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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1909

Page

8

Marriage License Issued To Ray Hurlbut And Miss Cross

A marriage license was issued to Ray Hurlbut and Miss Chris tenna M Cross. E C Tamisen, recently ill at Bellevue hospital, was able to leave the hospital today. Edna Krueger of near Illinois City was taken to Bellevue hospital Tuesday for treatment. Mr and Mrs Theodore Wilton of Wapello spent today in Muscatine visiting and shopping. Mrs Fred Leu Jr returned home after an operation at Hershey Memorial hospital a few weeks ago.

Ray Hurlbut Christenna M. Cross E. C. Tamisen Bellevue Hospital Edna Krueger Illinois City Theodore Wilton Wapello Muscatine Fred Leu, Jr Hershey Memorial Hospital

Lowe Jewelry to Move to Muscatine Factory

The Lowe Jewelry company of Iowa City will relocate to Muscatine and begin operations by July 15, employing about 25 people year round. The Commercial Club completed the deal after three months of work, with site selection still pending and a capital of about $15,000 to be formed.

Muscatine Commercial Club Lowe Jewelry Company Iowa City George W. Lowe Wm. Hawke W. E. C. Foster Lowe

Steel Trust Report Shows Big Deficit

The United States Steel corporation annual report shows for the year ending December 31 gross receipts of 482,308,000, down 274,707,000 from the prior year. Net earnings totaled 91,848,000, a drop of 69,117,000, with a year end surplus after charges of 10,348,000, down 4,837,000.

New York N. Y United States Steel Corporation

Court contractors deny sending letter for inmate Jones

The undersigned contractors Lee and Bradley state they had charge of finishing floors at the county jail and deny any involvement in sending or mailing a letter for Harry Jones. They note the Grand Corridor to Jones' cell is sixteen feet with a steel plate door locked at all times, making any letter retrieval impossible.

Harry Jones Jones Lee & Bradley

Needle Extracted From Child Leg After Play

A needle lodged in the calf of the right leg of the daughter of Mr and Mrs James Bryant was removed Tuesday afternoon by Dr F L Appel. The girl sat on the needle while playing two weeks earlier causing pain that required an operation.

James Bryant F. L. Appel

Delegation Sets Town Visits for New Religious Project

E. O. Burnside of the Laymen's Missionary Movement announces assignments of local workers to visit surrounding towns and speak on the new project. Delegates from Wilton Conesville Letts Atalissa Nichols West Liberty will be addressed before next week's Des Moines convention.

E. O. Burnside Laymen’s Missionary Movement Des Moines Wilton Z. W. Hutchinson W. H. Thomlinson Conesville C. W. Chenoweth

Hartman Funeral Held From Home

The funeral of the late W. W. Hartman of East Fifth Street was held at 10:30 this morning from the family residence. Rev J N Elliott of the First Presbyterian church conducted the services. Pallbearers included Fred Walton John Freymark H R Small Charles DeGraff W P Smith and Edward Schott of the A O U W lodge. Interment followed in Greenwood cemetery.

W. W. Hartman East Fifth Street J. N. Elliott First Presbyterian Church Fred Walton John Freymark A. O. U. W. Lodge H. R. Small Charles DeGraff W. P. Smith Edward Schott Greenwood Cemetery

Special half price sale of Dr Howard's specific drug

Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store offers Dr Howard's specific at half price, 25 cents for a 60 dose bottle. The remedy, endorsed by many physicians, claims to cure constipation dyspepsia and liver trouble, with a pleasant taste and reliable results for a lasting cure.

Havercamp

Cause of Dyspepsia and Home Remedy Elixir

Dyspepsia stems from hurried eating and poorly chewed food. Specialists advocate eating slowly, avoiding rich foods, and using a home neutralizing elixir made from sodium phosphate essence of peppermint baking soda and water, taken before meals to curb fermentation and gas.

Former Wilton resident A C Blizzard buried

Wilton Junction Iowa March 17 funeral of A C Blizzard longtime pioneer and Civil War veteran held with Masonic honors. Blizzard died Sunday morning in Malcolm Iowa from paralysis four months after he suffered a stroke. He served under General Grant as first lieutenant and later enlisted as quartermaster in the Spanish War. He was postmaster at Malcolm before resigning due to ill health. He leaves a widow three daughters and two sons all married.

Wilton Junction A. C. Blizzard Grant Malcom

Balkan crisis tightens as Austria plans war footing

Vienna reports the Balkans face an extremely grave situation as Austria-Hungary presses Serbia for a clear reply to its March 6 note. Sixty six Bosnia battalions will shift to war footing, adding about 40 000 men, signaling a mobilization that officials deny. Public opinion runs high amid anti British Russian and French policy sentiment.

Vienna Balkan Aehrenthal Wekerle Servia Austria Bosnia War Office

Filipino Constabulary Band to play at Seattle Exposition

The Filipino Constabulary Band, renowned worldwide, will be an attraction at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle this summer.

