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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1914
Page
5
A vintage ad explains that thin people fail to gain despite eating heavily. It claims faulty assimilation prevents weight gain and promotes Sargel tablets with every meal to boost blood absorption and red blood cells, promising 3 to 5 pounds weekly. Sold by A. W. Morgan and others with money back guarantee.
Hillcrest Alberta on June 23 established relief committees to aid dependents of the 195 victims of last Friday's mine disaster. Most dead have been buried as search efforts continue for a few bodies in the wrecked Mine No 20. Hillcrest colleges limit attendance.
Miss Berdy Stanley daughter of Mrs Elizabeth Stanley of Iowa avenue married Conrad J Anderson son of Mr and Mrs Erick Anderson of Des Moines at her mother's Muscatine home at 5 20 this morning Rev A G Graves officiated only immediate family attended They will visit Des Moines then be at home to friends in Muscatine after August 1 at 609 Sycamore street The bride grew up in Muscatine since five years ago coming from Detroit Michigan and Cloquet Minnesota Where she was born The groom works for Iowa Telephone Company as switchboard foreman They have lived in Muscatine nearly three years
Durward Foster marked his seventeenth birthday with a gathering at 513 East Eleventh Street. Guests included Nora Foster Harriet Shinabarger Louise Schenck Agnes Laboda Maria Foster Rema Church Gretchen McGaw from Lamoni Charles Ribak Harold White Elmer Gray Glen Wohnke Walter Cincer James Newberg and Louis Church. Games and refreshments followed. The Christian Endeavor Society of St John United Brethren plans an ice cream social Friday evening on the school grounds starting at seven. Proceeds will fund varnishing of the lectured interior.
The annual R B Huff reunion of former high school students will be at Riverview the home of Dr and Mrs F R Halstead on Friday afternoon and evening July 31st. About a hundred people and their families are expected. it will be the seventh gathering. R B Huff will be guest of honor. The porch and lawn will be decorated with patriotic colors and asparagus per custom.
An advertisement touts Newbro's Herpicide as the original dandruff destroyer. It argues rivals mislead dealers and urges customers to buy from reputable druggists or barber shops. Sample requests and refund guarantees are offered, with Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store as a special agent.
Simple home remedy promises rapid dandruff removal using four ounces of plain liquid arsenic from a drug store applied nightly. The ad claims most flakes disappear within days with continued use, hair becomes fluffy and lustrous, then destroys all signs of dandruff after three applications. Also reports Muscatine chapter of the American Institute of Child Life organizing with officers.
A river storm yesterday caused very slight damage due to calm wind and heavy rain. Several open boats sank, the large launch owned by E G Prouty lost its top and filled with water. The M N & S track between Sycamore and Cedar streets suffered washouts from the downpour, making repairs costly. Driftwood now poses a risk to launch operations, with several near-collisions reported but no serious accidents yet.
Lenox Massachusetts June 93 Mrs George Westinghouse widow of electrical inventor died today after a paralysis stroke at Erskine Park last Friday She had homes in Roxbury New York Pittsburgh and Washington as a summer resident here Foley Cathartic Tablets advertise as a regulator and promoter of regular digestion with claims of relief from constipation and distress at meals Also mentions Workers Compensation rates and Mark Son agents for Travelers.Adv
Washington June 23 Congress action to determine the priority of North Pole discovery is proposed in a resolution by Representative Smith of New York. It calls for a navy report on whether Americans reached the Pole first and notes science commerce and education stakes in Arctic exploration.
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