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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1910
Page
4
A column offers lotion for sun protection using spur max and glycerine, praising its invisible, sweat resistant for face and arms. It cautions against dry shampoos and promotes a canthrax based vinegar-free shampoo, while suggesting a flesh reducer remedy from four ounces of parnous in warm water.
A beauty note explains mixing delatone with water to form a paste for facial and forearm hair removal. Apply two to three minutes then wash off. one ounce costs about one dollar and can be bought from a druggist. Hair may regrow thinner after initial use. two or three applications can permanently reduce hair.
A home remedy outlines making a greaseless skin cream from almoroin dissolved in cold water with glycerine. The mixture is stirred and left to stand overnight to produce a cream that promises to reduce wrinkles and pores and plump the face.
Frank Bowman advertises Babcock buggies and buggies of every description with special prices for 30 days. Miss Margaret Blackwell returns from Brownell Hall Omaha. Minnie Kuhn and brother Charles visit Iowa City with sister Lillian Kuhn a S U I student. A concert for Hershey hospital benefits, under the Guild at the Presbyterian church, tickets on sale. F A A members pay assessments at 106 W 2nd St F W Lewis Secy.
Default was entered in multiple cases today in the district court. William E. Cunningham vs Maude Cunningham shows a default against the defendant. Henry Albert Hober is granted a divorce from Natalia Tober, who deserted him. Additional defaults include Fannie Bridges vs Benjamin Bridges Jacob Woods and Pearl E Woods Wilhelmina Gladstone vs Thomas R Gladstone. Other actions: Jacob Zoller vs Cornelia P Baker James Spence vs Indiana Said and Anna W Scholten vs Ethel Scholten.
Alderman Hartwig of the Third ward is injured after a dispute with Motorman N F Dillon on a local street car. Dillon says Hartwig insulted him, Hartwig claims he only noted the lamp was not lit and that he did not stand on the platform. The motorman allegedly struck Hartwig with the controller handle. no charges filed yet.
Miss L. P. prescribes a home tonic to clear dandruff and prevent hair loss. She recommends a two week shampoo with canthrax and twice weekly rubbing of quinine tonic made from quinzain, alcohol, and water to soften and gloss the hair and keep it from stringiness.
An old fashioned tonic claims to purify blood digest and stimulate the liver. It advises taking a tablespoonful before meals mixed from sugar one ounce hardene and half a pint alcohol diluted to a quart with boiling water. It promises renewed appetite energy and improved complexion.
A simple home remedy using one ounce of crystal dissolved in one pint water is recommended for tired inflamed and watery eyes. A few drops daily soothe granulated eyelids and may reduce reliance on glasses.
A group of twelve Muscatine residents hosted Mrs. Robert Pitchforth of Tacoma Washington at the W S Vanatta home in Bloomington township. The event featured wildflower decor and a noon dinner. Guests included Mrs Clayton Vanatta and daughter Virginia Mrs Robert Pitchforth and daughter Helen Mrs Ed Randleman and daughter Dorothy Mrs George Pitchforth and son George Mrs Charlies Schmalz and two children Grace and Stanford and Miss Martha Heller of Mangum Okla.
At the Ladies of the Maccabees regular meeting at Yeomen hall plans were laid for a school of instruction to be held at the next gathering in both afternoon and evening sessions. Miss Ella L. Mark state commander based in Des Moines will attend. A picnic supper is planned for 6 30 p m.
Seventeen members of the St Matthias Industrial enjoyed a pleasant Monday evening hosted by Miss Anna Healey at 515 East Fifth Street. They sewed much of the time and socialized, with the next regular meeting scheduled for Thursday at St Matthias church rectory.
The Young Ladies Sodality of St Matthias church will hold a special meeting Monday evening June 13 at 120 West Third Street to finalize preparations for the lawn festival on Wednesday June 29. All committees must report.
Eight members of the High School Branch Boating club of the Young Women's Christian Association spent Monday afternoon and evening rowing on the slough. They returned to the city about 7 30 with a picnic supper served during the outing.
