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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1917
Page
4
Personal testimonials from people cured of coughs and colds boost Chamberlain's Cough Remedy’s popularity. Advertisements claim the product is widely used and trusted by those seeking relief from respiratory symptoms.
The text emphasizes capital as essential for business success and warns that lack of capital causes failure. It urges saving earnings to build capital, notes a bank account and its credit aid, and states one dollar starts an account with an invitation to come in Saturday night.
A Red Cross display in Muscatine showcases war relief efforts with a nurse on hand and windows designed by Harold Hanon. The exhibit details blankets bedding surgical dressings and comfort items for wounded soldiers, urging local supporters to donate through the chapter and shopkeepers.
In response to a fire alarm the Central Fire department rushed to the corner of Fourth and Parma streets and extinguished the blaze. No residents were endangered and smoke was blown toward nearby homes by a single wind.
A vintage advertisement touts a remedy for stomach troubles and gall stones promising fast relief. Claims claim cures for ulcers and digestive issues with testimonials and wide drugstore availability. The ad emphasizes a proprietary formula and urges readers to try the product through Henderson Drug Co and druggists nationwide.
Sweetland in Muscatine county will organize for Red Cross work following Wilton and Nichols branches. A meeting is planned at the Sweatland Methodist Episcopal church Thursday evening to form the branch with officers chosen and membership charter opened. The Sweetland group will be an auxiliary of the Muscatine chapter, with headquarters in Muscatine city. Le Goster will direct the local organization.
Sweetland club plans a dance at Sweetland hall with the 8. L. Dancing group providing music. A pocketed program was prepared and locals along with interurban travelers from nearby communities are expected to attend, the hall being a short distance from the interurban crossing.
Davenport June 19 Veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic from across the state gather in Davenport for the annual encampment to run three days. Governor Harding and Mrs Langa will attend with Lt Col Fox of Manatine among others as they open the program tonight.
The text records a congressional exchange with Senator Gore challenging Mr. Hoover on wartime food provisions. It notes proposals to expand government powers over factories mines and other plants, debates over production controls, and arguments about minimum prices, consumer demand, and farmer production rights during wartime.
Funeral services for William Pratter will be held tomorrow morning at Greenwood Chapel. The Rev J W Graves of the First Baptist Church will officiate, with interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
The French liner Rochon, carrying 530 passengers including Americans from Yale, Arlington, and Marion, was torpedoed near the propellers on its outbound voyage from the United States. Officials say the attack was without warning as the ship reached a port after a perilous escape. Hospital and ambulance crews from Chicago, Boston, and New York joined doctors and nurses to tend the wounded while preparations for repatriation were underway.
U S Socialists abroad face passport issues as they oppose separate peace, with Dr Goldfarb and others arguing the party’s stance. A university professor aboard urges Russians to act for Russia, while a Stockholm committee meeting is set for today. Mrs Cravens of Springdale planned arrival for a two week visit. Daisy White recalled by locals as Miss Daisy White.
Sixty nine rural senior pupils are credited with perfect attendance for the year ending in the county schools. Superintendent B D Bradley announced the record, praising the favorable year despite smallpox and influenza pressures. Special honors went to Herbart Dittmer of Fallon township for an eighth grade diploma and perfect attendance during seven school years. The county banner was awarded to Rainbow School in Aviston township for best overall attendance.
An An Yimergene Patrol of twelve scouts was formed to aid Red Cross memberships. They can be mobilized within a half hour for emergencies and will salting fremember in the week. Plans for an emergency patrol were outlined and led by Paul Glock, Scout Master.
County Superintendent E C Bradley announced that Juno teachers will hold examinations next week at Ure Ohta. Students will take common subjects over two days and higher level tests on the final day. New and experienced instructors may sit for different subjects to raise certificates.
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