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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1909
Page
20
City council passes the annual 1910 ordinance increasing several funds. Tax Ferret money raised by Judge McCoy totals over $230,000 and is allocated into multiple city funds as outlined in the ordinance.
Muscatine city council approves an ordinance detailing 1910 appropriations for salaries, buildings, printing, health, police, fire, incidental expenses, water works debt, street and sewer work, bridges, public library, and road districts. It requires treasurer accounts, warrants charged to specific appropriations, and repeals conflicting ordinances. Passed December 16, 1909.
An advertisement touts Mi-o-na tablets as fast relief for stomach pain gas and indigestion with a money back guarantee through Havercamps Drug Store in Muscatine and claims from Mrs. Mary Hutchinson in Ypsilanti Michigan that two boxes cured her stomach complaint in December 1908.
Wellman notes report plans for a sale and a possible move to town by Joseph Chapula. Everette Curl is ill and out of school. Church revival meetings continue at the M E church. Mrs. Joy returns to Newton after a pleasant visit. W H M S apron sale earned 26 dollars. Mrs. Hucke has been ill. Dr. Miller returns from Los Angeles after farm work in the North. Mrs. Strickler visits Oklahoma. Mrs. Fisher of Pierre visits her parents.
The United States Geological Survey issued a primer on explosives for miners and others to reduce coal mine deaths. It warns against black powder in gas or dust prone mines, urges tested substitutes from Pittsburg, and cites vast production and transport risks. Authors include Charles F. E. Munroe and Clarence Hall of the USGS tech branch.
CASCARETS touted as the world’s biggest seller in a sensational ad promising a week’s relief. The copy claims millions of boxes shipped monthly and positions the product as a cure for all who suffer from discomfort.
Oak Grove Illinois December reports show Mrs William Fishburn improving after illness. George Shields visited Wash McGreer over the weekend. Sleighing remains good as sleighbells ring. The county farm began winter butchering early in the week. Spangler Chapel Sunday school plans an Xmas tree and program on Christmas Eve. Ed Fishburn left Saturday for an extended trip. Robt Tevne and family spent Sunday with Robt Shields.
Waldermar Kaempffert argues in Cosmopolitan that the star of Bethlehem may have been Halley’s comet and predicts its appearance end of the month. The piece surveys biblical interpretation, historical views on comets, and Halley’s historical returns as a marker of celestial omens.
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