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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1901

Page

7

Local Movers and Visitors Reported in City Ties

Store your stores with George Bros. Scott Washburn left on the Western this morning. Will Harris was from Wilton on business. Dr. Morgridge went to Wilton yesterday. Ed Owens of Wapello was in the city today on business. Horace Smith was a passenger to Summit yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Feley of Summit shopped in the city. Lake was a passenger to Summit yesterday. Miss Kate O’Brien from Letts spent yesterday in the city. Ed McSwiggin of Wilton was a business visitor yesterday. Halstead and Son advertise painting and wallpaper. Mrs. Grant Shepherd of Wilton spent yesterday in the city. Miss Ida Wise from Wilton spent the day. Metz rode to Columbus Junction last night on the Firefly. Mrs. Julius M Coskry left for La Porte Ind for a visit. Mrs. J A Coe and sister returned from Berwick Illinois. Mrs. Noah Letts came up on the M N S and spent the day. Doctors Fulham and Miller performed a dis perhaps disinfect operation on H Beek removing a head tumor. A wheelman’s tool bag should include Dr Thomas Fectric Oil. Miss Sarah Morgridge returned to Wilton yesterday. Each family should have a household medicine chest and Dr Woods Norway Pine Syrup recommended for coughs and colds.

Big Chief Real Estate Loans and Local Transfers

Local notes mention Big Chief real estate loans and insurance services with J. B. Mark. Harry Frack traveled to Wilton this morning and several residents like Miss May O'Brien and Miss Sarah Leverich were in the city yesterday. The issue highlights shop goods at Thompson's Book Store and Schmidt Bros. wallpaper and furniture polish promotions, plus a church bake sale and募集 for correspondents.

Senior class selects commencement speakers and plans concert

At a called meeting the senior class chose poet Gretchen Legler historian Nellie V Downer and Edward J Asthalter as commencement speakers. A concert will be held in late April to raise funds for the senior class. The A class debating club meeting was postponed and D class students have begun botany studies.

Gretchen Legler Nellie V. Downer Edward J Asthalter

Going West This Season Rock Island Ticket Sale

Rock Island offers one way second class tickets to Washington and California coast points each Tuesday from Feb 12 to Apr 30 1901. California points 80 cents? wait 80 dollars likely. Washington points 25.40 dollars. Tickets valid one Tuesday weekly at the passenger depot agent Cc M Gorld.

California Washington Coast Rock Island Washington Cc. M. Gorld

Reduced Rates to Cedar Rapids Kennel Club Show

The Cedar Rapids Kennel Club announces reduced round trip fares to Cedar Rapids for the bench show running March 25 to 29. The B. C. R. & N. railway will sell tickets from stations within 100 miles, with details available from agents.

Cedar Rapids

239 Acre Muscatine County Farm for Sale

Well improved 239 acre farm near Muscatine available on reasonable terms. Possession at once. Titus and Jackson marketing the property.

Muscatine Titus & Jackson

Cromwell heirs seek share of Bank of England fortune

New England descendants of Oliver Cromwell claim a $25,000,000 sum credited to the old general in the Bank of England. The satire suggests Cromwell’s soldiers and looting past are invoked to justify a modern claim to the fortune.

New England Oliver Cromwell Bank of England Oliver

Treat in Store for Muscatine as Kemble Promotes Burgomaster

Grand Opera house manager C. W. Kemble brings two attractions to Muscatine, Le Voyage en Suisse and The Burgomaster, praised as top road shows. Le Voyage en Suisse blends pantomime, vaudeville, acrobatics, and comedy in a 20 year hit noted for clean humor and clever tricks. The Burgomaster, acclaimed in New York and Chicago, features Edith Yerrington and high musical comedy value, with promotion despite noting it is a light opera rather than a standard musical comedy.

Muscatine C. W. Kemble Grand Opera House Switzerland Hanson Bros Hanlons Europe Elmer and Thall le Voyage En Suisse the Grand United States New York Chicago San Francisco Edith Yerrington Isaac

Test shows Postum Coffee substitute aids health

A couple reports relief from headaches dizziness and nervousness after switching from coffee to Postum Food Coffee. The wife cites improved digestion and rosy health, while both claim old symptoms return when coffee is reintroduced. Names and addresses in Auburn New York are given as examples.

Husband Madison S. Division St Auburn N. Y

Foster Citizens Note Local Events And Political Tickets

Joe Watson cut his foot with an axe while chopping wood and uses a crutch again. Electa Drury closed her Muscatine school and returned home. Rev. Kettelkamp came back from Pine Mills. Republicans and Democrats named their tickets last week.

Foster Joe Watson Electa Drury Muscatine Rev Kettelkamp Pine Mills

Local Tickets Named in Town Elections

Republican ticket lists F Mewes as supervisor and Wm Kranz as town clerk with a full slate including Frank Gillett as assessor and Joseph Watson as collector. Democratic ticket names R Hayes as supervisor and N B Ricketts as town clerk with Byron Drury as assessor and Archie Bower as collector. Other positions include highway commissioner, school trustee, constables, squires, and pound master.

