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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1906
Page
7
Numerous residents take trains to nearby cities including Essex Eldon Cedar Rapids Lone Tree Boone Grandview and Davenport. Stores promote Sleepy Eye flour Straw hats Melita cigars and Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup while dental and travel notices dot the page.
Riverside Ia announces baccalaureate on Sunday June 3 at 8:00 p m with piano solos El Fabece Jo Joachim Rapp and Irene Schnoeblen plus sermons and songs including The Lost Chord and The Harp that once through Tara's Hall. Class day Monday June 4 at 2:30 p m features solos Druck and Thoman progress and poverty and commemoration of Julius Caesar. Commencement Monday June 4 at 8:00 p m includes diplomas and address Why John Goes to College by Prof Wilcox with a Red and blue class color scheme and red rose flower. All exercises at the opera house.
Advertises Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a guaranteed remedy for cuts burns and wounds sold by Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store for 25 cents.
May 31 Sandy Grove notes Will Lowe improving after returning to Muscatine for care. Bert McNamer remained seriously ill under Dr. Rogers. Mrs. Tom Carey visited her nephew Clemment Edmonson as he suffered head injuries from hitting an iron hitching rack. Kit Turkington Horace McCormac families fished at Buzzard's Bay. Ethel Johnson Maud George Leona and Frank Adams attended Fredonia school entertainment. Charlie Wagner visited Nichols on business. Grant Brown and wife visited their Letts relatives. H A Banta worked on carpenter projects for Henry Wagner.
Reports from the Tri-Cities and Burlington follow a river body identified as James Hill. City Attorney Mangan of Aurora seeks coroner input on matching the victim to a pensioner painter description, while a claimed wife presents conflicting accounts and questions arise about motives and disinterment.
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only constitutional treatment for catarrh, claims it acts on blood and mucous surfaces, and offers one hundred dollars for any failure to cure. Includes address in Toledo Ohio and notes Druggists sell at 7 cents. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
An advertisement extols Dr. A W Chase's Nerve Pills as a cure for tired weak bodies with thin blood. It asserts pills improve nourishment, strengthen nerves and muscles, boost heart and organ function, and promote weight gain. Available for 60 cents a box, via A W Chase Medicine Co Buffalo NY and A W Morgan, Druggist.
Mrs Mumm died at her home north of town last Friday and was buried at Nichols Sunday. Mrs Grant Stover and her son Clair and Mrs J Allen of Burlington arrived Wednesday for a few days visit. Miss Blondie Crain entertained several school mates at her home Friday evening.
Mrs. S S Snyder visited her daughter Mrs Charlie Brown of Grandview and called on Mrs R Rexroth Williams near Cairo visited J T Gambell's by the weekend. Many neighbors and relatives are noted in casual calls and family visits across Fredonia Columbus Junction Letts Prairie and Grandview with a picnic at the end of the term for school taught by Fred Cutcomb and Miss Ida Chown.
In Richland Iowa on May 31 residents report visits by Jno Newhouse and family from Harper and Mrs Bert Crew with children from Newton to Stephen Bailey. Also Mrs Clarence Rice Eloise Sigourney and Roy Latta with children visiting relatives. Other items include Barnett's memorial sermon at M E church and carpenters Wade and Harlan moving to Leo to build a house for Geo Bray.
Ad touts Electric Bitters as superior remedy for dim eyes coated tongue poor appetite and constipation. Sold for 50 cents at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
L M Cecil returned Monday from Hedrick Iowa. Mrs Rube Marks and Flora were Junction callers. Henry Vail came from Muscatine to look after farm work. Henry Krider visited Lone Tree. Ralph Babbit was in Columbus Junction. Mrs Ida Nash and family from east of Nichols visited the Brockways. Mrs L M Cecil and Mrs D C McKee spent time in Nichols with Mrs Ed Brown. Maud Sayers of Muscatine visited the D C McKee home. Mrs Ira Owen and Mrs Willlic Cormick visited friends in Columbus City. Miss Grace Tipton came from Burlington to visit her sister Agnes Tarpy. Glen Epperly from Cedar visited Brockways.
Cheap round trip fares from Chicago to Boston with multiple route options via Nickel Plate road and via New York City. Includes return extension to July 15, stopovers at Niagara Falls and Chautauqua, and daily through trains with dining car meals. Reservations through John Y. Calahan, General Agent, Chicago.
The Lone Tree high school will hold graduation at the Grand Opera house on Friday evening June 1. Rev. J W Potter of Muscatine will deliver the address. Twelve students will graduate with Ross Lee as valedictorian. Names include Olive Adams Mildred De Lano Anna Rayner Edna Potter Lara Jayne Bernice Holdeman Edith Alexander Mary Eden Blanche Crain Coy Pottis and Leslie Carl.
Fairport residents mention several visits with relatives from Muscatine and Davenport. Social calls include Mrs. Cham Bliss and Mrs. T Maher visiting kin, while others travel through town. A rainstorm Saturday kept some locals indoors and parts of the community noted small social gatherings.
Travel offer from Chicago to Boston via Nickel Plate with a one fare round trip plus $1.00. Valid May 31 through June 9 with extended return to July 15. Ex cursion rates via New York City. John Y. Calahan is general agent, room 298, No 113 Adams Street, Chicago.
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