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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1909
Page
8
Local items note for sale large safe and city gulf coast lands with bargains offered by Frank Bowman and M. W. Stirlen. Anna O'Brien visits Letts area while Mrs William Latta and son visit Columbus Junction. Notes on real estate loans and a room move to Hershey building room 305.
Residents including H. M. Hess and Mrs. O O Carey travel to and from Davenport Wapello and Muscatine. Local ads promote box factory kindling wood $1.50 per load prompt delivery by Mississippi Box Co. Several residents depart for Chicago Geneseo and Cranston while others visit friends.
Your account will outlast friendships and respond to the last dollar. Wise to state an account today with our Savings Department and make it Your Bank for saving money.
Miss Marie Carpenter arrives in the city for a brief visit with Mrs. J H Wickey and leaves for Rock Island to visit relatives. Mrs J N Nelson departs on the noon train to Davenport with her son Keith. advertisement touts Lindsay Invertee Gas Lamps for sale by Cr. Otto's.
A casual remark praises Gold Medal Flour as the only one that brought luck, mentioning LucrnpDa in a lighthearted context.
A brief classified note promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve from Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store claiming it heals wounds sores burns and injuries for 25 cents.
The Epworth League presents a travelers social at the Methodist church parlors tomorrow evening. Participants will ride a mock journey from the Land of Nod through Matrimony to the North Pole with no freeze-out. Ladies should bring lunch boxes. refreshments served en route.
Sheriff Grimes transports John Junkin to Ottumwa under guard after threats of mob action at the murder trial. Governor Carroll pledges state military aid if needed to ensure a lawful daytime arraignment. Judge Roberts confirms no night session and emphasizes legal procedure.
Ottumwa Iowa March 11 Special G O Nelson brother in law of Fred Rosen says the group went to Sigourney to question Junkin about papers in Clara Rosen pocketbook the night of a murder and learn of their disposition from the accused man Sheriff Jackson aims to arrest Junkin quietly at night and arraign later Judge Roberts says arraignment only during regular court hours
Des Moines March 11 Governor Carroll announced Johnson Junkin the murderer of Clara Rosen must be arraigned in daylight at Ottumwa. He said militia would be provided to Sheriff Jackson to prevent violence and insisted the prisoner be arraigned openly for a fair trial, protecting Iowa’s good name.
An advertisement touts De Miracle as the sole physician endorsed method to remove hair without damage. It warns against electric needles and X-rays and offers a free 54 page booklet from De Miracle Chemical Co. in New York for interested readers.
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