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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1910
Page
11
Stella Weber was located by police in Rock Island after two days missing from Muscatine. Her hair was cut short and she wore her brother's clothes. Her own clothing was found in the weeds near home. The mother was notified and traveled to Rock Island.
The Columbus Junction column lists residents visiting relatives in Detroit Manteno and Oregon, summer plans for the Gazette picnic at Chautauqua grounds, a wedding trip to Dawn Missouri, and civic notes. Others announce relocations jobs and extended visits among families in Muscatine Cedar Rapids St Paul Chicago and Wapello.
Philip Pierce of Latham street visits his grandmother Mrs. Philip Hartley of Brazil Iowa.
Dr. S. G. Stein plans a modern store on the former First Methodist church site on Iowa Avenue. A large north building is to house the First National and First Trust and Savings Bank, with a new Stein Furniture location possibly moving there. The Reinemund purchase blocks a prior plan to move, making Muscatine poised for a large, modern furniture store in Eastern Iowa.
No societies or clubs plan a public observance in Muscatine for the national birthday. The local ball club is away, so picnics, river excursions to the tri cities, and camping trips are expected as the main activities for Independence Day.
Stockton on Tuesday afternoon Mrs E Dunkle entertained several friends. Viola Bohnsack left for Mt Vernon to attend Cornell College. The Moeller family and Bohnsack and Anderson households attended the Walcott shooting last Sunday with others. Hilda Anderson of Durant and Gus Jost of Wilton spent Sunday with the Andersons. Walter Benschoof of Blue Grass was mentioned in the report.
Graniteville Vermont woman Mrs Cas Barclay says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health during menopause and urges others to try it. The advertisement claims 30 years of cures for female ills including inflammation, ulceration, weakness, fibroid tumors, irregularities, backache and nervous exhaustion.
A business caller noted Tuesday visits by Mr. and Mrs. H. Springmeier of Nola and a group including Mr. and Mrs. L. Schlapkohl and several relatives. The party spent Monday with the Schlapkohls and others and gathered Sunday evening at Walcott.
Col onel Frank W. Mahin, well known in Muscatine, will leave Nottingham England for Amsterdam Holland on July first after being appointed consul at Amsterdam. His record in Nottingham earned him a recent promotion in the consular service. His wife plans to join later. He expects greater opportunities in the new post.
The Y M C A and Y W C A held their annual moonlight excursion on the steamer Columbia. Two trips were made with a post 9 45 pm return and a later 11 pm return, after which riders could take streetcars home. A short musical program accompanied the sail and refreshments boosted profits.
Reported extensive upgrades at the Great Western Cereal local mill include adding new machinery to the package department and possible development of a new product. The work has begun but a definite plan is expected in two to three weeks.
Lincoln June 24 Minnie and Anna Lutze were guests of the Misses Weiler in Lone Tree. Persons from here attended the Knights of Pythias memorial exercises in Lone Tree Sunday afternoon. A large number spent Sunday at the Iowa river. George Bun enjoys a fine new buggy. Mr and Mrs Alfred Wiese delight.
An old to middle aged audience is urged to try Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle, regular bowel regulator. The ad claims it eases constipation and related ailments without strong shocks, and offers free samples by sending name and address to Dr W B Caldwell R 505 Calgary Building Monticelia.
In Foster Illinois on a Sunday gathering Misses Arizona Watson Caroline Freyer muth and Ethel Foster with Arch Foster and LeRoy Gillett visited Floyd Rickett family. Alice and Nola Gillett left for Fedora South Dakota. The Watson Freund Reynolds and Middaugh households hosted and visited others.
In a testimonial from Leonard A. Hawter of 11 Nostrand Ave Brooklyn NY dated July 30 and August 8 1909 he credits Cuticura Remedies Soap Ointment and Pills with curing a sixteen year skin disease that began as a leg sore behind the knee and worsened in warm weather He says house remedies and doctors failed but two sets of Cuticura products changed his life and he is now among the happiest men with one true cure for skin diseases.
Sunday around 9 oclock a fine span of horses was driven through White Prairie by a stranger. later two automobiles pursued and recovered them in Rock Island. Fred and William Kaufman travelled north. Mrs Alfred Marolf returned from Muscatine hospital with her husband and John Wacker. The Henry Maurer home gas plant arrived and plumbers began work. Farmers bought kerosene from Illinois Oil Co. White Prairie Grange unloaded a car of salt midweek. Fred Maurer and John Wacker visited neighbors Sunday. Mrs Christ Frenzel and Mrs Tom Frenzel went to GenView last week for sister Mrs Schaefer’s serious illness.
Rest and peace fall upon distracted households when Cuticura enters. Warm baths with Cuticura Soap and gentle anointings with Cuticura Ointment promise relief for skin disorders in children. Products include Soap, Ointment, Reaovent, and Chocolate Coated Pills sold worldwide by Potter Drug & Chem Corp. Free Cuticura book offered by mail.
The committee of bankers led by Charles Huttig of St. Louis met with the secretary to discuss a bankers’ proposal. They conferred on the request and deliberated possible actions affecting financial policy and banking operations.
Washington June 24. Secretary MacVeagh and Assistant Secretary Andrew meet with a bankers' committee led by Charles M. Huttig to consider simplifying customs and internal revenue payments. The aim is a safe legal method using cashier or treasurers checks from clearings banks to transfer funds between sub treasury cities, replacing cash.
The Treasury Department debates whether to issue new bills and coins for the holiday season. Secretary MacVeagh weighs banker demands for easy transfers between sub-treasuries and a stricter line between filthy currency and slightly soiled notes. He favors caution, testing a "laundry" cleaning method to resolve the issue.
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