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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1908
Page
7
A collage of short items names residents visiting, traveling, or shopping in Muscatine and Letts. Notes include Dr. A B Clapp eye ear nose throat practice, Mrs Van Horn of Letts, Mrs Tiecke Davenport, various local trips and shop ads, box wood price, and Hollister Rocky Mountain Tea promotions.
The Southeastern Iowa Teachers Association will convene in Davenport from April 2 to 4. Muscatine figures, including Prof. R. M. Arey, Supt. W. A. Pye, and Miss Lettie Kennedy, appear on the program with sessions in Davenport High School and the Turngemeinde facilities. The program features concerts, lectures, and teacher conferences led by prominent educators from Iowa and Chicago.
Long listing of speaking topics and leaders at a Iowa rural schools conference. Topics cover supervision changes, departmental training, history and civics teaching, mathematics, science, language, reading, and geography with room assignments and presenter names across high school facilities.
Co J McMorrow will address a Muscatine Trades and Labor Assembly meeting at Grand Opera house next Friday night. The lecture on the value of labor unions features stereopticon views showing conditions before and after union influence and will be thoroughly explained by the speaker.
County auditor Lawrence says all townships in the county must elect a full board of trustees under section two, chapter 37 of the 31st general assembly. Many officers mistakenly think only one or two trustees are chosen at the June primary, but that is incorrect.
An advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy for indigestion and low energy. It claims stomach health restores vigor, offers a 50 cent box price, and promises a free sample by mail from F A Stuart Co, Marshall Michigan.
Mrs L M Downing hosted a large breakfast with ladies. L V Cresswell family returns to Wellman after a year in Iowa City. Warren Palmer sells mail route to relocate to Oklahoma to join brother Lewis. Mrs A J Nichols hosted friends. Lower school grades staged program at the opera house. Rhua Armstrong closes Daytonville school and moves to Brighton with mother. Mrs E L Kirkpatrick and daughter Thelma visit Lone Tree. Entrance exam for high schools held at the school building. Corn belt and meat producers meet at the opera house with Prof Seiks speaking. Jennie Nesmith recovers from measles. Ida Starr returns from Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to teach near Riverside. W H M S ladies hosted at Wednesday event. W F M S receives $50 at bank offering and gains members. Lecture course finale at opera house. overall course praised. Ed Wellmans family moves to new home near Kalona.
Advertisement notes that most food is poison to the dyspeptic and promotes Havercamp's Electric Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia liver and kidney complaints and debility priced at 50 cents from Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
Gladwin reports visits from David Brown ing of Muscatine and relatives from Grandview and Muscatine. Will Boyd family returns home after visiting relatives. Mrs J A Carson and niece Miss Madge Hancher visit R F Hancher. Will Hoben first child born. Blanch Garard and friend visit Thos Garard.
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