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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1913
Page
9
An ad touts Newbro’s Herpleidin as a hair care remedy promising a soft glossy Nutty look, healthy growth, and dandruff removal. It appeals to women of all ages, cites barber and hairdresser endorsement, and offers samples and money refunds if unsatisfied.
The passage urges simplifying life like solving a math problem by trimming away trivial duties and focusing on what is real. It critiques cumbersome dress and fashion, noting discomfort and distortions in celebrity style as a broader metaphor for unnecessary complexity.
A fragmentary chat reveals a poet’s wife supposedly supporting poetry through her husband who writes advertising rhymes for a large prank fast food company. The dialogue hints at a new automobile and questions money in poetry.
Sevan Famous Bibles lists seven renowned sacred texts among nations. It names the Bible of Christians, the Koran, the Eddas, the Tripitake, the Five Kings of China, the Vedas of the Jin nos, and the Zondavesta of the Per gians.
A brief excerpt describes blackening aluminum alloys by immersing in a boiling 30 percent soda solution for seconds, then washing, drying, and polishing. It also includes a stray quotation about contentment from Puck.
Classified notice for Wigs Balm and related services, with agent G. W. Beckler at 1118 West Second Street and telephone 162L-W.
Copying Our Games, France would compete with us in baseball, and now Sweden comes to study American intercollegiate football. Tea the course of empire now taking an east ward course, and will our diamond and our gridiron become like our government the admiration of older nations. Logagy to Have Hla Health Drunk. Mr John Dipple of Leytonstone died September 21 and £260 given to Leyspring lodge treasurer for a memorial toast to be drunk at the banquet.
A historical note describes sun baths becoming popular in Germany where tickets grant access to a disrobing room, a bathing suit, and a sun terrace, similar to buying a ticket for a beach bath in America.
A fragment recalls a father joking about calling someone a timber wolf and the aim of hunting for sport. The child’s voice questions the meaning, while a guardian dismisses the remark as political rhetoric and nothing harmful.
A collage of witty legal banter and quips on witnesses, followed by brief vignettes of historical figures. The text sketches humorous exchanges about handling witnesses, a child’s misfit clothes, and clipped dispatches echoing grand figures like Selim, the Marquise, Sir George Walton, Rhodes, and other early modern authorities.
A speaker questions society by asking whether man is at heart an ape or an angel. The remark suggests astonishment at glib assurances and notes the era as the alder of the angel.
A compact reflection contrasting labor with idleness, noting that labor is a profitable and pleasant trouble while idleness brings unprofitability and discomfort, attributed to Joseph Hall. The piece probes the moral and practical value of work.
Fragmented notes reference ostrich traits with misspellings and odd claims about flightless birds. The passage also cites two newspaper lines about Napoleon and a handcap, noting a perceived killer’s success despite disability.
A brief excerpt from a Chicago News piece jokes about a wife who believes her husband harmonizes with nothing in the house except the untimely grater, reflecting playful domestic humor.
A clipped quotation from the Philadelphia Record remarks that progress relies more on hard work than on sudden inspiration. The fragment hints at a culture of perseverance guiding achievement.
Wallace F. Johnson, famed as a former intercollegiate champion, sails for England with plans to join Wimbledon prep events._MOC_ Calhunter Calimancer
A Sunday school program will be presented at Moscow Methodist Episcopal Church next Sunday evening at eight. The program includes multiple recitations and duets by students such as Elmer Gardner Frederick Miller Deytta Taylor Ian Miller Bessie Williams and others with class drills, songs, pantomime and remarks by the pastor. A school offering will be collected.
Ed Esmoll returns home after a Denver trip. Geo Hendricks and family host relatives from Gedar Valley. The Little Duke meets Mrs Shields. July 2 gathering at Miss Wheel Houseman. John Parks and Cycle Parks dine with Geo Shields. Children’s Day at Spangler Chapel. program fine. Farmers busy with fair weather, need to catch up on work. Ed Barnard and Olive Barnard visit Will Chat of High Prairie. Sunday school at Spangler Chapel next Sunday at 2, preaching at 3 by Rev Barker. Mra J D Btrevart to meet Mrs Witt on Wednesday June 26.
Mrs George Popper, long ill this winter, was taken Tuesday to the home of her daughter Emma Boyce in Pairfield. She was placed on a cot and transported by train. Grace Shilly and DIsle were part of the escort or attendance in the transfer.
A woman claims a dollar bill once stuck under a Washington statue represents expert evidence in a past dispute. Officials examine the artifact and its potential legal significance as a local controversy resurfaces.
A vintage column offers tips on shaving removal of facial hair with a Delatone paste and cautions about powder causing clogged pores. It promotes Maya tone lotion for a smoother look, hair restoration through proper styling, and Mothers Shampoo as a dandruff remedy.
Miss Lucile Embler of Davenport and Miss Emma Bielefeld of Mankato Minn entertain as house guests of Mrs Frank Bielefeld for several days with a sequence of dinner parties. Miss Embler returns home today while Miss Bielefeld plans leaving north later this week. Other entertainments are planned.
The Holdeman family selects delegates to the annual district convention to be held in West Liberty June 10 14 15 with Miss Hollen Younkin as alternate. Mrs Jesse Holdeman travels to Sacramento California to accompany her mother but is too feeble to travel alone. Wyjan Baker of Muscatine visits Lone Tree. Kalona hosts a 1913 class banquet with officers listed for the year and notes on Graduation Exercises at the Christian church with Dr Jessups delivering the address.
Mr and Mrs E M Bristol of this city attended the niece Georgia Bloomer's wedding to Milan W Broadbent in Burlington. The bride, well known in Muscoling, will reside with her husband in Burlington after the ceremony.
A birthday gathering honored Mrs Z Johr on her sixty eighth anniversary with forty five self invited friends. Mrs H P Schyler arranged the affair and Miss Kaw Pontzer hosted a luncheon on East Sixth Street. Decorations featured roses and pink. the setting included a formal eight cover table.
A fragment from New York press items contrasts views on ethics. A man would prize the Ten Commandments more if they were deflated in banking. A woman fears temptation and a man doubts his will, reflecting public concerns on moral conduct in finance.
The text presents a fragment of Seneca stressing that aiding the distressed and sharing bread with the hungry is the path to goodness and reflects on humans as parts of one body. A brief dialogue between Knew Hie Man and Dibbs appears.
A fragmentary note from Washington Post raises questions about where a St Louis belle might wear an engagement ring, amid discussion of bracelets and anklets and social curiosity.
An article fragment notes a Labrador area with 200000 square miles or isles and a data population figure around 4000. The readable text lacks clear context, entities, dates, or action, but implies planning or survey data for a region with substantial space and modest population.
A pedestrian asks about a loud crack and a policeman explains it as an ordinary one cent safety pin sticking into a thrag jaillion dollar baby. The bizarre exchange captures a vivid street scene and a striking contrast between ordinary objects and imagined wealth.
Brief domestic quarrel over balancing work and home life between a young wife and a husband. The wife rebukes burning the candle at both ends while the husband concedes it is the only way to make ends meet.
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