The Young Ladies Missionary Society of the First Congregational Church has shifted its meeting from Miss Grace Griffin’s home at 420 West Fourth Street to Miss Ella Mulford’s home at 514 West Third Street.
Lyal C. Rice was arrested for desertion and brought before Judge U. S. Howe. He promised to support his wife and child and was released on bond.
In West Liberty Iowa the Wap sinonoc township primary saw only sixty voters at noon with a slight rise in the afternoon turnout. Local officials noted the slow start but expected modest afternoon activity.
Up State Folks presented by the original stock company from the Princess Theater Davenport earned praise for its clever cast balanced performances, strong scenery and effects, and instant crowd appeal. The show repeats tonight with The Peacemaker planned for Wednesday night.
At a Monday board meeting of the Button Workers' Benefit association the plan was approved for a moonlight excursion on June 14. The excursion steamer W. W. has been chartered and preparations aim to ensure a pleasant evening for attendees.
Brick wall beside the library property and the alley is being rebuilt after a collapse last fall. No winter repairs were done and completion is expected soon.
Lightning struck an infantry regiment marching into the German camp in Dresden on June 7. The impact hurled the company to the ground, killing three soldiers and seriously injuring fifteen others.
Don’t be worried by being called close. Saving money earns respect and builds opportunity. Each dollar in a Savings Account matters, and opening with one dollar starts the habit. Our Savings Department invites you to start now with one dollar and let the bank help you save.
Voters turnout is notably low in Burlington and Cedar Rapids with farmers in fields and calm weather. In Iowa candidates Burkhart Kennedy Carroll Pollard Porter lead or contest races. Blackhawk County and Cedar Rapids show cautious support, while South Dakota insurgents and stalwarts clash for governor with Elra and Vessey leading factions.
Voters flocked to Muscatine polls for the second primary, with turnout lower than a general election but higher than the previous primary by 3 pm. Reports from polling places across wards summarize the day’s pace and compare it to last primary totals.
Wilton Iowa special report notes the Wilton Presbyterian church will observe its fiftieth anniversary with a June 20 event. The article lists committees for program invitations reception music missionary society Ladies Aid Y P C E and other roles, designating chairs and members.
Highest authorities link heraldry to prehistoric totemism. The barbaric practice of painting or carving totems on canoes and weapons, and tattooing on the body, is described as the real origin of insignia cherished by modern noble families.
Consul General Jones reports a rat invasion in the grain belt near Winnipeg Canada. Farmers fear crop damage and seek durable efficient traps at good prices as efforts to halt the rodents with a virus have failed to stop their advance.
Commander Robert Baird reports that the Rock Island road will provide a special car for the Muscatine delegation. The car will depart on the Wilton train at 6 20 tomorrow morning to attend the state G A R encampment in Des Moines.
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as a wheat and barley cereal rich in vital phosphates placed in grain parts for quick absorption. It claims regular use stores energy for great achievement and invites readers to read The Road to Wellville in every third package.
A 1866 thunderbolt story recounts a young man seeing a ball of fire fall at his feet and pass through a house with nine people unharmed, then kill six cows in a barn. The phenomenon is said to sketch colors on victims and selectively strike white sheep or black animals, with oaks most affected and maples least. trees explode from compressed air, not sap steam.
Congressman Jack Beall of Texas touted a range of cottonseed based foods in the press gallery in Washington. He introduced cottonseed bread ginger bread fruit cake and cookies as a new product line to boost returns from cotton crops and increase profits for cotton growers.
Senator Nixon of Nevada stated that sixty percent of all railroad transportation nationwide is the product of mining. The remark underscored the mining sector’s pivotal role in freight and the broader transportation system, leaving many senators surprised by the interdependence.
The meteorological observatory on Mount Mirador in the Philippines may get a wireless telegraph station to warn ships in the China Sea and along the China coast. A second station at Santo Domingo de Basco on Batan Island is likely to be established later to relay typhoon information to Manila's weather bureau.
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