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Newspaper
Postville Review
Location
Postville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1913
Page
5
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The first Chautauqua closed with a grand concert by Victor's Italians drawing a large, eager audience. McDonald the baritone won hearts with stories and songs while Chaplain Lougher spoke strongly on India, China and Japan, urging friendship over mockery. The Mendelssohn Quartet and Redpath Vanter System impressed, and a contract was signed for next year with distinct, improved talent.
A letter from Horse Shoe Band Idaho dated August 6 from Harold D Courson details homestead life saying they have lived there over a year and praise the crops including fall wheat corn pumpkins squash and watermelons They note stock hogs cattle and calves with no doctor yet and Papa fishing on the river sending regards to old Postville friends.
Constipation is a gauge of many ailments and disorders that make life miserable. Take Chamberlain’s tablets, keep your bowels regular and you will avoid these diseases. For sale by J. M. Thomas Ladot. Many plan to attend the Odd Fellows’ Picnic next Wednesday.
The Allamakee and Monona Odd Fellows announce their annual outing on Wednesday August 20 at Forest Milla Park seven miles northeast of Postville. Rev J S Westfall and Rev A E Hursh will give addresses. Postville Cornet Band will provide music. there will be solos readings and recitations plus an exhibition drill by the Rebekkah Degree team and many amusements. Families urged to attend with baskets for a day of fun and fellowship.
A picturesque pilgrim aged around sixty visited Postville briefly, wearing an Are You Jealous hat band and three badges including M. W. A. and Great Northern Railway. He mowed a lawn, sang for the family, and claimed to entertain soldiers in Charles City. Also noted: sale of the old Postville Fire House, county newspaper changes, local weather, a deadly Christian Science incident in California, and inquiries about a Fraternal Picnic.
A revised Postville fire house plan adds a 16-foot rear extension to house machinery and tools, at a total project cost of 800 dollars. L. W. Goen, longtime editor of the Independence Conservative, hanged himself in his printing office basement last Friday after years of personal grief and illness. Prof and Mrs F M Phillips and family arrived by auto, expected to stay then left for Caledonia Minnesota after weather delayed their departure.
The piece reports Theodore Roosevelt, former U S president, testifying in a Michigan libel case against a newspaper man. It notes Roosevelt admitted occasional stimulant use and alcohol in moderation, inclining to wine and champagne at times, and argues the danger lies in excess rather than abstinence. It also mentions a dog incident about a child in a separate brief.
The Centerville Journal applauds Washington’s temperance stand and champion Francis Murphy. It credits Murphy with a blue ribbon movement that redeemed many from alcoholism, arguing personal prohibition is the only effective form and that the abuse of liquor, not mere use, fuels the liquor problem.
Women of refinement praise Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a safe reliable medicine through girlhood motherhood and old age. The tablets are sold everywhere at 25c a box.
Andrew Schuler and Mrs. Frank Steele attended the funeral of Clarence Mikota in Cedar Rapids where the 18 year old died after leaping from a fourth story hospital window during typhoid pneumonia. A cinema program listed includes Lamadra the Gypsy and Thou Shalt Not Kill among others. Mrs. J K Phillips of Rapid City visits A J Phillips' family and leaves for Mason City with grandson Clyde Stewart.
In Allamakee County District Court P J Beucher sues John Ward Bridget Ward and others claiming fee simple title to Lot One in Southeast quarter Sec 33 Two 96 North Range 6 West with ten years’ adverse possession and unknown claimants. If you fail to appear by September 2 1913 a default judgment will be entered.
Secretary George Hall plans a splendid Fair at Waukon with a big line of top notch attractions and plenty of amusements. The town council approved a 36 mill levy for corporation purposes Tuesday evening, allocating General 10, water 6, light 6 and street 6 mills, an increase of nine mills from last year.
A Drumquin Ontario resident named A Robinson reports years of indigestion and praises Chamberlains Tablets as the best medicine he ever used. The ad claims relief for indigestion or constipation, notes ease and pleasant effects, and lists a 26 cent price. Sold by J M Koma.
Costly treatment left C. H. Hines of Whitlow Arkansas troubled by constipation and indigestion. He spent hundreds on medicines at St. Louis and New Orleans hospitals with no cure before using Chamberlain's tablets. After a period of use he reports he is now all right. Sold by J. M. Thoma.
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