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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1910
Page
8
A public appeal notes Miss Mira Hershey built the Hershey Memorial Hospital in Muscatine at about $50 000. It details finances, charity care, and ongoing needs while urging liberal patronage and support on Hospital Sunday May 29 designated by the local Ministerial Association.
Adjutant A G Tyler of Shelby Norman Post recounts his Civil War imprisonment at Andersonville to Muscatine High School students. He describes overcrowded stockades, starving prisoners, and the moral battle over human slavery, recalling battles near Atlanta and Hood’s command with vivid, nongraphic details.
The account details horrific treatment in a southern prison camp with inmates starved and infested by vermin. It cites 13 099 deaths at one prison and over 50 000 in other southern prisons, condemning slavery as the cause and ending with a pledge that the scourge has passed.
A druggist advertisement urges prompt use of Foley's Kidney Remedy at first signs of irregularity to avert serious illness. This notice from A W Morgan emphasizes kidney health and early treatment.
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