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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1913
Page
10
An old advertisement promotes Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna for the elderly, warning against strong laxatives and stimulant pills. It extols gentle cleansing of liver and bowels, claims natural ingredients, and urges buying the genuine California Big Syrup Company product with the proper label.
Fragmentary OCR text references a motion or action involving a person named Katine and a party with a second base address, but key details are missing. Reads like a legal or court record with scattered names and locations, lacking complete sentences or identifiable event.
Davenport hosts a gathering of Admen from this city Waterloo and Cedar Rapids with plans for a banquet Thursday evening. Speakers include Davenport Associated Admen’s Clubs officers and W Skinner of Davenport a leading eastern Iowa ad man. A Torat nominating session next Tuesday features Skinner address in Muscatine State Bank directors room.
The Iowa House appropriations committee recommended setting aside $1,000 to send M. L. Clemens and Albert Sentman to New York for the tuberculosis cure of J. Friedmann. The men seek damages after contrasting the disease at Oakdale State Hospital.
Boston Miss March 19 Mayor Fitzgerald issues edict ordering posters depicting robberies murders and other scenes of violence to be removed from entrances to motion picture houses. The goal is to protect the minds of passers by and especially children from undue excitement.
Congressman Pepper urges Washington to remove a department order that bars publication of crop advisories in Iowa counties. He says the policy harms farmers and county work, aims to brief officials in Des Moines and Washington, and plans talks with Dems on the issue before returning to Muscatine.
The Grand Theatre stages That Bohemian Girl in English with Abornaam’s spectacular production. The new edition promises lavish scenery and unprecedented detail, aiming for a fully satisfying performance of the grand opera’s seventy year popularity.
An 1905 advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a natural digestive aid. Claims tablets supply missing digestive agents like pepsin and hydrochloric acid, restore normal function, and help indigestion, dyspepsia, and related ailments. Notes testing by laboratories and urges readers to ask druggists for a fifty cent box.
A long notices piece praises Balfe’s scenery used by traveling companies for the Aborn version of The Box Hemian Girl featuring a wild horse chase and Gypsy encampments. It lists star performers Blanche Morrison Claudia Albright John R Phillips and Joseph Florian with a special orchestra under Joseph Nicol. Also previews Der Montagsspring a German comedy farce at Grand Theatre presented by New York German Theatre Co led by Robert Unger with a German cast and music.
The New York Greek community, many camping in Park Row, await details of King George’s assassination. Demetrium Detasal, longtime Greek consul, and leaders express quiet grief, while Greeks in America hail Crown Prince Constantine as a potentially popular successor. The Atlantis predicts Constantine XIII may be proclaimed king, noting past tributes and recent celebrations.
President Wilson issued a message of condolence to Queen Olga of Greece following the death of the king. The note expressed shock at the tragedy and extended sympathy to the royal family and Grecian nation.
The Seventh Day Adventists will hear Rev. George Hawkins of Omaha speak for a second time this evening at their Hast Fifth street church. The topic, The Mind of Time, reflects Hawkins’ reputation as a frequent and trusted speaker among western Adventists.
East Hill North Churches plan Easter Sunday services led by Rev Barker with special music by the choir at High Prairie Church. Spangler's Chapel to hold afternoon service with special music and a short Br School program. Details to be finalized in coming days. Workers at the power house face interruptions as machinery installation slows. concrete flooring work continues while switchboard progress demands delays. Miss Mildred Garnes arrives from Arrelong Texas for a visit with Mrs Glen Barnard. Mr and Mrs S Wales depart for Nichols for the day.
Davenport police arrested a man identified as Walter K. Jones who answered the description of James Meaney, the alleged slayer of Patrolman Leroy B. Bowleet in Cleveland on November 27. Clavaland police had informed Davenport that Meaney might be in the city, and detectives tracked a man applying for mail at the Davenport post office to the name Walter K. Jones.
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