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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1903
Page
7
A health note outlines key considerations for consumers buying baking powder. It highlights label checks for expiration dates, ingredients to avoid additives, and storage tips to maintain leavening power. Emphasizes choosing reputable brands and comparing price per ounce.
Senator W P Whipple of Benton county plans two measures for the coming legislature. He opposes state marshal law and favors a bill making county attorneys attend county board meetings. He argues enforcement should stay with counties and that supervisors need ready legal advice without increased pay.
The Arctic Ocean fish migrate to the Norway fjords to spawn each January for a three month period. In a single season as many as 60,000,000 cod are caught, supporting Norway’s cod liver oil production.
Weather forecast warns of continued heavy snowfall across Muscatine and eastern Iowa this afternoon with more snow likely tonight and fair conditions expected tomorrow. The storm system, described as slow moving, could bring several more inches of snow and slick travel conditions.
The Muscatine river season shows unusually high water with a record range of over eighty five feet and no below five foot levels for navigation. Harbor dredging is foreseen, and sixty four year closing records are listed with multiple dates and durations. Snow then falls across Muscatine with forecasts of more heavy snow and cooler weather.
The article explains barber's itch as a form of eczema caused by unclean shaving and contaminated towels. It recommends washing the face in tepid water with Castile soap and trying Sandholm's Yerema Cure or Randholm's Perema Cure after shaving, with a local endorsement from H. C. Thiesen of Muscatine Iowa.
About 1,500 song birds are sold annually in Nice markets for food. The figure highlights a local trade in live birds despite concerns over animal welfare and regulatory gaps.
In Italy an old warder is permitted to lend money to convicts. He advances funds for luxuries such as sugar butter and oil and takes an order on the earnings of the prisoners in return.
Popcorn is ground in a coffee grinder and eaten with cream, a preparation described as a very palatable food in Iowa. The odd practice highlights local tastes and curious food habits noted in the period.
A sycamore statue in the Cairo Gizeh museum is cited as nearly six millennia old yet the wood is claimed to remain sound and natural in appearance despite its age.
The article suggests drinking hot water freely half an hour before bed as an effective cathartic for severe constipation and notes its soothing effect on the stomach and bowels.
A historical note claims musicians retain excellent hair, thriving in youth and prime. It states about one in a hundred devotees are hairless, while eleven in a hundred in other professions are bald.
Cuban baptism timing and customs described. A baby is baptized by age two weeks and one day at latest. The text notes Cuban baptismal parties avoid walking to church even if the church is nearby.
A reader advised that to remove petroleum odor in an apartment one can replace it with a pleasant volatile scent by adding to the lamp’s mineral oil half an ounce of amyl.
A homemade tooth wash combines borax and salt in equal parts. Use with the brush in the ordinary way, offering a cheaper alternative to commercial preparations.
The crown worn at the emperors of Austria coronation as kings of Hungary is the identical crown made for Stephen and used over 800 years ago. The entire piece is pure gold aside from its settings and weighs about fourteen pounds.
In Holland, many old houses uphold a door that remains unopened except at two family events, marriages or deaths, signaling a traditional practice that marks crucial life moments.
Snow shovels fly off shelves as hardware stores report strong sales this morning. Prices for wood and steel shovels range from 25 to 50 cents, with light steel models popular and some shops already sold out. Shovels vary from twelve to twenty inches to suit boys, housekeepers, or street cleaners.
A detailed price list for commodities including oats, wheat, rye, barley, hay, hides, apples, onions, potatoes, sugar, live stock, poultry, flour, buckwheat, corn, butter, eggs, lard, meat, cheese, and vegetables. Prices vary by grade and product, with ranges for several items and per unit measurements such as per bushel, per sack, per pound, per peck, and per dozen. Includes fuel prices for hard wood and coals.
Distressing kidney and bladder trouble relieved in six hours by New Great South American Kidney Cure. It relieves back pain and urinary retention promptly for both men and women. Quick relief and cure promised. Sold by Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store, 203 East Second Street, Muscatine, Iowa.
Ezra Kendall adapts his new play from Bill Nye’s life. Winsome Winnie features Richard Carroll as a comedian. Miss Flita Proctor Otis stars in Hedda Gabler. George Brennan presents How ard Kyle in Rosemary. Henry Stone to play Sergeant Kitty. Grace Spencer joins Win some Winnie. Thomas Jefferson opens Rip Van Winkle tour on December 26. Lawrence A Cover debuts in Alphonse and Gaston. Aubrey Boucicault scores in Captain Charlie. Israel Zangwill to marry Edith Ayrton. Victor Morley of The Prince of Pilsen is John Morley’s nephew.
In Lapland the sternest punishment falls on marrying a girl against her parents expressed wishes, a crime rivaling murder in severity. The report notes social penalties and local attitudes shaping such acts.
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