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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1909
Page
10
The Regular and Reliable Chicago specialist Dr. Shallenberger has visited Muscatine monthly since 1903, continuing a long standing medical outreach. The enduring pattern illustrates a steady regional health service involving a prominent Chicago physician.
A Chicago physician markets long term visits for chronic diseases with root cures and no fee from incurable patients. He claims rapid disease localization, cures for catarrh to consumption, eye ear nose throat issues, nervous debility, and private male diseases. Free confidential consultations at 145 Oakwood Blvd.
A London Telegraph remark at a street corner prompts smiles as onlookers note the speaker’s ears and joke about Smithers pulling them.
The article recalls the 1752 murder of Campbell of Glenure and the rumored ancestral stilling of the killer’s identity among the Stewart clan. Andrew Lang and William of Deloraine are cited, with Mackay’s new account offering doubt about disclosure while noting the crime’s antiquity.
Stanley Ketchell, the middleweight champion, defeated Jack O'Brien of Philadelphia in ten swift rounds. Ketchell opened the final round with two sharp left hooks and pummeled O'Brien, who was knocked down three times before the bell ended the contest. The gong saved O'Brien from a knockout.
About four hundred spectators watched Frank Delaney of Summit and George Zesiger of Lime City wrestle two hours and twenty minutes at Durant. Neither man could throw the other, the referee ruled the match a draw, and both fighters showed skill and endurance amid a spirited crowd. A special train carried fans from Muscatine to Durant for the bout.
Iowa City March 27 The university defeated the Freshmen 44 to 29 in the first annual dual meet in the S U S armory. Engstrom jumped 5 feet 9 inches on a sprained ankle. Varsity victories in relays, broad jump, half mile, and other events marked the meet, with Alderman leading in shot put and pole vault for the Freshmen.
An advertisement touts Dr. King's New Discovery to stop lung hemorrhage and cure coughs and colds. Mentions price of 50 cents and one dollar and credits M Havercarp's Prescription Drug Store.
Assistant Coach Stutsman praised the work of both teams and highlighted the freshmen for their conscientious training. Coaches Catlin and Griffith noted broader effort and forecast solid points for the varsity at the state meet if the improved training continues.
Club swinging in pinches to good effect enabled the Cubs to win from the Little Rock Southern League squad yesterday, 4 to 1. Chance made it a tryout for true, shoving thirteen men into the fracas. 2 Results in the A. A. U. Basketball Championships at Detroit last night were: West Side Chicago, 58, Detroit Reserves, 21, Illinois A. C., 26, Wilson Ave., 18, Detroit Y, 57, Franklins, 21, Riversides, 25, Evanston Y, 19.
A fragment from the Louisville Courier Journal depicts a man in the stern declaring he will rock the boat while another companion warns against it. He admits an unloaded pistol is in his jeans, adding a tense, uncertain edge to the nautical moment.
A Chicago News aphorism notes that a man should not borrow the scales of justice to weigh a neighbor’s shortcomings, urging measured judgment over meddling in others’ affairs.
The note directs readers to Thompson Bros and McQuesten & Sawyer for availability if their chosen dealer does not stock the item. It preserves place and firm names.
Train schedule lists Nos 12 42 50 4 88 2 8 49 11 89 1 61 and 402 401 trains with stations Davenport Chicago Washington Oskaloosa Kansas City Ft Worth Dallas and Mall and Express. Daily service with some errors noted and agent W. Underdonk listed.
Train times for Wilton branch show daily services with No 594 at 6 25 am and No 508 at 8 90 am as well as No 590 10 15 am and No 501 12 35 pm. No 502 3 20 pm and No 508 5 30 pm. Several No numbers run daily with no stops on some. Shown are Western bound and daily no stop services with multiple entries and notes on Sundays.
In effect April 9 1908 timetable shows GOING FAST No 12 passenger No 8 passenger access 2 00pm No 92 freight carries passengers 5 500 m GOING WET supper details unclear No 11 44 pm Inc and passenger No 8 passenger No 91 freight carries passengers 8 45am.
timetable snippet lists arrival and departure times for trains No 1 3 5 and 4 at Elrick Junction with connections to Iowa Central and the R I P lines. It notes Saturday operations for No 5 and transfers at Wapello Burlington and Burling ton.
Legal listings show multiple firms and attorneys in Muscatine Iowa. Names include Carskaddan Pepper Jayne Hoffman Hoffmen Jayne Horst and Riwumfi Fa with offices on West Second Street Iowa Avenue and in the German American Bank Building. Services listed cover general practice probate commercial and corporate law with notary services and call contacts.
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