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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1906
Page
5
A Muscatine instructor touts a program that trains students for state certificates in a third to half the usual time. He claims 95 percent receive certificates locally, with recitations led by the teacher, asserting the school lifts uncertain applicants to solid ground and offers board from 3.00 to 3.50 and any textbook.
Tributes mark the passing of Col. David Bremner Henderson known as Our Dave. A native of Old Deer Scotland he rose from farmer’s son to Speaker of the Iowa House and long serving congressman, honored for loyalty patriotism and leadership. His life spans Civil War service law politics and public service.
Rivermen say conditions are unusual and the river may stay open this season, a rare event in the last 68 years. The river has frozen only in 1858 and 1878 at this point, with a high water and minimal ice preventing an ice floe. Burial Friday: Fred M. Morberg of Muscatine died suddenly in Durand Illinois. burial at Durand.
Columbus Junction notes a scheduled basketball game with a Muscatine team this Saturday. Local updates include several residents improving from illness, moving, and visiting relatives. The column records arrivals, departures, funerals, and town movements across multiple households and nearby towns.
The program offers flexible study in arithmetic writing spelling and bookkeeping. Students receive individual help at their table and are not required to recite in class. Lessons cover land description notes bank deposits checks and double entry accounts for lasting financial literacy.
Masons in the region will convene a two day school of instruction in West Liberty this Friday and Saturday. Mount Calvary lodge will host with participation from the local lodge and members from Wilton Columbus Junction and nearby towns. District Lecturer H. W. Hughes will lead the program.
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An article argues dandruff causes most hair trouble and germs cause dandruff. It promotes Newbro's Herpicide as the only germ killer for dandruff, claiming instant relief from itching and shinier hair, with sample offers and dealer mentions in Detroit and Havercamp's Drug Store.
Mrs W A Cooling hosted friends with progressive euchre prizes for Geo Woodhouse Nina Hucke Bertha Mellecker and C H Wilson. A Wilton Women's Club meeting featured world paintings description and a Davenport concert plan funds a high school piano. The White Lily Club gathering and senior class event at Frank Agnew's home are noted with visits and travel plans.
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