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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
7
A 1900s style advertisement extols Kodol as the remedy that helps digestion after eating, claiming it fully digests food when the stomach is weak. It promises a money back refund from the druggist if the user sees no benefit after finishing a dollar bottle, noting larger bottle size and Chicago maker E C DeWitt & Co. as the producer.
A. C. Abrogast spent yesterday in Moline on business. Mrs. W. S. McKee returned from Princeville after visiting relatives. Mrs. S. O. Stenninger departed 1206 Oak for Wilton to visit friends. J. M. Kemble came home from Waterloo after attending the state Republican convention. Mrs. S. E. Eliason and daughter Miss Gladys visited Muscatine friends before returning to Letts. Mrs. H. Stark plans a Wilton visit for a few days. Webb Council No. 18 R M S S M will meet this evening June 26 at Masonic hall to confer the degree.
Thistle commander Melville Fi Trux and Muscatine Journal writer tour to highlight Mississippi River potential. They argue a six foot channel could shift U.S. manufacturing south, with $20 million and 12 years needed for deepening between St Paul and St Louis.
A syndicated testimonial promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female troubles. Letters from Mrs Williams of Gardiner Maine and Mrs Sperling of Chicago claim avoidance of surgery and full recovery. The notice extols thirty years of use and invites readers to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
A 32 page booklet of finest cake recipes is sent free upon mailing your grocer's name to Igleheart Bros Desk 7K Evansville Indiana. Makers of Swan's Down prepared cake flour promote home baking in packages and ask you to inquire at your grocer.
Mrs Monroe Adams and grandson from Muscatine visited friends in the area. Jno Barker family hosted Lena Lowe’s home. Jesse Lupton welcomed a nine pound son. Fay Wagner dined with Maudie George. Pearle Wilson of Columbus Junction helps with the Lupton baby. Maroons beat Nichols 21 to 1. Sunday school and services attended by multiple locals at Fredonia.
Emigrant wagons prepared for symbolic destruction as Little Indians and Big Indians join a July Fourth parade under the Red Men. Chautauqua Seton Indians may reprise uniforms, with many still holding outfits. Strong ads and posters to flood the river towns ahead of the Muscatine celebration.
Grandview and nearby communities report a sequence of social visits and travel. Residents such as E. T. Latta, Chas. Zimmerman, J. Z. Schneider, and Miss Vera Krahl are noted for trips to Muscatine. Births, funerals, and family visits mark the week, with various residents attending events in Muscatine, Davenport, and Cedar Rapids.
Tuesday evening from Muscatine where visitors arrived and left. Dozens of residents and guests are listed visiting relatives and attending a band concert ice cream social. A baby boy born June 11 is noted along with several travel and visitor mentions in this community column.
White Lily reports birth for Mr and Mrs Will Sedam on June 6. A bar is referenced in the note. Sunday visitations at Frank Thomas residence included Mrs Thomas.
Catherine Pallett born near Pittsburgh August 22 1832 died June 17 1908 at Grandview Iowa aged 75 years nine months and 26 days. She married James L Sullenger December 25 1851 and later Wm B Robison. survived by children Martha Reed Nancy Guthrie Williamina Storms and others incl 16 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Funeral Friday at Evangelical church with Rev J W Hummell officiating. interment Grandview cemetery.
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