F. Mewes Wm. Kranz Frank Gillett Joseph Watson Wm. Powell J. E. Wray August Kranz H. McPherson Squires Coleman Brayton Frank Reynolds R. Hayes N. B. Ricketts Byron Drury Archie Bower B. D. Reynolds F .W. Foster Wm. Workman Gordon Ricketts Wm. Milton Albert Keller Carl Witt John McGinnis Davenport Ell Reynolds, Jr de Kalb Ill

Adams Social Roundup Notes March Visits and Travel

Otto Sauer of Muscatine visited his sister Mrs. Ed. Brown this week. Mrs. D. H. Meyers and daughter returned from Bayfield. The Adams church was well attended Sunday evening. Mr. Preston of Muscatine visits his farm this week. Preston and H. Ryan shelled and loaded corn here Saturday and Monday. Roy Cochran and wife of Sevastopol visited the parental home Sunday. Henry Schildsberg rode to Muscatine on the Muscatine Western Wednesday evening. C Chesebro and Henry Meyers moved Jim Bickford to Nichols Monday.

D. H. Meyers Bayfield Adams Mr. Preston Muscatine H. Ryan C. Chesebro Henry Meyers Jim Bickeford Nichols

Riverside Notes on Flooding and Local Changes

The Riverside river rose above the bottom for a second time this spring after rains. Jeweler Elwood will occupy former barber Saville's room and upstairs living space previously used by Joe Critz who returns to Iowa City to build a new home. Mrs. William Lewis remains critically ill, affecting her husband, and a newborn daughter to Mrs. Charles Whitlok has brought joy amid tragedy from a winter accident that killed the infant's father. Frank Hebenchid peddles fresh fish by wheelbarrow.

Riverside Lown Elwood O. Saville Joe Critz Iowa City William Lewis Charles Whitlok Mother Babe

Remedy claims for Ely's Cream Balm cited by ministers

Reverend John Reid Jr of Great Falls Montana endorses Ely's Cream Balm as a positive cure for catarrh when used as directed. Reverend Francis W Poole, Pastor of Central Press Church Helena Montana, notes personal relief after six weeks. Joseph Stewart of Buffalo New York reports cure after use. Balm priced at 50 cents or available by mail from Ely Brothers New York.

ELY Brothers Warren Street New York John Reid, Jr Great Falls Mont Ely Francis W. Poole Central Press Church Helena Joseph Stewart Grand Ave Buffalo N. Y Cts Warren St

Sweetland Notes March Visit Ducks and Illnesses

Frank Kramer will stay through Saturday after going over Cedar to hunt ducks. Mrs Crull’s brother and nephew visit the parsonage before returning to Washington Iowa. A new son brightens the Albrecht home. Gertie Chenoweth of Muscatine will teach Sweetland school in spring. Several locals including Gustav Martz Joe Taylor and J EB Van Camp have measles. Roads are nearly impassable. Mrs. Wm Moots of Muscatine is sick at her father John Bersch’s home. Inlins Welsch Jr and sister Katie visited the Allbee home.

Sweetland Frank Kramer Cedar Peter Gettert J. H. van Camp Wm. Moots Muscatine Ick John Bersch Inlins Welsch, Jr Katie Allbee

Dentist Advice Promotes Teeth Cleaning Products

A dentist urges regular cleaning using antiseptic washes or tooth powders and pastes. Eucaline Antiseptic Tooth Powder and Eucaline Antiseptic Tooth Paste are advertised as thoroughly antiseptic and deodorant. Sold by all druggists.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Daily Journal Robinson McBride & Cope City Drug Store Luise Battey Lie West George Bros E. Grant Scott Washburn Will Harris Wilton Fred Miller G. O. Morgridge Ed. Owens Wapello Horace Smith Summit Tom Feley A. Lake Kate O'Brien Letts City Ed. McSwiggin Halstead Grant Sheperd Ida Wise B. A. Metz Julius M .McCoskry la Porte Ind J. A. Coe Berwick, Ilinois Noah Letts Dr. Thomas Monarch Sarah Morgridge Dr. Morgridge Dr. Wood Jas. O’toole’s Sycamore St Big Chief J. B. Mark Harry Frack May O’brien Townsend Sarah Leverich Lizzie Foley R. Cook St. Louis Thompson’s Book Store Whistler Mrs. L. Messinger Miss Beil John Blunt Bertha Blunt Tom Killion Robert Deihle Columbus Junction Fred Melamied Capt. Reynolds Salvation Army Burdock Schmidt Bros M. E Albert MccGreer Dr. Miller Dean Frank Powman America Bulletin Press Association Otto Schmidt Mr. Schmidt Crescent Wolfe Muscatine Theater Voyage En Suisse Burgomaster Kemble Thither Frank Maguire Otto Sauer Ed. Brown The Mars Supurba Fantasma Rand Opera House Chas. Kemble German Dramatic Company Iowa Paudict Frank, the Jeweler's S. G. Stein M. A. Barr West Third Street West Second Street American School of Osteopathy C H. Whisler Mulberry St Myrtie D. Harian Fifth and Chestnut Streets Lucinda Paschpl Leeberten Cragg Prica Ceae D
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