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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1911
Page
3
The notices quote various papers debating Theodore Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan. The Michan ville Index notes no Democratic shifts by wireless while the Boone News-Republican comments on Bryan and democratic options. The Burlington Gazette and Nevada Representative discuss Iowa towns and a precarious political moment in Ontario.
The notice lists Advertising Representaciven Chiearee Hunten Lorenzen & Wool man and addresses in New York at 25 E 26th St FERME TO SUNSCRIFUES. It proclaims The Daily Journal and Weekly Journal editions with varying publication times and subscription rates. It also names city agendans for readers with multiple local grocery and store listings and notes department contacts for the publisher and offices.
The Alxona Courier urges standpatters to vote with Democrats as a strategy in 1912. Cedar Rapids Republican dismisses the presidential primary as impractical political trick. Creston Advertiser notes Roosevelt would not seek another nomination. Fairfield Ledger and Mason City Times discuss Roosevelt La Follette and Taft, with mixed expectations. The Sibley Tribune, Ocheyedan Press, and Marshalltown Times-Republican weigh in on party unity, endorsements, and the Bryan-Wilson dynamics.
In hundreds of cities in the country Perk's Bad Boy old comedy with music tops attendance. The Bay community awaits its return for matinee and night performances. The company brings new songs and dances and is described as the best assembled for the play.
Lime City and Davenport social notes list visits from Mrs J S Knouse and Ora, Grace McWilliams in LeClaire, and Mrs Park Walton hosting the MD H club with twenty women. Obituaries report Joan Daut, age 20, who died of diabetes after her brother John succumbed to the illness. Other items note injuries from accidents, preparations for school programs, and residents traveling or visiting Muscatine, Tipton, and Ocean Park Cal.
Fifty years ago report recalls Eleventh Iowa regiment at Benton barracks 16,000 troops including Second, Third, Seventh, Eleventh and Thirteenth Iowa. J. Williams sick with typhoid. Ferryboat Deralton to winter quarters below steamboat landing. open river ferries for foot passengers. Forty years ago Trinity church ladies plan fair December 20 and 24 with oysters ice cream candy and tableaux.
The excerpt continues with Keppel recounting a capture and mistreatment while Cavendish Horcely scolds and makes the children quiet. Polly and Cavendish guide a frightened household, planning meals and safe travel as Yancy recovers. Hope remains for a reunion with Murrel in Memphis or back to North Carolina.
The raft survivors awaken in heat to find six children and a bearded man nearby. Henry and Keppel assure Yancy they will guard him from a punitive plan tied to a man named Slosson, while discussing how to handle the supposed danger. The dialogue hints at threats of violence and revenge.
A promotional notice appeals to wives and families to save husbands and brothers from strong drink with Orrine. It describes two forms, a tasteless secret treatment and a pill form, available in 1,000 boxes at A W Morgan’s store 107 West Second Street, with a free booklet.
Round-eyed observers pondered a peculiar test as Yancy hints at a tickler touch. Keppel questions the method while readers await more in a to be continued piece. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is credited by A. W. Morgan for aiding a severe cough and lunge infection in a wife.
Fire swept a two story residence occupied by Chas Gregory and family early Sunday. A defective flue is blamed for the blaze which destroyed the dwelling while neighbors saved most household goods. Insured loss partly covered. Gregory family to reside nearby temporarily.
A wedding at Orrs Reed linked Miss Tryphens Reed to Harry Hutcheson with Rev L E Knight officiating. A large reception followed at the Hutcheson home. Local guests from Belle Center Olathe Wyman and Morning Sun attended. Also noted are Thanksgiving visits, visitors, and upcoming home plans. a local rheumatism cure anecdote using Chamberlain's salve.
An old advertisement touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a simple, safe solution to thinning, gray, or dull hair. It claims dandruff removal, scalp cleansing, and color restoration, urging readers to start now at fifty cents per bottle with agent A. W. Morgan of 10% West Second Street.
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