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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1906
Page
7
Daily notices show residents and visitors from Muscatine taking trains to Davenport Wilton Fruitland Letts and Burlington. People like Mrs D B Rinehart Mrs F Butler Mr and Mrs Clark and Rev A J Kempton travel for shopping business visits and events.
First Congregational Church will receive a silver communion service as a memorial gift from Hattie Swan Cadle and Fitch W. Swan for their mother Juliette F. Swan who joined the church in 1853 and died in 1905. The set includes 44 glass cups per tray and matching receptacles, with inscriptions noting the 1853 1905 dates.
Muscatine and Rock Island Y M C A junior and intermediate teams meet tonight in Muscatine at 7 45 p m The Rock Island visitors beat the locals last Saturday in Rock Island and are rated fast The junior score was 26 to 11 and the intermediates 40 to 20 The games will be at the local gym with lineups listed for Muscatine and Rock Island players
A East Chicago Indiana woman writes that after doctors warned of an operation following X rays she used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and was saved from surgery and fully cured. The letter is shared to inspire other women facing similar health issues.
Mrs. J. P. Walton reports April 1906 as warm with a maximum of 81 and a mean of 52.25, the warmest in 67 years and wettest in 60 years at 11.80 inches. Barometer ranged 28.80 to 29.68 inches with 1.88 inches of rainfall.
Alvin H. Stimpson of Willimantic Conn. reports nearly giving up until Foley's Kidney Cure restored his health after failure of other remedies. He claims four bottles cured him completely and he is now free from kidney trouble symptoms. Haverkamp's Prescription Drug Store notes the testimonial.
High water from the river slows progress on flushing and cleaning sewers. Laborers work briefly, but full cleaning cannot proceed until river recedes.
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup touted as mild and pleasant tasting for women and children. It is recommended over violent purgatives like pills and tablets. A booklet and sample are available at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
Ottumwa Iowa May 5 Robert Wellmuth a local team driver died after taking laudanum following a visit to his estranged wife who refused to return home. He could not reconcile with his wife and consumed the poison about 8 oclock last night.
Mrs Martha Maeglin attended the German Lutheran convention in Burlington and arrived home yesterday.
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