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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1909
Page
3
The California Fig Syrup Co. stresses full disclosure of ingredients to physicians, claiming purity and uniformity from a secret manufacturing method. It notes California figs provide taste while active medicinal components come from beneficial plants and urges buying only genuine products from the company through druggists.
The Journal outlines agency locations for reader convenience listing Fast Hill Hurlbut Grocery East 2nd street South Muscatine Toborg Bros Oregon street W C A Busch's Drug Store Hershey venue Kecklerville Chayka's Grocery West Hill J W Fuller Grocery and Wm Van Zyl Grocery New York Office 30 34 West 33rd Street.
Payne and Young oversee operations from the Chicago office located at the 750 Marquette Building.
Telephone exchanges and Bell offices listed with references to Keven 27 and editorial offices in Mississippi Valley terms. No clear event details or dates provided.
Sworn detailed circulation statement for the Muscatine Journal for July 1990. Reports total circulation figures with line items showing different dates and day counts. Ends with noted totals of 6,790 and 6,895 in entries.
F D Throop publisher of the Muscatine Journal swears the above number of copies were printed and circulated during July 1909. Subscribed and sworn to before me August 2, 1909 by Arthur Hoffman notary public in Muscatine County Iowa.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette refrains from further discussion and notes it will end the matter. It reproduces a Muscatine Journal editorial replying to a Cedar Rapids assertion that Muscatine business had declined.
The Muscatine Journal and Gazette exchange statements over an attack on Muscatine. The Journal asserts Muscatine’s prosperity and credits the Gazette’s fairness, while Muscatine acknowledges the Gazette’s courtesy and authority in the matter.
A clipped column notes that newspapers strive to tell the truth, but jokes that the Women’s National Daily is an exception. The item reflects period editorials and humor about press bias and gender.
Harriman’s physicians report he is improving though half starved as the starving billionaire era looms. The piece notes Rockefeller’s lean and hungry look and ponders the fate of the ultra rich amid growing scarcity concerns.
The Sioux City Journal reports Col. Young appears to be removed from the insurgent roster based on public information. There is suspicion a joker was found in Col. Young.
Burlington Gazette notes Walter Wellman after another space dash remains undeterred and plans a longer narrower airship. The piece questions why he continues to chase the North Pole when he may know roughly where it lies.
The piece questions how loyalty to ticket lines should apply during campaigns. It notes candidates often claim loyalty yet later accept printing requests from Democratic offices in Keokuk county newspapers. The author defends mutual loyalty between candidate and officeholder and urges consistent support.
Lorain milkmen protest strict city regulations by boycotting milk and cream deliveries. The community faces shortages as the dispute continues, with calls to establish a municipal milk depot to source supplies from rural nearby.
A Burlington ditching machine hauled from the steamer Keokuk is described as a huge contrivance to create a three foot deep sewer with earth closing over it after passage. The recovered wagon fragment previously lost in the river before the Levee is noted. Twenty years ago reports mention B C R N shipping ten carloads of watermelons and nine yesterday. A basket picnic is planned at Saulsbury bridge with Rev. A B Smith preaching from West Liberty.
iFORTY YEARS AGO dedication of the new church at High Prairie did not occur last Sabbath as planned. The debt remained, so the dedication was postponed to a future date. Mr Barnard is busy preparing the grounds for the fair on the 7th, 8th and 9th of next month with a limited crew.
At a department meeting last evening representatives of the city fire department agreed to accept an invitation from Iowa City firemen to visit on September 14. Mrs. Nathan Hoefflin returns from Davenport and will likely be back early next week to establish residence in Davenport.
In the Owens house the bank scandal unfolds as John Bailey is jailed for the wreck of Traders Bank. Paul Armstrong is secretly implicated, ill in California, and his death confirms suspicions. Gertrude mourns while Hal sey and the narrator wrestle with guilt, trust, and the sinking affair.
The text argues that public health depends on milk quality and should be overseen by authorities. It notes that municipal plans in Europe and parts of the United States already operate similarly to ensure safe milk for the population.
