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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1905
Page
2
Dr Hartman, a famed bacteriologist, announces free summer correspondence treatment for women with female diseases. Patients send history and symptoms, receive medicines and dietary guidance by mail, with confidential correspondence. Testimonials from Nellie South and Edna Moore accompany the appeal.
Women organize for the upcoming YWCA in the city planning committees. Finance head Mrs. Ella Jayne, membership head Miss Winnifred Giesler, rooms head Mrs. Lillian Brown lead early preparations as the September 1 start nears.
Miss Clara Durst of Chicago has been recommended for the general secretary role in the new association. She was informed of the salary and invited to Muscatine to inspect the work on July 3, with excursion rail rates noted. A July 3 meeting at Mrs. Edward McColm’s East Front Street home at 2:30 p.m. will include all board members.
Homeseekers to the Northwest. On Tuesdays through December the Iowa Central Ry sells round trip tickets to Iowa Minnesota South and North Dakota and the Canadian northwest at one fare plus two dollars. Tickets valid 21 days with stopovers allowed. For rates call agents or write A B Cutts G P and T A Minneapolis Minn.
Seven year old Helen Stevens of Clarksville fell on a pair of scissors which entered a eye destroying the sight. She is in a precarious condition.
Excitement surrounds wholesale arrests at Poca hontas for fish law violations. Thirty two individuals were fined for illegal fishing.
News along the river reports the Mississippi River dropping about one inch daily with a stage of 14.8 at the city water works. Levees hold with danger past unless a sudden rise floods preserves. A government survey of Muscatine harbor suggests two wing dams opposite the city near Cedar street and Iowa avenue to straighten the channel and remove debris.
The West End baseball squad from this city departs Friday morning for Fairport to face the Hard Hitters. The squad boasts a solid battery and aims for a comfortable triumph led by captain F. Brandrew and receiver C. Heinig with bats Witte Beggey Shaffnit and Wetzel among others. Ed die Kline accompanies as mascot.
Mississippi River high water seeps into South Muscatine with six inches to a foot of flooding on Oregon street near Hoopes addition and on Kemper avenue between Oregon and Stewart road. Warnings say water will rise further after river levels drop, potentially affecting nearby lots if sustained. Water works project progresses, connecting two pipe sections to the reservoir within days. Local notes mention moves to Hot Springs, a near fire on Sampson street, and Mrs. Nietzel recovering after home surgery.
The Roach & Musser Sash and Door plant expands with a new moulding shed turned into a large office for J. B. Reay. The facility is roofed and shipping space completed as a water tower sprinkler system nears readiness. Local residents are noted for recent travels and health.
Miss Jessie Woolf a former Columbus Junction teacher now in Des Moines plans to sail for Europe in mid August or early September to work under the Adventist church. The article notes she has many local friends who wish her a pleasant voyage and recounts a community birthday gathering and other local notices.
Nervous disorders cover brain spinal cord and nerve afflictions including head troubles such as dizziness dullness headache fits blues melancholia and insanity as well as backache neuralgia St Vitus dance epilepsy and related nerve weakness impacting organs like heart stomach kidney and bladder. The nerves provide energy to move every organ and if affected you need relief.
Dr Miles Restorative Nervine touted as a nerve tonic and reformer of worn nerves. A Dallas County, Missouri testimonial claims a son with epilepsy recovered after ten months of Nervine plus Nerve and Liver Pills, with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Yesterday residents visited relatives and neighbors in nearby towns. A number of people traveled between Columbus Junction Muscatine Morning Sun and Iowa City with visits and arrivals noted. A death of Floyd Kemp near Freonia is reported along with funeral plans and family mourning. Union church services will be held due to repairs at the Presbyterian church with Rev J C Kendrick and Rev J R Vance preaching and reporting on a Sabbath school convention.
The Iowa Central reveals lower summer excursion rates for 1905 from Elrick Junction to St. Paul Minneapolis Duluth and western destinations. Fares include 13.30 to St. Paul, 17.30 to Duluth, 24.60 to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo, 37.00 to Salt Lake City Ogden, with sale dates from June 1 and various final limits and extensions.
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