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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1903
Page
6
A public health notice touts wind based therapy as making a wonderful record in curing bronchitis. Officials promote air movement as a key factor in reducing symptoms and accelerating recovery. Community health workers urged adoption of preventive measures and consult local clinics for guidance.
An endorsement letter from Geo W Brown of So Han over NH praises Vinci for curing bronchial troubles after three bottles. It claims Vinci uses cod liver oil elements separated from fat, tastes pleasant as a wine preparation, and promises refunds if unsatisfied.
A compact note highlighting the journal's local correspondence and the wealth of happenings reported in the neighborhood. It emphasizes that reporters learn much and much could fill a book, but the best of it appears in current correspondence.
Riverside residents report W J Truxac shipping household goods to Fresno California last week with the family to join him on a fruit farm. John Moore formerly of Riverside now in Muscatine works in a meat shop. Mr Blecha aged about 70 buried in the Protestant cemetery after dying southwest of town. M E church parsonage and Younkin dwelling are being painted. Walter Shellady from Muscatine visited relatives and works in a Muscatine button factory. Burt Matthews started work on the east section locally. Sunday was a pleasant day with many out riding or walking.
Adams Iowa May 5 report: Mr and Mrs George Schildberg welcomed a son on May 3. Farmers say cold wet spring hinders oats and corn plowing with land too wet for full progress. Small grain and pastures fare better. early fruit damaged by frosts. Joyce Mills works on the section for the C R I & P railroad. Lukenbach visited Muscatine Friday night.
Western residents Mr and Mrs Henry Traeder and Mr and Mrs Stanley Hontz visited James Hontz on Sunday. Bert Adams visited his mother Mrs M Adams. The infant son of Mr and Mrs J F Lukenbach is ill. Mrs Kate Meyers and Mrs Anna Ayres visited the Cochoran home across Cedar. Cedar and Pike run fishing draws many anglers. Louis Adams of Nichols visited Adams family Sunday. M Jamerson and son Vern, working for Ed Brown, spent Sunday with family in Adams.
May 5 reports show Mr Hawkins an advent preacher canvassing Moscow for religious work. Dr Deith of Wilton attended Henry Windles sick child. Henry Heabner hauled corn to Wilton. County Superintendent Witter visited White Prairie school. Miss Lulu Walters visited from Cedar county and stayed with her cousin May Maurer. Mr and Mrs Henry Maurer spent Sunday with John Kaufman in Cedar county. Two Des Moines men on foot near Davenport begged for food. James Muller hauled hay for James Atwell from John Mark's.
Wrayville Iowa May 5 Foster Camp 865 M W A holds a special meeting May 7 at Foster to elect a sub clerk to fill the present clerk’s vacancy for a few months. Wrayville residents and several Muscatine visitors are listed in page notes.
The Feldman couple will celebrate twenty-fifth wedding anniversary next Tuesday after a brief visit to Goodland Kansas from Wrayville. The Danner child was christened Sunday by Rev Nuetzmann and named Joseph Henry. The German congregation held its third quarterly meeting May 3 with communion. Rev Hertzler from Muscatine officiated for Presiding Elder Rev Zimmermann and delivered three sermons.
In Pomeroy on May 5, the death of a Thornhill baby from New Boston township was reported with burial at Millersburg on Sunday. Mrs. W H Craine and Mrs. Kimball visited Frances Crawford, and Hiram Kerch fromnear Manion stayed with his brother Jim. The community notes repeated cold weather remarks. The third quarterly M E church conference is set for next Saturday at 2 30 PM, with Sunday meetings and a 3 PM sermon by Rev Craine at Pomeroy. Mr and Mrs H C Ripley hosted Eliza township visitors Sunday.
Lizzie Brisbon, described as a damsel of bad reputation, was arrested on Front Street for drunkenness and causing a disturbance. Officer Carl Thurman took her to the city hall, then to the county jail after she resisted. She had just recovered from smallpox, and Sheriff Stuart released her with orders to leave town immediately to avoid further arrest.
The Excelsior Hose company met at the West Third street station to elect officers for the coming year. They recommended May 26 as firemen's day and tasked Foreman Otto Horst to meet with other foremen Thursday night. A committee including Martin Flannery William Neff and Bernard Korte was formed to discuss a mutual firemen insurance plan with similar groups.
A large barn belonging to John Knight is burned by an incendiary fire north east of Marshalltown Iowa. The loss totals about 6000 dollars with only one third insured and includes five horses seven cattle 100 chickens 2000 bushels of grain forty tons of hay and various machinery wagons and buggies destroyed.
May 5 report shows closing ranges for leading New York listed securities. Prices vary by issue with figures for Atchison Missouri Pacific United States Steel Sugar Copper and others, indicating mixed gains and losses across rail and industrial stocks.
Mrs Martha Megrew 71, sister of R B Huff, longtime Louisa county resident, died Sunday in Grandview after a lengthy illness. She had lived in Grandview for several years and funeral services were held there with interment in Grandview cemetery.
Thiesen's talcum powder ads appear alongside notes on Geo. Daut and H B Davidson visiting Davenport and Wapello. May 6 church suppers at U B parlor attract attendees. Maccabees host a public smoker May 5. Mrs John Mahin lecture and a Mothers club gathering noted. Roy and Mrs Fath return from Denver with plans to settle near Wapello.
The advertisement touts Zema-Cura as a permanent cure for eczema hives and skin diseases, claiming it has helped thousands with no failures. A testimonial from W W McMullen describes relief after using the product, with directions and pricing at 50 cents and 1.00. It lists The Zema-Cura Co. address and local sellers McBride and Cope.
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