attorney John Hanley for four years of service, cites strong early track record, and urges Republicans to renominate and reelect him, claiming the office safeguarded taxpayers and punished crime.
Aug. Sanders announces relocation from Third Street to Town Avenue second door from Third and invites former patrons. He prints satisfaction guaranteed on work and price at the new location.
An advertisement claims over ten thousand lives lost in the African conflict and asserts Beggs Blood Purifier saves lives by treating impure blood. Quoted testimonial from Fred Ackerman of Moberly Missouri declares it the best spring medicine, with availability from all dealers.
The Muscatine Rod and Gun Club offers a reward of $2560 for evidence leading to conviction of anyone fishing with a seine or fishing illegally in Muscatine Slough.
Help wanted for pasture space and sale listings. Chas. M. E. Patterson of Sweetland post office in Muscatine county Iowa asks for cattle or horses to pasture and for anything in the cattle line bought and for sale.
E F Andrews of Newton Kansas says Beggs Blood Purifier has been a standard spring medicine in his family for twenty years, claiming it permanently cures all skin and blood disorders.
A local column records town life with names like Adams Parson Meyers and Bickford. Jokes about a young man’s rides through Lover’s Lane mingle with notes on plowing, visits to Cedar County, and a paralytic stroke improving at home. A social snapshot shows families, visitors, and a community keeping busy with farm work and church attendance.
Visits by Atalis a to the home of Wm. Chapman on Tuesday noted Besry Wintermeier and son Fred die after a ceremony at Wao Kirk's. Uncertain details leave readers uneasy about the sequence of events and the roles of Mr. Chapman and the Muscatine connection.
Residents report illnesses and travel. Miss Mabel Stanwood wins silver at a W C T U contest and five graduates will receive diplomas at an opera house ceremony. Local events include July 4 plans and Rev Pugh leading meetings. Henry Timmerman dies of pneumonia with Lutheran church funeral services held.
A narrative argues that reaching the North Pole by ship has failed and urges abandoning seafaring in favor of walking as Esquimic custom. It likewise claims health recovery comes only via Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, asserting past efforts to treat indigestion and related ailments were misguided and that the Bitters will cure them.
Mrs. Downer visits her ill son John in Milton while neighbors spruce homes on Sherman and Washington streets. Mrs. John Martin arrives from Minneapolis to see her father Wm Halstead. Mrs. Chapman and daughter visit Mrs. Miller’s Washington street home. Theodore Martin and family attend a wedding in Wilton. Cliff Covel wedder is the groom. East Hill school hosts a weed park picnic with strong staff help.
Names and brief notes from Pleasant Prairie recount local callers and travelers from Muscatine Davenport Blue Grass and Oxon Illinois. People like I L Fowler Cyrus Baker J E Eis hauled hogs and cattle deliveries occur with social visits and a note on Eddie Paul recovering from illness. The Christian Endeavor Society plans to attend the Epworth League meeting next Sunday.
Elery Eis visited Muscatine on Saturday. Mr. Patterson and family fished last Saturday. Rigs were out on Lovers Lane Sunday. Jacob Grim hauled grain to town during the past week. Ernest Pace worked for N. B. Cole a few days. Bertha Knapp visited friends at Pleasant Prairie Sunday. Mrs. Patterson visited her uncle the past week. D. A. Cole and Augusta Irwin went to Muscatine Friday afternoon. Many young men attended the dance at Nettleton Saturday night. Howard Hetzler and sister Lucy visited the Hesson home in Mount Grove Sunday. Mrs. W. H. Haris stayed with old neighbor Mrs. N. B. Cole last week. Preaching at Herman church every Sunday morning in the coming months. Mrs. Dix returned to Illinois after visiting J. S. Hetzler. Farmers fished Saturday evening. Grimm, Hencke among them. Claus Frank of Pleasant Prairie bought cattle this week. Picnic from Yankey Hollow passed through East part for Wild Cat's Den. N. B. Cole and wife with Mrs. Harris rode on Grim street Sunday. Andy Grimm fell from a tree last Saturday and sprained his knee. Dr. Snyder treated him. Ladies' Society met at R. L. Vance home last Friday with many attending despite poor weather. Ed Holling and wife spent Saturday in Muscatine.
The Shiloh community notes a wedding at the Miller home as Gussie Miller and Fred Timm wed with Nora Miller and Sylvester Prichard as co bridal partners. Rev Crull officiated at Sweetland. Families from Nichols and Adams join relatives for a cream cashmere ceremony, bells and tin pans adding a festive parting gift. May they live long and happy.
Local notes report Nellie Fryberger visiting the Toyne home while Arthur Cullip rode to the county seat. Muscatine visitors Mamie Richards and Chas Wilson are mentioned. Frank Healy shipped hogs to Chicago. The freight train passed through town with two engines. John Benedict and several Muscatine visitors are noted among other short hometown updates.
Local residents report travel through Hickory Grove on the Durg er route. Chas Tough and family called at Wm Sissel s. John Gray visited ALBA Rauch. Henry Miller delivered hogs to Blue Grass. Els Bros delivered hogs to Blue Grass. Bertha Knapp visited G D Baker. A J Nettleton hauled hay for Mueacafine. Mrs Frank Houvenagie and Effie visited. Frank Herrick attended Pleasant Prairie meeting. Herman Reimer from Diron IL visited his sister Mrs A Neis, then proceeded to Pleasant Prairie.
A Gravitt Arkansas reader endorses Beggs' German Salve for piles claiming quick relief and lasting cures when other remedies fail. Advertisers assert the product treats chronic cases and is available through all dealers.
An advertisement extols Bryan as a robust man and promotes Beggs Blood Purifier and Blood Maker to keep blood healthy. It promises strong health and guaranteed satisfaction with distribution through all dealers.
Mrs Pace of Muscatine Bloomington Route 1 advertises eggs for sale including yellow turkeys Pekin ducks and B P Rock birds with location details.
Rain is badly needed. Mrs. J Donnelly is improving after a severe illness. W H Crawford of Buffalo was in town on Wednesday. Mrs. Lintheam of Kendal Missouri visits Mrs August Brigel. August Brigel plans visits with friends while in town.
Rev Myers of Muscatine arrived in Trenton on the Firefly and stayed several hours with Granioma Grimm. Mrs Robt Henderson returned home after four weeks in Washington county. Mr and Mrs G W Hartman visited Muscatine and bought an oil stove. An ice cream social was held at Mrs Henry Fridley's home Friday evening. Mrs Hattie Wers returned to Chicago with her sister Miss Maud Parrish after a pleasant visit with her parents.
F C Langfeldt rides a new bicycle. Lorenzen called on Wilton Tuesday. Schools closed last Friday with a program. Crop prospects look good in the vicinity. William and his mother visited Cedar for last Friday’s outing. Wagner family reunion near Stockton draws about thirty. Krone southeast of town unloads a traction engine to thresh this summer. Broder’s new birth replaces the recently burned one. the new house is larger than the old.
Fragmented text notes several residents and events including Geo Townsley Jost described as valuable, Tlarroy Tee’s illness threats, Mre Tos Snyder inviting relatives, Mrs Wm Hendrix in Detroit for treatment expected home soon, Filder Williams to lead St John’s services for U B society on June 20, and a general remark about upcoming dates for unlisted readers.
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