Seattle

New Spring Hats and Shirts at Moderate Prices

Visit our store for the latest styles this season. Hats range from 1.00 to 3.00 dollars and shirts from 0.50 to 1.50. Guaranteed all wool suits priced at 10.00 and 15.00.

Henderson Brown Marriage to Be Celebrated at Groom's Home

At the groom's mother Mrs Nellie Henderson home on Schilla street this evening the marriage of John Henderson and Miss Pearl Brown will be solemnized. The Mercy and Help Sewing Circle will meet tomorrow afternoon with Mrs Kindler of 817 Roscoe Avenue. Woman's Relief Corps industrial will meet at the G A R hall on Thursday afternoon.

Nellie Henderson Schilla~ Street John Henderson Miss Pearl Brown Mercy and Help Sewing Circle Woman's Relief Corps Industrial G. A. R. Hall

Grant of Divorce for Louis and Ollie Jackson

A decree granted today in district court grants Louis Jackson a divorce from Ollie Jackson. Judge Jackson presided after the plaintiff's morning hearing. C A W Kent served as the attorney for the plaintiff.

Louis Jackson Ollie Jackson

Beasts Harmless but Flies Deadly in Churchill Africa Route

The Churchill account of his British East Africa expedition outlines Roosevelt’s likely path, notes Uganda’s forested dangers and fever from tsetse flies, and warns of a malaria risk requiring quinine, mosquito nets, boots, gloves, and veils. It cites 1901 tsetse data and Governor Bell on native fatalism amid pestilence.

Winston Spencer Churchill British East Africa Roosevelt Churchill Uganda Port Florence Lake Victoria Mr. Churchill Edgar A. Mearns Kingdom of H. Hesketh Bell

Hyomei Inhaler Promises Quick Relief For Respiratory Ailments

When chest pains strike and airways are clogged Hyomei offers fast relief. The ad claims cures for bronchitis catah asthma croup colds and coughs with a complete inhaler kit priced at 1.00 and extra bottles 50 cents, sold at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store. Hyomei is advertised as sold in every town in America.

Havercamp’s America

Roosevelt Party Plans Nairobi Stay Before Uganda Expedition

The article notes the Roosevelt party will base at Nairobi for six months before moving toward Uganda. It describes Nairobi as East Africa Protectorate capital, 327 miles by rail from Mombasa, with a largely nonwhite population, a police brigade, and central Uganda Rail Road offices. The rail journey is described as efficient, with the party likely preferring a cowcatcher vantage on the locomotive.

Uganda Nairobi East Africa Protectorate Mombasa King’s African Rifles Roosevelt Churchill

Campaign to Oust Secretary Thomas Moves Forward

Des Moines March 17 The Iowa House Public Health Committee votes unanimously to advance a bill barring Dr Louis A Thomas from serving as secretary of the state board of health It requires the secretary to be a medical school graduate and hold the state medical examiners certificate Chairman Jewell proposed hearing Thomas before action Hunter opposed insisting on immediate passage

Des Moines State Board of Health Iowa Louis A. Thomas Fred H. Hunter Polk County House Committee On Public Health Dr. Thomas Thomas State Board State Board of Medical Examiners

Many Attractions Due at the Grand Opera House

Manager Charles Salisbury lists April bookings at the Grand Opera House Muscatine theatregoers will see season highlights The Thief with Kerle Bellew now starring in Chicago Bernstein's play presented by Charles Frohman The Boys of Company BB with Fred Morgan and The Girl at the Helm from LaSalle Theatre Chicago also on the program.

Charles Salisbury Grand Opera House Muscatine Theatre Charles Frohmar Bernstein Kerle Bellew Chicago Ill Paul Gilmore Fred Morgan Gilmore Company LaSalle Theatre

Hoover Withdraws from Major Race in Ottumwa

Captain W Norton of Company Y announced Carl W Hoover of Ottumwa has withdrawn from the race for major of the third battalion.

Captain W. Norton Companyy Carl W. Hoover Ottumwa Third Battalion

Opposition to Committee Bills Leads to Passage Vote

Representative DeWitt sided with Mr. Hunter as the state board faced insult from the committee. The panel voted aye to recommend passage of the bill with Dr. Jewell abstaining. A substitute bill to bar objectionable medical ads from the press also passed, though the Dil l remains sweeping in scope.

Thomas DeWitt Hunter State Board Jewell Hanson

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Thompson Gras. Company New Shoe Store Heinz’s Mall India East India Geo W. Reuling J. E. Bishop Quality Grocery Love Jewelry Factory Steel Trust Burnside Delegatio Ms Wood Cemetery A.C Austria and Ruthenberg Clothing CO E. 2Nd St Additional Society Hyome Family Theatre S Eeaune Ray Raymond The Candy Kid Co Flossie Bain Thomas G. Gray Eddie Burns Fred Lasere the College Terry & Elmer the Doctor Clever Donkey Frank McGinnis Miss Hilda Orth Joseph Laemmle the Family Theatre East Second Street Salisbury Hoover
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