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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1902
Page
7
Advertisements and brief notices list fresh garden seeds at E L Graham and several residents’ travel details. Attorney John F Devitt returns from Des Moines while Fred Pentzer and Chas W Baker travel Wilton routes. Burdock Blood Bitters and Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup are pitched for health needs.
Local real estate listing notes a Good vacant house on Second for sale at a bargain through Titus & Jackson. The item appears with multiple community notes and ads, including medical patent remedies and local social news.
A descriptive and illustrative book let of Spirit and Okoboji Lakes in northwestern Iowa will be sent free on application. It includes Minnesota and Iowa game laws. The notice notes boarding houses hotels and cottages for rent near the lakes. Jno G Farmer A G P and T A B C R N Ry Cedar Rapids Iowa.
W B Leeds president of the Rock Island Railway said there is no foundation to reports that Harriman interests have gained control. He denied plans to merge with Northwestern or install a Harriman vice president in charge of traffic. The piece notes stock craze and Harriman network links, plus a traffic deal with Southern Pacific enabling Chicago to Los Angeles service via El Paso.
Washington Journal reports Flick and Johnson will complete team camps within a month. Horses scrapers and equipment will move to Minnesota for a major construction contract, taking workers away from the local area. The steam shovel west of town was idle last week due to bridge crew delays but was restarted this afternoon. Shovels in the county will remain for several months.
Rev. O. O. Smith of Grinnell Iowa preaches at Pike as the Union Sunday school is reorganized to begin April 6. Islanders invited to a box supper March 29 at Pike school house with ice cream and cake and a youth program. Proceeds of the event support the school and program.
Local notice states that suppers are to be used to make the final payment on the school house organ. The brief mentions community meals supporting the church fund and the completion of the organ purchase.
Washington Iowa Gazette reports the death of Shephard Farnsworth in Hot Springs Arkansas. Farnsworth once lived in Muscatine and was brother to Mrs W N Hood. He served as orderly sergeant in Co C 19th Iowa until 1862 and later became private secretary to Major Stanton. He also worked as cashier of the First National Bank. His wife was Emma Crabb.
Fraternal Aid Bloomington Council No 175 schedules the last regular meeting of the first quarter for next Friday at 7 45 PM. Members in good standing are invited as they wind up the quarter’s work ahead of the first ward’s annual reception.
In Copenhagen on March 24 a prominent Landsthing member said ratification hinges on Premier and Foreign Minister Denitzer. Opponents push for rejection and a secret caucus seeks all negotiation correspondence delaying settlement until after Easter. A blue book will include latest island reports and locals.
A description of harmful digestive effects as waste remains in the body, leading to poisoning and strain on organs that must eliminate the toxins instead of providing nourishing chyle for growth and tissue health.
When digestion is weak the body suffers and disease follows. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are advertised as safe economical and highly effective for all forms of gastric insufficiency promising prompt relief and lasting cure with regular use. Testimonials from multiple individuals praise improved appetite digestion and health after use. All druggists sell them for 50 cents a box.
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