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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1908
Page
2
An advertisement promotes Kodol as a cure for indigestion linking poor digestion to diseases and claiming it digests all stomach contents to rest the stomach. It guarantees results with a money back offer and urges readers to buy a dollar bottle from druggists. It notes the product is prepared by E C DeWitt & Co in Chicago.
Hundreds turned away as the Grand Opera House fills for the first annual German Day celebration by Muscatine German societies. Mayor Schmidt Rev. Grieser Rev. Meier and Rev. Jans spoke as Die Wacht am Rhein and America were sung with equal fervor.
An advertisement promises to cure itching bleeding protruding or blind piles in 6 to 14 days with Pazo Ointment or a refund. The offer includes a 50 cent price and a money back guarantee.
Muscatine friends note Walter Williams former Muscatine tourist basketball player wed Elizabeth Priest of Steubenville Ohio in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday. They plan to make Cedar Rapids their home.
At an annual meeting of the Company C Athletic association in Muscatine the plan outlined a fast ball team for indoor field work this winter. A basketball tryout is set for tonight at the Armory with a strong team expected. An indoor baseball team bag punching and boxing are also planned. Alfred Wagner donated a punching bag and Dr H F Lange will install it. New officers include President Alfred Wagner and Manager Basketball Leigh Ruckdeschel.
Vera Maude Peck opened a voice culture and development studio at 609 West Third Street. She has a fine local class and a two day weekly assignment with the Washington Academy. Her training follows Frank Tubbs of New York methods and she plans opera talks and pupil recitals this winter.
Wilton Iowa Oct 13 Hundreds of farmers and their families packed the public school auditorium as Congressman Dawson and Congressman Hawley of Salem Oregon addressed a large bipartisan audience. The speakers praised the Roosevelt era reforms, debated party records, and urged voting participation while the crowd lingered afterward in discussion and handshakes.
Rheumatism attacks often treated as temporary or weather related but Chamberlain's Liniment offers prompt relief and often permanent results. The first application provides almost immediate relief and it is sold by all druggists.
A speaker cites a plan to make conservative banks pay for losses from reckless banking, giving an example from Connecticut. He notes annual potential payments of 484000 and total returns of 31900 over ten years. Hawley praises Dawson and forecasts a decisive second district reelection.
Rev and Mrs W C Schultze of the German Methodist church will be welcomed at a reception this evening by the congregation. Schultze, formerly from Rock Island, was transferred to Muscatine after Rev Baumgarten resigned to go to West Chester. A supper and impromptu program will be presented. all are invited.
Friday evening October 16 teachers of Muscatine city schools will gather at the Weed park club house for their annual banquet. An excellent menu and an interesting program are arranged as the socials provide a yearly chance for pedagogues to meet and become better acquainted.
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