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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1909
Page
6
Advertises Orrine as a remedy for alcohol addiction with a money back guarantee. Two forms available No 1 covertly mixed in tea coffee or food and No 2 for willing patients. Mailed in plain sealed package for $1 with a free booklet. Washington DC or Morgan's Drug Store handle orders.
Tag week is evident at the YWCA with badges urged for visibility. Members bringing seven points earn a banquet at campaign end. Three rewards await top recruiters and every member should recruit at least one new member. S. S. L. club meets tonight and the Junior class gathers Saturday.
A largely attended meeting of Eagle Lodge No 10 A O U W last evening added ten new members to the roll. After the business session a social hour followed with extemporaneous talks by EB Dolsen C H Salisbury Dr H King and Deputy Grand Master Workman Fred Walton.
Earth slid from a river bank onto the track forcing removal by fifteen men. Plans call for a stone wall and a return of the street to traffic. Shell Road from Cannon avenue to Washington street will be shellacked in coming weeks per council instruction.
John Kemmer of Begg street injured when a knot from a board struck his right eye at a local box factory. An abscess has formed on the eyeball and doctors strive to save his sight as he endures intense pain.
An advertisement touts Hyomei as a guaranteed cure for catarrh within five minutes and for coughs colds and Bronchitis Tonsillitis asthma and croup with a money back guarantee. It also claims to aid consumption and describes the product as medicated air from eucalyptus extracts.
A Hyomei outfit touts a pocket inhaler and antiseptic air to treat catarrh and related illnesses. The complete pack includes a lifelong hard rubber inhaler and Hyomei bottle for $1.00 with extra bottles at 50 cents. Sold nationwide including Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store in Muscatine with money back guarantee.
Easter planning to be finalized Sunday morning after a postponed meeting of the Masters program committee at Park Avenue M. E. church. Rev. J. Boatman will preside and plans for Easter exercises will be completed.
Hendrickson will sell one hundred fifty head of cattle at the stock yards this Saturday in Columbus Junction Iowa. Prof Louis Williams will lecture on the Wonders of Electricity at the high school building this evening with demonstrations and a wireless telegraph setup. Mrs T J McCormick of Columbus City visiting her son Charley is ill with pneumonia. Nurses and visitors arrive as Mrs M J Gabriel of Muscatine visits locals. Edward Davis improving in Hot Springs Arkansas. Lysle Stewart of Muscatine arrives in town. Mrs W A Hutton of St Paul arrives and waits between trains at the station.
Laurel Hill Iowa items report Frank Angerer returning from West Liberty to visit his brother George Angerer. Griff Johnson of Wilton visits daughter Mrs. B L Norton. Dr Hackett of Muscatine calls. Mr and Mrs Christ Fick honored on tenth anniversary with a surprise party. Luke Cockshoot recently in Muscatine. Mr and Mrs Ed Wathan visited.
An advertisement claims Dr. King's New Discovery instantly relieves croup cougas or colds in babies and offers bottles for 50c and $1.00 at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
Nations with war ships in Pacific waters will be invited to an international fleet review to be held in Seattle in 1909. The United States government has signified its intention to have the Pacific squadron participate in the event.
Fragmentary lines reference harbor episodes tied to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition and a Gold Medal Flour slogan. Mentions of FIANNA and REBECCA appear as names in the text. The readable content focuses on advertising and event context without clear narrative or dates.
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