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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1911
Page
6
A quirky editorial snippet urges a wife to preserve youth to rule her husband's heart. It touts dry shampoo with thorax and corn meal, a witch hazel skin care solution, and a Mother's Salve claim for chaps, sores, eczema, and various ailments.
Daily complaints rise as Muscatine newsboys flood the depot area. Police eye curbing sales. youths, sometimes 12 or younger, rush trains and harass travelers with cries to buy papers. Traveling men report mild irritation but fear accidents and nuisance. authorities may regulate or limit sales at the depot.
North Concord society items list local visits and family news. Miss Madeline Wagner attends Immaculate Conception School in Davenport with her parents Mr and Mrs Henry Wagner. New baby girl born to Mr and Mrs SS Dakastan Jolda Wagner visiting sister Mrs X Smildith near Lone Tree. Davenport visitors Roy George Blaine Bliven and others. Mrs Corn Van Kleet and Mrs Charles Blankenhorn visit M George and daughter Maude. Mrs Fred Dunham returns home near Wapelio after a stay with her parents.
A vintage investment notice warns against scams and urges conservative First Mortgage town farm loans. It cites 34 years of experience with no loss of principal or interest and offers 4 1/2 percent loans, inviting readers to request details or call for information.
Local loan firm Tius Loan and Investment, located at 213 Iowa Avenue, appears in available records as a small business address entry. The snippet provides no other actions, dates, or offerings beyond the street address.
Frank Gotch, world wrestling champion, wowed about 850 local fans at the Grand theatre in Muscatine with deft holds and escapes against Young Sandow. Mahmoud the Terrible Turk and Jim Basel added a lively card, with Mahmoud securing a first fall after eighteen minutes and Basel later pinning his opponent. Gotch entertained the crowd with humor and a speech about resilience, while William Schoenig acted as referee.
An early advertisement urges instant relief for cold symptoms and nasal catarrh using Ely's Cream Balm. It claims to restore taste, smell, and hearing, soothe the nose and throat, and prevent chronic catarrh, recommending 50 cent bottles and a spray option for stubborn cases.
Grandview and Atalissa areas report social visits and travel, with residents returning from Chicago stock sales and visiting relatives in Fruitland Wapello Muscatine and Wilton. School plans advance, church events, auctions, and local gatherings mark the week as residents move between homes, farms, and nearby towns.
Kewanee, December 15. Pitcher William Powers of the Holyoke club in the Connecticut League is reported to be returning to Kewanee for the season. Details on his contract and role with the local squad are expected to follow.
The National Arbitration Committee yesterday awarded the Kewanee Central association team but sparked a dispute by noting the player went to Hartford after accepting terms. The winter sale to the Southers league is nullified by the committee’s action.
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