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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1913
Page
5
A boutique introduces new season models with a charm and daring tone. An advisor offers guidance on selecting the proper model for each figure, with services described as eratis.
Iowa senate debate centers on petitions from farmers supporting a proposed state tax commission. Officials say petitions misrepresent bill aims, with campaigns run from Des Moines offices and by party-backed operatives. The discussion also covers banking and school text book uniformity amid party rivalry and anticipated votes.
List of remaining mail at Muscatine Iowa postoffice for week ending March 4 1913. Men and women names appear as recipients with a note that the letters are advertised. Foreign section lists Ned Miller and William Young. Party callers are told to say Advertised. Signed R S McNutt P 2.
Washington reports a disastrous parade with about 5000 marchers and many women exposed to cold wind. Dancers in bare feet linked to illness. Miss Noyes and Miss Mary Anderson feared to have pneumonia as roughly a fifth of the crowd is described as under the weather.
Delta Alpha class members of Firat Baptic church gathered at Mrs. Wilton Rice’s East Fifth Street home for a March savalow event distributing new year books to 60 attendees. Officers and committees were named, program details praised, and a variety of Easter and membership talks followed a banquet and refreshments.
An advertisement by Dr. Burkhart touts Dr Burkhart's Veritable Compound as a spring remedy for stomach and liver issues. It promises relief for 250 cents with a money back guarantee and offers a free trial treatment to prove its merits. The pitch targets Cincinnati readers through druggists and banks or businesses as endorsers.
Representatives from the Young Women's Christian Association attended the W R C rooms for a report on the ongoing 1000 Membership Campaign. The next meeting is set for Thursday afternoon March 20 and members plan further sessions with Mrs Ras Mark.
An old ad touts Bucklen's Amica Salve as a quick permanent remedy for skin diseases and burns. It cites John Deye of Gladwin Michigan claiming twelve years of ailment and $400 spent on doctors, with complete recovery after using the salve. Only 26 cents.
Lone Tree notes travelers and visits including Adan Attig and family heading to Jackson Minnesota for the death of Mrs Attig’s father Argbry. Beulah Riggs home from Muscatine. Ima ill in Cedar Rapids. Hill family returns to St Paul after two weeks with Ima’s mother. Epworth League social planned at Mrs. Sarah Cray’s home. Garrs moving to Berane house. Shirley in Cedar Rapids. Bell family in to Bowisly for daughter’s amputation. Mae Horton to Rockwell City for millinery job. Fernstrom returns from Iowa City after brother’s powder accident with facial scars. School program draws a full house. proceeds between 75 and 90 dollars.
Crowded church observed the concluding Forty Hours devotion at St Matthias Catholic Church. The service featured Rosary, Litany, Benediction, and a procession with altar girls and boys. Father Devine delivered the closing sermon urging prayer and faith in its efficacy. Choir offered a merit musical program. New York ice crop falls short with less than one sixth of normal cut reported by ice companies.
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