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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
6
Advert shows Pape's Diapepsin triangules as a 50 cent case ready to ease indigestion, sour stomach, heartburn, and gas within five minutes. It claims digestion of 3,000 grains of food per dose and urges households to keep a supply for family use.
Gentle horse and comfortable buggy rentals provide pleasant rides without owning a horse. We offer double or single rigs with or without driver at reasonable prices. Call 16 to have a rig sent to your house.
The First Congregational Church plans a men’s club with W E Bliven W F Chevalier Will McQuesten E G Prouty and M P Goff on the organizing committee. A post service meeting Sunday night will finalize the group and plan monthly sessions to foster fellowship.
Lemon, chocolate and custard are offered as three varieties of OUR-PIE preparation. Each package follows pure food laws and provides exact proportions for immediate use. Available at grocers for 10 cents.
Mr and Mrs PD A Kleist spent Sunday with his sister Mrs F W Kreuger as Mr Kreuger suffers heart failure in serious condition Carl Kleist was kicked in the face by a horse three stitches needed Dr Beadle attended Miss Emma Anderson left for Moline Ill to visit her brother Axel Anderson and family Mr and Mrs Carl Blankenburg of Rock Island Ill visited Mr and Mrs F P Gillett Bryars Watson visited Fred Kleist Raymond Ricketts barn struck by lightning ends splintered horses knocked down Mrs Dr Girle and Mrs John Morse of Pine Bluff Ill visited Mrs George Foster Pine Bluff M E Ladies Aid luncheon scheduled at Mrs Sheeman Warman on Wednesday March 18 1908.
March 1 2 Pleasant Prairie Indiana reports include Mr and Mrs Glenn McElroy visiting Muscatine and Mr and Mrs Erwin Allbee as business callers. Bad roads delayed mail. Johnnie Metz and Claus Thomson went to Davenport. John Henke helped Perry Baker move cattle to Blue Grass. Grangers failed to meet due to weather. next meeting at Mrs Claus Frank on March 12. Emma and Margarette Baker visited Wilton. Frank Stecher delivered hogs to Blue Grass. Mrs Pearl Henke attended a society meeting at Aug Henke's. Bert Eis party drew a large crowd and enjoyed a good time.
J T and Frank J Boland returned from Sioux City where they attended the funeral of their sister Mrs Mary Casey who died there Monday She was 32 born near Muscatine daughter of Patrick Boland a farmer She leaves husband two children six brothers and one sister May 1910.
Phil Westbrook moves from Muscatine to the Gipple property on Nebraska street. U B church singing by Prof Clayton of Chicago praised. Ulric Garrett and KE R McCormick elected directors at school meeting. March municipal election looming with mayor and council seats. W S Griffin plans brick store and new hardware venture. W H Ellis funeral held at U B church with honors. Several town residents and visiting relatives noted.
Wilton, Iowa residents and visitors fill the column with trips and calls. Mrs F B James returned from a southern tour via New Orleans and Mobile while Miss Mary Jacobs comes home from Muscatine for vacation. Local teachers and townsfolk, including Mrs Anna Jewell and Mr C H Thornhill, engage in community visits and errands as H W Lamp tours Chicago for spring goods.
Vic tor Morris visited Fairport with his sister Mrs John McCulley. Ben Eis returned to Moline after a week visiting relatives here. Mrs Foser shopped in Davenport. Miss Lottie Davis visited Davenport. Mrs Leach did business in Davenport. Chas Love over Sunday in Muscatine. Mrs Van Landingham and granddaughter Vera Mosher of Andalusia visited last week. George Davis visited Fairport Sunday.
The Thirty Three club met at the Commercial hotel for its March gathering with a fine supper. Frank D. Throop read a paper on The Newspaper tracing the history and influence of press policies and reader concerns, followed by an engaging discussion. Fred Beach led Current Events with a concise review of the month’s major happenings. Landlord Schaefer served the meal in a newly arranged private dining room to the members.
Fruitland events report travel by the Cowan family to Ottumwa and Elmer Corwin’s return to work on the farm. Mrs. J W Newkirk suffers pleuritic rheumatism. Buffalo visitors Miss Clyda Wiley and Mildred Neumeister stay with Mrs J C Hunter. G G Shepard shows improvement from two weeks of intermittent fever. Geo Day returns from Washington and moves to John A Shoultz farm. Fruitland township school board elects teachers for spring term Nos 7 8 9 11 and announces start dates for schools Nos 9 10 on March 16 and Nos 7 8 11 on March 23.
An old advertisement claims Rengo reduces excess fat rapidly without exercise or dieting. It promises safe, palatable use with no digestive harm and offers trial packs, price details, and a Detroit address for purchase. The copy attacks ridicule of fat individuals and cites druggist endorsements in Muscatine.
Mrs. Cora B. Miller has funded free treatment for women with female diseases or piles. She will mail a 50 cent box and an explanatory book to any woman who writes, continuing this offer after treating over a million applicants.
Ray mond lodge K of P celebrated its anniversary at Castle Hall on Tuesday. About 200 members and guests attended a program led by Ray Whitacre and a lengthy social afterward. The town buzzed with visitors and local happenings as residents attended events and trips around the region.
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