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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1901
Page
7
Second hand bicycles offered at Schmidt Brothers with low prices. Advert explains discounts and availability. Local shoppers encouraged to visit the shop for good deals on used bicycles.
Daily city notes record Wilton travelers including A J Hurlbut and Jerry Dunnaman on business trips to Davenport and Wilton, along with shipper updates, hotel meals, prospective homes, and a postponed court trial involving Mrs Cristman vs Wilton.
Real estate offer for an eight room house with modern improvements and a full lot available at a bargain if taken promptly. Titus and Jackson handle the listing.
Muscatine politicians and businessmen form a five member committee to arrange a potential stop for President McKinley and party. Senator Allison plans to urge the visit, aiming for an all night Davenport to St Joseph run and a pearled welcome for Mrs. McKinley. Buffalo bureau offers Pan American expo lodging guidance with room rates and advance reservations.
The Iowa State Methodist Camp Meeting at Clear Lake will run July 17 to 28 with Rev. Dr. R. N. McKaig of Minneapolis preaching and Rev. Dr. C. W. Blodgett of Cincinnati preaching in the closing days. The event promotes the Forward Movement and invites Iowa ministers to attend.
The retail Clerks' union met at Trades Assembly hall and initiated 18 candidates. A social hour followed as Alice Walton Beatty postponed her visit for two weeks. Twenty more applications were received for initiation next week. The society now numbers one hundred fifty members.
The Epworth League Assembly of the Northwest will meet at Clear Lake Iowa from July 29 to August 8. Excluding Sunday services there will be twenty entertainments and lectures by eminent talent plus daily League Parliaments and occasional Missionary and Temperance Parliaments with addresses at each. The Northwest Leaguer for May will be mailed free to interested readers.
Shenandoah Sentinel reports W. F. Chevalier of Red Oak elected to lead Muscatine public schools. Muscatine's system employs 58 teachers and 2,500 students, roughly double Red Oak. Chevalier, a 12 year Red Oak superintendent, is lauded as a leading Iowa educator and former president of regional and state teachers groups.
North western Iowa lakes Spirit and Okoboji begin fishing season on May 15. The text promotes the area as a top fishing spot with affordable hotel and boarding house accommodations. A B C R N transfer bus serves Spirit Lake town to The Inn and Arnolds Park, with return service before train departures. For rates and train times, contact a B C R N agent or Jnc. G. Farmer A G P A Cedar Rapids Iowa.
An article promoting Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for menopause and female health. It cites testimonials from women in California and Missouri, claims cures for weak and sick women, and advertises accompanying products including the Pellets and Golden Medical Discovery. It also urges readers to consult Dr. Pierce and to obtain Common Sense Medical Adviser free or by mail order from Buffalo NY.
Henry Tobare spent Sunday at Wap. The Woman's Foreign Missionary society met at Mrs. Margaret Settlemire's home. Mrs. Emerson Hoopes elected delegate to the West Liberty convention. The Brotherhood of St. Paul held its first Musserville M. E. church meeting with 25 members. officers appointed and a plan to visit the sick and assist funerals adopted. Next meetings planned and Bible study led by President Nevius. Also notes on Ravenna raft, Ruth Winder visiting, and John Becke going abroad.
A cough signals possible serious illness such as consumption or bronchitis. Early treatment with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has proven successful in curing coughing fits and related diseases, with no cost if it does not benefit the user. Sold by J J Havercamp and W C A Busch, druggists.
A trimmed OCR fragment notes many men pursuing rapid success by leveraging ambition and risky moves. It describes pressure to climb social and professional ladders, with caution implied about the costs to integrity and stability.
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