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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1903
Page
2
An advertisement claims Botanic Blood Balm B B B cures blood poison and cancers by purifying blood. It asserts relief from swelling, pimples, skin eruptions, rheumatism, catarrh, eczema, and ulcers, with numerous testimonials of complete and lasting cures.
Ladies of the Ancient Order of Hibernians hosted a progressive cinch party in Woodman hall with about fourteen tables. Mrs. M. J. Welch won the ladies plate and Geo. Sneichen the gentleman's cup as refreshments and social time followed amid a winter storm.
Downey Iowa December 31 brief items list church revival plans and social events. Local residents Isaac Seaton and family travel to Broadhead Wisconsin. Stephen Loy hosts relatives. Jubilee of carloads of corn shipped by J H Secrest. many family and school exchanges with nearby towns. revival meetings announced at M P church. small gatherings and visits among locals including Cornwalls Jenkinson and Crozer families.
The Chicago market report shows yesterday s sales with a broad range of cattle and hog prices. Notes indicate liberal receipts and improving demand after the week, with price tiers from poor to prime for various classes and farm stock. Market notes cite Baird Bros of Wapello Iowa selling forty five head of cattle at 5.30 per hundredweight courtesy of Drover's Journal Chicago.
A dampened flannel with Chamberlain's Pain Balm bound to the affected areas is praised as better than a plaster for lame backs and pains in the side or chest. The balm is claimed to relieve deep seated muscular and rheumatic pains and is sold by all druggists.
A lighthearted exchange in the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune features a witty pair of lines about beauty and vanity. The quip highlights a social moment with humor focused on appearance and self-perception.
Mrs. Marshall Wiley died at 5 10 pm last evening at her son Harry B. Wiley's West Second street home after long illness with heart trouble and complications. Born Angeline John Wiley in 1831 in Maryland, she moved to Ohio then Iowa, settled in Muscatine county in 1855, later living in West Liberty. Surviving children are Harry B. Wiley, Charles K. Wiley, Will T. Wiley, and R. J. Wiley. daughter Mary Matthiesen is deceased. Interment will be in West Liberty Friday afternoon.
Advertisement claims a day cure using Lasative Promo Quinine Tablets with a refund if ineffective. Mentions FE. W. Groves signature on each bottle and price 25 cents.
A large social at the Muscatine Business College on Third and Iowa Avenue gathered over 250 young people for games and dancing led by Prof. W. D. Peck. The electric switch fuse blew, plunging the building into darkness until lamps arrived and an electrician restored light after about half an hour while Gremmel's orchestra supplied the music.
Twenty teamsters employed by John Rosemund quit work on Hershey Avenue near Greensfeet after an ultimatum demanding 3 50 per day or a replacement. They claim 20 cents per load is insufficient. Rosemund offers 2 50 or 22 5 per load, then 25 cents per load, but all offers rejected as the men say long hauls and hard approach to the ice platform prevent a decent day's pay.
Local merchants promissory notice offers a five cent bottle of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar with money back if no cure and a twenty five cent bottle with satisfaction guaranteed or refund. Signers include N. PR. Barkalow G. A. Reinicke J. J. Havercamp Meeper & Co. J. Theo. Kevchr.
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