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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1901
Page
3
Daily per year delivered by carrier and collected weekly. Semi weekly Tuesday and Friday by mail 7 payable in advance. 150 Remittances by draft or money order payable to Journal Printing Company. order by postal card or telephone No 27.
A Chicago University lecturer asserts fiction carries more truth than fact, likening novel reading to gambling and urging thorough study of fiction for general truths. The piece cites Congressional remarks on beer's harms, with doctors warning beer shortens life and endangers health.
The piece argues that beer drinking is not a stepping stone to temperance and may be worse for the body than whisky. It contends beer leads toward intoxication and sobriety is unattainable through continued beer consumption.
An advertisement argues housework is harder for women with female troubles and claims Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures debility by stopping drains, curing irregularity and inflammation, nourishing nerves, and restoring vitality without narcotics. It targets women and touts a complete cure for such conditions.
French War Ministry issues a May 3 1900 circular restricting sales of liquor in military canteens and banning alcohol on grounds of fatigue and disease resistance. Officers and army doctors will give lectures on alcoholism alongside hygiene to curb widespread drinking, a move praised by the New York Christian Advocate and noted by the London Times.
Professor George D. Herron, in a Park Theatre Brooklyn address, argued that Christian Science rests on truth and both physical and spiritual fact. He acknowledged current crude expression but defended the core belief as founded on truth.
Electors face a vote next Friday on a 13 500 direct tax to fund an eight room school on East Hill. Critics argue North Muscatine would relieve East Hill congestion with a smaller four room building, while Bloomington township sends pupils without tuition to East Hill.
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