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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1914
Page
7
A misfit promotional item claims a rupture support device, the Rupture Lock, can heal by guiding internal tissue without direct pressure. It markets a 40 day trial and a free book detailing former patients, physician endorsements, and War Department orders, urging readers to send for the coupon or postcard request.
An old style classified ad promotes the Schuiling Lock rupture device claiming it prevents strangulation and enables wearing in any position. It offers a 3 day trial and asserts thirty day trials as conclusive, promising absolute protection and suitability for various work.
The concluding number of the C. W. Best Artist series promises to cap the season with a strong performance. The concert program announced today outlines a refined selection and the best of the series.
Years of experience in placing loans on Town Farms. Loans offered only after strict security examination. No investor has ever lost principal or interest. We can sell from $100 up. Net rate 6 percent.
The upcoming program features a Spanish company as the attraction with a scene from Carmen. Helen Watson Powers sings Micaela while Emile Motimer impersonates Don José. Costumes were sourced from Spain for the touring company.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Musserville MB church announced a Wednesday evening entertainment at Hoopes hall. The program includes Mock Orchestra, recitations by Raymond Butler Lysle Middleton and others, a play The Batchelor Girls Club with a full cast list, solos by Mia and Mrs Kemp, and a reading by Mrs J E Hoopes with various character roles.
Revival meetings at Island M E Church led by Rev H B Butler will continue for at least one more week after eight conversions at last night’s service. Attendance has grown strongly over the past week, prompting the decision to extend the meetings beyond the originally planned close. Plans include inviting other ministers to attend and participate.
A Detroit reader suffers four years of thick dandruff and falling hair with severe itching. After trying many products, he reports relief using Cuticura Soap for washing and Cuticura Ointment for rubbing, noting hair regrowth and disappearance of dandruff. Free samples offered by mail from Cuticura Department T Boston.
The Orphans home will hold a meeting January 14 or 15 to discuss plans for a new addition. The board will decide funding and start work early next spring once money is raised. South End locals Kendricks of Water town, formerly of this city, has been visiting. Sidney Terry and his sister plan housekeeping soon at the Konchoman house on Grandview Avenue, vacated by the Friel family who moved to Kelthsburg.
Muscatine physicians and surgeons were guests of the Dental Society at a Geneva Golf and Country Club banquet. Dr F A Little demonstrated the Lungmot or device for artificial respiration while Dr Les Wallace Dean and Dr E Rogers spoke on dental and medical cooperation and oral prophylaxis. Spirited discussions followed the Iowa City speakers.
Mrs Martha Wilcox of Gowanda New York writes that Jain's Cough Remedy broke up a hard cold in a few days and ended her coughing completely. She says she has told many friends who also praise the medicine as obtainable everywhere.
The annual meeting of the board of directors of the German Lutheran church is scheduled for January. The notice urges attendance by all board members and outlines expected agenda items.
An advertisement warns that European warfare stems from inherited hatred and calls “Golden Medical Discovery” a pure vegetable blood purifier. It claims to cleanse the stomach liver and kidneys, dissolve toxins, replace tainted blood with vital blood, and improve skin and strength, urging purchase from an authorized dealer.
A non freezing squid for user automobiles during winter will be sold in Mus Catins next week. Frank Bake of Muscatine prepared the mixture and reports strong demand. Large quantities in five gallon cans are available for local and nearby trade as several autoists have tested the solution with success.
An OCR fragment markets a patent remedy mix from Foley & Co Chicago with claims to cure kidney and bladder ailments. It promises a true sachet containing Iveley's Honey Tar Compound and Foley Pilla, stressing cleansing cathartic effects and wide domestic availability via local dealers.
Irene Kindler and Stella Meyers left this morning for Chicago to visit several moving picture studios and to submit a number of their plays for market. They will remain for a night, aiming to advance their writing in the film field.
Salvatore Giordano, a new tenor, astonished New England audiences during a Muscatina concert week, following a remarkable rise from obscurity in 1912 to acclaim in Europe and America. His vivid stage presence drew praise from press and peers, aided by Enrico Caruso’s mentorship, as he toured major cities and theaters with renowned colleagues.
A Wisconsin legislative committee report from Madison on December 3 states liquor as the chief ally of commercialized vice, with wages having no relation to girls' downfall. It cites automobiles, recreation gaps, and parental neglect as liquor aids, urging a state law like the Mann Act for intercity traffic and a five sixths jury vote.
A vintage advertisement extols Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound for restoring natural hair color in gray or dull locks. It claims to darken evenly, can be applied with a comb or brush, and is marketed by A W Morgan at 107 West Bacond Avenue.
Fragmentary text notes insufficient basis to convict or acquit in the Inistemaaner case and mentions additional demanded regulatory steps for salon registration and related oversight.
A Muscatine Lous County levee project accelerates with about 75 laborers and 35 teams rebuilding the island levee. The aim is to raise the levee one foot above the high water mark to protect a major agricultural region of the Mississippi Valley from floods. Charlie Spring and X. Groxsean direct the efforts as the Muscatine-Loules county levee board acts without awaiting federal authorization.
An appeal offers a free home treatment for rheumatism and related pains promising cures, claiming uric acid reduction and renewed vitality. The ad credits Mrs M Summers of Notre Dame Indiana. A probate notice in Muscatine Iowa declares a will hearing set for January 1915 for Samuel Vanatta.
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