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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1907
Page
7
Local news lists residents traveling by the Firefly to Davenport and Moline for visits and business. Citizens from Salena, Eldon, Des Moines, Prague and other towns are noted, with hints of conventions and social events. An ad promotes Hy-omei and Urino Laxative Syrup offered by local stores.
The Treasury Department says six sets of plans and specifications will be sent to the Muscatine postmaster for distribution to local general contractors able to bid a lump sum contract. Additional sets may be provided if needed, with full competition encouraged among local firms in June.
An ad for Herpicide claims it kills dandruff germs and stimulates hair growth. It describes the product as a pleasant hair dressing with no injurious substances, sold by druggists and available in 50¢ and $1.00 sizes. Sample requests can be sent with 1% stamps to The Herpicide Co. Detroit Michigan. Havercamy's Prescription Drug Store is a special agent.
Chicago May 15 heavy realizing sales led a general drop in the wheat market. July opened down and fell sharply as profit taking spread, with shorts selling heavily. July closed lower at 98140 93 1/2 cents per bushel, reflecting widespread selling pressure.
Gene Dittmer and Will Broders were business visitors in Muscatine on Tuesday. Mrs. Louisa Broders and Alvina Dage with son Arnold shopped in Davenport on Monday. J. C. Riessen and family visited at daughter Mrs. Louis Dietz’s home Sunday. Misses Eona and Ella Riessen and Hulda Breeckman were guests of Viola and Hazel Bohnsack Sunday. Adolph Blank hosted relatives from Durant Sunday. Mabel Hague visited friends in Davenport Saturday and Sunday. Helen Dittmer and Belle Bohnsack spent Thursday with Mrs. Meinert near Maysville.
John Hutchinson and family of Sherman Street prepare to travel in a prairie schooner type wagon for about 400 miles toward western Kansas. They will lease a small ranch there and make the journey with two horses, aiming to see the countryside en route before settling in their new home.
The Louisa county Sabbath school association met at the Methodist church with devotional exercises by Rev. Koopsman. Delegates discussed incentives and rewards and teacher work while reports praised county schools and a symposium on Sabbath school management followed. Officers elected include C. A. Sprague as president and Rev. A. E. Hursch as secretary and treasurer.
London May 16 Henry Chaplin a unionist ex president of the local government board was elected at Wimbledon by an overwhelming majority despite opposition from women suffragists.
Two new houses at New Boston at 4000 dollars each. Dr L L Meintyre will settle in New Boston around June 1. Manville Chamberlain adds new floors to Frank Searls restaurant on Main Street. Frank Kapper buys Caroline E Histed farm for 1259 dollars. Friday evening graduates include Edward W Histed, Hellen L Kellogg, David M McKown, Flossie Crosley, Harry E Nelson. Davenport business club to visit New Boston on Tuesday the 14th around 3 30 p m. Muscatine Journal agent called on us last week and collected subscriber names.
The coroner’s jury concluded Horace N Marvin Jr died from exposure on March 4 1907. A fragment about Kirk's Jap Rose toilet and bath spar is included, claiming it is transparent and widely sold by druggists and grocers.
Dover May 16 jury returns verdict in case involving a supposed kidnapping victim. The trial focused on alleged abduction details and the outcome is reported as part of regional crime coverage.
An ad extols Malta-Vita as the ideal pre digested wheat based food. It cites Cuvier and authorities praising vegetable diet and asserts Malta-Vita provides complete nutrition with maltose conversion. It claims broad health benefits, suitability for delicate stomachs, and recovery cases. Availability noted at grocers for ten cents.
The Savile Humpty Dumpty company to perform Tuesday evening at the Grand Opera House. Eighteen performers led by John McDonald promise metropolitan entertainment with singing, scenery, costumes, and a top pantomime clown. Seats go on sale Monday at 9 a.m.
Henry B. Harris presents Charles Klein's The Lion and the Mouse at the Grand, featuring a biting portrait of finance and a judge's daughter facing impeachment. A fine cast supports the production with no advance in prices. seat sales began Thursday at 9 a.m.
In Richmond Indiana on May 15 Claude and Lee Nicholson and Howard Mitchell all under 13 were held to answer in juvenile court for tying Delbert Kink to a railroad track as a joke. The boy loosened the ropes and then became prostrated from the weight.
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