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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1909
Page
7
Clean image ad for Be Clean. Eat Pure Food Groceries promises fresh spring chickens fruits and vegetables with prompt delivery tomorrow by calling 194. It also invites customers to ask for tickets in a $400 piano contest.
Dr E H King practices here. Mrs Emma Sickrod and daughter Miss Faye return home near Fairport after a brief city visit. Mrs C C Crispin returns to Wilton after visiting friends here. Emma Gillooley returns to Davenport after a short stay. Miss Lois Coyne returns to Davenport after visiting Miss Elizabeth Elfers at 606 Evans Street. Candy Kitchen advertised as best in sweet goods.
Miss Pearl Ritchley of Keota arrived at noon and spent the afternoon with Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Smith at 316 Walnut street. Mrs. Hitshusen of Olive California leaves for Oxford Iowa to visit her mother Mrs. Lohmann at 906 East Tenth. George E White family from Marsovan Turkey depart for Grinnell Iowa after a few days with John A. Robbins at 1906 Mulberry Avenue.
Gentle bowel regulator advertised for both children and adults, claiming to soothe delicate intestines and relieve constipation. Sold in two sizes, 10c and 25c, with a money back guarantee if it fails to meet claims. A. W. Morgan's Pharmacy at 107 West Second Street markets Rexall products.
Enrollment for opening week exceeded expectations and prospects for a full fall term are promising. Night school begins September 20 with day and night work similar. office hours extend to 9:00 pm for information and enrollment can occur at any time.
The latest Yello corn flakes are promoted as the largest and richest tasting breakfast cereal. Advertisers claim they are made from yellow corn using special processes to enhance flavor and quality.
In Brooklyn Frank Smith marked his forty sixth mound appearance but Rucker, the left handed speed artist, shut down the Cubs as Dodgers won 3 to 1. Smith then notched a 6 to 3 win in Chicago aided by Dougherty’s four bagger and early offense.
Secretary Robert Thompson of the Geneva Golf and Country Club reports the Roach and Sterneman teams four game totals will serve as qualifying rounds for the Labor Day links tournament. The list shows player names and 36 hole scores from 164 to 258, with Reeders and Smiths among top marks.
Keota Iowa September 3 Special. Co F Singmaster Sons new sales stable at Keota rapidly nears completion with a large force of men rushing to finish before September 22 when the first shipment of 200 head of foreign draft horses will arrive. The mammoth 100 by 188 foot structure holds 72 box stalls and will house Percheron Shire and other breeds valued around 150000 dollars. The horses ship from Liverpool September 11 to New York by train to Keota arriving September 22 via Rock Island line.
American League results show Chicago 6 over St Louis 3, Detroit 8 over Boston 5, Cleveland 1-2 over New York 6-1. National League games include Brooklyn 3 over Chicago 1, Boston 1-3 over Pittsburg 0-5, Philadelphia 3-5 to Cincinnati 9-3, New York 2 over St Louis 5. Central Association Quincy 1, Kewanee 2. Bloomington 6 over Peoria 2. other games postponed due to rain.
Funeral services for H. D. Oakes were held at the family home in Columbus Junction Iowa conducted by Rev Calvin Foster and Rev B R Drake. A male quartet provided music as mourners gathered in rain and Hazel Oakes the youngest daughter remained ill. Pallbearers were Will Lewis Harry Wilson Ed Griffith I A Endsley and Dave Stholtz.
Eight basketball pairs appear in today’s schedule featuring St. Louis at Chicago and Philadelphia at Washington. Detroit visits Cleveland while Chicago meets Brooklyn. St. Louis travels to New York as Cincinnati plays Philadelphia and Pittsburg eyes Boston.
Lincoln Iowa September 3 A trip to St Charles Iowa for a few days visit with relatives is noted Peter Haur. Fair attendees travel to West Liberty in late August. Mrs Meintzer returns from a brief visit in Iowa City to her home. Several students visit relatives from Foster Illinois Misses Carrie Grace Freyer muth Arizona Watson. Many attend the state fair this week. Alfred Oscar Wiese Charles Burr visit Okoboji Iowa. Group visits Minnie Haur home. School opens in No 4 with teacher Bessie Kline.
Fred S. Sly of Chicago field editor for Municipal Journal toured the Muscatine water works and called it an excellently equipped facility. He praised the plant's filtration system and machinery as the most complete seen in a city of this size and noted good sanitary conditions. He will publish a fuller report in the fall.
Wilton Iowa September 3 special report friends learned of the marriage of Attorney F A Martin to Miss Pearl Feltman last evening. The ceremony was at Rev D D Tallman church home at 8 o clock with a brief reception afterward. The couple plan to reside in Wilton and enjoy a wide circle of friends. The groom is a prominent attorney with a large practice. The bride is a popular young woman.
Mrs Geo L Fridhoff of Warren Michigan reports two months of hive like skin sores on her six year old daughter. After daily Cuticura Soap baths and Cuticura Ointment applications itching subsided and the disease disappeared. She endorses the Cuticura Remedies for skin diseases.
Canada will not impose export duties on pulp despite resentment over the Payne tariff revision. Ottawa and Quebec favor settlement over escalation with no retaliatory action. Premier agreements will guide federal policy, aligned with Ontario’s pulp wood export prohibition from crown lands.
Members may attend the Lake Geneva conference free this evening. Girls will share experiences on Tent Life Meals People We Met Stunt Day Recreation Receptions and more. Trains depart promptly at 8 o'clock. Be there before 8. Members urged to suggest fall class topics this week.
Mrs J D Maxwell of 6th Street Woodside Long Island reports her son's severe dermatitis healed by Cuticura Remedies. She describes raw sore shoulders itching blood and relief after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. Product line promoted includes Soap Ointment and pills with pricing.
A Kentucky woman reports cure of ulceration and female troubles after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Christiana Tennessee resident also credits the remedy with restoring health and nerves. The advertisement touts thirty years as standard treatment for displacements fibroid tumors ulceration inflammation irregularities backache and nervous prostration.
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