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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1900
Page
4
An old advertisement promotes Mull’s Lightning Cough Cure with claims it eases lung trouble and consumption, touts safety for children, and prices at 25c and 50c. Druggists are advised to stock the product.
On March 20 28 and April 4 the Iowa Central Railway sells one way excursion tickets to North Dakota at very low rates. For information call coupon ticket agents or address Geo S Batty G P T A Iowa Central Marshalltown Iowa.
The B. C. R. & N. Railway offers fare and one third from points within 100 miles to Cedar Rapids for the Greene’s opera house festival on March 15. Tickets on sale that day and valid to return through March 15. Inc J. Farmer A. G. & T. A. Cedar Rapids Iowa.
Jesse L. Corley writes from Jerusalem as a tourist guide, noting Americans dominate visitors due to the South African war. He describes guiding parties to Jaffa Jericho the Dead Sea and the Jordan and shares impressions of the Holy Sepulcher wailing wall and Mecca pilgrims. He reflects on Jerusalem’s filth and contrasts past allure with current squalor.
A promotional appeal extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for menstrual relief. Letters from women in Dover Michigan and Canton Ohio describe severe monthly pain, headaches, backache, and fatigue improving after using the product. The ad urges readers to write to Mrs. Pinkham for guidance, claiming her advice is free and her experience vast.
Reporter J. L. Corley describes touring Jerusalem’s old Jewish neighborhoods. He notes crowded synagogues, women in galleries, and rote devotional acts, then visits underground temples dating to 725 and the vast cave complexes used by persecuted Jews.
A group of signatories promises to refund the cost of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure coughs or colds. They also guarantee a 25 cent bottle with a money back option. Names listed include G. A. Reinicke WB Barkalow Nesper & Co Jno J Havercamp and J Theo Keuchmann.
Travel advertising highlights the Iowa Central Route connecting Minneapolis St Paul Mason City Marshalltown Grinnell Oskaloosa and Peoria with St Louis Kansas City and eastern and southern regions. It notes connections at Peoria for Indianapolis Cincinnati Washington and New York plus palace sleeping cars and dining-car service.
Dr E B Hill in Atlantic argues running a Christian newspaper is not a success. He praises Sheldon for good deeds but says readers want honest news including crime, urging newspapers to be clean yet informative for all ages. He compares books and papers and calls editors to lift standards and influence public opinion.
Chariton Iowa reports County Attorney Will G Barger was shot in the head by Mrs Geo Pyle at her Rowland avenue residence. She says she acted after alleging Barger failed promises amid a divorce dispute and claims the former husband was present. she admits the shooting and awaits mental examination.
Mrs. Pyle says she was urged to shoot both alleged causes of her distress, the Bees in Her Bonnet. She withholds key conversations with Barger, her former husband, and events leading to the shooting. The divorce case is on record by default and no correspondent is named. Many suspect mental imbalance.
Ottumwa Iowa March 19 a deaf and dumb printer at the South Ottumwa News turned violent Sunday night assaulting guests and staff at Tremont Hotel five men subdued him with the aid of former policeman Nels Nelsons and irons he was held in a padder cell at the county jail police guard Neleon reported prior asylum stays and uncertain name likely Jones but the man had been quiet before this episode and had been in the area for some time.
Ernest O. Schlapp, 28, a Progressive businessman and social favorite, drowned in Carthage lake while hunting. His body was found under seven feet of water as search parties combed the area. He planned to marry Miss Gertrude Cottsworth of Chicago and leaves parents, a brother Carl, and sister Anna. Schlapp had recently returned from Europe and the Nile. Field clubs and local social circles reel from the loss.
President William H. Baldwin Jr of the Long Island Railroad argues a threefold trust model that buys raw material pays high wages and lowers prices. He cites wage rises in railroads as proof that greater economies from consolidation benefit workers and with time will raise labor quality and harmony with capital. He speaks from extensive railroad management experience.
Vintage ad touts a universal pain killer called Mull’s Lightning Pain Killer claiming instant relief for internal and external aches. Describes it as absolutely pure and available in 25c and 50c sizes. Sells through “all druggists.”
A wry exchange contrasts Nell and Belle on Mr. Softleigh and his long goodbyes. The proverb hints that the successful thief makes caution the initial act before proceeding with a crime.
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