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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1906
Page
7
The city notes multiple residents traveling for Christmas holidays to Wilton Downey Iowa City and Moscow with family friends and relatives. Local shopping ads include Mrs Austin Buckwheat and Thormann Mfg. Co offerings and Orino Laxative syrup.
A. L. Urick, president of the Iowa State Federation, releases the December labor bulletin detailing active building trades, new district plans for electrical workers, and a push to unify unions. Reports cover Burlington and Sioux City organization gains, wage agreements, printers eight hour fights, and the Iowa district's strong financials and membership.
An advertisement promotes a home remedy claiming to cure rheumatism by targeting kidneys. It describes the condition as caused by clogged kidneys and offers a mixture of Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla to be taken after meals and at night, asserting safety and universality across ages and genders.
Brentford SD emerges along the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad corridor in the Jim River valley. The town aims for 1,600 residents in six months, backed by local business leaders and a commercial club, with rail access, two brick banks, three brick stores, five elevators, and 150 residential lots sold. First homes priced at 4500 dollars. Brentford markets a million bushels of grain and serves a 20 mile radius trade area. Interested parties directed to the Commercial club Brentford SD or Townsite Agent Thomas A Way Aberdeen SD.
Cyrus Stoddard, private secretary to Bishop Hartzell, recounts travel from Liverpool to London with the bishop, handling luggage, customs, and a storm, then staying at the North Western hotel. He describes Sunday in Liverpool, a confirmation at St Peters church, and a lone search for meals with limited options before a beef dinner offer.
A traveler describes exploring an English seaside city, attending a Methodist Free Church Sunday school class, and meeting a superintendent named Jones. He notes English tea, education bills in parliament, and plans to observe debates in Westminster. The journey continues from Liverpool to London by nonheated first class compartment, with railway baggage hassles and a porter’s tip.
The narrator travels by train from Liverpool to London covering 200 miles in a bit over four hours with a dining car lunch costing 3s 6d. He notes car limits and lockable compartments, visits historical towns along the route, and describes Harrow and other sites as they near London.
Public notice states the final plat and schedule for street and alley improvements in Improvement District No 23 in Muscatine Iowa are on file for inspection. It lists total costs and assessed amounts per property and sets a January 7 1907 deadline for objections to be filed with the City Recorder, hearing to follow.
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