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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1909
Page
2
West Liberty residents and visitors populate Saturday as locals travel to nearby towns and townsfolk host friends. Several people depart for Iowa City for medical care and personal reasons while others stop in town for visits and errands, including extended stays by guests from Durant Muscatine and Nichols.
The Wapello Sunday school union meeting, delayed from the previous week, will be held Monday evening March 1 at the Presbyterian church. Officers and teachers are urged to attend. Rev J E Newsom visited Columbus Junction briefly Thursday. Mrs Chas McGraw travels to Prairie du Chien Wis to visit relatives. Mrs Geo Hartman and children of Muscatine visited John Hartman’s home in Wapello. Presbyterian Mite society holds a business meeting March 2 at 2 30 p m at Mrs B F Wright’s home for officer elections. Mr and Mrs Herman Vollmer and
The article lists residents moving or visiting: a family moving to near Fort Madison. Fred Schwartz leasing a farm west of Wapello for five years. R. W. Ady returning from Sheldon where he managed the Sheldon state bank as receiver. Oliver Reynold visiting from Willisea. C. L. Bettler returning from Prairie City and Colfax. Joiner Davison in Mediapolis on business. upcoming Louisa county board of supervisors meeting on March 1. Mrs. Clyde Ogden and children planning to settle in Des Moines. Mr. Ogden departing. Mrs. E. H. Eversmeyer visiting relatives in Wapello. A. A. Cook arriving from Marshalltown to live here with E. E. Cook in grain business. Earnest Tillman visiting from Chicago for his daughter Carrie Tillman’s wedding to Charles W. Erke. J. L. Nyemaster attending funeral in Atalissa. Howard Martin arriving from Lake City for extended visit and work nearby. J. W. Gunnels’s health improving.
Mrs Walter Shelda and two children arrived from Muscatine for an extended visit with cousin Lea Edwards. Mr and Mrs Harry Kennedy left for Idaho to make their future home. J C Green of Columbus Junction visited at Joe Luckey’s. Florence Williams of Cotter stayed with Hancher and Hendrickson. Mrs John Campbell and Miss Marie Hamilton visited Washington. Floyd Pigman came from Davenport to see his ill father. Rolla Gould was a Washington business visitor. Flora McBride came from Muscatine for a Sunday at her Gladwin home. Lea Edwards welcomed a baby boy born February 23. Cliff Hamilton left for Urant for work. Stella Houseal of Haskins visited relatives. Patrick Halligan of Lone Tree spent Wednesday in Gladwin and traveled to Columbus Junction. Ed Orr is building a new dwelling in Gladwin. Mrs Frank Blanchard returned from Wilton. Sue Youcom visited Muscatine. Thos Garard hosted his Davenport daughter last Monday. Clarice Wilford visited her aunt near Lone Tree. Frog Pond school closed for spring vacation. Milton Jones gave each student a picture.
Mrs. Sarah Underwood of Drury township Rock Island county Illinois died Sunday after a four day illness. Born February 21 1826 in Indiana she moved to Illinois with her parents and married Jacob Underwood in 1846. Surviving are four children William Henry Marilla Mills Sara E Milne and others with Isaac deceased in 1882. Funeral Tuesday at 11 from Drury township Baptist church with Reynolds cemetery interment.
In Muscatine, a surge of cars this year and numerous Chicago Auto Show orders prompt advocates to form a local automobile club modeled after the Launch Club. Enthusiasts urge a spring meeting to organize, hoping the club can secure concessions and host auto races.
An advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for dyspepsia and stomach trouble. It lists ingredients such as hydrastis, bismuth, and pepsin and invites readers to obtain a free trial by sending name and address to F. A. Stuart Co. in Marshall Michigan.
The Sherman Stock company returns to Muscatine with a five night engagement at the Grand Opera house starting Tuesday evening March 2. After 12 weeks of one night stands, Robert K. Sherman assumes the lead in Village Vagabond amid a balanced troupe and a repertoire of about 12 plays promising audience appeal this week.
Seventeen clubs from Chicago and Great Lakes ports will race at Peoria in August as part of the Western Power Boat association regatta. The event will include members from Columbia Y C Chicago Power Boat Calumet Power Boat Jackson Park Yacht Lincoln Power Boat Illinois Motor Boat clubs and clubs from Detroit Gordon Park Hammond Indiana Maumee River Cleveland Buffalo Toledo Terre Haute and White Lake Michigan. An invitation will extend to the M V P B A club to participate.
Jones and Richards defeated McKee and Bliven 19 to 2 in the YMCA indoor league games. Hirsch’s squad beat Van Nostrand Saddlers 17 to 5, Automatics outscored Muscatine Pearl 22 to 13, with leaders’ standings unchanged.
An advertisement touts Kodol as a remedy for indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims the product digests food in the stomach, duplicates Nature’s process, and prevents digestive trouble when taken occasionally. A dollar-back guarantee is offered with Roano’s note, and the drug is made by E. C. DeWitt & Co., Chicago.
Local officers announced a button prize for the member who secures the highest number of new members in February. The rollout includes an initiation for several members and a smoker event. Grand Deputy Fred Walton reported the membership roll increased by over thirty last month.
Advertising notice claims a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure and boxes bear E W Grove’s signature. Price 25 cents.
Miss Edna Stephens, North Pike Ia teacher, ill with measles at S Schweitzburger's. Independence school closed due to her illness. Bessie and Agnes Passmore also affected. Several local families report measles and related gatherings occur as neighbors visit.
The Root Juice cure draws hundreds to Morgan's drug store as reports of cures spread. Locals praise its effects on stomach, liver, kidneys, and blood with many testimonials. Priced at $1 per bottle or three for $2.50, the remedy claims lasting relief rather than temporary patchwork.
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