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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
7
Local brief lists residents and visitors with partial city and nearby towns. Many names appear with travel to and from Wilton Muscatine Nichols Letts Walnut Street Mulberry Avenue and Chicago plus ordinary ads for A B C Tea and eye ear nose throat services.
Miss Freda Schwab hosted her fifteenth birthday at her Jefferson street home with twenty four friends. Guests were served luncheon beside a large cake, then played games and heard piano selections in a floral decorated room.
Mrs Robert Rankins of Isett avenue found fifty friends had occupied her house on her return home for a surprise birthday celebration. The event featured games solos piano music and gifts. Refreshments were served and the party marked a memorable 37th birthday.
Columbus Junction May 20 local notes report visits by Mrs. Clayton Morford of Muscatine and Mrs. Jerry Springer of Muscatine. D S Buffington toured Wapello, Mrs J W Garner headed to Baltimore, and M W Klotz with Garner went to Washington for Knight Templar day. A misfortune left Mrs Joe Dotson with eye injury corrected by doctors. Wm Schwitzer and Miss Edna Williams wed at her parents home and left for Florida with wedding party. W H Clark will manage J B McElwain’s business while Mrs McElwain travels to Phoenix to arrange family relocation.
An 19th century remedy claim for female ailments offers Mother Gray's Australian Leaf as a regulator for back pain urinary bladder and kidney issues. Sold by druggists or by mail for 50 cents with a free sample offered from The Mother Gray Co. Le Roy New York.
Advertises Kodol as a universal digestive aid that will digest food for any stomach and prevent dyspepsia. Claims a tablespoon digests 2% pounds of food, resting the stomach for recovery and offering a dollar-back guarantee through E. C. DeWitt & Co., Chicago.
Muscatine bride Miss Bessie Goldstein to wed Sam Orvitz of Rock Island in Woodmen hall on Sunday May 30. Expected guests include at least 100 out of town visitors from tri cities Chicago and beyond. Rabbi Joseph Bleeden will officiate at the Hebrew ceremony followed by a banquet.
Miss Effie Vanzant and Miss Bertha Vanzant visit relatives while Wallace Williams visits his brother Prof Alfred Williams. A daughter is born to Mr and Mrs Oak McClurk. Alumni reunion of Morning Sun High set for May 21 in London hall and Memorial day observances assigned with committees. Commencement week fills London hall May 20 with class play Pygmalion and Galatea. Guests include Miss Lucile Andrews and LeRoy Trobridge.
Edna Riessen and Hazel Bohnsack spent Sunday with Ella Riessen. Emil Liebke and Henry Esihof visited relatives in Davenport over the weekend. Henry Bohnsack's family spent Sunday with D. Ormsby. Lee and Geo. Marclf of West Liberty called on sister Clara. Edwin Thomason traveled to Davenport midweek. Chas Liebke and family visited Durant. Blue Grass visitors to the Bohnsack home. Mrs Geo Dittmer and sons stayed with her mother in Walcott. Adolph Blank family enjoyed Sunday at the Blank home. Viola Bohnsack and Grimm sisters from Muscatine visited their parents. Dittmer family spent Sunday with Geo Dittmer. Meta Schneckloth of Walcott visited her parents.
Twelve Muscatine residents sat for the clerk carrier postal exam at City Hall conducted by Ed Link. Papers were sent to Washington for grading with the top three, led by the highest scorer, eligible to be first in line for Muscatine post office positions. Names include John Van Zyl Fred Kopp Louis Bleeden Daniel Borgstadt Edwin Ryan Harry Bomke Fred Bomke Philip Schwertzer Ira Leffler John Wiegand Chester Freers Charles Schreurs.
Copperas Creek Ill May 20 Mr and Mrs W Thirtyacre and son Maynard spent Sunday at Mrs J Drury's home in New Boston. Wm Kleist stayed weekend with grandparents Chas and Mrs Mewes near Illinois City. Mr and Mrs J McNall and family Mrs O McNall and son Nathan visited Ira McNall near New Boston. Cal Stewart hosted Mr and Mrs A Gorham Pine Bluff and Mr and Mrs W Colberg and family Sunday. J Wagler Pułaskia and family joined.
A C M warns against depilatories as skin harmers with no permanent effect. Esther V endorses almozoin complexion jelly and canthrox shampoo, noting easy at home preparation, low cost, and scalp benefits. Polly Prim and Elsie J respond, detailing recipes for cleansing, anti dandruff, and complexion care.
An old notice suggests relief for eczema in babies and adults by applying a lotion made from four ounces of luxor four tablespoonfuls of alcohol and a pint of water. The recommendation instructs repeated applications until irritation fades.
Annie G. and Belle R. advise women to use a simple eye tonic made by dissolving an ounce of crystal in a pint of water. One or two drops in each eye relieve dullness redness or inflammation and strengthen sight. It does not smart or burn and is used by many who wear glasses.
A reader named Helen N is advised that face powder is not the only beauty aid. A home wash is proposed using spurmonx dissolved in hot water with glycerine, promising a cheaper alternative to manufactured products.
Ed Wagler and baby Philip Wagler of Muscatine travel with Agnes Garvin Mrs R Cartthers and daughter Ella and the Zigenhorn and Zimmerman families from Eliza Blanche Krider of Turkey Ridge visits Chas Franklin. Mrs Peter Hesser visits Buffalo relatives. L Beeney family from Eliza with J C Hesser parents. G Hobart Andalusia stays with J C Hesser. Mrs J C Hesser visits friends Mary and Sarah Shirkey near Wrayville. Carl Kleist Andalusia visits parents Mr and Mrs G Kleist.
Prairie Grove Iowa reports a busy May with visits from Robert Pinney and family J M Walker and kin. births of a nine pound girl to Fred and Mrs Schneider. travel by J W Melick of Atalissa. Earl Jackson of West Liberty visiting his sister. Rena Swart's return from West Liberty. Alma Walker and son back from West Liberty. Chas Schiele at Centerdale. hog shipments by Centerdale traders. Harriet Swart and daughter visiting H T Swart. Frank Wilkins visiting West Liberty. Swart and Black delivering hogs. Sunday school attendance. Henry Pinney visiting the old home. John Anderson undergoing appendicitis surgery in Town City.
Elsie J guides readers to mix quinola with alcohol and water to create a weekly tonic. The remedy is claimed to remove dandruff stop hair loss and promote glossy abundant growth when applied to the scalp.
Do not be alarmed by winter flesh gain. A home remedy suggests dissolving 4 ounces of parnotis in a pint of hot water and taking a tablespoonful three times daily before meals, paired with early rising and as much outdoor exercise as possible.
A home remedy claims to purify blood and stimulate the liver to cure pimples and skin eruptions. The recipe dissolves kardene in alcohol with sugar and hot water, yielding a quart of tonic to be taken before meals and at night, touted as spring medicine to raise appetite and strength.
A short health note advises a brisk walk in fresh air to relieve a common headache. The suggestion highlights outdoor activity as a simple home remedy without medical treatment implications.
A sales note praising Lane's Family Medicine herb tea for women with headaches and side aches. It claims the remedy makes weak women strong and well and urges thoughtfulness from family. Sold by druggists and dealers for 25 cents.
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