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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1906
Page
7
Local notes report visitors and departures in Ottumwa with mentions of residents from Letts Cranston Peoria and Nichols. People travel to Davenport Riverside Cedar Rapids and Iowa City for visits business and medical procedures while shops offer services and items like Mas-que-ta cigars and cleaned pressed cliches.
Property corner at Main Street in New Mission is noted in a brief notice. The item records a location marker at a street corner, with no additional action described or date given.
The Muscatine area reports a corner property sale at Main street and Hershey avenue for 2500 dollars to Mr. Bauerbach who will erect a new structure to expand the Green Street mission. Mrs. Appel marked her 70thBirthday with a German Lutheran church society gathering and family reunion. Married last night at the Muscatine Methodist parsonage were Samuel T. Henry and Alberta Berry.
Local items from Sweetland Iowa note visits and illnesses. Miss Hannah Bersch of Muscatine visited with Mrs Emma Weikert over the Sabbath. Several residents travel for family visits and Masonic lodge activity. Multiple children are sick with pneumonia or measles. Housing moves include Wedekind and Hocke farms, with Mr. and Mrs. Leach celebrating their fifth wedding anniversary.
I R Bancks hauled four loads of hogs to Blue Grass Friday. Roads were poor and required two teams to help them along. The event occurred the evening of February 27 when friends gathered for a birthday and anniversary celebration.
Blue Grass Iowa reports a Hazel Dell Friday program with engaged parents attending. A graphophone by Charles Cooper entertained children while teacher Miss Frymeyer plans return to West Branch. Visitors include Mrs. Louisa Lonary of Greeley Colorado and J Gabathaler's son in Davenport. Social gatherings feature Mr. and Mrs. Adam Dipple and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dipple plus Lonary.
An 1890s advertisement discusses nervous prostration caused by overwork worry and excesses. It promotes Wheeler's Nerve Vitalizer as a speedy cure, citing two letters from Thomas Cashore of Napoleon Michigan who recovered in days and credits the medicine. Sold by J W Brant Co Albion Michigan at $1 per bottle.
The new patriotic comic opera When Johnny Comes Marching Home by Stange and Edwards, performed by the W. T. Carleton Opera company, debuts Monday evening March 5. Songs like My Own United States Good Day Yankees Years Touch Not the Heart and Katie My Southern Rose fuel strong audience interest as scenes feature 40 year old costumes and lively choruses.
The Star National Stock Co presents Miss Gertrude Harrington and Clyde B. Callicotte in Woman Against Woman at the Grand tomorrow night. A meal is cooked on stage to whet audience hunger with continuous specialties between acts. Night prices 10 20 and 30 cents with free admission for ladies accompanied by a paid 30 cent ticket before 6 pm. Matinee Saturday at 2 30 offers 10 cent admission. The Prince of Liars will follow rest of program.
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as curing head ache biliousness constipation and more. Price 25 cents. Advertised by Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store.
Mrs Grimm T returned home after visiting Eldon Iowa. Miss Iona Lees wed Will Jones Cedar Rapids with Rev F R Lefever officiating. Alice Lee hosted a surprise party. Mrs Dora Reynolds called home for her mother in ill health. Bert Mosely and Wes McDaniel recovered from illness and visited. Washington birthday program at school drew guests. Charlie Clark brought cattle, Oll Manley and others visited Fredonia friends. George Solomon traveled to Letts for business. Ds Crull and Sam McCleary visited Muscatine. Walter James returned home.
Mrs. Porter closed her winter term of school. Several locals and visitors, including Alvena and Adella Lemke with the Schuesslers, visited in the week. Reiland and parties traveled to Iowa City and Chicago for business and cattle shipping. A common school examination was held with five applicants. The Reiland and Strehlmeyer wedding occurred in Iowa City.
Miss Anna Zoliner returns home to Wrayville after Iowa visit. Rev. F. W. Carwell did business in Muscatine. Wrayville school completes winter term on Tuesday. W. F. Krueger hosts friends in Ferdinand. Miss Louise Feldman hosts birthday gathering. French and Foster schools plan to close Friday March 2.
March 1 column reports Billy Morse at Lone Tree Tuesday and Frank Russo visiting Riverside with sister Mrs. M. L. Brockway. D. C. McKee and wife in Conesville with Allen McCurdy. Mrs. Joe Stemen visiting relatives in Columbus Junction. Earl Idle and Ob Yocum each moving farms. Will Reed relocates to the Wagner farm bluff. Thompson Newton and family visit Mrs. George Norris.
Floyd Johnston visited Sunday with his parents Mr and Mrs S L Johnston. Leona and Frank Adams started to school at Sandy Grove last Monday. John Blivens and family of Fredonia will move soon into the house vacated by Mrs John Blake known as the Harry Carpenter farm.
An appeal urging immediate aid for burned or wounded skin with Bucklen's Arnica Salve priced at 25 cents from Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
East Wapsie notes Horace Hawker traveled to Muscatine on Saturday for business. Miss Jean Protzman visited Miss Bessie Black in West Liberty Tuesday. Miss Tonie Fickler spent Tuesday in West Liberty.
Hyomei claims to cure severe catarrh by inhaling the remedy through a pocket inhaler four times daily. The complete outfit includes inhaler medicine dropper and bottle, priced at the stated amount with extra bottles for 50 cents. Havercamp's Drug Store offers refunds if no cure, with mail delivery possible from the R. T. Booth Co. in Ithaca New York.
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