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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1906
Page
2
Mrs. Mittie Huffaker of Columbia Tennessee reports severe dyspepsia kept her bedridden until she used Peruna. After several bottles she says she recovered fully and credits Peruna with saving her life. Doctor S B Hartman announces a revised Peruna formula with a mild laxative effect.
A sales notice lists three firms as sellers including Jacob Fisch and Sons Thompson Brothers and McQuesten and Sawyer Company offering property or goods for sale. Details such as exact items, dates, and terms are not provided in the readable fragments.
The P. M. Musser library has placed 92 new volumes on its shelves over the past two months. The complete list covers miscellaneous works and fiction with authors such as Wilde, Kipling, Oppenheim, and Weyman, along with juvenile titles like Jack's Ward.
Rock Island faces a clash of show people as advance teams for Talbots Fighting the Flames Hale's Fire Fighters Wallace Brothers Ringling Brothers and Forepaugh circuses flood the city with posters. Walls and boards are plastered as each crew vies for more space.
The Cubs, a fast amateur club from the city, left for Wilton to face the local high school this afternoon. Freeman starts on the mound for Wilton as they seek revenge after beating the Cubs’ rivals. Agnew is expected to learn some pitching tips from Freeman.
The Burlington Machinists Association organized an excursion to Davenport on the Rock Island line. About six hundred people rode in eight coaches and a baggage car. They left Burlington at seven this morning and arrived here by ten, planning to reach Davenport around eleven to spend the day.
West Liberty Iowa May 30. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Percy Smith of Cedar Rapids at the Watson home on West Fourth street. Arden Snyder of Chicago business travel stopped in to see his sister Mrs. Emma Luse. Various residents from Downey Davenport Cedar Rapids Muscatine and Welch Louisiana are noted visiting relatives here and there. The teachers gave a seniors reception at Prof Schall's home with maroon and white class colors.
Iowa Central offers round trip excursion tickets every Tuesday to Minnesota Wisconsin the Dakotas Manitoba Saskatchewan and the Canadian northwest. First and third Tuesdays monthly cover the south southeast west and southwest. Rate is one fare plus 2 dollars with liberal limits and stop over privileges. For rates and details contact A B Cutts P T A Minneapolis Minn.
The forty fourth St Matthias school commencement will be at the Grand opera house next Tuesday. Three seniors Miss Florence Hahn Miss Edna Geibel and Miss Elizabeth Geer will receive diplomas. An operetta Cinderella in Wonderland will be staged with many participants for a pleasant afternoon. The program includes a Welcome chorus a Salutatory a trio duets and other musical numbers.
A school stage play synopsis with named performers and roles for Juniors and Seniors. Daisy is Cinderella sent by Godmother Nature to the May Day ball in Scene II. Includes a parade of characters such as Prince Sunshine, Miss Laurentia Rolland, and several named cast members plus musical numbers and graduating honors.
Martha Jans ten year old daughter of Rev and Mrs J Jans fell and fractured her right elbow while playing in the yard on Iowa Avenue. Dr Heidel attended and set the fracture leaving her as comfortable as possible.
A. Pinske of Nashoteh Wisconsin escaped death from a bleeding wound by using Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The product is sold for 25 cents at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
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