Peto visits Rock Island as local business and sightings noted
Various short notices from Rock Island chronicle individuals and happenings. Capt Peto was a business visitor in Rock Island yesterday while Dr Pentzer is listed as an eyesight specialist. J S Sterneman departed for New York on business. Mrs Joe Quinn visited from Davenport. A local ad promotes Wood's Worway Pine Syrup for coughs. Marble and granite monuments received for Decoration Day. A hunting party from Davenport heads to Turkey Island for a camp hunt. Mrs EF M Kessinger and daughters travel to Oskaloosa to visit Wm McCampbell. Mrs Eggert arrives from Burlington for a death in town. Odorless cures advertised for sore throat and piles. Local real estate transfer noted. Church event planned at Woodman hall March 17. Burdock Blood Bitters advertised for health.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Constitutional Healing
There is widespread catarrh in this region once deemed incurable. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio is claimed as the only constitutional remedy taken internally. A hundred dollar reward is offered for any failure to cure, with limited dosing and mucous-surface action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Green's Syrup of Tar Guarantee Pledge by Nesper Co
The undersigned agree to refund money on a 5 cent bottle if it fails to cure coughs or colds. A 25 cent bottle is guaranteed to prove satisfaction or money refunded. Names listed: Nesper & Co. J. J. Havercamp G. A. Riemcke W. B. Barkalow J. T. Keuchmar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taber
Ure
Nesper & Co
J. J. Havercamp
G. A. Riemcke
W. B. Barkalow
J.T. Keuchmar
To New York via Niagara Falls on Lehigh Valley Trains
An enticing travel note promotes the Lehigh Valley railroad journey to New York and Philadelphia with Niagara Falls stop-overs. It highlights solid vestibule trains and dining car service a la carte for through tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Niagara Falls
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Philadelphia
Sugar boosts Army Horses Strength in Argentina
Rainy season overworks army horses in Argentina due to bad roads and heavy transport. Sugar added to daily food by two ounces improves endurance, reduces fatigue, and even rehabilitates animals once deemed useless, restoring capacity for work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
Hen defies market rules with stubborn demand
A farmer notes a hen's stubborn behavior defies supply and demand in daily poultry sales. The observation frames a light humorous critique of economic laws through a farmyard anecdote.
Water Works Trustees Salary Set at 300 Per Year
Muscatine city council fixed the water works trustees' compensation at 300 dollars annually starting December 4 1900. The council also ordered a suit in district court to cancel a tax sale certificate issued for the water works plant stating the sale was illegal and a cloud on title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old City Council
R. S. McNutt
Charles Spaethe
Alderman Halstead
Alderman Bartemeier
John M. Kemble
Muscatine City
District Court
Barney Schmidt
Eventful Day as Coffee Leaves the Household
A schoolteacher recounts insomnia and nervous distress from coffee after a kind neighbor introduced it. She quits coffee and drinks Postum, noting better sleep, mood, and health. A doctor calls Postum pure and comparable to mocha or java, while tea briefly worsens her symptoms before she resumes Postum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
America
Naughty Anthony at the Grand Theatre
Belasco’s farce Naughty Anthony heads to the Grand next Friday. The comedy, first staged in New York, follows a moral culture professor in Chautauqua who is caught kissing a girl in Lake View Park and is saved from scandal by a credulous landlord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Grand
David Belasco
Naughty Anthony
Herald Square Theatre
New York City
Mr. Belasco
Maryland
Chautauqua
Lake View Park
Wine Woman and Song to Return for One Night Show
Burlesque company M. M. Theise presents Wine, Woman and Song at the opera house for one night starting Saturday March 15. Manager Kemble promises a bigger, better program with more novelties than prior seasons and a first act titled The Vaudeville Craze, an original creation by M. M. Theise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera
M. M. Theise
Kemble
M. M. Thetse
Suspicious Men Distrust Friends Yet Are Won by Strangers
A terse aphorism notes that trustworthy bonds of friendship may falter while strangers can more easily influence or persuade certain individuals. The line implies caution about social trust and manipulation.
