Local Social Notes And Consumer Ad Claims
Mrs William Dillaway was a passenger last evening to West Liberty. Miss Maggie Gross of Harper Indiana ended a city visit and returned home this morning. The best meals in the city for 25 cents. First class accommodations for boarders at New Century restaurant. Mrs Henry Nichols of Wilton ended a brief visit with Mrs W Blanchard and returned home last evening. I had a running itching sore on my leg Suffered tortures Dean s Ointment took away the burning and itching instantly and quickly effected permanent cure C W Lenhart Bowling Green O.
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William Dillaway
West Liberty
Maggie Gross
Harper, In
New Century Restaurant
Henry Nichols
Wilton
W. Blanchard
Dean
C. W. Lenhart
Bowling Green
Purity in Cocoa Methods Contrast Natural and Dutch Processes
The article praises proper mechanical preparation of cocoa beans for high value nutritive content. It contrasts natural extraction with the chemical Dutch process that uses alkaline matters. It asserts Runkel Brothers' Cocoa Chocolate purity is verified by top authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Runkel Brothers
Beautiful Lakes and Mountains Mark Lehigh Valley Route
Travel copy describes the Lehigh Valley railroad corridor from Chicago to New York and Philadelphia via Niagara Falls Buffalo, highlighting scenic lakes placid rivers and lofty mountains along the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
Largest Audience Attends St John Meeting
The United Brethren Church hosted Mrs. St John who spoke on A White Life for Two to a large audience. She urged strict morals, highlighted liquor and tobacco harms, and endorsed a united anti liquor effort in Muscatine. Tonight’s concluding session was to be held at the Friends church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John
U. B
Mrs. St. John
Jersey
Salvation Army
Church
Castle Garden
Friends Church
U. B. Church
St. Johns
Muscatine
Coffee Poison and Postum Cure Alleged by NY Reader
A New York hotel man links coffee to nervousness vomiting and sleep loss and credits Postum Food Coffee with restoring calm and sleep. He recalls a woman who quit coffee and improved weight and heart symptoms after switching to Postum. The anecdote is attributed to Henry A. Mader of New York.
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New York
Henry A. Mader
Oak Grove May Day Program And Local News
Oak Grove notes report Jay Bloomer recovering from a facial cut after a runaway incident. Miss Bessie Workman returns to Illinois after two weeks with her brother. Arbor Day exercises at the Oak Grove school feature a full program with songs recitations and a flag drill. After the program scholars helped plant seven trees with Mr Bloomer. Other items mention visits by Dessa Huffman Irena Klaiss Margaret Stuart and Fred Bloomer painting his house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove
Jay Bloomer
Bessie Workman
Illinois
Oak Grove School
Arbor Day
Anna Hendriks
Edward Bloomer
Fay Cole
Herbert Washburne
Edward Cole
Arthur Washburne
Clarence Beck
Hattie Bloomer
Naomi Stuart
Luin Beck
Bloomer
Dessa Huffman
Charlotte Cole
Irena Klaiss
Island
Margaret Stuart
Fred Bloomer
High Prairie Society Forms for Mutual Improvement
Ladies near High Prairie meet May 1 at Mrs. Frank McBride’s home to organize a literary and improvement society. Officers elected include President Mrs. John Hoopes, Vice-President Mrs. Ed Hitchcock, Secretary Miss Laura Barclay, Assistant Secretary Mrs. Frank McBride, Treasurer Mrs. John Hitchcock. Next meeting is March 15 at 2 30 p m at Mrs. Ed Hitchcock’s home. Program features Roll call quotations Athenian Oracle by Mrs. McBride and Mrs. Ida Goldsberry sketches from Mark Twain autoharp solo by Mrs. Hitchcock and Miss Emma Riges serves as optional participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Prairie
Frank McBride
John Hoopes
Ed. Hitchcock
Laura Barclay
John Hitchcock
Roll Call
Ida Goldsberry
Mark Twain
Emma Riges
Digestive Health Advice Prompt in Historical Ad Style
The fragment suggests urging good digestion and health, offering Burdock Blood Ritters as a remedy. The line echoes old advertisement phrasing, implying tonics or patent medicines as solutions to digestive concerns.
