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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
7
An advertisement claims Gauss Catarrh Cure eliminates catarrh by removing poisonous germs. It offers a free trial package by mail to prove effectiveness and invites readers to send name and address, promising quick, permanent relief and social acceptance. The pitch is signed C. B. Gauss of Marshall, Michigan.
Local notes mention visiting relatives in Muscatine Cedar Rapids and West Liberty with several residents traveling for short stays. A dance for Pocahontas at Maceabee Hall on Friday night January 1 1909 is announced with 15 cent admission. A Sicily Messina plague report notes Cassato urging mass cremations amid royal presence stirring opposition.
Free trial package of Gauss combined catarrh cure mailed in a plain package. Fill in name and address on dotted lines and mail to Cc. E. Gauss, 8461 Main Street, Marshall, Michigan.
New details report progress in rescuing wounded survivors in Messina after the disaster. Troops and sailors repelled looters, the Bank of Italy branch treasury of $2,000,000 was saved and transferred to an Italian warship. Fires burn, water is scarce, and many refuse to leave ruins. Only ten survivors are found in the 89th infantry. one man, Roberto, mourns his family loss and fatally harms himself. Bluejackets from Russian ships helped with rescues.
Crowds sob as King and Queen arrive in Catania on New Year’s Eve. An elderly man dies from injuries after shouting praise to the king, while relief efforts struggle in damaged Reggio and Messina. In Muscatine, Iowa, a New Year business push urges merchants to increase advertising and sales in 1909.
An old fashion guide touts a pine oil cough syrup made from granulated sugar water and pinex mixed in a pint bottle. It claims mild taste helps children, guides dosing every one to three hours, and praises Norway White Pine Extract as especially effective for lung and throat ailments.
Naples reports confirm the catastrophe's horrors as the Strait of Messina center of teluric upheavals spreading to Cape Vaticano and the Bay of Catania. Calabrian and Sicilian coasts ravaged. vineyards and orchards torn up. once lush southern Italy turned to a desert. Three hundred vessels adrift near Messina, city in ruins, fire and wreckage everywhere.
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