Supervisors Debate Annual Salary for County Boards
Muscatine county supervisors joined fellow Iowa board members heading to Des Moines for a convention where the keynote was a proposed shift from per diem pay to an annual salary. Some boards support the reform, while critics warn it could reduce diligence. discussions will focus on laws and county governance. The issue, to be raised by the state association, includes potential impacts on assessors and county auditors during the surrounding sessions.
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Muscatine County Board of Supervisors
Convention of Supervisors of
Iowa
Des Moines
Muscatine County Supervisors
Woodbury County
E. B. Day
Board of Supervisors
Regu
State Association of Supervisors
Frank T. Logan
Scott County
August Lundell
Sac County
W. J. Maxwell
Ringgold County
Edwin Rex
Story County
County Auditors
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising a one day cure for colds. It notes refunds if it fails and bears E W Grove’s signature on each box. Pricing listed as 25 cents with a Daily Journal subscription at 10 cents weekly.
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E. W. Grove
Riverside News Briefs From January 21
Ben Krause found a $300 draft on the street belonging to A Yeggy and returned it to him after inviting a card game. Quarterly U B church meeting reports Lord's Supper and attendance. Mrs Cline injury recovery noted. Two weddings planned soon. John Younkin to sell his farm and move. Mary Brewen offers $100 on Al Ford’s property, he asks $2,000.
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Riverside
Ben Krause
A. Yeggy
Ben
Mr. Yeggy
Yeggy
U. B
Williams
Fred Cline
John Younkin
Nancy
Mary Brewen
al. Ford
Candy Cathartics Promise Constipation Cure
An ad promotes Cascarets as a permanent solution to constipation with prices 10c and 25c. It guarantees a money refund if C C falls and urges readers to visit druggists for relief.
Melpine News Roundup From Melpine Iowa
S C Kelly has been very ill for two weeks and is slowly recovering. Henry Paul spent Saturday at home. L T Gray and family visited the Hetzler family on Sunday. Grace Crull visited Edith at N B Cole’s Saturday. Fred Holling moved to Muscatine for city life last Tuesday. The school board president proposes barring public gatherings to prevent smallpox, keeping teachers resting. Dr Van Derveer vaccinated children in the area over two days.
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Melpine
S. C. Kelly
Henry Paul
L. T. Gray
Hetzler
Grace Crull
Edith
N. B. Cole
Fred Holling
Muscatine
Robert Nugent
D. A. Cole
van Derveer
Blue Grass
Hulda Barholtz
G. W. Frank
Davenport
Fred Langfeldt
Hans Ohlsen
Mag Boenke
Anna Nielsen
Chas. Lampe
Cheyenne
Wyoming
R. Knaack
C. Carstens
Mische
Henry Hamann
Mary Meier
Walcott
Hans Forkmer
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets Claim Systemic Cure
An advertisement asserts catarrh is a systemic condition expressed locally in organs such as the bowels and skin. It promotes Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a universal remedy that cures catarrh in blood and vents like diarrhea eczema rhinitis bronchitis leucorrhea gastritis and other forms. The ad warns the tablets are not a cure-all and price is 50 cents per box.
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Stuart
Stomach Identification Marks Scofield Murder Case Evidence
In Des Moines on January 21 the trial focus centers on identifying the stomach examined by Prof. Macy as Mabel Scofield’s. Physicians Drs. Schooler McCarthy and Shope testified on autopsy details while prosecutors push admissibility of the stomach evidence. The court heard that the stomach contained chloral hydrate and Thomas Appleton’s prior purchase of the chemical is noted. Other items recount residents’ movements and social notes in Muscatine and Davenport areas.
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Des Moines
Scofield
Macy
Schooler
McCarthy
Shope
Ankeny
Mabel Scofield
Prof. Macy
Justice Duncan
Thomas
Cascarets Candy Cathartic Advert
An old advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a universal remedy to cleanse the system and cure ailments. It claims gentle action on kidneys liver and bowels and offers boxes priced 10 25 and 50 cents with guarantee from druggists.
Ascension Sermon Highlights Hope and Comfort
Rev. Joseph N. Elliott preached at the Presbyterian Church on the Ascension of Jesus. The sermon outlined Jesus lifting up his hands to bless the disciples and ascending to heaven, affirming his humanity, kingship, and priestly role, with the promise of his return. It stresses that believers share in eternal life through him and that departed friends remain safe in his care.
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Joseph N. Elliott
Jerusalem
Kedron
Gethsemane
Mount of Olives
Bethany
Kingdom of Israel
Earth
Jesus
Stockton First Caucus Set for Jan 23 Nomination
Stockton Iowa residents prepare for the town caucus on January 23 to nominate officers. Local notes include John Kroeger nursing a painful felon on a finger and Leonard Schlapkohl's return from Chicago on No. 1. Ice house filling and river-sourced ice shipments from Moscow are described, along with a successful masquerade dance and visiting relatives. Bridge carpenters for the BCR N railway finish work on the local bridge.
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Stockton
John Kroeger
Leonard Schlapkohl
Chicago
J. H. Thiel
Cedar River
Moscow
G. W. Frank
Wm. Broders
Durant
Julius Lamp
Maysville
Lamp
E. Schlapkohl
B., C. R. & N. Railway
Senator Emmert Pushes State Reformatory Bill
Des Moines January 21 Senator J M Emmert of Cass county aims to introduce a bill creating a state reformatory for youths aged 16 to 21 unless charged with murder The plan would convert Ranmosa Penitentiary into the reformatory and move noneligible convicts to Ft Madison A similar bill failed two years ago due to late session timing
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Emmert
Des Moinés
J. M. Emmert
Cass County
State Board of Control
Ranmosa
Ft. Madison
Fmmert
X-Ray Rays Pass Glass but Not Wood and Metal
The X ray or Roentgen ray will not pass through glass but will penetrate aluminum. It can detect a splinter of glass in tissues but not a splinter of wood. Most inks including printer's ink are transparent to the rays, yet some are opaque.
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Tion
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the Daily Journal
Mabel Schofield
Presbyterian Church
Zilda Feanto
Westfield
Nellie Quimby
Lewiston
Ill
the Mother's Remedies CO
Illinois
GRACE
Post Ofice and Board of Traim
C. C. Collins
Jackson Boulevard
Clark Street
E. P. Day
East Second Street
Albert Figg
Muscatine Island
Mr. DeCamp
C. P. Teeple
Wilton
Wilton, Ia
J. L. Giesler
J. H. Kaiser
L. Johnson
F. H. Little
Gus Schmidt
John H. Kaiser
A. Baird
F. W. Swan
F. W. Eversmeyer
J. L. Geisler
C. A. Mull
J. Db. Blackwell
P.W. Francis
Henry Jayne
L. G. Barnett
Hershey
State Bank
Muscatine, Iowa
Ats Ra
P. W. Franci
Jayne
J. G. Barnett
Beary General Banking
Cook
Musser
State Bank and Trust Co
Banking and Exchange
Iowa Avenue
Second St
Muscatine, la
S. G. Stein
D. V. Jackson
Vice-Press
M. Hughes
First National Bank
D. von Jackson
J. B. Dougherty
Chas Page
J. Carskaddan
F. P Sawyer
S. M. Hughes
First National Bank Building
Memphis
Birmingham
Montgomery
Mobile
Atlanta
Savannah
Florida
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Alex. Hilton
Bryan Snyder
Saint Louis
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