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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1909
Page
6
The Muscatine team makes a strong showing at the 1910 Iowa State Federation of Labor convention in Waterloo while its men miss due to an adjournment from 5 to 8 on Thursday afternoon.
An advertisement touts Lanen's Family Medicine tea as a remedy for indigestion sour stomach constipation and headaches. It urges readers to buy a package for 25 cents at any druggist or dealer and claims quick relief and satisfaction.
Delegates returned from the Dubuque meeting reporting Waterloo's early night vote favored Waterloo over Muscatine by 57 to 36 but Muscatine's 14 Waterloo delegates, J J OBrien Henry Kuriger and C W Dale, boosted efforts for the 1911 convention. The Dubuque gathering was praised as one of the federation's most successful.
A special sermon will be delivered to members of the Sunday school at Grace English Lutheran Church tomorrow morning during the regular Sunday school hour at 9 30 oclock. Special music will also be provided.
Rev W C Schultze pastor of the German M E church was re nominated for the trustee board at Central Wesleyan College after attending the War renton Mo commencement. Rev Herman Zimmerman was chosen treasurer and in charge of boarding. The college reported the most successful year in its 46 year history.
The report notes total enrollment of 324 students and 42 graduates, detailing the school's graduating output alongside overall student count.
Miss Hazel Wagner of near Grandview, a former Muscatine high school student, earns a second scholarship at Grinnell College for another year. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Wagner and niece of Mrs. E. B. Tucker, she has now three years of college work funded by scholarships and is well regarded by local friends.
Foley's Honey and Tar cures persistent coughs that resist other remedies. Do not experiment with untried medicines as delay may cause your cold to settle in the lungs. A. W. Morgan, druggist.
Joni Maxson of this place received word of the death of his stepmother Mrs Hannah Maxson in Los Angeles California Thursday night. Born in Ohio in January 1827 she moved with her family to Springdale Iowa in 1849 then to West Liberty in 1874 and to California in 1895 where she died. She is survived by two children Mrs Zona Pingrey and Ches
Maxson family members listed from Los Angeles and Springdale are cited in an advertisement for Foley's Urine Laxative. The copy claims benefits for constipation stomach and liver trouble, stating the product sweetens the stomach breath stimulates the liver and regulates the bowels and is superior to pills and ordinary laxatives.
Laurel Hill community reports a Sunday bird shooting at Durant with attendees from the area. Misses Lessie and Florence Weegar arrived from Monmouth Illinois to visit Uncle Frank Cummings and family. School district No. 6 held a Friday picnic and program. Families and residents visited relatives in Muscatine South Dakota and Sweetland Center.
The report mentions the number of young folks at a home gathering on Tuesday evening and notes that George Doran along with Len and Frank Angerer attended a Kansas City meeting held in Iowa City on Sunday.
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