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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1926
Page
4
The Muscatine American Legion post will back a non partisan program on Sept 21 to boost voter turnout for the November 2 election. Conferences will promote civic responsibility and organize non partisan committees within civic religious professional and educational groups.
Prospective Muscatine factory plan announced by Dyer & Powell of Streator to manufacture Eagle Ice Economizer and Refrigerator and Protector Napkins in the city. Dr. C L Stafford to London for Methodist Ecumenical conference. Harry Thompson to dedicate University of Iowa March. A grand march composition announced. A Des Moines state investigation leads to a sensational bootlegging raid arresting 22.
William Moore escaped with a severe fright and minor injuries after losing control of a large tomato truck on the Muscatine high bridge. He jumped to the bridge as the truck smashed through the railing and plunged into the river.
The article compares powdering to sculpture, urging wiping off to shape rather than layering. It advises blending two or three powders for harmony, then finishing with fingertips. Lips follow powder and rouge, with center emphasis for fullness or brightness at corners, and a faint Cupid’s bow line suggested on top lip. Tomorrow's topic is eye make up.
Roads in Muscatine county were reported in good shape for weekend trips except for grading in progress at Funck's hill on the county road to Conesville. Work at Funck's hill is expected to be completed within a few days.
Justice Horst quotes top price for watermelons at 8.95 per group and notes two youths paid 19 for two melons. Muscatine residents Oliver Reed Jimmy Barton and Leonard Weber plead guilty to pilfering patches owned by island farmers, who report farmers arming blinds and expect more arrests as families defend crops.
An advisory states mixing the juice of two lemons with Orchard White yields a cheap skin whitener. Shake in a bottle to make a quarter pint for facial use, claimed to soften and beautify the skin without irritation. Stage stars allegedly endorse the remedy for freckle and tan bleaching, best when prepared fresh.
Fragmentary text notes intense reaction to a warning linked to PM 38 BC, contrasting courage and recklessness, with unclear context and missing details.
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