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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1902
Page
3
A terse notice lists Jol A Robbins at 4 Olds Block with unclear surrounding context. The fragment hints at an address or location tied to Robbins but provides no additional event or action.
Local items report residents traveling by train or car to Nichols Riverside and Keokuk, with names including Mrs J Moylan, Mrs Will Harris, Miss Gertrude Cassidy, Sysie C Howe, and Lyell Reppert. Ads urge Dr Thomas Electric Oil and Dr Crane Quaker Tonic Tablets for common ailments.
An old advertisement extols Cascarets candy cathartics as a cure for constipation. It promotes the product to druggists and customers, suggesting health benefits and stock readiness for fall.
Quick acting remedy for croup and flu like symptoms marketed as safe and pure plant oil based. The Mother’s Remedies Co claims thirty years of use and recommends ready to use jars priced at 3 or 50 cents sold by druggists and mailed from Chicago.
Social items from Sunflower Ridge recount visits and travel. Names include Grimm Henke Sulton and Brie families with holiday gatherings, parties, and sickness lists. Local residents Henry Paul Eugene Hetzler D A Cole Wm Brownawell Edith Crull Lizzie Baker and others appear in weekend and holiday visits.
An advertisement claims Cascarets candy cathartic cleans your blood and skin by stimulating the liver and aiding digestion. The untidy prose touts benefits like clearing boils blotches and bilious complexion for ten cents, reflecting period marketing.
The Muscatine council in special session discussed the old Water Works stock assessment and transfer timing. The assessor warned the books cannot record the stock assessment, and stockholders face offsets or evasion. Action on the matter was revisited with motions to drop and then reconsider.
An old advertisement touts Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a safe internal remedy for catarrh in nose throat bronchial tubes and stomach. It claims to act on blood, cure ulceration risk, and remove secretions. Dr Eaton supports positive results, with tablets sold at 50 cents and a symptom book available.
L G Brown of Granger Ohio reports two year use of Dream Balm for catarrh improved hearing and clarity of speech. He calls himself a teacher in their town and says his hearing is fully restored. Trial size ten cents full size fifty cents.
Rudolph and Adolph, a new musical comedy starring Dan and Charles A. Mason, opens Thursday January 2 for one performance at the Grand Opéra House with a strong supporting company led by Lottie Williams-Salter and Beatrice McKenzie among others.
Prof Roxa Tyler of Chicago Vice President Illinois Woman's Alliance describes a severe cold that threatened pneumonia. She tried remedies, stomach upset followed, then Chamberlain's Cough Remedy relieved her at once. She is fully recovered and saved a doctor's bill. Sold by J J Havercamp and W C A Busch.
A historical ad-style notice touts Recto as a remedy with a 98 percent cure rate for piles. It promises free samples if it fails and names J. J. Havercamp as the contact.
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward for incurable cases. It lists endorsements from West & TrRtax and other Toledo druggists, notes the product is taken internally, and adds testimonials and family pills are available.
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