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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1900
Page
6
The Journal advertises it can guarantee same day ad changes only if copy is in the office by 9 a m. It notes daily sale at three news stands and offers to supply all customers.
Local notes report Mr Hurlbert in Wilton on business and visits by W S Patterson of Oskaloosa J B Lee and Mark Baker traveling between Iowa City and the region A L Lindner hosts George Eaton of Keota and Miss Margaret Kulp travels to Davenport for a few days Thompson's Book Store offers wallpapers and Ada Rolland injures her leg at St Matthias schoolyard Dean's Ointment advertised for hives with 50 cent price.
An advertisement touts Mulls Lightning Cough Cure promising fast relief from coughing. The brief claims quick results. The offer highlights a 25e price point.
An advertisement promotes No To Bac as a remedy to quit tobacco with claims to make weak men strong. It promises a booklet and free sample from Sterling Remedy Co in Chicago or New York, with pricing of 60 or 1.00.
In the meantime, residents are invited to visit Realing the Watch Maker at 205 West Second Street for watch and clock repairs and related services.
Jesse L. Corley writes from Jerusalem describing travels in Palestine during a rainy spell with sunny interludes. He visits Adullam cave, Herodium, Anathoth, Ramah, Nob, Gibeah, and Bethel, reflecting on ancient ruins, Roman roads, and the contrast between impermanent human works and enduring God's creation.
Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on the blood and mucous surfaces. It is a regular prescription from a top physician and combines tonics with blood purifiers. Send for testimonials. Toledo Ohio. Sold by druggists. Tc price.
E H Liebbe delivered hogs to Muscatine on Monday and C Nan helped haul hogs this week. Henry Brown spent Sunday with Anna Dolsen. Jo Dale delivers fodder to Wm Healy. Jennie Mentink not so pleasant lately. Herman Bridge and niece from Muscatine visited J H Dolsen family. John Teitch enjoys bachelor life. Kalorama school election held last Monday with W S Fultz elected director. Visits to Miss Lois Dale included John Schmidt Willam Schmidt Bertha Mentink Jennie Mentink and George Mentink. George Mentink seeks to buy a sleigh for sleigh riding while snow lasts.
An advertisement touts Pr Hobbs Staragns Pills cereal and a free Sidney His Sem dle offer. It references Sterne Petrere Chiellan or New York and promotes kidney related health gimmicks with bold promises.
The article lists community happenings amid illness and travel, notes Miss Gertrude Tomlinson of Marshalltown and the Russells from Henry County leaving after a Friends meeting, and reports on the Hogue family’s trip to Marietta for their father’s illness. It covers lectures at the Christian church, a $30 benefit from a Sunday program, and the funeral of Grandmother Walters with pallbearers and many floral tributes. It notes the death of John Lewis, a long-time West Liberty resident and Republican, born in Ohio, with survivors and a 2 p.m. Thursday funeral from his home.
J G Morse has been very ill this week. Willie Wall crosses the Iowa river as a storm rages. Milo Woods moved north of Lone Tree Monday. Mrs Lizzie Baker visited Mrs Flora Woods Thursday. D L Lee shipped two carloads of cattle from Cone Tuesday. Frank Goldsberry and wife spent Sunday with Hugh Boyd. Willie Hoben and Carl Zimmerman were in town Tuesday night. Mrs Jno Dyche visited Washington county with friends. Some attended the Carson sale. Milton Wolfe and wife attended the funeral of his cousin Mr Chatfield of Fruitland. Miss James of Toolesboro came to visit the Hines sisters and to attend the Owen Tuttle wedding.
A remedy available from druggists to cure lingering nasal trouble. A small amount of Ely's Cream Balm placed in the nostrils soothes inflamed surfaces, cleanses, heals, and relieves a cold in the head at once. Sold in stores or mailed for 50 cents by Ely Brothers, 56 Warren Street, New York.
Remaining uncalled for letters include men Hoy Baierd Charley Battler Levi Bishop John Chaplin G W Dutton Charles Hunt Franz Janning W B Khane J F Luckey Will Lane Frank McGill Willie Miller Jr Hiram Ozake Jas E Reid R A Thompson C W Welsh and women Mrs W Callahan Mrs E P Fritz Mrs S Groswold Mrs C E Grover Libbie Hays Lillie Harris Mrs Henry Naber Mrs Sue Rayney Miss Lizzie Pursell Mrs Berry Vetters Mrs George Wells Mrs Mary E Young Foreign Josef Miesch 2. Callers should say advertised. W L Roach P M
An old time drugstore ad claims Mull's Lightning Pain Killer cures all pain instantly both internal and external. It promises absolute purity and lists a price of 25 cents with distribution through all druggists.
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