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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1900
Page
6
Advertising expert Charles Bates urges constant effort in marketing to avoid dull season losses. He compares steady ads to Royal Baking Powder’s huge success, warns against short campaigns, and argues newspaper space is the best lever for sustained business growth.
Swaledale Iowa residents are stirred by a beer seizure as Sheriff Cenfer and Deputy Clark confiscate twenty two barrels of alleged beer. John Roeder, a restaurant keeper, contends the barrels hold malted milk with less than one half percent alcohol. The cargo was sent to Mason City for testing as locals debate enforcement and impact on the town.
George Jac ob Schweinfurth abandons his Weldon farm heavenly domain and plans to move to Rockford to enter the insurance business. He says he no longer claims divine birth or authority. In six months he has attended Christian Science services and may join the local society. Angels remaining in the colony sell garden truck on the streets.
Samuel Becks a 35 year old colored man traveled from Indianapolis to Chicago while ill with smallpox endangering hundreds of passengers. He arrived July 6 after falling ill July 2 and developing a facial eruption July 5. Dr Spalding seeks the coach for fumigation. the coach Becks rode is unlocated.
A Sunday night storm five miles north of Kewanee Illinois produced the largest hailstones seen in the area. The hail shattered windows and sashes and damaged corn in the storm track. A farmer collected hailstones for ice cream after the rain. Farmers report unprecedented hail size.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be magnetic, full of life, nerve and vigor, take No To Bac the wonder worker that makes weak men strong. All druggists 50c or 1. Cure guaranteed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Co Chicago or New York.
In Grand Rapids Michigan both the Michigan Funeral Directors and Michigan Embalmers associations meet to discuss a merger. Sentiment favors consolidation and both conventions will consider the plan during the opening sessions.
OWA LODGE No. 2 meets on full moon. WYOMING LODGE No. 74 K of P meets Fridays at 7 or 8 o clock at K of P hall on Iowa Avenue. Knights in good standing invited to attend. J. Coster C C H. S. Howe K of R and S.
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