Mrs J K Smith of Wichita Kan visits cousin Mrs C M Brooke then departs for Peoria Ill. Mrs Lena Fisher and Mrs Lilla Hardin return from Chicago with fall and winter millinery goods. Miss Mae Meyers of Centerdale calls on friends. Mare Schuneman and E C Sarset visit from Waterloo. Mrs Miles Sheldon and three children of Chicago Ill spend a week with Gus Hall family then go to Cedar Rapids. Ed Sexsmith handles Davenport business. Mrs Attie Fawcett and cousin visit Cedar Rapids. Mrs Reuben Shaw from Toledo depart after a week with her parents. Mrs Charlie McClun of Iowa City arrives to visit.
A long list of callers and residents appears from West Liberty and surrounding areas. Names include Harriet Warren, Mary Judd, Clara Mead of Minneapolis, Milt McMillen of Kansas City, Ida Battey, Clarence Henderson, Pearl Nichols, Frank Zero, Charlie McClun, Catharine Fenstermaker, N. C. Stanton, Isaac Nichols, Mildred Nichols, C. S. Martin, Alice Barber, Mrs. George Ward, Vern Chamberlin, Sadie Schooley, Lyte Schooley, J. C. Martin, Julia Benedict, F. S. Abbott, Harry Nubner, Ernest Sissel, Chas. Melwig, C. A. Curtis, Bert Smith, John Roach, Edward Roach, Don Stibelt, A. R. Brock, Arnold Jacobsen, Clarence Brown. Social events include a Kensington meeting and school teaching assignments for Pleasant Mound, Smith Creek, and Center View. The fragment notes a typhoid illness and a fracture incident, plus travel between Davenport and Moscow.
S Nusbaum of Batesville Indiana recalls suffering three months with a summer cold and hay fever. A doctor’s prescription failed, remedies worsened symptoms, until Foley’s Honey and Tar quickly cured both him and his wife. A. W. Morgan, druggist, confirms success.
Wilton Iowa reports a busy weekend with residents returning home from events and travels. Dwyer announces the sale of William Grossklaus’s 211 acre farm north of Atalissa to a Illinois firm for 130 dollars per acre. Other residents, including Piggott, Millage, Harris family, and Cooling, are seen visiting relatives and handling local business in Davenport Muscatine Rock Island and West Liberty.
Mr. A W Morgan declares he has secured the agency for Zemo a remedy for eczema pimples dandruff blackheads and skin scalp diseases. Zemo is a clean external liquid said to give instant relief and cure by destroying the germ. Proof of cures available. One dollar per bottle.
Ainsworth Iowa records arrivals and departures as residents and guests visit relatives. Max Keller returns from Brighton. Willis Trotter and family visit Bennett. Acel Olds comes from Centerville for a visit. Mary Hartwick and children stay with local relatives. The moving picture theater opens under Mr Stapleton with three weekly entertainments. Further visits include Cordelia Crossett from Wellman and Alma Sharp from Keota, while Mrs. John Adams heads to Denver to visit Rose Maloney.
An advertisement extols Cham berlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as the world’s most successful medicine for bowel complaints. It claims it relieves pain and suffering and saves lives for both children and adults.
Mrs Katherine England hosted a group of young girls ages three to four and a half years for a pleasant evening with refreshments. The W F M S met at W N Shaw home. E F Smith led the lesson. The Gardner and Adams families return from Washington where they camped during chautauqua. Mrs P H Hawk is ill. Ed Squires led seven landseekers to South Dakota. Grandma Rose has been ill from the heat. Miss Jennie Dodds has entazed to
Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul announces a new book North Pacific Coast Country for trip planning to Pacific Northwest and Alaska Yukon Exposition. Free if called, mailed for four cents postage. $62 round trip from Chicago to Seattle Tacoma Spokane Portland Victoria Vancouver Butte and other points daily until Sept 30 with route choice and stop overs. Return limit Oct 31. W C Parker division passenger agent Ottumwa Iowa.
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