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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1908
Page
7
A collage of short notes from Muscatine consists of local residents' movements reads like a community column. Dr. A. B. Clapp is listed, while Mrs. J L Duncan and Mrs. A McBride travel visitors are noted along with various local errands and events including a Hershey Hospital benefit concert and an upcoming R M A lodge election.
Truant Officer E A Ogilvie filed a report with City Superintendent W F Chevalier detailing 1908 fall findings. 274 cases investigated 285 homes visited 395 total visits 42 truants captured with 56 truancy cases and 1 juvenile reform pending good behavior.
City Superintendent W F Chevalier presents a quarterly schools report with counts by gender and grade, including total enrollment 2278, attendance 2056, tardiness 234, truants 38, and dropout trends. It notes 73 more pupils in first year than second and explains uniformity up to seventh year.
An ad for Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets promises easier digestion and trial offers. The piece then shifts to Muscatine school data, noting high retention through grade six, drop-offs by eighth grade, and that over 50 percent of last year’s graduates pursue college.
The men of the German Congregational church will serve the women a supper this evening. They have been practicing housework and will likely surprise the women by demonstrating their abilities in that line of work.
Article reports a dramatic change in a harsh sentence after a new discovery. It notes costs of 50 cents and 100 dollars and mentions anticipated compulsory drug prescriptions under an overcompensation scheme.
An advertisement offers a cough remedy called Leach's Virgin Oil of Pine compound. The formula lists half an ounce of Virgin Oil of Pine, two ounces of Glycerine, and a half pint of Whisky, to be taken as a teaspoonful every four hours, with a claim to cure curable coughs and break a cold in 24 hours. Prepared and guaranteed by the Leach Chemical Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Moscow Iowa reports include Mr and Mrs Sam Wilderson returning to Royalton Minnesota after a visit with relatives. Local items note Baker and Giles hog shipments, a social at James Adams home with grapho phone music, and a booming Royal Neighbor hall. Several residents recoveries and travel updates are listed.
Sealed proposals are invited by the Muscatine County Supervisors for electric lighting fixtures for the new courthouse at Muscatine Iowa. Bids due 10:00 a.m. Wednesday December 16 1908. Send to A S Lawrence County Auditor Muscatine Iowa marked Proposal for electric lighting fixtures. Specifications available from Lawrence or Joseph E Mills Architect Detroit MI. Right to reject all proposals reserved.
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