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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1909
Page
2
Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root advertised as a kidney liver and bladder remedy claims to ease back pain and urinary issues. The ad offers a free sample bottle and a book by mail from Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY, urging readers to mention the paper.
A dubious advertisement promises to lend 40 or 50 dollars with promises to settle all debts in fifty weeks. Borrowers supply security such as furniture or live stock, and payments are arranged to fit income. A confidential agent will visit homes to arrange details upon receiving name and address.
Mrs. Nancy E. Brewer, nearly blind and grieving, testified in the Jones murder trial in Muscatine recounting the night of the crime and Jones’s presence at the Brewer home. John Bassett identified a coat said to be worn by Jones. additional witnesses, including Nina Brewer and Della Crabtree, described sightings and interactions surrounding the night of the murder.
W S Hill and Henry Urilandt won the Muscatine city election for school directors amid a record 1 543 total votes. The race filled vacancies created by terms expiring for Directors Hill and Beach with a closely contested contest and the count listing candidates Beach Hill Lange Amilandt Gremmer Engel. Local items note social visits and community events around Muscatine University area and nearby towns.
The regular monthly meeting of the Y W C A board reported flourishing department work and broad progress. Fifty seven new members were added that month, including 21 to the high school branch, with detailed activity statistics across P W work calls press notices meals classes and meetings.
West Liberty Iowa learns the final lecture of the course will be held this evening at the Presbyterian church with Edward P. Elliott presenting David Harum. Local residents report visits and family time including Mrs. Elizabeth Barnes returning from Tipton and Mrs. Emor Stokes visiting Iowa City with Frank Rowlen family.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as boosting white blood cells to fight disease. It claims pale nervous people with poor appetite should start taking the remedy, praising a blend of over 20 ingredients as superior and warning against inferior substitutes.
The Family Theatre presents three new acts led by the Davises in their fancy shooting act hailed as America's greatest shooters. Hoyt and Marion perform a cheerful German dialect routine, Will Vine entertains with clowning and card tricks. Moving pictures accompany the program.
An advertisement notes Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a remedy for burns sores piles cuts wounds and ulcers. The text references M Haver camp's Prescription Drug Store as the distributor.
The Davenport Baptist Association sets mid year B Y P U rally March 16 17 at DeWitt Baptist church. Matthew Westrate Muscatine delivers president's address with Rev J B Smith also on program alongside Oscar Brandt Anna Pfeiffer and Carl Parchert.
An old saying links a sound stomach to overall health and warns that stomach trouble with constipation can lead to serious diseases. The ad promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle laxative tonic and offers a free trial bottle by mail, then urges buying the regular bottle and notes the doctor will answer medical questions free of charge.
A. W. Morgan the Druggist endorses Zemo as an honest medicine. The preparation is said to stop itching instantly and destroy germs causing eczema. The notice asserts it has cured more chronic skin cases than all other remedies combined.
Over the past week several residents moved within the area to new homes including W. A. Mincher A. F. Abbott J. L. Delap Frank Van Horn and John Tucker. Local visitors Grace Leota Yocum and Roy Maxwell plan a March 11 wedding at the Maxwell home.
Miss Maude Sanderson arrived Saturday morning from Colorado Springs, Conesville Iowa as a new resident noted in local arrivals.
Rail timetable lists east southwest and west trains with departure times for Davenport Chicago California Washington Oskaloosa Kansas City Ft Worth Dallas and local freight services. All trains run daily except Sunday. agent W. Underdonk signs.
Train numbers and times listed for Wilton branch services from Muscatine including No 504 6 25am and No 505 8 00am daily except Sunday No 14 4 49pm No 6 2 02am No 5 4 18am daily except Sunday plus intercity services No 10 and No 8 with limited stops.
In effect April 9 1903 schedule data shows passenger and freight service. Times include 5 50 pm and 11 44 pm for passenger flows and 8 45 am for freight with multiple coded entries indicating service patterns and car numbers.
Railway timetable for Muscatine routes No. 4 2 and 6 with limited Sunday service. Provides arrival and departure times between Muscatine Round House Fruitland Grandview Wapello Elrick Junction and connections to Iowa Central and C R I P at Burlington and Elrick Junction. Includes notes on train cooperation and transfer points.
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