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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1909
Page
7
Muscatine welcomes a large druggists cooperative, United Drug Co. of Boston, introducing Rexall Remedies with a 300 strong formula line. A. W. Morgan to champion the venture promising direct cost, strong guarantees, and local trust.
Local notes list daily residents and visitors. Elwood Hain and Peter Hurst of Moscow are in town and depart for home after calls in Muscatine. Various locals travel to Lone Tree Fruitland Columbus Junction and Conesville for business visits and visits with friends.
In a local court a dispute over ownership of a cow ended with plaintiff James M. Healey awarded $45 and costs against Nelson Graham. The defendants A. C. Whittaker and others were not liable. Attorneys Carskaddan Pepper represented the plaintiff. E F Richman defended the defendants.
Wilton residents report various departures and returns including F C Wickes, Griff Johnson, George Sherberger, John Wiley, Roy Dawson, Lenora Kelley, Helen Hall, Orren Kiser, Pearl Kaufman, Sophia Angerer, Albert Marolf, Don Stibelt. Rock Island depot office hours reduced with night service reassigned. M E church to hold regular services as Rev Corley returns from the east.
An old advertisement touts Dr King's New Discovery for lung hemorrhage and for curing weak lungs coughs and colds. It pitches 50 cents and one dollar bottles from Havercarp's Prescription Drug Store with a promotional tone typical of period medical ads.
In Columbus Junction Iowa Miss Maud Lewis and J D Evans were married at noon on March 24 at the bride’s parents home with Rev T P Jenkins officiating. The couple will reside on the groom’s Elm Grove Township farm. A surprise 50th birthday for Mrs M A Bowman was also noted with relatives joining in a noon dinner and gifts.
An advertisement hawks Kosine as a home treatment for epilepsy claiming rapid relief and fear reduction. The first bottle is refunded if not entirely satisfied and the trial is at the company's expense with mail orders from Washington D C and a local dealer named A W Morgan.
Mrs Robert Worley left Muscatine Thursday due to her daughter Mrs James McCormick illness. O S Farmer and R S Johnston attended a Des Moines and Louisa counties boards of supervisors meeting in Burlington. Several residents visited relatives in Letts Washington Crawfordsville Fairfield and Washington. School board elected G W Weber superintendent with 1000 salary Pauline Collins principal 75 monthly. Nellie Edmondson promoted to assistant principal at 52 50 monthly. other teachers assigned. Mary Carpenter visited Muscatine. Mrs C S Neal of Fort Worth returned home after her mother’s death. Mr and Mrs Arnold Bahns to occupy rooms above Webster restaurant.
A nostalgic note on remedies made from field roots and herbs. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is cited as a standard women’s remedy, claimed to have cured thousands of feminine illnesses over thirty years.
Saturday night marks the close of the membership campaign with a final gathering at the rooms. All members and new arrivals are urged to attend before 9 o'clock, plus reports of the S. S. L. club meeting and junior sale of fancy work ice cream and candy. Register now for health class tailoring and cooking classes awaiting a few more members.
Judge Jackson ruled yesterday that five year old William E. remains with father Goode Gross after the mother's petition for custody was dismissed. The case stemmed from a bitter juvenile court dispute involving Jeanette Gross and Goode Gross.
William Schrader of Everett Washington arrived after his father William Schrader died. He attended the funeral this afternoon and will stay with his sister Mrs Ed Dora in Muscatine while visiting.
An ad promotes Orrine as a guaranteed cure for the drink habit with a money-back guarantee. It offers two forms, a tasteless powder and a pill, both priced at $1 per box and mailed in plain wrappers from The Orrine Co. Washington, D. C. The message urges habitual drinkers to seek treatment and promises a free booklet on curing drunkenness.
Public notice states Muscatine Iowa city council has laid out Sub sewerage District No 17 in Main Sewerage District No 1. The plat and cost schedule are on file for inspection. Estimated cost 417.47 dollars with six inch vitrified pipe sewer on Roscoe avenue and Maiden Lane and two manholes. Objections must be filed by 7 20 p m April 1 1909 with Gustav Weis city recorder.
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