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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1902
Page
7
Various short items including ISC course discounts, travel news, personal visits, medicinal ads for Dr. Fowlers Extract and Burdock Blood Bitters, cleaning services at Luellen Bros, band concert, and I O O F meeting notices. Names include A W Frey Batter yon building Ira S Miller Beulah Miller Helen Banes Harry Moore J P Freeman M T Hayde Jacob Beckey James Bradford S M Hoskins Maggie Manda Wallace.
One Ilundrea Dollars reward offered for an incurable case of Ctarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. J J Cheney & Co Toledo proprietors. Endorsers West Truax Valpine Krxaxnan Margix wholesale druggists Toledo O. Cure claims to act upon blood mucous surfaces. Price ten cents per bottle, sold by all druggists. Testimonials and claims of reliability accompany the ad.
The narrative recalls 1902 graduates parties at Grace Frye and the Freers home, a library dedication, and a river voyage. It shares impressions of teachers like Mr. Schall and Mr. Arey, and notes alumni success in law, politics, art, and literature. A dream journey to places including El Paso, San Francisco, London, and Washington frames future hopes.
An advertisement extols Postum Coffee as a safe substitute after coffee intolerance, featuring a testimonial about relief from stomach pain, insomnia, and weight gain. The piece also includes a children’s verse about self and shared world worth, urging kindness and personal growth.
The Muscatine High School class of 1902 faces graduation with nostalgia and forward resolve. The speaker notes four years of shared study and camaraderie, acknowledges varied futures, and hopes graduates will apply school lessons to their future work.
A farewell address notes the end of companionship in work for the class of 1902. The speaker urges faithful duties, learning for tomorrow, and hopes for a successful future with lasting memories and unfailing remembrance.
J McCarthy of Buffalo Bill's Wild West toured the Richmond Indiana Item office and endorsed Harris World Famous Nickel Plate show. He praised its value and quality calling it clean up to date and worth more than the price for admission.
Landlady asks why Mr Slowbell never eats liver and he quips he was raised in Liverpool in this humorous exchange.
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