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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1909
Page
5
Dr King’s New Life Pills are advertised as painless regulators that strengthen you with a guaranteed effect after taking the first dose. The promotion is from Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store offering the 25 cent bottle.
At Muscatine Iowa, the board of health chose Dr. Dyed Schmidt to succeed Dr. J. D. Fulliam as health physician. The city reported no contagious diseases during April 1909 while the health officer noted multiple diphtheria quarantines earlier in the period. Milk testing showed Muscatine milk meeting standard butterfat content.
Local farmer Sam Anderson recounts relief from rheumatic pain after using Root Juice and Use It Pain Oil. He details initial soreness, rapid improvement, and purchase of multiple bottles. A. W. Morgan sells Root Juice at $1 per bottle or three for $2.50.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a safe pure spring medicine for appetite and digestion. It promotes liquid and chocolate coated Sarsatabs at 100 doses for one dollar, claiming compliance with the Pure Food and Drugs Act.
An auto driven by Arthur Schiele of Durant with two Moline Mo Line Plow Company representatives crashed into a ditch three miles northwest of Durant after a steering miscue. Schiele suffered head bruises and sprains to his ankle and wrist. the two Moline men escaped injury. They were en route to a Durant farm demonstration of a new corn planter.
A Haver camp prescription drug store advertises Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a remedy for burns sores piles cuts wounds and ulcers in a historical product promotion. The claim emphasizes multiple ailments treated by the salve.
A power plant accident crippled the Citizens' Railway and Light Co service in Muscatine yesterday afternoon. A transmission rope broke, wrecking the governor of the 600 horsepower dynamo and leaving the city with limited daytime service and no street lighting for several days. Only three cars could run at night, and one car per line operated after dark. Managers sought rapid repairs to restore service and lighting.
The Catholic Church Extension Society will come under direct supervision of the pope with a yearly president named by the pope and permanent headquarters to be established in Chicago. Very Rev. Francis C. Kelly was re elected president after a Rome visit during which he was received by the pope. The move places the missionary group under Holy See jurisdiction.
Prof Franklin H. Potter of the State University at Iowa City spoke to the Men’s club of the First Baptist church on “The Making of a Criminal.” He argued crime stems from youth neglect and environment and urged state supervision of pauperized families and care to prevent crime, outlining three criminal classes and referencing his prison interviews. About fifty men attended. a May note drill by United Brethren girls entertained, and club officers discussed a June men’s service and staffing.
The excerpt imagines a century ahead where machines perform drudgery and travel and communication are transformed. It contrasts past changes with present innovations such as wireless telegraphs and fast trains and promotes Egg-O-See products as a healthful breakfast option.
Portland police report L H Worley killed his bride of four days Ruth Leroy of Lincoln Nebraska and then died by suicide on his Redmond area farm. The couple married last Wednesday with their house sealed Friday and burned Saturday. A letter left by Worley claims his wife did not want to live with him and accuses her of taking his money found in her stocking.
Linton Indiana May 19 Guy Elliston sixteen died and his father Daniel Elliston severely burned in a powder explosion at the Little Giant mine near Linton. Miner Frank Geister was possibly fatally wounded. Sparks from Geisters torch ignited a keg of powder triggering another blast in the room where Elliston and his son worked.
Nineteen stallions and ten mares, all black, are aboard a shipment from France for Keiser Bros. and Phillips. The horses were transported to Keota to join the Keiser Brothers and Phillips farm, marking a significant import of racing stock.
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