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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1907
Page
7
ZEMO provides instant itch relief and germ destruction for skin diseases. The external preparation from E W Rose Med Co lists Druggists and A W Morgan in Missouri as sales points with a sample offer.
Local notices report travel and visits among residents including Miss Burdette Perry of Wilton in Muscatine, Harold Giesler heading to Gladwin for business, and Mrs C Smythe returning home from Vinton. Advertisements promote Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea and local shops, with errands and institute attendances noted.
Sunflower Ridge residents share visits and travels across Hazel Dell Durant Muscatine Wilton and Pleasant Prairie. John Soltau Eugene Hetzler Addie Wunderlich George Grimm and Aug Martz host or visit relatives while others like J S Hetzler and Dave Kelly transport hogs and attend gatherings.
A dramatic biblical tale recounts a Hebrew infant saved from an imperial massacre. Found among bulrushes on the Nile, he rises to prominence as architect and warrior in the Egyptian realm, later leading his people and dying at a great age.
The Muscatine Business College graduation speech emphasized three essentials: concentration, preparation, and determination. It urged practical training, warned that many students lack real world skills, and praised the college for shaping future business leaders through disciplined effort and perseverance.
The sermon praises Moses as a leader with divine purpose and laments life’s refinements for a slave’s fate. It argues poverty does not bar success, citing Lincoln Sheridan Garfield Grant Johnson Blain and Booker T. Washington as examples. Emphasizes concentration of effort as key to achievement and notes many leaders arose from humble origins.
An old advertisement touts Dr. King's New Life Pills as a remedy for constipation and related ailments. The copy frames panic as unnecessary and promises quick relief through self treatment.
Local travel offer invites readers to a popular excursion to Minneapolis-St. Paul and return on Saturday. The notice directs readers to see the local agent for details and price.
The railway timetable lists East bound trains Nos 12 30 and 4 to Davenport Chicago with morning and noon departures. Southwest bound Nos 3 49 11 and 898 Freight and Mail trains run to Washington Oskaloosa and Kansas City Dallas. West bound Passenger No 491 and others operate daily except Sunday. agent WS Underdonk notes.
Wilton trains depart Mouscatine and arrive Muscatine on No. 500 at 6:23 am No. 501 at 12:30 pm No. 502 at 8:20 pm No. 503 at 5:30 pm No. 594 at 10:15 pm and No. 505 at 11:50 pm Wilton branch trains run daily except Sunday.
Train No. 4 and No. 2 run daily except Sunday with No. 6 Monday only. North bound arrivals at Muscatine overnight and early morning include Round House Hahn's Switch Fruitland Grandview Wapello and Elrick Junction. Train No. 8 serves Muscatine with Round House Hahn's Switch Fruitland Grandview Wapello Elrick Junction. Connections: No. 4 links with Iowa Central at Elrick Junction. No. 6 connects with C R I & P at Wapello. No. 5 with C B N P at Wellepo and with Iowa Central at Elrick Junction.
Carnival City Packet Co advertises weekday sailings for the Helen Blair and Columbia to Davenport at 6 30 am with Sunday service, Burlington arrival at 9 15 am, and daily freight and passenger options. Rates and information available via W G Block Co agents.
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