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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1912
Page
5
Consumer guidance urges checking the label on baking powder packages for purity and proper use. It warns that some products may be diluted or contain incorrect leavening agents, advising buyers to choose trusted brands and follow package directions.
A special concert series opens Friday evening at the West Congregational Church. Miss Elizabeth Varner of Vernon and Miss Neva Smilin of town City, with violinist Dr C P Jonson, perform under the Cheivgan Ene feavor society. The event features Miss Jaaner returning from Europe and promises a free public program starting at 8 o'clock.
An old ad asserts Pare Cold Compound cures colds and grip with two hour dosing until three doses, claiming relief from headaches fevers and runny noses. It markets without quinine and says no substitutes exist, promising gentle taste and easy use in every home.
The L A L Literary Society met at the McConnaha home north of the city. An informal program featured Miss Katherine Gibbs vocal solo, Miss Elizabeth Sattersthwaite reading, Carl D Holl reading, and Henry Meatink. A new member, Miss Anna Luhmann, was welcomed and next meeting planned for December 18 at Miss Neble Reed’s country home.
Mrs G B Bauerbach of Adit hosted a Kensington style farewell party at her sister’s Cedar Street home to honor Visutong Gu on a two month visit. Guests shared needlework, contests and prizes went to the guest and her mother Mrs Henry Dettloh Sr. The guest plans to depart Friday for her southwest home.
Fredonia and surrounding towns report families visiting kin for Thanksgiving. Crull and relatives from Davenport, Dewitt families, Soloman and Kulp households, Vandyke and Skiplan families, Cart Mosley group, and Miss Aliceea from Muscatine join relatives in Fredonia and Bard area. Travelers from Clumis Junction and Vanella visit kin as holiday greetings.
Holiday gift suggestions feature women's Swiss and all linen handkerchiefs in plain, embroidered, and initial styles with 5 cents to 2.50 dollars prices. Men's linen, lawn and silk handkerchiefs offered hemstitched or with initials, many boxed. Children's lawn or linen handkerchiefs available, some boxed, priced to 2 cents to 2 dollars.
Readable listing notes men's isle half hose in black and multiple colors priced from 15c to 50c, silk plaited and pure silk half hose in light and medium weights in several colors, and women’s fine sheer hose from Wayne Knit priced 3c to 15c and up to $1.09. Also women’s all silk hose offered in black and many colors from 50c to $2.50.
A display of pillow tops in the art section offers four skeins of Richardson silk floss to complete embroidery. Various tapestry and Latin pillow tops are priced at 50 to 85 cents and up to 1.00 dollars, highlighting detailed textures and rich designs.
The note proclaims hundreds of other gift options beyond quoted items, spanning every store section. It highlights a growing customer demand for useful presents and urges shoppers to buy now while stocks last.
An assortment of local notices from Laurel Hill includes family visits and illnesses among residents at Muscatine Durant Wilton Nichols and Iowa City. A medical advertisement extols Chamberlains Cough Remedy and Kidney Pills as safe cures for coughs and kidney troubles, urging trust in the yellow package.
In St Louis Missouri December a hearing proceeding tallies thirteen witnesses still to be examined with more testimony anticipated.
Attorneys for both sides aimed to speed the case as the fourth day opened. The hearing, initially set for four days, may stretch as counsel doubt they can present all evidence by tomorrow night.
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