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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1909
Page
7
Mulberry avenue sees several dwellings offered for sale by John A. Robbins. Various residents arrive and depart Muscatine for visits and business, including Mrs. Bennett of Columbus Junction and Capt. E. C. Peto returning from Ft. Wayne and Chicago. Local notables, visitors, and shoppers frequent Hershey Building eye clinic and stores.
G W Freeland of Wilton spent yesterday in Muscatine. Dr Lezotte removed superfluous hair and moles by electrical methods. Cc L Hearst of Moscow was a business visitor in Muscatine yesterday. Fairbanks engines Red Jacket pumps and U S separators advertised at Frank Ashcraft’s East 2nd Street. William P Pierret returned home from Andrew in Jackson county Iowa after a few days away. Mr and Mrs G A Fuller came back from Davenport where they visited. Dry box factory kindling blocks priced at $2 50 per load. Tel 138 Y W W Richards. County treasurer’s office to remain open at noon to assist workers paying due taxes.
An advertising brief touts Dr. King’s New Discovery as a fast safe remedy for coughs and colds. Available in 50 cent and one dollar sizes from Havercamp's Description Drug Store.
Tag week has begun with members urged to wear tags and recruit others. Early workers earn more points as renewals come in. A health talk by Miss McGwigan drew a small, appreciative audience and may be repeated. The YWCA hosts first club meeting at 7 39 tonight.
Carl Rohrsdorf, a resident of the German Lutheran Old People's Home on Burlington Road, died after a long illness caused by dropsy at age 72. He had lived there for four years, came from Waverly Iowa, and his funeral is set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Reinemund officiating. interment will follow in the cemetery adjoining the home.
Miss Elsie Reinsberger, long associated with Muscatine, married Glen Ford of Elgin Saturday in Elgin Illinois. The couple will reside at 218 Burley Avenue with Ford's parents. Mrs Mary Reinsberger received the notice. Mulford Congregational Church announces no special Passion Week services beyond Thursday prayers and Easter exercises.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Musserville Methodist church will host a social and entertainment evening at Hoopes hall on Friday April 9 featuring the farce The Minister's First At Home. The program includes a violin trio Leonard Shoemaker Lindley Hoopes and Winfield Latham a recitation by William Fisher and the cast of characters led by Rev. Edward Barrington plus contests and refreshments.
A. W. Morgan the Druggist endorses Zemo as an honest external aid that stops itching and destroys eczema germs. The ad claims it has cured more chronic eczema and other skin diseases than all other remedies combined and that it will meet its claimed benefits.
Reports show many cases here now. A home remedy using Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla is claimed to improve blood purification and kidney function, easing rheumatism and related urinary issues.
St Patrick day observances are planned with a 8:30 AM high mass at St Matthias Church and an evening Irish concert at St Matthias School Hall featuring Muscatine musicians. The piece notes Ireland’s legends, Trinity symbolism via the shamrock, and the holiday’s cultural meaning for Irish and Irish Americans.
Local notes record residents visiting and departing. Mrs. Frank McConnell of Iowa City leaves after visiting her brother W. C. Knight at 420 Green Street. Others travel, move, or visit relatives in nearby towns and islands.
Local notes from Lone Tree Iowa report Miss Mabel Hague returning home for vacation after winter term, visits by Mrs. A P Fuller and children, Ella Stoneburger traveling to Burlington, Frank Owens of Iowa City visiting Richard Williams family, and funeral services for William Swink with burial at Lone Tree cemetery. Other items mention a church topic shift, Miss Myrtle Hinkley’s illness, Earl Shibley’s return to Davenport, Lillian Morse’s Newport township teaching, and Mrs Horace Klotz visiting her parents Andrew and wife.
An advertisement extolls Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a quick liver remedy that also acts as a laxative and tonic. It claims to cure torpid liver symptoms such as jaundice, and offers a free test bottle by sending name and address to Dr. W. B. Caldwell of Monticello Illinois.
Fredonia March 16 news notes Mrs Alice Bedwell left Wednesday for Ambet Minnesota to spend the summer. Several local residents attended funerals and visits, including the Grasham service in Wapello and Mrs Ben Knott’s death at Council Bluffs.
Old Faithful will be reproduced in Geyser Basin as a central feature of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition opening in Seattle on June 1. The replica will spout water up to 150 feet and be illuminated at night by colored electric lamps.
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