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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1902
Page
6
For sale at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store, the tone claims a rapidly effective remedy to cleanse the blood and boost vitality using grape juice combinations from River Rhine cures. Mull's Grape Tonic blends Traubenkur with herbs, sold in a large bottle for 50 cents, touted for stomach liver and kidney issues and as a general tonic.
Memorial exercises were held in the opera house at 2 30 Sunday with tasteful decorations by the ladies circle. Rev A B Hightshoe delivered the address and Lt Gov John Herriott gave the day’s oration after Lincoln’s Gettysburg speech.
A Plymouth Oklahoma dealer cites H R Phelps praise for Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Five bottles sold yesterday to threshers who kept working and lost no time. A home stock recommendation and note that it is sold by all druggists.
Superb vestibule trains run between Chicago and New York or Philadelphia with no change. Stop-overs allowed at Niagara Falls for travelers seeking daylight service and convenient connections.
Wilton Iowa hosted a four school field meet with Atalissa West Liberty and Wilton scoring. Atalissa led after six firsts but Wilton and Atalissa tied on major events as details of races and jumps listed. The weekend also included the Union Memorial service at Presbyterian church, graduation notices, and community events around Wilton.
Alvin Overman, born April 24 1882 in Mechanicsville Cedar County, died recently after a life tied to Cedar Rapids where he worked in a drug store. He left behind parents, four brothers Fay Gene Charlie Glen, Mrs Gene Jones, cousin Cyrus Kline and aunt Mrs Walker. Funeral services saw eight Cedar Rapids companions serve as pallbearers. Floral tributes surrounded the casket and the remains laid beside his mother and a little brother in Overman’s cemetery. The community offers sympathy to those in mourning.
It pays to learn current rates from Chicago to New York and other eastern points via the Nickel Plate road and connections. Three daily trains feature no excess fare and dining car meals under the American club plan. Pay for what you get with fares from 35 cents to a dollar. Folders and full information available from John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 111 Adams St., Chicago, Ill. Depot at Fifth Avenue and Harrison St.
Louie Ingraham presented a graphophone entertainment at J. W. Flater’s home with fine music and lunch by the Misses Flater. Mrs. M. G. Swain reports Chicago weather unusually cold during a weekend return. Emma Beggs hosted a Butterfly party despite threatening weather. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hyink of Muscatine and Elmer McGowan. The Ladies Aid meets at M. E. church next Thursday. Alva Mellick hosts two sisters from Bloomington Illinois. Mrs. Leslie Watters and son visit for high school commencement in Atalissa.\"
Fragmentary timetable notes list various departure and arrival times with multiple passenger counts and directions, including Going East and Going Southwest. The readable items mention numbers 2, 30, and 16 passengers, with times around 3:39 p m and 9:53 p m.
timetable effective April 2 1902 shows daily trains between Muscatine Roundhouse Fruitland Grandyview Wapello Elrick Jet and connections with B C R N Iowa Central with north and south bound services and weekend adjustments including Saturday and Monday variations.
Iowa Central announces northbound routes including the St Paul Express at 8 10 p m and Mason City Mall at 11 59 a m on Sundays as well as freight no 25 at 10 05 a m. Southbound services include Peoria Mall on Sundays at 2 45 p m and the Peoria Express at 5 36 a m. Coupon tickets to the US Canada and Mexico are on sale through Geo S Batty and C L Seevers with Marshalltown and Elrick Junction agents.
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