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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1909
Page
15
E R U S A is presented as the only non narcotic lawful pile cure with all ingredients deemed safe by authorities. The ad claims Dope or narcotic treatments are condemned and trials prove E RU SA cures piles or pays 50 dollars, listing Muscatine druggists offering the product.
The Daily Journal claims dominance among Muscatine papers with circulation higher than all rivals combined and at least three times any other daily. It is the official paper of City and County and a member of the Associated Press and Lee Syndicate. Subscriptions priced 19 cents weekly by carrier, $3.00 yearly by mail for daily issues, and $1.50 yearly for semi weekly editions issued Tuesday and Friday nights.
The Journal names a network of agencies for readers convenience located at Fest Hill Hurlbut Grocery East 2nd Street South Muscatine Toborg Bros grocery Oregon street W C A Busch's Drug Store Hershey avenue Kecklerville Chayka's Grocery West Hill J B Fuller Grocery and Wm Van Zy Grocery New York Office 30 34 West 33rd Street.
Payne and Young lead the Chicago office located in the 750 Marquette Building as the primary representatives in charge.
Telephones and business office notes from Bell appear alongside a Mississippi Valley loan figure of seven. The fragment hints at corporate operations and financing context without full details.
F. D. Throop publisher swears the Muscatine Journal circulated average 6,929 copies in November 1909. Notary F. W. Eversmeyer verifies the sworn statement in Muscatine County Iowa with the December 1, 1909 affidavit seal.
John S. Lopez writes in Van Norden's Magazine January issue about the sugar scandal uncovering efforts. The piece argues against insinuations that Taft’s predecessor was lenient toward the sugar trust while fighting other trusts. A 1907 White House visit unfolds details of a long inquiry and the secretary to the president reacts with unusual excitement.
Theodore Roosevelt and Richard Parr, a US Treasury agent, interview reveals a vast conspiracy to defraud the government by sugar trust operatives at New York Harbor. The exposé leads to arrests and indictments, aiming to purge both high and low in customs relations. The report seeks to shield the Roosevelt administration from claims of bias toward the sugar industry.
The remedy is described as meritorious for all troublesome and dangerous complications from cold in the head throat chest or lungs. It is not an ordinary cough mixture but a proven cure for serious symptoms in this period.
Forties entry notes Bowley Island house burned to the ground about 10 o clock yesterday forenoon with about fifty dollars in furniture, valued at four hundred dollars, no insurance. The item mentions perilous icy conditions as people venture out after a thaw.
A convention of the Ninth regiment Ind Extra Gov I N G will meet at Company C armory tomorrow evening to nominate candidates for offices left vacant by Col Banks’s election to colonel. A number crossed the river on the ice this afternoon. One or two persons did not arrive.
A large party of friends of Mine Host W A Miller and his wife visited the Hotel Webster cottage last evening for a surprise party. They came loaded not for bear but for fun and engaged in social converse and progressive el echre until a late hour. Alderman Realing sounds natural, recalling the father who served as alderman for the Second ward in 1866 7 with credit to himself and the city.
Ten years ago a strike of about fifty button cutters occurred at the McKee and Bliven factory on Front Street just before press time. A striker told the reporter the whole cutting crew walked out after the tip wage increased by a half cent, raising the price to 3 1/2 cents.
In Washington and at Mrs Conway's apartment a group led by Hotchkiss and McKnight plot to seize stolen notes from Sullivan. The plan aims to capture Sullivan, destroy the notes, and hand the police a decisive breakthrough as they confront danger at the incubator and Conway's building.
Ed Dougherty visits his uncle in San Bernardino California. Willie Reik from Muscatine spends time at the Fred Stortz home. Jasper Price shows slight improvement with a nurse present. Mrs Phebe Gilman of Muscatine visits the Drake home. Miss Mabel Johnson plans to spend winter in the city. Miss Jennie Rynearson takes a clerk job at New Five and Ten Cent Store in Muscatine through the holidays. Lloyd Woods shows slight improvement despite a serious condition. Mrs Bessie Price Thomas and daughter of Etna Green Indiana and Mrs Nellie Hague are mentioned.
Little son of Davenport Iowa who were called here by the dangerous illness of their father Jasper Price have returned to their homes. Grandpa Schmidt of Muscatine is visiting his daughter Mrs Martin Schweitzer and family.
President Taft seeks to move his legislative program with minimal friction, using Representative Gardner to canvass insurgents in the House and signal tacit support. Alaska coal land claims Cunningham Smith Chesum Hartman Food groups face adverse conclusions, with recommendations to reject due to suspected prepatent consolidation. Terrible Ted tale concludes with a Christmas revolution lesson about shopping early.
A 50 cent bottle of Scott's Emulsion is advertised for babies in half-teaspoon doses four times daily mixed in its bottle and will last a year-old infant about a month, four bottles in three months, purportedly making the child strong and laying a foundation for a healthy future. Sold by druggists, with a request to send paper name and ad for savings bank and child sketch book. Scott and Bowne, 409 Pearl Street, New York.
Francis Storm and Miss Iva Atkin were married at the bride’s father home in Lone Tree on December 15 1909 at 615 pm. Rev D Phillips officiated and the wedding march accompanied the ceremony.
Medical authorities recognize hexamethylene tetramine as a uric solvent and antiseptic for urine. Take Foley's Kidney Remedy when irregularities appear to avoid a serious malady, advises A. W. Morgan, druggist.
Notice to remove ice from sidewalks citywide or spread gravel or other material to prevent injuries and slippery surfaces. Signed by W. J. Vannatta Chief of Police.
For hair color restoration the article promotes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur as a ready made sage tea hair darkener. Sold by druggists at 50 cents to one dollar, or ordered from Wyeth Chemical Company, 74 Cortlandt St New York, via A. W. Morgan's Pharmacy.
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