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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1906
Page
6
Muscatine post office rural carriers face severe spring road conditions. Many walk portions of routes as wagons sit idle. One carrier uses trains to Bayfield to resume service while others are missing contact. farmers tolerate delays as registration access remains limited.
Keota daily notes Dr W T Palmer and Dr J C Black are in Chicago for a national dentists meeting. The piece records local visits, community events, a city election result, ordination news, and a demented relative being escorted to a hospital.
A vintage ad sells Dr Kings New Discovery for coughs colds and sore throats with a guaranteed cure. The Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store offers the remedy priced 65 cents and one dollar.
West Liberty March 29 Miss Esther Emmons hosted the Birthday Kensington club for a needlework gathering with refreshments. Local residents and visitors including Mrs. Lafe Randall and John Cookson were noted, while several townsfolk traveled or visited relatives in Iowa City and nearby towns. The column records illness concerns for Clark Lewis and sister Emily Chase, plus farewell of Mr. and Mrs. Will Reon to California.
Laurel Hill March 29. Mrs Paul Johnson has been on the sick list the past week. Mrs Ed Patton and daughter Margaret left for Davenport Sunday after a pleasant visit in Laurel Hill. Miss Frances Boot was a business visitor in Atalissa Saturday. Mrs Mat Foley departed for her
An advertisement extols Wheeler's Nerve Vitalizer as a safe method to restore brain energy and nerve function. It claims to rebuild nerve tissue, improve sleep, and provide lasting relief from worry, despondency, and fatigue, citing a testimonial from Mrs. Florence Sanders of Chillicothe Ohio and offering a $1 bottle price.
Mr and Mrs John Dittmer visited sister Mrs Jack Broders. Henry Pohl and Ivah attended funeral of Jack Braugh at Durant. Dittmer family and Gus Broders with Emma Dittmer visited Walcott relatives. School closed for week vacation with a program. Amelia Mienert returned home after week with sister Mrs J Dittmer.
The article urges strong pure food laws and lauds Malta Vita as a completely pure grain product with no additives. It describes the manufacturing process from wheat to crisp baked flakes and malt sugar, claiming it as the healthiest whole wheat option available. Local notices mention Springdale vendors and residents traveling for business.
The report lists daily movements and visits by local residents including Engel Boot Glenn Cummings Christ Len Angerer and Mabel Blakewell. It notes a social dance in Durant and a near completion of a new telephone line from Wilton to Yankee Hollow. Other items mention travelers to Muscatine Toulon and Hook Island and students returning to Stockton.
O B Bigelow travels to Moosemen Canada to oversee wheat planting on his farm. The North Liberty Aid society visited H L Lewis home. Various residents including Ralph Atkinson Mrs Willis Fawcett J S Fawcett and others visited relatives or transacted business in Springdale. Temperance speaker Mrs Mary Sibbitt spoke at Friends church. A social card party and a dinner for Springdale high school graduates 1905 occurred. Henry Phelps visited Cedar Rapids and returned to college. Henry Swart will move to Lake Utah for mining in April.
Miss Lora Rock heads to Chicago art institute after a Morning Sun trip. Mrs. W. C. Swan returns to Beacon Iowa, and Mrs. R. R. Wright comes home from Colfax. Several others visit relatives, travel or attend lectures as Sorosis announces a recital by Mrs. C. P. Funck in London hall. Juliet and Emily Cannon arrive from Chicago to stay with Miss Martha Cannon.
An old advertisement promotes Electric Bitters as a cure for biliousness and kidney trouble. It credits Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store and lists the price as 50 ets.
In Fairport Iowa March 29 Mrs G Schmidt Mrs I Reeves P Hahn E Reeves C McPike J Schaeffer and B Hershey transacted business in Muscatine Saturday J Feustel of Muscatine is visiting son G E Feustel Ed Mockmore of Wilton visited friends here for several days Gus Dusenberry and Ed Dolan returned from a hunting trip Tuesday with a large bag of ducks Miss Pearl Leach and Myrtle Greiner gave a flinch party Tuesday evening Mrs Fannie Reeves went to Muscatine Wednesday Mrs W S Leach returned from a visit with her son in Montpelier Mrs Fannie Martin of Illinois City left for home after visiting sister Mrs W A Reeves Mrs N Weimer of Muscatine visited her mother Mrs Huestead Sell that second hand bicycle and get a new one. A Journal want ad will sell the old one for you. One half cent per word.
Mrs Rosa A Currier of Kalamazoo Michigan testifies the pills stop sick headaches in minutes and prevent future attacks. The Miles Medical Co sells 25 doses for 25 cents with a guarantee through druggists. Elkhart Indiana.
Eastbound services include No. 20 flag Mali at 5 20am and No. 24 with limited details. Westbound trains list No. 1 at 4 08pm and No. 23 with uncertain notes, plus No. 37 fast mail on signal at 7 49am and No. 19 express and mail at 10 13pm.
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