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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 19, 1902

Page

2

Tax Resolution for Sub sewerage district No 2 funds

Alderman Baremeier moved adoption of a resolution levying a special tax to fund improvements in Sub-sewerage district No 2, Main sewerage district No 2. The council reviewed a plat and schedule listing assessable parcels, owners, and amounts, noted no objections by July 17, 1902, and authorized the tax as a first lien with installments starting August 18, 1902. The measure sets 6 percent interest, allows seven annual installments with waiver, and directs city officials to spread and collect the tax. Adopted July 18, 1902.

Ald Baremeier Id Ald Riggs City Recorder City of Muscatine R. S. McNutt

Kidney Cure Ad and City Finance Report Summary

An old retail advertisement promises cures for kidney and urinary ailments urging Dr Fenner’s Kidney and Backache Cure with free consultations and testimonials from customers in Randolph Iowa. The document also notes city financial items including lighting bill reductions, receipts at the city recorder’s office, and payments to local businesses, ending with the Finance Committee adjournment.

City Recorder's Office City Finance Committee Ald. Schenck Ald Seiler Schenck Riggs Spaethe W. A. Edgar City Recorder’s Office

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Builds Reputation for Trust

A Good Reputation. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has earned its reputation as a cure for coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough. Every bottle has met the high standard of excellence claimed. It is dependable for relief and care, pleasant and safe to take, and sold by all druggists.

A Prophetic Jewel of Mme. du Barry’s Fateful Gem

A Paris jewel worn by Marquise du Barry revealed a hidden scene under water like a picture. The outline showed a woman before a scaffold with an executioner, later confirmed by a servant who described the guillotine before its invention. The vision allegedly caused Mme. du Barry to faint.

Marquise du Barry Paris Lamar du Barry Guillotine Mme. du Barry

Old Mrs Hubbard disputes cupboard bone poem claim

Old Mrs Hubbard recalls her fruitless cupboard visit for a bone to feed her dog. She says she fed raw beef from the icebox and criticizes the poem’s author for not getting the rhyme right. The neighbor questions the cupboard rhyme as the aged woman defends her treatment of dogs.

Hubbard Chicago Tribune

Luncheon Mix of Famous Women Alumni Recalls Help Tale

A north side woman recalls a luncheon where the hostess and most guests were graduates of Smith Wellesley Vassar Bryn Mawr Northwestern University of Chicago and Wells The lively chat focused on the difficulty of keeping help with playful irony from the Chicago Record-Herald.

North Side Smith College Wellesley Vassar Bryn Mawr Northwestern University of Chicago Wells

Get What You Ask For Cascarets Candy Cathartic

Advertisement warns buyers to demand genuine Cascarets Candy Cathartic tablets stamped C C C. Do not accept bulk or substitutes, as they are cheats. Warns that druggists carry the product and to beware of substituted imitations.

Grace Hotel Chicago promotional notice to residents

Special notice urges Muscatine readers to stay at the Hotel Grace during Chicago visits. It promotes convenient location at the corner of Jackson Boulevard and Clark Street, describing reasonable prices and proximity as a notch above other options. The ad encourages trying the Grace on future trips to Chicago.

Chicago Hotel Grace Jackson Bouly Clark Street I. O. O. F. Miriam Lodge D. of K Prairie Excampment Muscatine Lodge Speers Second Cedar Streets Cedar Street

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