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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1902
Page
7
The county clerk issued a marriage license yesterday to Claus Thompson and Emma W. Stormer. Many residents were noted traveling to nearby towns for visits, school events, and social engagements including Faust performances and a straw ride planned by the high school C class.
Mrs. Anna M. Tucker of Utica New York recounts a severe nervous and stomach illness after childbirth. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with saving her life after multiple doctors failed. The pills, sold by the company, are advertised as a cure for various nerve and blood related ailments.
A group of merchants led by G. A. Riemexe Nesper & Co. along with J. J. Havercamp W. B. Larkalow and J. Theo. Keuchman pledge to refund the price of a 50 cent bottle if the remedy fails to cure coughs or colds. A 25 cent bottle is offered to prove satisfaction or money back.
The half year report shows total city enrollment 2 553 with 1 272 boys and 1 281 girls and high school 229 latest. Absent or tardy pupils exceed 1 500. calls for improved attendance and quick provision of more rooms to ease overcrowding in West Hill First ward and South Muscatine.
Amelia Dougherty of Kerrigan Wayne County recounts near death from uterine trouble and dropsy. After failing to improve with a physician she consulted Dr. R V Pierce. Following his treatment she regained strength within weeks and credits four bottles of his medicines and two vials of Pleasant Pellets for a permanent cure.
A testimonial letter extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as relief from menopause symptoms. Mrs E Sarver of Los Angeles credits five bottles with restoring health over six years and endorses the medicine for suffering women, urging others to seek Mrs Pinkham's advice at Lynn, Massachusetts.
An old advertise claim promoting Cascarets candy cathartics as a cure for constipation with price and refund offer by druggists. The copy uses promotional language and initials C C.
Lansing January 25. A revolt brews within Michigan Republicans over Governor Aaron T. Bliss seeking a second term. The party has never denied renomination to an active candidate, yet dissent grows despite Bliss’s solid record as governor.
Special notice urges Muscatine readers to consider the Grace Hotel in Chicago located at the corner of Jackson Boulevard and Clark Street as the most convenient and reasonably priced lodging option for travelers.
Chicago January 25 Professor Charles W Pearson of Northwestern University seeks to avoid a heresy trial He will withdraw his membership from the First Methodist church of Franston if a majority of that congregation believes his views on the infallibility of the Bible are erroneous
The notice advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one dollar reward for cured catarrh and lists Toledo firms FJ Cheney West Truax and Krxexan as endorsers. It claims the product works internally on blood and mucous surfaces and prices a bottle at 75 cents with testimonials available.
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