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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1914
Page
3
Fragmentary telephones and business notices mix with stray names and cryptic references. Incoherent lines mention publishers and advertising firms while a murky Texas bureau entry lists contacts and partial addresses.
Petroleum fields with promising surface manifestations are reported on the western slope of the Andes from the northern Argentina border to the Madre de Dios River in Bolivia. At Santa Cruz the Eepejos spring yields a high karosena content, suggesting deeper deposits may exist. Access is difficult. rail lines are planned, but transport is by cart today. Additional promising areas lie along eastern slopes of the Andes and in Argentina.
The report notes wells and gains in Fro olf with substantial outputs long exploited. It mentions specialists in Boudder Colombia and Venezuela active in field expeditions, suggesting the southern continent could rival the north in richness and potential.
Waterloo Courter laments evolution of the soul while Clinton Advertiser questions Godless candling of old parties as Dr. John Wallace Cooper leaves ministry to run for Congress. Marshalltown Trains-Repudicans mocks new auto drivers amid Iowa politics. Catar Rapids Republican notes the primary verdict favors protectionist policy and party unity as essential to order and success in government.
Nation's Capital prints guidance from the Department of Agriculture for farmers borrowing through Farm Credit. Three rules emphasize using borrowed funds for value generating work, aligning loan length with productive use, and building plans to gradually reduce principal. The article notes the importance of prudent credit and avoiding both overborrowing and unwise equipment purchases.
Fortieth anniversary notes describe Baptist women organizing an evening at Tremont Hall to boost the church erection fund with new features. The missive also records the funeral of Fred Hil, son of Cal B. Hil, to be held at the Congregational church at four this afternoon, and historical items from thirty and forty years ago including a state Sabbath school gathering at Dubuque and travelers visiting Mount Pleasant for university exercises.
A pair in a Muscatine journal clipping recounts a tense scene between a man and woman. He confesses love and asks for marriage amid teasing and peril, while she tests his resolve and readiness to commit. The dialogue hints at past scrapes and social expectations shaping their wagered future.
On a train journey a prankster Billy Bevan is handcuffed to the bridegroom Walcott as a joke that backfires. Grace Coburn recognizes Bevan and asks about his wrist injury while Wolcott teases him about the consequences of joking with marriage. The scene mixes romance, humor, and a legal note on loans and repayment from an advisory bulletin interlude.
The Muscatine city council met June 5 1914 in special session to canvass ballots from the June 23 1914 city hall public measure election. Totals by ward show support for erecting a city hall at a cost not exceeding 90007 with varying male and female ballots and several defectives.
At a June 9 1914 special election in Muscatine Iowa voters supported locating the new City Hall at Hay Market Square with 451 ballots favoring the site. The council approved bonds terms and plans from architects As and Son Mills Zeidler and Bechtel Co proposed bonds and premiums.
An advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as instantly opening blocked nostrils and clearing cold symptoms. It promises relief from catarrh, headache, and throat irritation, claiming fast soothing results and eventual cure with continued use.
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