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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1900
Page
7
The Firefly carried many travelers and residents on various short trips to Washington Burlington Des Moines and Portland. Businessmen and professionals frequent the city for meetings and legal matters while local merchants advertise services and goods.
Last night the council in regular session debated abating back taxes on lots owned by the I O O F and heard Halstead report citizens along Orange street willing to donate property to open a street from 11th to Woodlawn. The mayor and aldermen discussed balances, burials, and city finances with numerous fund tallies and department reports.
Listings offer a 260 acre stock and grain farm near Wellman with a large house, bank barn, water, and full utilities. Also 203 acre Illinois stock farm, 184 acres Cedar County exchange, a good 4000 dollar residence exchange, and a good town hotel for exchange or sale. Call for offers or trades in the neighborhood.
Aldermen discuss road and sewer matters, wage and pension vouchers, and the Weed Park police fees. Reports cover grade ordinance deeds, Ritter case, franchise issues, and city finances with numerous bills approved. Fire and hose house talks circulate amid equipment needs and fund implications.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on the blood and mucous surfaces. It is not a quack medicine, prescribed by a leading physician, and sold nationwide with testimonials available.
Advertising copy claims Dr Hobbs Sparagus Pills cure kidney ills and promote relief. The text promotes a kidney health remedy and a pain killer with pricing and druggist availability, typical of early 20th century patent medicine ads.
An old advertisement touts Cas carets as a cure for bowel issues from headaches to cancer, promising natural relief with easy movements. Each tablet bears a C C C stamp and the 10 cent price is highlighted to start health restoration, warning against imitations.
Dana Indiana marshal and James Darnell fled from Dana to Maron in a sensational chase. Thomas Darnell was arrested near Maron on murder charges, while the younger Darnell had just arrived to work on a farm. The marshal pursued on foot and by buggy, catching the prisoner before the father could warn him.
A vintage ad promotes French Tansy Wafers claimed to treat painful and irregular menstruation. The pills are described as back by a famed French physician and sold for over ten years. Genuine red wrapped packages cost two dollars via La France Drug Co. and J. J. Haverkamp in Muscatine Iowa.
July 20 reports from Marshfield Wisconsin say two highwaymen robbed Mrs William Schroeder at 9 am in a secluded area. She was chloroformed searched for money then left dazed in the woods. A posse followed their three hour head start with no trace yet.
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