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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1909
Page
3
A health notice promotes right living and timely remedies. It endorses Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trusted laxative and urges buying the genuine product manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, sold by leading druggists.
Public notices show Bell telephone offices and scattered coded strings. Details are fragmentary with unreadable portions, offering limited readable references to office locations and services.
Sworn detailed circulation statement for the Muscatine Journal for July 1909 lists totals, rates and distributions. Figures show multiple categories and page impressions with breakdowns and percentage figures across the month.
Readers note visiting residents to other cities often air complaints that reflect poorly on their home towns. The piece recalls a misreport from Cedar Rapids by a so called well informed man and critiques a Burlington Gazette editorial opposing a suggested idea.
The piece defends Cedar Rapids commission plan and rebukes a prominent visiting critic predicting failure. It argues residents are largely satisfied and that misrepresentation abroad harms the city. It cites Cedar Rapids Gazette reporting rebutting false Muscatine rumors as evidence of progress.
The Clinton Herald reports Asa S. Hall of Williamsburg named supervisor of the census in the second district. Support lauds his qualifications and urges a businesslike census execution with capable, fitness-based appointments to avoid mistakes.
A vintage advertisement urges readers to try Bitters first before any other remedies, promising quicker relief and avoiding further aggravation. The message stresses a long history of use spanning 56 years.
The advertisement claims Hostetter's Stomach Bitters excels in cramps diarrhoea poor appetite indigestion dyspepsia heartburn bloating belching and malaria fever and ague. The genuine bottle bears a private stamp over the neck and warns to refuse others.
Chicago launches its first outdoor school for tuberculosis children on Seventy-fifth Street and Vincennes Avenue on the Harvard school grounds. Thirty of fifty applicants were chosen after medical exams. the Chicago Tuberculosis Institute funds food, transport, medical care, tents and teachers. William E. Watt supervises with vacation-school staff. days include meals, chores, light instruction, play, rest, and nightly showers before rides home.
Chronicle of short notes from the masculine journal. Events span August Sunday to recent decades. Observations include Newton Brown losing two fingers, cherry prices at ten cents a quart, the Dubuque freight trip and wagon damage, M. W. Stirleng on a southbound train, a mad dog incident at Bowman's barn, and political commentary on tariff revision and Aldrich.
Thirty years ago Jacob Strafit of Company C wins the platoon target medal and marches the unit to Koehler's after drill for ice cream. Cadle Mulford Co.'s horse breaks into a runaway during the outing.
The document urges political focus on securing a complete count by appointing competent workers. It criticizes indifferent appointees and calls for Clinton business people to unite and take steps to prevent incomplete censuses.
Ten years ago today, Anna Prosser, daughter of Mrs S Prosser, frightened relatives by swallowing a pin. She held it in her mouth and, unexpectedly, swallowed it. The pin traveled down without sticking in the throat and no injury occurred.
A Waterloo Courier report notes a La Crosse college athlete was convicted under an assumed name to preserve the family name. The real name, Taintor, surfaced nationwide, exposing the privilege as selective and questionable.
The Waterloo Reporter recounts Miss Lucy Page Gaston arresting a Chicago youth for smoking and marching him to the police station. It notes a lax cigarette law in Iowa and hints she could find enforcement work there if time allowed.
A Sioux City Tribune tale notes a physician originated days celebrating melon prune or pie to boost home grown produce intake. The physician’s professional ethics allegedly forbid advertising.
The Iowa City Republican quotes John Temple Graves praising the value of loving a widow as a liberal education and notes that several men we know are entitled to their doctor’s degrees.
Theron Thompson of Thompson Brothers Co. in Muscatine Ia. reports through store conversations that Republican voters favor insurgents. He notes public sentiment is awake and distrustful of Aldrich methods, questioning if the push is rotten politics or graft.
The column asks how to amend immigration laws or the federal constitution to block Alfred Austin from entering America if Joaquin Miller creates a poetry colony. It frames a political legal question about safeguarding national borders and cultural projects.
Oskaloosa Herald reports Bob Womack who found the first gold at Cripple Creek and sold the claim for 500 dollars has died. The item notes his wealth would have been vastly larger if he had sold for five million dollars.
A. S. Nusbaum of Batesville Indiana recounts suffering three months with a summer cold and hay fever like symptoms until Foley's Honey and Tar relieved the sickness. He notes his doctor’s prescription failed to help while other medicines worsened it. His wife later found the same relief. A. W. Morgan, druggist, endorses the remedy.
Numerous visitors and residents travel between Muscatine Wapello Tipton Washington Fort Madison Ottumwa and Cedar Rapids for business and funeral events. Family gatherings mark the week as relatives attend the funeral of Mrs T E Johnston and others visit relatives across the region.
Aunt Ray learns Halsey may be linked to the Armstrong case though his tale is tangled with family love and a telegram Bailey never received. Gertrude’s sworn alibi fails to reveal the full truth while Louise Armstrong’s betrothal, town gossip, and a looming public reveal set the stage for days of tension.
The community records funeral attendance for Mrs. T. E. Johnston with visits by relatives and Dr. L. G. Woodruff. May Bratton from Chicago accompanied Mr. Johnston home. Several residents travel to Wapello for the pow wow and Oakville fish fry. The Grandview band provided music for the event.
A Sioux City Journal snippet notes a New York commission seeking to ascertain facts prompting local scrutiny. Officials consider how investigations may impact state and regional stakeholders.
A discussion suggests a type of primary law should be enacted to guide conduct and calls for investigations in Nebraska. The fragment hints at legislative action and oversight without detailed specifics.
An ad claims Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets gently stimulate the liver and bowels to expel poisonous matter, cleanse the system, cure constipation and sick headache.
Sage and Sulphur prep known since ancestors for restoring hair color. Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur offers sage plus sulphur in a ready made bottle sold by druggists or direct from Wyeth Chemical Co. 74 Cortlandt St New York City. A. W. Morgan's Pharmacy, special agent, markets this product.
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