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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1909
Page
2
The piece extols motherhood and the profound responsibility of choosing safe medicine for a newborn. It highlights a mother's unwavering care, the life she nurtures, and warns against worthless narcotics to protect the babe from harm.
William Carl Roberts born May 27 1875 in Wollentin Brandenburg Germany to Fredrick and unknown Roberts. Immigrated 1882 to Maiden Rock Wisconsin later lived St Paul Minnesota married Elizabeth Ludke November 13 1906 at St Paul. Died July 17 1909 in Phoenix Arizona of tuberculosis aged 32 years 1 month 20 days. Member of the M W A at St Paul Minnesota.
The obituary notes a man died leaving a wife, his father and mother, and a brother still in Maiden Rock Wisconsin. It speaks of a final reunion and the soul resting in everlasting peace.
A. W. Morgan, druggist, asserts Foley's Honey and Tar stops chronic coughs that weaken the constitution and develop into consumption. It also heals and strengthens the lungs and offers comfort in bronchitis asthma hay fever and other lung trouble.
Mr and Mrs Hans Parchart welcomed a baby girl born July 13. Returns and visits involve Reinwalt from Rock Island Henry France and children visiting relatives here. Multiple local residents attend a Marston convention and a Will Thomas gathering. Barn dance at William Thomas home and various Sunday visits among neighbors. John Brayton called to Muscatine for illness of son-in-law Melvan Rounds, hospitalized after surgery. Myrtle Roberts of near Andalusia to Davenport for appendicitis operation.
Mrs. Leonora M. Lake addressed a large crowd at the Muscatine chautauqua on the divine rights of the child. She urged strong, healthy parentage, moral living, and Christian virtues, warning of alcohol and vice and calling for deeper home religion and men’s accountability.
An advertisement touts Q-Ban Hair Restorer and Q-Ban Hair Tonic as miracle fixes for gray hair and blemished complexions. It cites Dr. Nott, offers refunds after six bottles, and notes Havercamp's Drug Co. sells the products with a free 50 cent sample for gray-haired customers by mailing address and postage.
A group of gypsies camping east of the city left town this morning after Deputy Chief Wilhite intervened. Two women offered fortune telling, pressed palm readings, and were taken to the station. City Recorder Weis refused a license, deeming the trade illegitimate, and they were given one hour to depart, with East Hill checked for compliance.
A Notre Dame woman invites sufferers of rheumatism to request a free home treatment she claims cures muscular and joint pains, sciatica, lumbago, backache, kidney pain and neuralgia. She says the remedy purifies the blood and tightens joints without climate changes, proof available by writing to Mrs. M Summers Box R Notre Dame Ind.
North Pike Ia July 23 reports Muscatine Turks lost 11 to 4 at Adams against the Red Sox. Local residents Will Stockfleet and Nichols area visitors dined with Mills and Adams. Several families including Spratford Mills Foster Numan Blizzard Mills shared Sunday meals and visits with neighbors.
Hammond resident T A Morgan endured years of stomach and kidney trouble. After using Root Juice to prove its healing claims he offered one hundred dollars to the scientist, who refused the reward and directed the money to an orphan asylum. The tonic is praised as soothing stomach linings and aiding liver and kidney function, selling for a dollar a bottle or three for two and a half.
The piece argues carelessness and indifference ruin many men by spending earnings and delaying future security. It promotes the Savings Bank as the poor man’s bank, highlighting its safety and interest compounding automatically. It claims bank offers accommodations aligned with sound banking principles.
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