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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1901
Page
7
Miss Ethel Bailey of Letts spent yesterday in the city. Coughs and colds toward consumption yield to the soothing healing effects of Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup.
A small farm near Muscatine is offered in trade for city property. Titus and Jackson are named as parties involved in the transaction.
The Journal lists bulk garden seeds at E L Graham 301 East Second and notes multiple local residents from Letts and nearby towns visiting the city. It advertises services from LaGrille & Son and Hirt & Griffith music store while mentioning medical cures and a recovery from appendicitis for E F Chapman in Chicago.
The Presbyterian church Young Ladies' Guild bazaar reports strong success with buyers on West Second Street. Ten states contributed donations from many firms including Globe Wernicke Co, Ludington Novelty Co, and John T Morrell & Co. Generous gifts included a book case display and an extra large ham for sale by the pound. Journal want ads bring results.
Post office officials report a department ruling against sending second to fourth class mail to vague addressees such as the physician influential farmer or popular undertaker. Postmasters are instructed to follow the law strictly and withhold such mail. The department will ensure rulings are obeyed and will scrutinize postmasters for compliance.
A German woman in Egan South Dakota Mrs L Seng credits Postum with curing years of coffee related illness including loss of appetite headaches dizziness and poor sleep. She reports improved digestion energy and ability to work in the field after switching to Postum Food Coffee. The article notes active outdoor workers may better tolerate coffee toxicity, urging readers to replace coffee with Postum to rebuild nerve health.
The Pan American midway will stage 42 tribes with 500 to 600 Indians in tepees wigwams and cliff dwellings. Visitors will see war dances battles and horsemanship displays, with villages beadwork moccasins pipes and amulets for sale, highlighting misunderstood dances and daily life.
A vivid travel note touts the Ehign Valley railroad journey to New York via Niagara Falls. It highlights attractive scenery fast trains dining cars and a la carte service as key charms of the trip.
A Vinton Pearl Button Co. letter seeks help from labor officials to recruit more workers, especially button cutters and several girls, as the Des Moines Bureau of Labor Statistics directs contact with Carl Evans in Muscatine to relieve a growing manpower shortage.
The Y. P. C. T. U. will meet at 7 15 this evening at Miss Kate Hartman’s home 409 East Fifth Street. All members urged to attend and assist in welcoming five new members. The issue of Miss Shonta’s joining must be settled at this meeting.
F W Shinn, typewriter expert, offers a selection of old style typewriters in exchange for the Oliver. Bargains include Remingtons, Barr-Lack, Jewett, Rem-Shoild style Olivers, and other models at Muscatine Business College.
The piece extols the Lehigh Valley railroad corridor linking Chicago with New York and Philadelphia via Niagara Falls, highlighting the region’s lakes rivers and mountains as scenic attractions for travelers.
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