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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1908
Page
7
A Massachusetts retiree, E H Lambert of Everett, endorses the Cooper theory that stomach health drives overall ill health. He claims kidney disease and stomach trouble both improved after using Cooper medicines, noting relief within 24 hours and his wife’s parallel gains.
A flood of brief notes records many locals and visitors in Muscatine. names include J L Wes Davenport Orie Kirschner Moscow Linder's delicatessen Miss Lillie Currier Chicago and various travelers from Letts Grandview Columbus Junction and Davenport.
The Vienna Pearl Button company marked its eleventh year with a banquet at the Grand hotel in Muscatine. D A Willis hosted fifteen managers from Muscatine and other plants, with speeches by Huttig Bliven Block Vetter and a Roosevelt telegram reading congratulations to the captain of industry.
An advertisement extols OUR PIE lemon pie preparation claiming it yields two large pies per package. It highlights purity of ingredients and widespread customer satisfaction with statements from a happy buyer. The 10 cent price is noted.
East Hill notes show Mrs. M W Wheeler improving after illness. Kecklerville movers include George Crisman heading to Wilton and Mrs C Drury in a critical condition. Visitors depart after time with Ruth MacDonald. Funeral attendance shifts hearts as Jacob Weckerlin’s relatives travel home. Local figures share occasional travels and visits across Illinois City Muscatine Kinross Letts and Carson City Mich.
The article warns that melancholia or blues in women is usually a sign of serious organic issues and requires prompt medical attention. It advises women with low spirits and chronic misery to seek professional care and evaluation.
Letters from women in Mayville New York and Bridgeport Illinois praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring health and curing female troubles including nerves backaches and headaches. The ad notes thirty years of use as a standard remedy for displacements inflammation ulcers irregularities and periodic pains and urges others to try it.
February weddings filled the month as 25 couples obtained marriage licenses in the county. Names include Peter W. Jensen with Cecila Benson, Adolphus Anderson with Ethel M. Romaine, Ira Lamburg with Emma Reeves, Ernest Wells with Della Hanna, and many others through February 29.
Noxie Kansas resident arrived yesterday on No. 50 to visit sister Mrs. A G Tyler on Sherman street. N W Bowlby Keokuk resident, visiting his parents at 618 East Ninth Street, departed yesterday for home. William Bailey Keswick Indiana visitor stayed with Mr. and Mrs. S G Harrison at Monroe and Madison streets in Park Place.
A fine audience at the Presbyterian church in Wapello gathered Thursday evening to hear the Union program presented by missionary societies. Music rendered by a portion of the program enriched the event and drew appreciative remarks.
The regular weekly session of the Pythian Sisters will be held Wednesday evening. A picnic supper at seven o'clock precedes an important business meeting in the latter half of the evening.
An advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a tonic for indigestion claiming it strengthens the stomach, blood and nerves. It cites Miss Cynthia Hart of Lebanon Ohio, detailing years of stomach trouble, weight loss, headaches, and nervousness, then swift recovery after using the pills. The notice notes price 50 cents per box, six boxes $2.50, and a free diet book on request.
W Lomax Childress lecturer poet and humorist will address the United Brethren church men’s club at the next monthly meeting on Wednesday March 11. He is hailed as a natural orator with wit and pathos and is known for the address A Yard and a Half of Sunshine. The arrangements committee reports a program of exceptional merit.
The Republicans of Bloomington township will meet in caucus at 1 30 o clock Saturday afternoon March 7 in the grand jury room of the court house to select six delegates for the republican county convention at Muscatine March 14 1908. J C Stuart Committeeman.
Miss Emma Ellis led a multi-choir program in Wapelio with devotional scripture by Mrs. D. M. Smith and prayers by Mrs. F. J. Pemble. Reports from Christian, Methodist, German Methodist, and Presbyterian societies followed, then performances by Sunday school girls and Maud Warren’s recital of The Child Widow of India. Mrs. J. E. Newsom spoke on missionary work in India and the Ganges pilgrimage.
State Deputy J J Fleming of the Knights of Columbus expects to return to the city soon to discuss forming another class for Laurent council. Fleming left for Burlington after a successful initiation, praising Muscatine Knights and predicting Laurent council could become strong in the region. He spoke at a Sunday banquet on the New Recruits.
A noted druggist A. W. Morgan cautions that signs of Bright's disease and diabetes begin with a slight irregularity and may be cured by Foley's Kidney Remedy, urging immediate use at the first danger signal.
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