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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
7
A Muscatine page lists ads and travel notes including Stirlen & Rowan and E F Richman handling business in Conesville. Numerous local residents and visitors exchange housekeeping and travel updates, with names such as Miss Cora Brennan, Miss Maude Schreurs, Miss Helen Coe, Miss Margaret Oliver, Mrs. D Rothe, and Mr. Lee Barry noted.
West Liberty June 18 twelve hundred people heard Prof. Arthur MacMurray speak on Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde at the Chautauqua. The audience closely followed his analysis of Janus faced morality, with music by the Ohio Male Quartette and later Opie Reed.
Milwaukee director William Kelbe arrives to conduct a Maennerchor rehearsal for the Saengerfest in La Crosse in July. He travels the West coaching singing societies to perform numbers uniformly. A social time and refreshments follow the rehearsal. no special convention car rate is yet offered by railroads.
After seven years of illness a Pancannla Indiana Territory woman reports regained health after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter extols the remedy for female ills including displacements inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities and related pains and offers free confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
The 66th birthday of Mrs. John Feustel of Washington street was celebrated yesterday afternoon with Dorcas society members sewing for Hershey Memorial hospital. Refreshments followed as neighbors joined in the observance.
Celestial Social closes its China study with a Friday eight o'clock gathering at association rooms. Miss M. Bertha Hoover, general secretary, described the Secretaries' Training Institute of Chicago at a Wednesday board meeting attended by fourteen board members. Reports from departments were encouraging and a social hour with ice cream and cake followed.
Chicago and New York clash as Moxie Manuel pitches a strong game but two late hits by the Yankees seal a 2 to 5 defeat, ending the White Sox’ 13 game win streak. Cubs win decisive battle over Philadelphia 3 to 2 in a hard fought affair.
American League games saw Chicago 2 New York 5 Detroit 4 Philadelphia 3 Cleveland 2 Washington 0. National League Philadelphia 2 Chicago 3 Boston 4 2 Pittsburg 14 4 Brooklyn 5 St. Louis 9 New York 2 4 Cincinnati 1 2 American Association Louisville 10 Milwaukee 4 Columbus 1 Minneapolis 1 called in tenth.
Advertisers claim Kodol digests all foods and bowel fluids, unlike pepsin based preparations. The copy asserts rapid stomach relief, test-tube proof, and complete recovery with a guaranteed $1 bottle from E. C. DeWitt & Co. of Chicago.
The Hoosiers travel through the Middle West on a tour to promote Gary and meet semi pro rivals. Manager Bebb has arranged games with Gary Travelers for Saturday and Sunday attracting Muscatine baseball fans with a strong schedule. The team promotes Gary as a rising steel city and has skated past several Chicago teams on the road.
Muscatine fans will travel to Wilton to face the Independents tomorrow afternoon as the squad leaves Muscatine tonight and 3 20 a.m. return plans exist for a 4 o clock start with possible extra innings and trains returning by 6.
Patent medicine promotion claims to dissolve stomach, liver and kidney troubles and cure biliousness and malaria. Advertises Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store and a 50 cent price. Ends with guarantee.
The White Collar Line steamers Columbia and Helens Blair depart Davenport every weekday at 7 a.m. and Sundays at 7:30 a.m., return at 7 p.m. A boat to Burlington runs weekdays at 8:30 p.m., arriving 9:15 a.m. the next morning. W. G. Block Co., Agents.
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