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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1913
Page
7
An aged patent medicine pitch links biliousness headaches coated tongue and sluggish bowels to torpid liver and undigested food buildup. It claims Cascarets will cleanse the liver and bowels, improve digestion, and prevent foul breath and skin yellowing, urging use for months and mentioning children.
A stream of brief social notices reports residents leaving for home visits in Letts Grandview and Summit. People listed include Mrs N A Gobran Mrs C Houvenagel Miss Lela Snyder and Miss Faye McGrue among others with travel to Grandview Letts and Barrington and visits to family and friends. A few ads urge payment of debts to Geo H Jasper and promote local merchants.
The Kulseroso company at the Musserville firemen quarters hosts the tenth winter dance tonight at Stowary Round oah Armory. C Martin and August Mreese head a committee arranging a lavish evening with refreshments at 6 30 pm. A brief firemen session will discuss future dances amid strong success and likely continuation. This event marks the 34th annual South land Hose Company dance by Hershey Rose, Hook and Ladder.
Palm Sunday services will be held at Susqueville M H church with a musical program. Pastor C P Badgley will deliver a sermon for the occasion. The Thursday prayer meeting is omitted next week and preaching will be held. Dr George T Wright, pastor pro tem, will deliver the sermon.
Elaborate Easter services are planned at Messerville M E Church with morning and evening worship plus special musical programs. Miss Amy Hoopes, church supervisor, prepared an arranged program featuring a large chorus for the evening service. The assembled chorus includes sopranos Luella Crow Laura Jones Mamie Soinson Mary Genss Dulcie Carpenter and Asty Hoopes. altos Marvey Wooster Clad Johnson Adelia James. tenors Plennie Carpenter Lindley Hoopes. basses Clarence Shoemaker Glenn Ryan Lysle Stark Russell Ketchum and Aaron James. church pianist Edith Stohr. Easter Night program details follow.
A colonial-era dermatology note discusses freckles appearing in spring and claims of a wax topical method to remove them. It mentions applying a wax mixture to the skin, peeling it off in the morning with soap and water, and asserts this offers a dramatic but temporary improvement with no lasting glow.
The service featured a long program with an anthem "Lift Your Voice" and recitations by Miss Amy Hoopes and Miss Gladys Johnson, plus solos by Adella Jamies and Mamie Johnson. A later Easter morning schedule included "The Light of Dawn" by John J. Cresswell, with "The Breaking Day" and "Seek Jesus" led by choir and soloists, concluding with Benediction and offertory. Chronic stomach trouble ad follows.
Local items from Wilton March 11 report Neroun Jipp returning from a business visit in Muscacine while Merla Heabner departed for Moscow. John Dice attended to business, Mrs Hannah Gary and sister Ava moved to West Liberty. F C Wickes returned from Davenport. Last high school program featured recitations, debates, essays, and a piano duet, with several students named. Anita Houck visiting at W S McKee home then returned to Juotts. Firefly xbs yesterday afternoon.
Earnest appeal invites those troubled by excess drinking to try ORRINE with a money back guarantee if no results. Simple home treatment priced at $1 per box, offered in powder form or pill form for voluntary use. Come in to discuss and request booklets at Morgan store on Second Street.
Church notices from Chucches First Methodist Episcopal and First Congregational outline weekly services. Morning and evening sermons, Epworth League events, prayer meetings, and special music labeled with times, topics, and leaders. Also includes other local churches’ schedules and Holy Week observances.
Palm Sunday activities saturate local churches with morning and evening rites. Eminent sermons, choir performances, confirmations, and special musings mark the day at Episcopal, German Evangelical, Zion’s, Lutheran, and Presbyterian congregations led by Rev. Webster Hakes and pastors from Sigourney to Ottawa Kansas.
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