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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1913
Page
2
Dr Husted endorses pulmotor life saving machine to aid drowning and other emergencies in Muscatine. City officials weigh its effectiveness and safety at next week’s board session after Railway company offered the apparatus for local use.
A brief notice touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for cold relief. It claims fast action without opiates, soothing inflamed airways and stopping coughs to save doctor bills. The ad notes the yellow package and a producer name W. Mord aecslte.
Secretary Wilson cites farm to consumer marketing channels and the need for associative selling. He supports farmers forming groups to ship in bulk, gather market news, and sell in multiple markets while urging congress to fund a Markets Division to aid cooperative efforts. Consumers would benefit from cheaper costs via cooperative buying and reduced retail distribution expenses.
A fragment notes Hoods and Gibney discussing Philippine self government, calling Filipinos ignorant and quarrelsome, signaling a delayed path to self rule and a charged political stance.
Snow caused widespread railway delays as Sunday into Monday weather kept trains late by one to three hours. No 2 arrived about two hours fifty minutes behind schedule. Firefly and Wilton were late. overall traffic was light with many travelers students returning to college.
Members of the Wilson Club last evening witnessed Joseph Gibney recount his return from the Philippine Islands. Gibney, once a Manila representative for Barry Manufacturing, described experiences studying the brown brothers and offered impressions from his travels.
An old advertisement touts Papa's Cold Compound as a fast cure for grippe and cold symptoms without quinine. It claims the remedy relieves headaches, fever, nasal discharge, sore throat, and body aches in a single dose, marketed to all ages with a 25 cent package at druggists.
The First Presbyterian church board met last evening and took no definite action on proposed improvements to the church and a new Sunday school hall. Plans for a remodeled church and new hall were approved and a future meeting will review the plans before presenting recommendations to the membership. The congregation is understood to largely favor the project, which could involve substantial expenditures for the Iowa avenue and Fourth street property.
A banquet last evening at the Y M C A celebrated the senior contest won by Goldy led by Paul Bruno. About forty mothers attended a sumptuous banquet after the contest closed, with evening musical numbers by Clark Hallam on the mandolin accompanied by Edwin. Captains listed include Bruno Herman Hahn and Gould.
The First Baptist Church of Muscatine Iowa held its annual meeting electing officers for five year terms and ratifying Sunday school officers. A resolution honored late Sunday School Superintendent A W Hutchinson, praising his civic and church service and urging the congregation to carry on his example and faith.
County assessors from Muscatine county are to convene with Auditor Shoemaker at his office next Saturday to receive instructions and supplies for the coming assessment period. The gathering aims to finalize procedures and ensure uniform implementation across districts.
County ag sensors are to be armed with materials and will survey forty recommendations next Monday. The county's taxable valuation nears 25 000 900 and nearly 600 000 will be raised through taxes this year. Four New York physicians warn that without proper footwear women face risks. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is praised for coughs and colds and is sold by all dealers.
Complete list of awards released shows Muscatine County exhibitors William Hendricks and Son winning best ear for fang variety in the South Western district. Other winners include Carl Holden Oxford Johnson County for Best Ten Bars and Best Bar Any Variety, J M Maxwell Crawfordsville Washington County, Arthur Mainte Dixon Scott County for Amateur Twenty-Five Bars, E Ulierbach Sigourney Keokuk County for Thirty Ears Any Variety, Harry Sguoves Williamsburg Iowa for Gest Bushel of Corn, and H Bakvhodse Sigourney for Patent Ear.
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