Peoples' Pulpit column set aside for readers' messages
A newspaper column titled Peoples' Pulpit is displayed for unrestricted reader communications. It invites signed contributions from the readership and reserves space for public commentary.
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Journal
School board urged to hire German teacher for district
Editor notes surprise at the Muscatine school board denying a German educated local candidate. The writer argues a qualified German instructor with German parentage should teach German, contrasting with an Irish applicant lacking language proficiency, and asks the board to reconsider in the interest of education.
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Muscatine
Germany
Galesburg
Wilton May 3 social and club notices
Ben Tufts visited friends then returned to Chicago. Wilton society news includes Porter and Elwood visits, alumni banquet attendance, Woman's Foreign Missionary Society meeting at the parsonage, and Harmonia club planned May 6 program with Ada Maurer Ruth Eaton and others performing Mozart Mendelssohn and Chopin pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton Harmonia Club
Maurer
Rose Streets
Kathryn Callahan
Ed. Gobtle
Thos H Brown General Agent New Towns on B C R Ni Ry
Thos H Brown, general agent for new towns on the British Columbia Railroad and Northern Illinois Railway, reports a failure in Frioxr Fails with continued challenges in S D.
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Thos. H. Brown
B.C. R
Ni. Ry
Typewriters and Supplies Bargains in Second-Hand Machines
Typewriters and supplies offered with a large stock of second-hand typewriters and new Olivers kept on hand. Machines rentable from $2.50 monthly. Full line of ribbons available. Call or telephone F. H. Shinn Typewriter Expert at Care Muscatine Business College.
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F. H. Shinn
Muscatine Business College
Scenic Route Described for Lehich Yali v Railroad
The line between Niagara Falls or Buffalo and New York and Philadelphia is praised for entrancing beauty. Pass oramie chans of scenery greet the eye at every turn with fast trains dining cars and service a la carte.
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Niagara Falls
Buffalo
New York
Philadelphia
Doctor J Alvin Horne Promises Cure for Wide Range of Ailments
Prospect ad touts Dr J Alvin Horne as miracle healer for the lame blind deaf consumptive paralytic aged and infants with testimonials from grateful patients. Offers free consultation and one week of treatment with a free book via a card request at Mitchell Lynde Ridg Rock Island office.
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Horne
J. Alvin Horne
Mitchell & Lynde Ridg
Rock Island
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Daily Journal
John A. Robbins
Olds Block
Luise Battey
Glover
McBride & Cope’s
City Drug Store
Sato
M. D.wells & Company
O_AT
Frank
Rambler
Ideal Bicycles
Havana
Fiour
Halstead Ara Son
J. L. McColm
Atalissa
Mrs. N. P. Long
Vinnie Letts
Letts
Whisler’s
West 2d Street
J. L. Smith
Adams
J. G. Smith
Sarah Leverich
Julius Pauciet
Thomas
Ladies of Maccabees
Maccabee Hall
P.m
Mrs. J. Long
N. P. Long
F. Linnenkamp
Harper
Ray Wombacher
Miss Deitch
St. Mary’s Church
Riverside
Titus & Jackson
John Maurath
Clara Kuriger
Wapello
Frank Bowman
Cora
Ada John
Newton
Hirt & Griffith
E. 2Nd St
Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
A. Prow
Hershey Avenue
Basin
Big Horn County
Wyoming
Prow
Lincoln
Nebraska
R. G. Haskin
California
The
United
Bel
High Prairie Society
Peoples’ Pulpit
Mozart
Ada Maurer
Miss Hall
Clellan
Ruth Eaton
Lavallee
Miss Bacon
Mendelssohn
Elijah
H. P. Mason
Miss Wise
Miss Maurer
Saint Saene
Miss Callahan
Mignon
Piano—Nocturne
Chopin Miss Ada Maurer
Fisch
Faure
F. S. Pentzer
Liszt
Carmen
Overture
Tannhaeuser Wagner
Misses Maurer
Red Wing
Lotus
Fred L. Kennedy
Eltendale
Albert Lea
Owatonna
Minn
Burington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway
Ellerdale
Wegee
Ellendale
R. J. Dobe
Cooleysville
Fiouxr
S. D
M. D
Taber
Peoria, Inl
Taber’s
Pepsin
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