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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1908
Page
4
An advertisement urges readers to start Hood's Sarsaparilla now to combat winter weariness and skin issues. It claims the remedy purifies blood, strengthens stomach, restores appetite, and offers radical cures for blood, stomach, liver, and kidney troubles. 100 Doses One Dollar. Sold by all druggists.
Local items list gas stores, insurance references, births, relocations, and sales. Notes include F Ashcraft for engines and lamps, Richman Richman and A G Tyler move to 309 E 2nd St, new births to Ferguson and Franklin families, and funeral pallbearers from Wilton for Mrs Sherberger.
The Highland Nobles Sewing Circle will meet at Mrs. Mathisson's home in South Muscatine on Wednesday afternoon. Electa Chapter No. 32 O E S will meet at the Masonic hall on Monday evening May 11 with initiation. all members and officers are urged to attend.
Miss Vera Eierman daughter of Mr and Mrs A Eierman 1018 Fulliam avenue was injured at 11 am today when her right arm was caught in a machine at the Huttig McDermid button plant. Dr J L Klein attended and reported no bone injuries.
Funeral services for Miss Elda Schreiber who died yesterday will be held Sunday at 2 PM from 1121 Logan Street Rev George Meier officiating. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
Authorities seized a trunk at the Wheatbrook farm containing letters from Mrs. Gunness to Lamphere. Lamphere seeks to discuss aspects of his troubles with his attorney while awaiting habeas corpus action. Investigators debunk old cemetery theories after examining the bodies and hair found at the scene.
A vintage drug store ad promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills as painless regulators for liver inaction and bowel stoppage. Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store offers the 25 cent remedy.
The eleventh annual National Association of Window Trimmers of America gathers in Detroit Michigan August 4 to 6. Henry J Rutherford of Batterson stores serves as president as demos, lectures, contests and a steamboat trip to Port Huron mark the program with awards for best displays and show cards.
The Boston Bloomer Girls will face the Muscatine Independents at Bijou Theatre on Saturday May 16 as part of Ladies Day at the fairground park. The Bloomer Girls are a familiar visiting team and will provide opposition for Muscatine’s independent squad. Manager A M Gollos will host the visiting players at the Bijou theatre. seats will be reserved for the entire crew at the first show.
Ramblers to Nichols tomorrow morning for an away game with a fast rival. Jeffersonians topple Pressler's Tigers 24 to 7 at Reservier Park as bats click for the victors. West Ends meet South Muscatine Stars at Hershey Park tomorrow with Rabbitt and Long against Vetter and Schroeder. Barry Mechanics vs Pine Creek Independents set for Pine Creek tomorrow.
William A. Taylor and Miss Zella McGreer were wed last Saturday in Cedar Rapids. Friends in Muscatine were surprised by the secret ceremony as the couple returned to the city last evening. Taylor works for the Iowa Telephone Company and came to Muscatine from Ottumwa. The bride is popular in Muscatine with many friends learning of the union.
Keithsburg Illinois votes to end liquor sales for at least two years closing all saloons. No legal liquor traffic permitted in the township until licenses are reconsidered after the two year period.
Richmond section of the National Conference of Charities and Correction opened with Prof Bruce R Payne of the University of Virginia as the lead speaker on Needy Families. Dr Walter Lindley urged creation of a U S public health department and a board of control for federal prisoners. W H Whitaker described discipline and employment in U S penal institutions.
Victor E. Bender publisher of the Daily Nonpareil in Council Bluffs testified before a House committee investigating wood pulp and print paper costs. He said prices rose from 1.70 to 2.50 per hundred pounds over ten years due to water scarcity and higher production costs. The panel then moved to Corinth New York to probe the Hudson Paper mill with local labor union cooperation pledged.
On May 2, a note appears at Red Top Columbia Batteries with F. Ashcraft listed beside Kemble House.
The piece argues that open mindedness and faith unleash spiritual and psychic powers. It extols clairvoyance and the Boy Medium who, while in a trance, answers questions and can cure diseases, with readings offered for 50 cents by public request.
Muscatine young women invited to a 3:30 p m Sunday vesper service at the Y W C A rooms 229 West Second street upstairs The topic The Blessedness of Work Nellie McCaw to speak Mabel Brunner to sing Monday Bible classes meet at 7 30 p m Mrs W H Randleman Grandview Ave and Bleeker St John VI 36 71 Mrs M W Stirlens class at 605 Woodlawn Ave also 7 30 p m
In San Francisco on May 9 Stanley Ketchel of Montana and Jack Sullivan of Boston weighed 156 pounds each for their Colma pavilion bout. Ketchel opened as a 2 to 1 favorite as fans waited for the afternoon ring action.
Mrs. Sultana Bartlett sues Hemenway and Dodd and others for $50 with interest on a promissory note and chattel mortgage for a $150 loan. The mortgage, assigned to Bartlett by A. M. Gollos, covers a moving picture machine used at the Majestic theatre.
Bloomington Illinois May 9 jury verdict voids the will of banker Thomas Crummbaugh who left a half million dollars to the Spiritualist church.
Aside from entertaining the independent manager A. M. Gollos on Monday evening, students of the Muscatine Business College will attend the first show.
The Gardner Wallace family moved from the corner of Fifth Street and Mulberry Avenue to 118 East Second Street, according to local notices.
Jessica reports her mother insisting there is only one best flour, specifically Gold Medal Flour, as the top option in a domestic kitchen debate.
A vintage advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsia with 22 grain Triangules to cure dyspepsia in five minutes. It claims the remedy digests 3,000 grains of food, ends sour stomach, bile, and constipation, and leaves users eager to dine with appetite and a clean stomach.
The Family Theatre in Muscatine will open to the public Sunday for the first time. Seats arrived last night, parquet seating padded, and the interior ready for the grand opening Monday afternoon. An act lineup features Namco Japs acrobats, Hoosier fight film, Grazers musical and dance, Lessix and Annita Arab gun spinning, and George Evers the blackface comedian.
Reports from Hershey hospital indicate Henry Coffman and Julius Zellmar, injured at the Roach and Musser factory Thursday morning, show improvement. Coffman rested easier this afternoon and seems to have a fair chance of recovery, while Zellmar continues to feel notable pain but shows slight progress.
Wright brothers report ten ascensions at Kill Devil Hills with their flying machine under perfect control. Flights were short but stable, launches and landings accomplished with ease, and the craft did not descend until commanded by the navigator, suggesting potential for long-duration flight.
Justice Gould rules that Senator Owen of Oklahoma former Senator Butler of South Carolina and Wylie O Cox are entitled to a $75,000 fee from the United States treasury after Shelley & Martin had blocked payment in a $5,000,000 Cherokee Indians claim case. No fraud was proven.
Albert Beard of Muscatine visited Gladwin with a day trip on Saturday. Local residents noted his itinerary and return plans.
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