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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1906
Page
11
A Journal Junior report recounts a family scene where horses were meant for the barn but bolted toward the village, carrying girls on their backs. A grandpa’s horseman halted the escapade and ushered the animals back, leaving the riders startled and noting it may be their first and last horseback outing.
Eva M. Powell from Fruitland Iowa recalls a boy named Virgie Hensley who touched fire burned his finger cried Oh and hid, then mistook an onion for an apple in a cellar and threw items at her mother and herself.
A six year old girl named Rose plans a yard play and wanders toward the river and woods. Her father and mother search until they find her picking violets, then return home before dark. Rose completes chores and never runs away again. Muscatine Iowa mentions Margaret's Pets and Easter egg stories with local children and families.
Nine year old Margaret Hurfal from Fulliam Ave Muscatine Iowa visits her grandpa in the barn finds two small black and white kittens in the manger. Grandpa approves taking them home and feeding them milk. Margaret proudly shows the kittens to her parents Alfred Hurfal age nine.
Harrietta Fairfax seven and Fulham Muscatine Iowa are described as cut in the April shower while visiting Grandpa Gray in the countryside on the eve of Easter. The girls, Fanny and Mary, explore the orchard and pasture hoping May flowers would appear despite rain.
Easter morning Masie searches the barn and wood shed and finds a round red Easter egg. She brings it home, eats it after breakfast, and tells her mother she would have saved her ego. Helen A. Simpson 11 from Muscatine Iowa writes in.
Distressing kidney and bladder disorder relieved in six hours by New Great South American Kidney Cure. It relieves bladder and back pain, and eases water retention almost immediately in both men and women. A quick cure is promised and the remedy is sold by Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store in Muscatine.
Evan gelist E. E. Davidson of Newtonville Mass holds union revival meetings in What Cheer with large congregations and many conversions reported. Leon Lambert of Des Moines visited family here over the weekend before returning to work. Tom Hutchinson, long absent, returned to visit his mother. The Gibson graduating class with
Miss Martha Walker of Washington visited at home. The county Sunday school convention at the U P church saw a good program with talks on church work by Prof. Manning. Guests included Rev L D Young Mel Logan Rev Bailey and Rev Potter. Joe Harding and wife traveled to Illinois after the death of Harding's sister. La Moine Stephens and wife visited Crawfordsville.
May 11 in Toolesboro Fred Strawhecker, badly injured by a fall on a pitchfork, is improving and hopes for recovery. Mrs Lydia Gilmore returned to Red Oak Ind after a month with sister Mrs Asher Sillick. Harvey Kimball visiting from Kewanee, Kan. frost and garden damage noted. Mrs A Sillick was a Wapello visitor. Miss Zula Parsons of Oakville visiting.
Foley & Co of Chicago advertises Foley's Honey and Tar as the original throat and lung remedy in a yellow package. It warns that many imitations with similar names circulate and urges consumers to demand the genuine product at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
The Journal presents a music number titled We Have Been Friends Together sung by soprano and contralto or tenor and bass with music by B Henry Noble.
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