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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1909
Page
3
The article stresses fresh air moderate exercise and sleeping in the open air under cover with a nourishing diet as helpful remedies for tuberculosis. It notes these measures support health but singles out one method as most important, urging practical application.
Scott's Emulsion described as the recognized treatment prescribed by physicians worldwide for this dread disease. Marketed as ideal food medicine to heal the lungs and rebuild the wasting body. Sold at all druggists.
The Journal announces publisher and staff credits, circulation claims, and Associated Press membership. It lists daily, semi weekly, and weekly editions with pricing, delivery, and agency contact points in Muscatine and surrounding areas. Office locations include New York and Chicago with Payne & Young as representatives.
Subscribed and sworn to December 1, 1909, before Notary Public FL W. Eversmeyer. Statement from F. D. Throop, Publisher, Muscatine County, State of Iowa, with official seal.
A Chicago church tried an experiment by inviting lay preachers. A physician spoke on improving life and health, urging movers from Grumblers Alley to Thanks ing Street. He warned grumbling harms relationships and praised patience.
The passage warns that grumbling and faultfinding foul the soul and spread like a stain. It argues that harsh critics soil themselves while amplifying the devilish spirit within. Delighting in others faults signals possession by malice, not virtue, and harms the critic more than the target.
The Des Moines Capital lauds the Dawson backed naval reform ideas, praising the Second district's representative Iowa’s congressman Dawson as a young man with strong physical health and sound mental capacity.
A tribute to Dawson, private secretary to Senator Allison, now a practical legislator on naval reform. His quiet methods and solid facts shift the navy’s organization, backed by the secretary of the navy’s orders. Reformers like Dawson and Col. Loeb are praised for achievements over talk.
An aged column recalls fifty years ago Colored Lecture by H F P Douglas with praise for the speaker. Wheat prices noted as roregh roads slow market. A hairbreadth escape in Forty Years Ago reveals Walter Faulkner nearly falling to death between coaches until a brakeman intervened. Twenty Years Ago covers a County Teachers Meeting hindered by weather with light attendance. Ten Years Ago reports a Morning Sun fire at Dewey restaurant damaging adjacent units and millinery stock, with $700 insured loss and a mystery as to the cause.
On the wrecked train a murder is revealed. Sullivan is implicated via circumstantial evidence, with Miss West and Mrs. Curtis central to the tense disclosures. Jennie confesses ties to the Harrington family as the scene unfolds.
Jennie becomes central to the case as she can link Sullivan to the murdered man. She shows a photograph of Mrs. Sullivan, the bronze-haired girl from the train, and the theory gains momentum with Hotchkiss’s arrival.
The text promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a laxative tonic for bowel health and urges readers to request a free sample, then buy full bottles. It also discusses mining explosives safety, citing reduced losses through federal cooperation and urging strong laws, discipline, and worker cooperation, naming Charles B. R. Munroe and Clarence Hall of the US Geological Survey.
Jennie discusses Mrs Sullivan and her possible worries about her husband and father after the wreck. Hotchkiss and I compare notes before Jennie leaves with the cat. I return to Washington, plan dinner at home, and anticipate McKnight's late arrival as I review mail. (To Be Continued.)
Cedar Valley Iowa residents share dinners and visits from December through early winter. Albert Geertz hosts relatives, while neighbors and relatives stop by the G Stephens home and Cedarville school openings. Several outings occur with Katie Plater improving in hospital, and weather halting church services Sunday evening.
The United States Geological Survey released a primer on explosives for miners and others to reduce coal mine fatalities. Director George Otis Smith notes improper use and old black powder raise deaths. Mine Accident station tests favor newer, safer explosives to prevent gas or dust explosions.
A damaged OCR fragment describes six months of extreme distress from a skin condition causing relentless itching and irritation. After twenty four hours of an unknown treatment the subject appeared exhausted and unsettled, nearly losing his grip on composure. The text hints at a remedy or product named Cutura Stent but lacks full clarity.
Testimonial from W Harrison Smith of Mt Kisco about recovering from severe eczema and itching after using Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent. Claims rapid sleep improvement and full cure within a month. Describes products and distributor details in promotional style.
Mollie Flater and Edward Barnhart spent Thursday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Swain. Miss Florence Minteer of Atalissa spent Friday afternoon with her friend Mrs. Steve Schweitzberger.
An advertisement claims eczema can be cured at home with ZEMO, a vegetable liquid for external use. It asserts the product draws germs and poisons to the skin surface to destroy them, leaving skin clean. A. W. Morgan, a druggist, offers a booklet explaining cures for eczema and other skin diseases.
Ainsworth Ia December 7 Mrs Helen Berry and Mrs May Swill of Washington visited friend Pauline Chihak. A shower honored Miss Mabel Stewart who will marry December 22. Hattie Smith of near Fairfield began night operator duties at the telephone office. Lee Sands returned from North Dakota. Mrs Lee Thompson visited Washington with her parents. Ben Gray was a Columbus Junction visitor. Parker Osborne went to Rock Island for a few days. J A Marsh attended the Des Moines Merchants Retail convention. Mrs Dr Hamilton disrupted by her mother’s paralytic stroke illness. Iva and Merle Strain shopped in Muscatine Saturday.
Vergil Bradford remains very ill with a complex of diseases. Local events include a Dramatic club performance of The Wieress of Hoetown, social visits by Mrs. Allie Fry and Mrs. Murphy’s Chicago guest Will, and several townsfolk traveling to Carlsbad and Chicago for health and shows. Alma Sigler wed Orr Mapel at the bride’s home on Thanksgiving. local church revival meetings continue. John Wehrle opens a boxball alley. a discussion notes Unter den Linden as a wide street in Berlin.
Incorporators form The Muscatine Produce and Pure Ice Company under Iowa style charter. Authorized capital of 50000 dollars, 25000 paid in cash, rest by Jon. Names Gustav Schmidt Henry Umlandt F J Shina barger I J Beveridge Thomas D Watson and others named as directors and officers. Articles set terms, board may amend by laws, stock transfers require board consent, business begins on issuance and lasts twenty years unless two thirds vote to dissolve.
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