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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1902
Page
7
An article extols eggplant as a versatile food while detailing many preparations. Sautéed, stuffed, scalloped, provincial broiled, Italian style, dressed, fritters, and eggplant a la Romana are described with step by step methods, seasonings, and sauces to showcase its use as a meat or vegetable substitute.
Leota L. Ingham of Ft. Madison files a suit in Wapello County Iowa seeking 3900 dollars and costs from Henry Schafer of Columbus Junction. She alleges Schafer maliciously swore out an information charging her with larceny, causing her arrest and confinement, then release after inquiry.
A Panama Colombia physician notes in a letter that a 16 year old patient with a severe dysentery recovered after using Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The patient improved within eight hours and was fully well in a week. Sold by all druggists.
A schoolteacher asks Tommy Taddells to explain high explosives. The pupil replies with a punny answer about sky rockets, eliciting a humorous exchange in the classroom.
A quotation from the New York Press notes that if a man judged others by his own standards he would grow vain and top heavy, suggesting self perception often misaligns with real merit.
The Louisa County Bar held funeral services for Hon. Damon N. Sprague at the Presbyterian church in Wapello Iowa on Friday afternoon with Rev. Cummings of Belvidere Michigan officiating. Aware pallbearers included L. A. Reiley Oscar Hale Arthur Springer Fred Coutts, E. M. Warner, and Will Colton. The Louisa County Bar adopted a memorial resolution expressing deep regret and sympathy to Sprague’s family and requesting it be spread on court minutes.
A vintage advertising pitch urges readers to use Cascarets candy cathartic to cure constipation with a money back guarantee if CCC fails. It promotes a bold health claim with vendor promise and consumer assurance.
Iowa Central railway offers special low rate excursion tickets to Clear Lake every Saturday through Sept 30. Returns available the following Monday. Great for a quick, inexpensive lake trip for busy men. See your local ticket agent for details.
From August 21 to 23 nine the Iowa Central will sell tickets from all points in Iowa to Des Moines at a single round trip fare. The sale runs through September 1. The event this year promises to excel all prior years and urges attendance.
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as curative for weak lungs bronchitis and coughs linked to consumption. It claims no alcohol or narcotics and offers free consultation by mail from Buffalo New York. A testimonial from Mrs Jennie Dingman praises its effectiveness against a severe cough.
A London Chronicle writer notes debates on where intellect resides in the brain. Dr. Phelps’s research on 205 cases supports the left frontal lobe as the intellectual center, while the right lobe can suffer injury with little mental impact.
Captain Lawrence invents a safety shield and electric signal to protect markers behind rifle targets. Markers stay in a bullet proof shelter beside the target. if they exit, a signal appears over the target face, automatically triggered by the shelter door.
An advertiser warns consumers to demand Cascarets Candy Cathartic genuine tablets not bulk or substituted. They caution that substituters are cheats and frauds and urge buying from all druggists for 10 cents.
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