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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1909
Page
6
The Two Johns comes to the Grand on Sunday with matinee and night showings. Reports claim the popular farce has surpassed prior successes and will deliver top entertainment of its kind this winter season.
Local playhouse to stage Graustark by Geo Barr McCutcheon aided by the Graustark Company Inc. A large six hundred thousand edition print run supports its popularity with libraries reporting high demand in Elizabeth Bayonne New Brunswick and other cities. An eminent acting company will present the dramatized version likely to run for years with strong public interest in major cities incl New York Philadelphia Chicago and Boston.
Wilton Iowa March 26. The Warner Arc Lamp company opened with a brass band devotional services and a ceremony inducting a new board of directors. Officers named John R H Lathaw president Henry Wildasin vice president Wardner secretary and general manager Fred A Maurer treasurer W D Harris auditor. Dr Latchaw spoke on the factory present and future.
A home urine test can reveal kidney trouble, linked to rheumatism and other symptoms. A homemade remedy Compound Karyon, dandelion extract, and sarsaparilla is advised, taken after meals and at night to improve kidney function and reduce related ailments.
The event featured speeches by Dr. Latchaw praising the Warner arc lamp as ideal for the electric age and thanking stockholders, railroad partners, and citizens for support. Music, a second address on inventions, a benediction, and a reception followed, with an evening electrical display at the factory.
A German editor printed a spoof apology for a blank editorial page after four top staff essays might be misread as government ridicule. The next morning the paper was seized for malicious ridicule by omission, stunning the editor who had approved the stunt.
The debate opened with Father Nugent asserting statewide prohibition cannot work and citing harsher conditions during past prohibition. Sioux City business interests urged not to clash with a quick constitutional amendment via voters. Senators and witnesses argued for and against the measure as galleries applauded and the room remained evenly split.
An advertisement touts neurasthenia as nervous debility and prostration. It claims Williams Pink Pills restore blood nourishment, cure nervousness, and require no prescription. A Dixon Iowa testimony and pricing by the Williams Medicine Co. are noted.
Anita Primrose, English music hall singer, headlines the Family theatre bill with four rapid character changes and striking costumes. The White Zola presents a black art attraction, drawing hearty applause from hundreds at yesterday's performances.
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