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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1906
Page
7
Local items detail residents traveling to Davenport and Chicago visits and short trips to Marengo Cranston and Summit. Ads note farm mortgages and secondhand goods while basketball fans scout Co C versus Y at the Y and Farm service crews buy cream and eggs.
A series of promotions at the Milwaukee road shifts multiple senior posts. E Laas becomes engineer of maintenance of way at Chicago. N P Thurber transfers to trainmaster roles in the C B & Q and Illinois divisions with Savanna as base. W H Molchoir moves to Rochelle & Southwestern division. J A McDonald ascends to Ottumwa. J F Richards may succeed Thurber at Coburg yards. The changes, not yet officially circularized, follow two and a half years of Laas’ tenure.
Advertises Foley's Honey and Tar in a yellow package as a cough suppressant that ends colds quickly. Claims no case of pneumonia resulting from a cough and warns to refuse any imitations. Mentions safety and absence of opiates. Store product.
Walter Mincher’s mother from Wapello visited over the weekend. Charles Messick stayed a week before heading from Chicago to Kansas City for work. Art Horton’s health improves after illness. Philomathean Literary society plans April 6 entertainment at the schoolhouse. Several locals and visitors including Miss Maude Newcomb, Wilson McCurdy, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Norris are noted along with a Sunday school convention and temperance rally at Reformed church.
March 29 report from East Wapsie notes Mr. and Mrs. Chas Parks and children from Cedar Valley visiting the Marstellers. The East Liberty Telephone Company welcomed three new members Mrs Sarah Null Mr Wm Hudson and Mr Adolph Fickler at a meeting held at the Protzman home. Further, Mr and Mrs H H Hawker and children visited Ernest Hawke of Cedar Valley while Glenn and Marsteller traveled to Iowa City Friday evening.
Neal Smith of Cedar Rapids visited over Sunday at home. Mrs. Ralph Baker of Cedar Rapids visited the Schriever home before leaving for Washington to care for a grandmother. Miss Mildred, Louise and Lucile Brady returned from Mt. Pleasant for vacation. Clayton Brady is home from Mt. Pleasant, clerking in Smith and Brady's store. Lou Wade and family, and Jess Spurgeon and family, plan to move to Washington state. Luther Snyder of Davis and Snyder bought out Mr. Davis and remains at the same store. Weldon Heston and wife visited Frank Harlan’s home. Nellie Warner of Libertyville visits her brother Rollo Warner.
An advertisement claims the Pyramid Pile Cure quickly cures piles at home and offers free samples. It cites testimonials, notes long-standing suffering, and urges readers to request mail samples from The Pyramid Drug Company in Marshall Michigan.
Dr. D E Smith and daughter Olga travel to Chicago for the Dental Manufacturers and Trade Association convention. Mrs. H G Ficken visits Muscatine. millinery opening by Mrs Elia Smith March 31. Various local residents attend events and travel to Davenport and Chicago. Basketball game between high school and Hawkeyes set for this evening. County fair preparations by M E church. Woman's Club hosts J M Rider's party with green and white decor and a musical courtship game loved by attendees.
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