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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1902
Page
7
Isham announces California Waters of Life fresh garden seeds in bulk at E. L. Graham's. Many short notices list sales, visitors, and travel including Rev L B Hix in Davenport and attorneys Hoffman and Warner in Wapello. A baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Moxley of South Muscatine. trains and business trips mentioned. card club meets at the Titus residence.
The Physicians Institute of Chicago, chartered by Illinois seven years ago, offers a free Supreme Electric Belt to cure chronic diseases. The belt targets rheumatism lumbago back pain and nervous exhaustion among others and is sent at no cost with no trial. recipients must write to 266 Masonic Temple Chicago Illinois.
A. S. Lawrence returned to Ames and reports that his son J A Lawrence is improving after surgery to remove a bullet from the shoulder. The Des Moines Capital dispatch confirms the shooting was accidental during a hazing attempt. the injured student J R Campbell bears no blame.
Mr and Mrs Noah Letts were passengers this morning to Letts. W H Baker was a passenger to Wilton on business. Dr E H King rode the early Wilton train to Wilton for a professional call. Louis Schwab of Morning Sun arrived yesterday for a few days visit. Laura Crippen returned home to Davenport after a visit. Albert and Henry Manthey left last night for Stillwater Minnesota to resume work at a saw mill. Ralph Lillibridge left for a week’s business trip to the northwest for Huttig Manufacturing.
A concise adage urges persistence by sticking to one task until success, comparing focus to a postage stamp's unwavering track.
Montezuma Iowa reports a measles outbreak closing the grammar school and prompting a two week vacation to allow students to recover. Easter services are postponed, the Iowa Wesleyan Glee Club staged a concert, and Odd Fellows plan a brick block at Main and Third. Surveying for the Oskaloosa Tama Electric road begins March 27 with James Wilson leading the party.
Clinton Metzger moved into the Featherstone property at Park avenue and Washington street. William Oliver Jr starts a dwelling on East Washington street. Mrs. Kate East enlarges her Madison street home to a two story with a raised roof and three extra rooms. Mrs. Shafer, from near Adams, visited with Mrs. Doty. Karl Kary plans to go to California Thursday to locate a dwelling. family may join later. James Lawless suffers rheumatism. Esther and Harriet McCampbell improve after sickness. Priscilla Thompson has sore throat and possible pneumonia. William Oeter Sr, age 68, arrived Monday and celebrated with 26 friends hosted by daughter Mrs. McCaw. Clarence Riddle on Park avenue just had a cancer successfully treated.
An editorial in The Medical Brief notes most deafness stems from catarrhal disease of the eustachian tube and calls for systemic treatment. Stuart's Catarrh Tablets are promoted as an internal remedy claiming to cure catarrh and improve hearing, with testimonials from Rochester and others.
Mrs Helen Farrell of Saranac Lake endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments. The letter cites personal relief and urges sick women to write to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass for advice, promising many have found health through the remedy. A $5000 forfeit claims genuineness of the letter.
Mrs. S Boke is undergoing cancer removal from her shoulder. Friends hope for a successful outcome. Mr and Mrs Chet Cotler of Letts visited Mrs Orvil Rittenhouse and departed Monday. Mr and Mrs Henry Jones from near Lowe Run spent Monday with the Jones family on Sherman Street.
Rev W L Clapp eulogizes the late George A Foss noting his home missionary work at Hopewell school house for years. Foss preached without pay to bring gospel closer to neighbors, endured harsh seasons five miles from home, and received a gift he planned to use for his wife before her death.
During March and April the Iowa Central road offers one way excursion tickets from Iowa and Illinois stations to California at a special low rate. Elegant tourist cars depart each Tuesday in March and April, providing direct coast travel with comforts of modern rail travel. For details contact your local agent or Geo S Patty G P and T A Marshalltown IA.
The undersigned offer a money back guarantee on a 60 cent bottle of Green's Warranted Syrup of Tar and a 25 cent bottle to prove satisfaction with refunds issued if not cured. Nesper & Co. J. J. Havercamp G. A. Riemcke W. B. Barkalow J. T. Keuchmar.
In early machines the generator powered by a glass wheel that rubbed against a silken cloth band to create electricity.
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