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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1903
Page
4
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for rheumatism bone pains swollen joints and back pain. It promises free samples to prove effectiveness and claims to purify blood by removing uric acid and improving kidney function for lasting relief.
Vintage advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as pleasant and safe with 30 years of testing. Claims to strengthen kidneys and stomachs, cure dyspepsia, and comes with home cure directions. Sold by druggists for $1 per large bottle. free medical advice offered via Blood Balm Co. in Atlanta and Muscatine store details provided.
The grouse shows a hundred defense tricks described by Outing. It dies only when hunter is close, then bursts upward or rushes away, hides on branches, and retreats among spruce. Wounded birds may fall and be found by speckled breasts and dark neck ruffs.
A compact study traces how common sayings began in literal uses across history. It cites beat retreat leaders drum signals, bag and baggage meaning haversack and wife, cold shoulder from French hospitality, feather in cap from Hungary, and the Pompeii dead head as a free-pass myth.
A new post office is established at Iveyville in Adams County with Charles W. Harlow appointed postmaster. The opening expands local mail service and supports community communication.
A humorous comparison notes that skilled older lawyers win juries by plain speech rather than grand oratory. It tells of two farmers recalling lawyers Smith and Jones and their different winning styles, with Jones succeeding by clear explanations over flashy rhetoric.
The tale shows Lotario Sarsi joking that Babylonians cooked eggs by sling whirls. Galileo counters with a logical refutation, arguing that the supposed cause is misattributed and that lacking Babylonian methods is not the missing factor. eggs fail to cook despite sling and strength, so being Babylonians is the true cause he seeks to prove.
The article notes Manilius described a shorthand like system in his era beside Caesar and Cicero. It claims that skilled writers used marks to represent whole words and even a sentence in a single letter, challenging the idea that Cicero’s orations were never recorded as precisely as modern stenography.
In Gossip From Paris During the Second Empire, Rossini endures a persistent Russian admirer who proposes an audience. He replies with a wry barter offering only if she brings a fine bunch of asparagus, joking that she may even view him while he walks if she supplies the produce.
Brazilian fly catchers display a bright crest that resembles a flower cup to lure insects. An Asiatic lizard mimics desert sands and blooms a red flower-like mouth at each angle, deceiving insects into landing on it. The insects are then caught, providing food for the birds.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes a prisoner’s appearance raises questions of intoxication as a man holds a glass upside down while trying to fill it from a corked bottle. The exchange underscores bias from outward looks in judicial settings.
The Cincinnati Times Star quotes a contrast between a man who fired his confidential employee for lack of competence and another who discharged his for knowing too much. The snippet reflects a rough judgment on management and discretion.
A brief Smart Set quip pairs a bold line The Attraction to a witty counter from She. The exchange plays on mission devotion and, in humor, contradicts the other's claim.
A Philadelphia Record snippet notes a remark that even leather slippers may be felt, reflecting a colloquial warning about perceptive scrutiny and small boy testimony. The fragment captures a street level voice implying cautious observation.
A quotation attributes the adage to Simmons noting honesty as a cornerstone of work. The line highlights integrity as essential for reliable dealings and character in business.
A brief item notes rainfall ready plush caps marketed for fathers and offered at Hine Brothers. The notice highlights practical gifts tied to wet weather with a focus on affordable styles and local availability.
The Saturday Review recalls a London of about 600000 inhabitants with ill kept roads and fetid sights along Southwark. Public punishments and executions lingered in memory as bear and bull baiting and hangings drew crowds into a city still grappling with corruption, disease, and poor drainage.
Russian exile Leo Deutsch recounts prison life in Siberia with lenient discipline at times. He notes governors warned against inspections and jokes about fetters. In another episode his bag containing fetters was stolen requiring a new pair.
A London Express summary notes King Amraphel of Babylon created a 282 law code dating 2200 years before Moses. Provisions include penalties for poor beverage value, wife abandonment rules, dowry repayment for childless divorce, betrothal compensation, and a widow needing a judge’s permission to remarry.
Delineator notes frequent errors in spoken and written English. It contrasts improper phrases with correct forms and urges standard usage like I intended to tell you rather than I intended to have told you and I should think that you would have gone to see her instead of should have thought you would have gone to have seen her.
The London M A P reports Fergus Hume, famed for sensational novels, asked how to murder in a new way aboard a railway carriage. He claimed to have killed twenty people before, alarming an old lady who fled at the next stop, thinking him dangerous.
Each gun crew of a naval vessel consists of seven men besides the captain of the turret who has charge. Two guns per turret mean fifteen men in action. At each gun there are a pointer trainer sight setter rammer hoist breech block and loader, each with a station, forming a machine-like team.
A child explains that a lost kitten grew into a cat rather than drowning. The exchange highlights a simple domestic scene from Illustrated Bits with playful, quaint dialogue.
A local saying from Uncle Eben notes that in about seven of eleven cases when a man asks for advice he is likely to offer a chance to lend him money. The remark appears in the Washington Star as a colorful take on philanthropy and persuasion.
A new $8,000 Methodist church at Swiliene is to be dedicated next month, marking a community milestone.
An old detective notes that the detective instinct is inborn in some people and can surface despite no formal service. He cites quick perception, deduction, and nerves as key traits aiding both criminals chasers and business people, with anecdotes of a man driven by unraveling mysteries and aiding officers at thefts and murders.
The narrator recalls Rufus Cheate pressing Dick Barton chief mate of the Challenge with rapid questions. Barton admits moonlight and the Nautical Almanac but dodges latitude at the equator, sparking Cheate’s humor as a clever but defeated lawyer.
A native woman in Old Cairo found a cobra in her home, fleeing while her door remained open. Her cat appeared, spat and attacked the snake, then left and returned with three more cats. After a short struggle the four felines reportedly tore the snake to pieces, according to the Egyptian Gazette.
A stormbound tourist reaches a solitary Welsh cottage and is invited to stay. Dressed in the host’s clothes to dry his own, he meets the mistress who, in fading light, mistakes him for her husband and hits him with a Bible, citing the request to spend the night.
A Philadelphia Press snippet shows a salon gag where Mrs Housekeep and Mrs Clubb joke about dinner timing. The quip hinges on a husband returning home earlier to cook, reflecting domestic humor of the era.
Initial Handkerchiefs offered at 10 cents each or 3 for 25 cents by Hine Bros in a local sale.
Henry Irving scolded a company actress for dress at rehearsal. She explained she was dressed for a luncheon, prompting Irving to say her mind was ready for the lunch not the work. The incident left the future star with a lasting guideline for professional attire.
A Paris newspaper printing error caused three separate items to run together. The blunder joined Dr X as head physician at Hospital de la Charite with orders to extend Montparnasse Cemetery and notes that the works are under way with dispatch.
A Davenport two day Scottish Rite Masons consistory is announced this week. A Fort Dodge residence of Fred Schafer is destroyed by fire with unknown origin causing $3,000 in damage.
Nickel Plate Road offers December 24 25 1903 and 31 1903 and January 1 1904 return fares at one and a third the round trip fare for travel within 150 miles. Return by January 4 1904. Dining cars offer meals 35 cents to 1 dollar. No excess fare on any train. Chicago ticket offices 111 Adams St and Auditorium Annex. Depot at LaSalle and Van Buren on the Elevated Loop. Phone Central 2057.
John A. Spielman of Fairfield announces candidacy for department commander of the Iowa G. A. R. at next year’s encampment, seeking leadership in the veterans' organization.
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