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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1906
Page
2
An ad warns back pain signals kidney congestion and disease and urges prompt care. It touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a quick remedy to cleanse and stimulate kidneys, ease backache, and improve urine flow citing Wm. Curtain of 202 East Fifth Street as a testimonial.
Judge Barker will preside at the April term of district court to convene in the city on April 3. A long list of jurors is summoned to appear at 9 a.m. on Tuesday April 10 1906 to serve for the ensuing term with names from multiple wards townships and wards including Fruitland Moscow and Montpelier.
Advertisement claims a single day cure with laxative mixture and Quinine tablets. Druggists refund cost if ineffective. Includes E W Grove signature on each box and price two cents.
Considerable interest marked yesterday's school election. Fred Beach and W S Hill were elected to the board of education and A F Demorest chosen treasurer. With no independent ticket, Beach and Hill ran unopposed aside from one vote for William Appel. Beach and Hill each received 196 votes for director while Appel earned one. Demorest won treasurer with 197 votes.
The funeral service for the late Mrs. Frank Schrautemeyer was held at 2 o'clock this afternoon from the parents’ home on West Seventh Street with Rev. J. N. Elliott officiating. Burial followed in Greenwood cemetery. Pallbearers included Henry Pressler John Platt Herman Schmit James Patterson William Bryant and Louis Kautz.
A short urban advertisement claims Dr King s New Life Pills relieve and cure indigestion during hunger pains. It notes a price of 25 cents and attributes the product to Havercamp s Prescription Drug Store.
Clyde Hessman visited Muscatine on business matters. Olive Hazleton of Eliza returned home. Mrs. Felix Vanalla sick but improving. Wm. Ruthenberg spent weekend in Muscatine. Frank Tice of Eliza and Joan Price hosted visitors. Lewis and Geo Krueger worked for James Fowler. Martha Mewes is not improving as hoped.
Lawrence M. Magill, a republican candidate for state senator, visited Foster as candidates were named at Saturday’s township caucus. Republican ticket includes F. C. Mavis town clerk and Chas. France assessor. Democratic ticket lists Ed. R. Potter town clerk and Gordon W. Rickett assessor. Illness hits Harold Foster and Mrs. O Shirkey. Readouts note visits and social moves. local residents travel to Lone Tree and stay with relatives. Dr. J. H. Beadle and others noted in Foster listings.
In Atalissa Iowa on March 9 a concert by H Schmidt and Son Co Muscatine benefiting the organ fund drew a well filled crowd despite bad roads. Local residents report several moves and jobs, including Turpin family relocating to Indiana and Myril Doyle replacing Turpin as depot agent. Florence Stucker sails to Mediapolis for millinery work. Ed Speers adds a shed and machinery, H H Whitehead buys Gatske property, and hogs shipped to Chicago by R F Stucker with Geo Black accompanying. Ed Lampert installs Edison gas light at D Brotchies residence.
Charles W. Seymour spoke before a large audience at the public library recounting Elizabeth I’s reign. The lecture portrays a stern, ambitious queen born 1533, highlighting her harshness, lack of love, and reign marked by executions, with contrasts to Mary Stuart and a long duel of destinies.
Samuel W Edmonson 52 years old died last evening at 212 Linn Street after a weeklong illness with la grippe and heart trouble. He moved to this city from Columbus Junction three years ago and is survived by his wife Alice Bobo and nine children Haddie Cecil Robert Duane Alvin Orril Rosa Mabel at home plus two brothers David in Missouri and John in Ainsworth. He was a member of the Odd Fellows at Columbus Junction. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made.
The narrative recounts a queen whose death ends a fierce life marked by a wife’s murder, rival plots against her rule, and a signature on a death warrant amid tears. Her poverty shaped her greed for money and monopolies like the East India Company persisted after her era. Her reign saw printing, the New World, and the Reformation shaping progress, while Shakespeare alluded to her in plays. Her life closes in fits of fury with the line No rascal shall take my place.
B Spiegel of Evansville Indiana states he suffered kidney and bladder troubles for over five years, lost weight, and was near death after failing with three doctors. After using Foley's Kidney Cure, he felt relief with the first bottle and was cured after the second. Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store promotes the remedy.
H F Minor aged 48 died Friday at noon in New Boston. Funeral was Sunday at 2 pm at the Christian church with burial in the I C O F lot. George S Millits recovering in New Mexico reports eight pounds gained and good health. Rumor Rev William A Sunday may visit New Boston in June 1907 with previous June 1906 note. A new feed mill planned on Fifth Street. Mrs Sarah A Alyea of Los Angeles reports high strawberry and vegetable prices. Charles Shaffer family left for Roanoke Illinois.
Elevate morning routines with a health focus and a favored breakfast. Malta-Vita is promoted as a crisp whole-wheat food enhanced by malt extract to aid digestion and energy. The ad claims it is nutritious, easy to digest, and widely available at 10 cents.
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