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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1913
Page
7
A Lowell Mass physician Father John O’Brien prescribes a remedy named Father John’s Medicine and claims it cures coughs and lung troubles, builds strength, and contains no alcohol. The story guarantees $25,000 to any charitable institution if proven false.
Several residents stop by for visits and shopping as Miss Hazel Bixsy, Mrs. Walter Hoyt, and Mrs. A M Garrett are noted in town. Advertisements promote insurance and rubber sales while several locals travel to Adams Letts Topeka and Nichols for visits and errands.
Rock Island County farmers form an organization to recruit a crop expert, with delegates from townships elected officers including President William Ashdown and Secretary George Harris. The group plans mass meetings to mobilize local farmers and appoints an executive and advisory board to organize towns starting January at the Rock Island club. Also includes a health note praising Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound for croup and cough relief.
The Muscatine school system reports higher overall attendance this year, though public school enrollments appear down due to German school attendance shifts. Superintendent McIntire notes progress, lagging pupils, and measures to boost advancement, including hiring a specialist and stricter personal pupil records to target deficiencies. The board discusses age of entry, late starters, and broader adoption of practical studies and the minimum essentials system.
A fragmentary advertisement touts Danderine as a hair growth and dandruff cure. The piece also includes a long Muscatine school report noting attendance, tardiness, truancy, and truant officer actions, with specific school names and numbers.
Incomplete report describes Morgan's body guarded at sunset with guards until sunrise. A family requests burial details and a grave arrangement. The fragmentary text references interment, duty, and a specified grave site.
Readings and services at First Presbyterian include a 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, 10:45 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. divine worship with a morning sermon by Rev. Chase C. Brown. Evening program features singing, organ preludes, anthems, solos, and prayers. Week events list weekly church activities and a Christmas bazaar, women’s society meetings, and a turkey dinner fund-raiser.
A regional physician名 Dr Frank Lott promotes a free trial uric acid treatment for rheumatism kidney and bladder issues. He claims decades of experience, guarantees no cost, and offers a medical book with personal disease guidance upon request. Readers urged to mail coupon or describe symptoms to 6308 Deagan Bldg Chicago.
A reader asks Dr. T. Frank Lynott in Chicago to send a free medical remedy and book. The form lists symptoms including pain, stiffness, swelling, and nervous or liver concerns and seeks free drug samples with no obligation.
A mixed schedule of worship and choir events at Trinity Church German Evangelical Congregation Mulford Congregational and Reformed Church, detailing Holy Communion, Sunday schools, evening prayers, litany, and catechism classes. Includes pastors Rev. Webster Hakes and H Schwab, with programs from Advent through Saturday sessions.
The notice states public access from 2 to 4 p m on all days except Sundays and regal holidays, outlining the standard visiting window for the facility and implying regular operating hours for the public.
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