Double Tooth Saws to Boost Musser Mill Start
Musser mill prepares to install double tooth saw blades after disposing of current band saws. Boilers will be steamed next Monday for a three day test and log raft towing to begin sawing on Monday, March 24. The Prudential Life Insurance Co. touts growth and asset strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musser
Muscatine
Minnie Brown
Art Ryan
Wilton
George Lacarna
Henry Toborg
Conesville
South
Erd
Musserville M. FE. Ladies’ Aid Society
H. V. Howard
Rain breaks for sun as Orono residents share news
In Orono on March 14 report of sunny weather follows days of rain. Local notes mention Mrs Hinkley canvassing for a book, A L DeCamp closing a successful school term with recitations and readings, and a nearby visit by Mr and Mrs P W DeCamp of Fruitland. Mrs John Black is indisposed and church ladies plan a reception for the Reform church minister and wife at Mrs R R Wolford's from 1 to 5 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lida Blass
Elmer Black
Ladies’ Aid Society
Bowlby
Pine Mills News Roundup Mar 14 Local updates and movements
Charlie Teeple drills a well at Patterson school. Otto Bohnsock ships hogs to Chicago. Conrad Brandt and daughter Emma from Davenport plan to move into one of his houses this summer. J Welsch loses $190 in lumber washed away by river ice. Geo Alteneder of Colfax leases his farm and moves to Cropino Idaho. Henry Eckhart notes improved mail service after a $100 yearly raise. August Irwin visits Emery Sissel at Independence and plans to work for Cyrus Baker. Arno Kretschmer on a week’s meat shop vacation in Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Mills
Charlie Teeple
Patterson School
Otto Bohnsock
Chicago
Conrad Brandt
Emma
Davenport
J. Welsch
Lowa
Geo. Alteneder
Colfax
Wash
Cropino
Idaho
Henry Eckhart
U. S
August Irwin
Emery Sissel
Independence
Cyrus Baker
Arno Kretschmer
Pine Creek Moves Toward Close of Busy Year
Pine Creek Iowa notes move toward year end as John Munn made a business trip to Blue Grass Friday. Katie and Lizzie Welsch visited the Kretchmer home Sunday. Eight or ten boys around town were in the mix unspecified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Creek
John Munn
Blue Grass
Katie
Lizzie Welsch
Kretchmer
Lehigh Valley Run Offers Direct Chicago to New York Trains
Through service on superb vestibule trains by Lehigh Valley Railroad between Chicago and New York or Philadelphia with no change. Stop overs permitted at Niagara Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Niagara Falls
Also Mentioned on This Page
Daily Journal
W.E. Battey
Optician
Chicago Ophthalmic College
West Second Street
John A. Robbins
Olds’ Block
Isham's
California
J. B. Mark
Capt. Peto
Rock Island
Dr. Pentzer
East Second Street
John S. Sterneman
Joe Quinn
Dr. Wood
W. J. Vanatta
Turkey Island
EF. M. Kessinger
Harriet
Helen
Oskaloosa
Wm. McCampbell
Eggert
City
Burlington
Abraham Smalley
M. S. Gist
Hawesville, Ky
Guthrie
Erie
David B. Mackenzie
Schaefer
Fred J. Betzold
J. P. Eckers and Son
Ottumwa
M. Neidig
Dean
Will Parkins
M. W. Ryerson
Omaha
S. M. McKibben
Louis Schwab and Child
Morning Sun
Father Nolan
Nichols
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Woodman Hall
Iisznesh
the Journal Muscatine
Iowa
the Journal
Atlantic
Sycamore Street
Toaeaf
Water Works Trustees
Cil
Bert C. Benham
City Recorder
J. H. Canon
Fair Ground
Ald. Halstead
Mr. Canon
Ald. Engel
Ald. Gremmel
Peti
Peter Geltz
Ald
Halstead
Engel
Council Water Trustees
Water Works Trustees’ Fund
Riggs
Gremmel
Bartemeier
Diercks
Richards
Schenck
Jacob Neibert
Dr. Mile,” Mervine
Hastine
Harry
Miles
Tve
B. M. Tinparr
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkhart, Ind
Wiscom
Hungry
Musser Mill
Prudential
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Gibraltar
Newark, N. J
Ed. Kemper
Montpelier di
Acco E
August Kemper
Bui
Y Missel
Nellie Fix
Missel
ORONO
Saathees
River Street
Runkel Brothers
W. 39Th Street
Sigprune
Fee and Tea
Figprune
F. A. Neidig
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