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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1909
Page
8
Mrs. S. M. Smedley spends Sunday with friends in West Liberty. Free coupon offers show tomorrow at the Grand. Various residents from Wilton Letts Atalissa and Illinois City visit Muscatine. Lost gold brooch with pearl circle. Sleepy-Eye flour slogan. Journal office reward for finder.
Notice to patrons warns of ice shortages after March 1 due to warm weather and thin ice. Vendor Cc. F. Cadle states ice will be bought from Cornville Iowa and prices will rise with limited stock.
An advertisement promotes Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store offering Electric Bitters to cure dyspepsia liver and kidney complaints and general debility for 50 cents. The copy emphasizes relief from "poison" value of most food and markets the tonic as a cure-all.
The Pioneers of Alaska, a northern fraternal group, arrange a notable display for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle next year. Exhibits will be sent from every Alaskan city and the display will be housed in a building erected by the order.
Rev. Thomas Osborn of the First Methodist church led a Muscatine Ministerial association discussion on Christian Science. He argued the Matthew commission applies only to the twelve apostles and that Eddyism misstates sin illness and death as unreal, asserting the Bible and Eddyism are antagonistic and cannot coexist.
Product promotion for Dr. King's New Life Pills at Haverkamp's Prescription Drug Store. Claims quick remedy after refusing to act with liver and bowels issues. 25 cents per package.
The Wilton column records numerous residents visiting relatives in Muscatine Davenport Cedar Rapids and West Liberty. Messages include travel home for birthdays anniversaries and church plans with upcoming Rev A B Hightshoe address on March 7 at 7 30 AM for a union service at the M E church and Presbyterian church.
A derailment occurred about a mile west of Columbus Junction Iowa on Saturday around 3 pm. Six cars derailed including four refrigerator cars loaded with lemons and oranges a kerosene oil tank and a bale cotton. Wrecking crews cleared the line by Sunday night and early trains resumed Sunday morning.
Cranston Towa February 25 two emigrant cars were shipped out of Cranston Saturday E. T. C. Wells.
Otto Seidlitz and George Volger of Muscatine operate the Edelweiss Hotel at Rock Island corner Seventeenth Street and Fourth Avenue and plan to run wholesale and retail liquor business in connection.
Luther Burbank the plant wizard will exhibit spineless cactus at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909. He predicts the cactus fruit industry will rival oranges, with production costing ten cents per acre. A Seattle banquet featured every dish made from spineless cactus.
The Oregon state building at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition will open to receive exhibits. Oregon’s display at the 1909 fair is described as one of the most complete ever assembled.
John Junken confesses in Des Moines to murdering Clara Rosen in Ottumwa on Feb 5 after release from Fort Madison. He admits planning the crime while jailed and boasts of preying on women. Sheriff Griffin guards him. attorney Joe Brown may be consulted.
The shop emphasizes stylish new novelties and latest up-to-date goods with low prices. It invites customers to bring repairs for first class workmanship.
A courtroom session featured a letter introduced as evidence along with sworn statements given from the witness stand. The proceedings focused on the implications of the document in question and its impact on the case.
Negotiations aim to bring the Cornell Harvard and Yale rowing crews to Seattle for the Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Exposition. The plan includes at least one monthly regatta on Lake Washington during the fair's duration.
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