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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1902
Page
7
Real estate bargains in Kemble's listings at 116 Iowa avenue include a vacant Second Street lot. Advertisements tout seeds, tonics, and medicines from local vendors. notices mention travelers, piano recitals, and social gatherings. Multiple brief items note residents visiting Davenport, Chicago, and Iowa City, plus crew changes and community events.
West Liberty Iowa notes include residents traveling to Blunt and Pierre South Dakota for extended absences. Teachers and visitors arrive for spring break. Lectures at the Christian church draw audiences. A Ladies Aid Society forms at the M E church with officers listed.
Mrs. Ezra Heald lies bedridden with stomach and bowel inflammation. Ezra limited by a lame limb. Samuel Armstrong, east of town, gravely ill from a wagon tongue injury and possible blood poisoning. Mrs. R. J. Edgerton builds a new walk and has her house repainted. Funerals held for Mrs. Jos. Welch and Mrs. Asa Staples. Neva Cole and milliner Carrie Wickersham arrive. Officials care for a tramp stricken by lung fever from exposure. recovery hoped.
The article notes Easter services to be held at the M E church with a good program. It mentions ongoing mail troubles and a humorous line about Uncle Sam running the government for a time.
Riverside Iowa March 21 The Ladies Relief Corps held a rag sewing at Mrs L Ford s as a surprise for Mrs F A car pot rag sew at Grandma Stoots for William Stoots whose family lost almost everything in a fire last Sunday The old section foreman Frank Busek is ill in bed with 25 years service The town adds workers this week rumor says 1 50 per day Charles Thoman moves to Davenport and a Sunday oyster supper for boys to bring a girl James Welland moves to Carroll county and quick sand hampers digging a new well at the new livery barn
A testimonial cites coffee as a heart danger and claims Postum Food Coffee cured a woman’s long heart trouble. She says her condition improved after five years off coffee, with a friend also reporting liver, complexion, and headache improvements after switching and proper boiling. Mrs. M. Douglass of Elkhart Indiana provided the account.
Travel rates to Minnesota and the Dakotas set for March 4 11 18 25 and April 1 8 182 at very low prices. Consult your nearest Iowa Central agent or write Geo S Batty G P T A Marshalltown Iowa for details.
Mrs. Brockway and daughter Mrs. Charles McCormick visited relatives in Nichols. Miss McCormick of Columbus Junction visited her brother and sister Mr. and Mrs. Will McCormick. A reception at Mrs. Wolford's in Cone honored Rev. Shriver and wife with refreshments by six young girls. D. E. McKee of Pine Grove farm spent Thursday in Muscatine. Mr. and Mrs. T. Neff of Big Spring farm visited Cone. Mrs. Will Hankins and son Harold visited John Hankins. Emma Hankins ill. Meyers hauling corn from Richard Lord’s. Owen entertained wood sawyers. Hawkins and Elva McCurdy visited Muscatine. PD. E. McKee hauling hogs to Lone Tree.
Will Peppers departed March 18 for Kansas and South Dakota to canvass for door strips and expects to be away three months. Dr. Beverly of Muscatine aided Dr. Beadle with two of Tom Martin's children ill with pneumonia. John Peppers works with John France in the implement business. Mrs. Eliza Sedan suffers lagrippe and is improving. Guy Tyler loses a valuable shawl between city and bridge. Nick Davis recently at Martin's saw mill on Big Island is now ...
L A McCormick visited Aledo on Monday. Mrs Sheese conducted a sale on Tuesday. The notes reflect small town events and daily happenings.
Adams Indiana March 21 Sunday and Monday were the two windiest days in years with sand and dust thick. J F Lukenbach tore down an old Elias Adams home built by Mr Adams and moved from its brick-house site. The timber was largely hewn by Adams fifty years ago and sills now failing. Schoolhouse cleaned and whitewashed by Mrs Shafer and Miss Spratford. Ducks hunters blamed for powder wasted. others ill with sickness recover. Frank Houts rides out buggy. horse dies en route near Shanon’s place.
Port Allen Indiana reports a welcome spring shower last night. Local notes include Oliver McCullough and bride at a family supper, Mrs Babbitt hosting friends, and workers like Earl Orris and Burt Dunlap for L D Miller. Walter Hannon hauling logs to Singleton mill and Mrs Anna McCullough plus Mrs Crocker on sick list. Henry Musser adding a cellar, and a 16 foot addition planned for the school house this spring.
Ferdinand Illinois March 21. Lewis Krueger spent Sunday with the home folks. Mr and Mrs Arthur Price welcome a baby boy born Thursday March 13 1902. Nellie Feldman visiting with uncle W F Krueger and relatives. Wm Meyer was a Muscatine caller W C Krueger called at Illinois City Tuesday. Lewis Zollner called at Petersville Tuesday. Chas Krueger and sister Lydia transacted business in Muscatine Nelson Miller works for Walter Reed this season. W F and W C Krueger repaired fence for John Vanatta Wednesday.
Historical ad copy asserts catarrh is a constitutional disease and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. It claims internal dosing, blood and mucous surface action, a $100 cure guarantee, and urges readers to send for circulars and testimonials. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills as best.
We report irregular mail service at Buffalo Prairie after the contractor quit. S. T. Nelson heads the Republican ticket for town supervisor and A. J. Boney for the Democratic. George Vetter and Valentine Lentz went duck hunting. Nellie Burrows returns from Aledo for a visit. Stormy weather and bad roads disrupt church services. A prominent young man is expected to become a benedict this week. Locals hope for a Muscatine to Aledo railroad.
Cape Town report states Cecil Rhodes had a much better night with a distinct gain in his condition this morning, indicating improvement.
Prospective investors and business men should study opportunities along the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern railway. On the first and third Tuesdays of March April and May round trip tickets at low rates will be sold to many western and southern points. Full rate and schedule information available from company representatives in Cedar Rapids Iowa.
St Louis authorities offer reward for John Murrell ex alderman indicted for bribery who jumped his bond and left the city before trial. The case prompts city and state efforts to capture him.
The Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern announces temporary One-Way Colonists and Settlers Rates for March and April across main stations including Denver Salt Lake City Helena Butte Portland Tacoma Seattle and many others with Northwestern destinations. Inquiries for full information are urged to John G. Farmer A G P and T A BC R N Ry via The Journal.
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