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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1908
Page
2
The Hood family notes a century and a half in medicine, claiming Hood's Sarsaparilla and other remedies remain pure and effective under the Pure Food and Drugs Act. They boast 40,366 testimonials in two years and emphasize nationwide trust in their blood purifying, stomach, liver, and kidney cures.
The Hershey Lumber Co offers Muscatine the Hershey office building site Lot 7 Block 45 for 5000 dollars with staged payments from 1908 to 1912 and six percent interest, title clear upon full payment. Council plans to view the property Thursday afternoon to decide on the purchase.
City council, in a special session led by City Attorney M W Stapleton, discussed altering the primary election date under the primary law. Diercks and others argued the law should apply only where applicable. the issue was tabled with no election plan decided.
Muscatine aldermen debated Sunday access for pool rooms and billiard halls amid reports of gambling behind drawn curtains on city outskirts. Police had inspected suspected venues but found no culprits. council discussed ordering blinds raised on the Sabbath to curb activity.
An advertisement touts Vittol as a superior body builder and strength creator for the elderly, weak children, and for coughs and bronchial ailments. It promises a money-back guarantee if no benefit is seen, from Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store at 203 East Second Street.
A Muscatine city council in a special session ordered every licensed house of ill fame closed and the inmates removed immediately. Alderman Van Zyl urged action against such resorts, noting prior reforms and differing impact from slot machines and pool halls. The marshal was instructed to notify all proprietors to cease licensing and close at once.
Muscatine council debated a proposal to close all places of business on Sunday. Aldermen argued it would be unfair to merchants who closed while others stayed open. The idea was discussed at length but deemed too radical to implement.
Mr R J Robshaw Mrs Robshaw and their daughter Sybil of Maple Avenue travel to Bayfield this morning to attend the Reynolds Cochran wedding at that location.
A distressed worker explains losing employment due to mental worry and stomach problems. He credits recovery to Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, claiming clearer thinking and improved performance. The ad promotes samples and purchases from F A Stuart Co, Marshall Michigan.
City officials meet in council chamber on December 31 1907 with Mayor Asthalter presiding. The body refers a revised primary election law to the ordinance committee for investigation and later to report. Other actions include inspecting Hershey office, rescinding prior factory tax exemptions, taxing 1907 plants, ordering prostitutes to leave, and adjusting Horton estate acreage assessment to 190 dollars per acre.
Local factories employing twenty or more workers that had been exempt from taxation will pay city taxes for 1907 as assessed by officials. A special council meeting rescinded the exemption, reversing years of nonpayment. Debate over collecting prior years’ taxes ended with no action beyond 1907.
From October to May colds are the most frequent headache trigger. Laxative Bromo Quinine relieves cause, as advertised by E. W. Grove box 25c.
Miss Lillian Kite left for Keota after several days visiting at the home of Mrs. R. S. Huston on East Eleventh Street.
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