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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1909
Page
7
The notice lists numerous local shoppers and visitors including Bestenlehner corn cure, AB C Family Tea with health claims, Dr. A B Clapp eye ear nose throat specialist, and Dr. J K Tyler eye care. It records travel posts such as Mrs A Brookhardt to Cranston and Miss Elsie Blanchard to Lone Tree, with many departures for visits.
Muscatine shoppers crowded millinery shops to view spring openings as women inspect new designs. The Easter display signals a busy season with alterations and plans, as hats evolve from Merry Widow styles to taller, more dramatic creations.
Grandview Iowa March 25. Mrs Anna Krahl spent Thursday in Muscatine shopping and calling on relatives. Several residents and visitors from Muscatine Letts Wapello Burlington and Nichols took trains for business visits and family calls. The Grandview Lumber company changes to a pearl button cutting plant providing local jobs.
An advertisement touts Rengo as safe and capable of reducing fat by a pound daily. It promotes a free trial box by mail from the Detroit based Rengo Co and lists Detroit address and a Muscatine druggist as distributors.
A Noah Kentucky reader reports relief from headaches nervous prostration and other symptoms during the Change of Life after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad touts the remedy as the best for female troubles and invites readers to write for confidential advice to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
Mrs. Millie Wilkinson, formerly of West Liberty, died in Pueblo Colorado at 315 West Evans Avenue after pneumonia. Her husband died a year earlier from the same disease. She was born in 1853 in Pennsylvania and lived in West Liberty before moving west in 1893. Survived by daughter Bess and son Fred of Pueblo, sisters Dora and Vira Watters, and brother Lin Stiles.
March happenings in Sweetland Indiana include Mrs. Marsh’s eighty second birthday dinner with visiting ladies, Ed Chamberlin hosting supper, A B Judson visiting, a new telephone company entering Muscatine, and the Sweetland Grange address by the state master. Local families attend church, sales, and visits, plus a diphtheria death in the Robinson family and various moves and callers.
Wapello Iowa residents William Zion from Columbus City attended to business matters in Wapello on Wednesday. Lafe Cline from Union township transacted business at the courthouse on Tuesday. Mrs Amanda McKay returned Wednesday from an extended visit in Oklahoma and other southern and western points. R S Johnston of Columbus City was in Wapello on Monday and Tuesday. Wapello lodge No 5 A F and A M held a special meeting Wednesday.
The cloak Models Association treats perfect figures as a fine art and notes high salaries for top models. A new regimen using Marmola, Fluid Extract Cascavara Aromatic, and Peppermint Water is claimed to keep figures slim without dieting, with some users reportedly losing up to a pound daily.
J H Dickson left on a business trip to St Louis and Chicago. Elton Allen brought a fox scalp for a $1.50 bounty. Mr and Mrs Oscar Hale visited Burlington and saw The Melting Pot. F C Fisher of Northwestern Life Ins attended to matters in Wapello. A J Wermiller left for Pennsylvania after his father’s death. Chas Clark covered at the depot. Church social raised about $6 for basement fittings. Anna Wallace traveled to Burlington. Zila Robbins of Maryville visiting Pearl Weber. Commercial hotel repairs after recent fire completed. losses $350 building and $3900 contents, with insurance paid though delayed by weather. John France unloaded goods at the river. Eva Walker visited Ethel Tyler. Lulu Morehead substituted at Illinois City school. No M F E services due to hoarse minister.
Illinois City reports visitors and social visits including Mrs. Lizzie Thomas and Mrs. H Seidler of Fairport Iowa. Elmer Schutte of Rock Island called on local residents. A South Dakota trip was delayed due to an illness among a member. The Odd Fellows planned a basket supper Thursday evening.
Miss Faye Ayers of Wilton departed for her home yesterday afternoon on the Wilton train.
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