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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1909
Page
2
An outspoken ministerial figure from Hendersonville quotes several testimonials praising Peruna for catarrh and throat spasms. EVJ T Peeler, J G Dukes, and Rev H W Tate claim dramatic health improvements and urge others to try the remedy, asserting personal gratitude and ongoing endorsements.
A mysterious unsigned sender distributes chainless postcards urging nine recipients to copy a prayer and forward it to nine friends on nine consecutive days with promises of luck and joy. The message warns of calamity if broken and notes similar cards appeared in Muscatine last spring.
Rochester reports John Betsing shopping in Tipton on Saturday Roy Giles serving as Tipton caller on Friday. S C Baker and John Patterson visit Wilton on Saturday for business. Wilton to Rochester and Prairie Belle Line haul telephone poles for a new spring line. Miss Hattie Linn closes winter term at Prairie Belle Friday the 12th. Baker visits Tipton on Tuesday. Betsing brothers visit Wilton Wednesday. Chas McGillivray and Eva visit Wilton Wednesday. Loyd Lincoln and Mrs Lincoln shop Wilton Wednesday. Ladies Aid meets at Baker’s Wednesday with large attendance. McGillivray also trips to Davenport Wednesday.
The Iowa senate considers a $5,000 appropriation to establish a summer school at Ames using idle university buildings. Additional bills advance teacher certification reforms, lifelong first and second grade certificates, and a salary raise for the state superintendent from 2200 to 3000 dollars.
Hutchinson paper by Z. W. Hutchinson on Missionary Enterprise of the Church given to fifty at the First Baptist Men’s Club in Hutchinson. Delta Alpha society served supper. Judge A. P. Barker of Clinton to speak on April 16 at the next monthly banquet.
The article extols right living and timing for remedies and promotes California Fig Syrup Co. laxatives including Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. It urges buying the genuine product and notes its sale by leading druggists.
The Olive Branch Literary Society echoed a spirited session with nearly 150 attendees. Cash prevailed over credit after arguments from both sides. the program featured multiple recitations, readings, a dialogue, music, and a student discussion on the resolution that cash is better than credit.
The first sign is hoarseness and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy can avert a croup attack when given early. Even after the cough appears the remedy can ward off the attack and is claimed a certain cure. For sale by all druggists.
Twelve candidates have been secured by Clerk A. J. Leyda and Deputy L. H. Trent to be balloted on Muscatine Camp No. 106 Modern Woodmen of America. They will be initiated at the second April meeting with a banquet and attendance by prominent men and lodges from nearby cities.
Z W Hutchinson resigns as secretary and as a director of the Muscatine Chautauqua Association. Charles P McColm was chosen secretary and H F Giessler a director, at a meeting held at G M Titus on Iowa avenue. Hutchinson was thanked for his service. Giessler, former board member and president of the German American Savings Bank, rejoins the board. J G Van Lent nominated McColm, who was unanimously chosen.
In spring exposure to disease germs makes healthy blood vital. Hood's Sarsaparilla is advertised to purify and enrich blood, balance red and white corpuscles, and strengthen the whole system. Testimonials from Mrs. Marion Bruce and Chas. F. Roberts praise renewed strength and appetite, claiming no doctor bills with long use. The ad asserts superiority over substitutes and recommends Sarsatabs.
United States Government offers rail way mail clerk positions with starting pay 800 a year rising to 1200. An examination will be held May 15 near Muscatine and nationwide. Eligible applicants are men over 18 with common sense and modest schooling. The Government Positions Bureau Rochester N Y can coach applicants to pass. For full guidance readers may write 606 Powers Block Rochester N Y.
A Casimer Wisconsin mother credits Foley's Orino Laxative for saving her three year old son after severe constipation and fever. After administration of two doses, the next morning the fever disappeared and the child was reported entirely well.
Wapello Iowa news notes spring visitors attend funerals and family visits from Davenport Mediapolis Morning Sun and Burlington. O E S chapter 257 to meet March 22 with inspector Irene Jorris from Oskaloosa. Local residents Mrs Hallie Hanft and Emma Mincher travel to nearby towns.
Guaranteed to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days or money back. Uses Paz ointment, 50 cents.
An exhibit in Seattle during 1999 will showcase Alaskan flowers to prove they reach a high degree of perfection in the Northland.
The Hawaiian exhibit at the Alaska-Yukon Exposition will feature relief maps showing the islands in their relative positions.
A patient admonition contrasts two men one living in an atmosphere of failure and the other with a savings bank book. It praises steady work and states that savings earn four percent compound interest on first Iowa mortgages with Saturday evening hours.
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