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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1908
Page
3
An advertisement for Scott's Emulsion touts the product as increasing vitality by transforming impure blood into nourishing rich blood. It promises renewed energy to all organs and tissues and offers a free atlas in exchange for the paper name, writer's address, and four cents for postage.
The Daily Journal is issued every weeknight except Sunday. The Semi-Weekly Journal appears 10 pages on Tuesday and 5 pages on Friday nights. Daily delivery in the city by carrier. weekly collection ten cents. Mail rates: yearly 33.00 for daily, 1.50 for semi weekly one year.
New York Office 3034 West S3rd Street lists Wayne and Young as in charge. Chicago Office 75u Marquette Building names Fayne and Young in charge.
The Journal announces a directory of city agencies for reader convenience. It names East Hill Hurlbut Grocery on East 2nd street, Toborg Bros. Grocery on Oregon Street, W. C. A. Buschs Drug Store on Hershey Avenue, Hecklerville Chayka's Grocery, West Uili J. H. Fuller Grocery, and South Muscatine.
Brief telephones and business office notes reference Bell Telephone activities and the Mississippi Valley region. The fragment hints at editorial office details and local communications infrastructure.
Sworn statement by F D Throop publisher lists detailed monthly circulation totals for September 1908 in Muscatine Iowa. Notary public F L Bihlmeier confirms sworn subscription records. Figures show daily and total circulation figures across dates and summary totals.
A fragmentary column in the page voice ponders holiday time and social greetings. The writer muses on weather, haying, and upcoming Thanksgiving and Christmas, with playful asides about forgetfulness and absent activity.
A reflective piece questions why certain individuals always seem to receive misfortune and misery. It notes no single crowd or clique, just scattered people whose combined struggles form a notable pattern. It invites those in the “raw deal” group to recognize life’s uneven chances.
The piece urges readers to pursue what they want, noting the world pays debts with persistence and sometimes thrice. It critiques dreamers like Little Nemo and argues most “down and outs” owe their position to cowardice or shiftlessness, while urging aid for the truly unable.
A lively column defends Missouri merit in a tongue in cheek contrast with eastern views. It cites a Missouri hog fetching high prices and jokes about retriever skills, noting the hog’s role in regional pride and the far higher value than $2 cited by New York commentators.
Literary notes praise James L. Ford for a biting satire in an essay titled Getting Into Society. The Red Book Magazine November issue carries the piece, lauding his wit aimed at social shams and pretensions.
Thousands take THE BIITTERS for stomach liver kidneys and bowels relief. Readers know from past experience what it will do and are urged to act promptly if they suffer from these ailments.
Advertisement-style copy extols Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a remedy for poor appetite headaches flatulence insomnia indigestion dyspepsia colds and grie. The claim emphasizes quick relief and overall health benefits in a period-appropriate promotional tone.
Long ago notes report Almiria Skinkle leasing a stable opposite the Episcopal church for a new livery and feed stable in Muscatine. Other items note Cedar Rapids and Waterloo steamer trips, a Cedar Rapids repairs update, and a sale of the steamer Brazil for 10550 dollars.
The Women’s Home Companion raises the price from 19 cents to 15 cents per issue and from 1.00 to 1.25 per year in a few weeks due to larger size and higher paper costs. The note mentions publishers nationwide facing higher paper prices and urges readers to turn the Alpine Journal for contrast and discussion.
Forty years ago General Edward Hatch, formerly of this city, issued an official statement detailing recent Ku Klux Klan outrages and murders in Louisiana. In this city, on October 31, Henry Metzger wed Mrs Karoline Dollries, as performed by Rev K F Oberman.
A brief aphoristic piece notes that a successful manicure misses the nail, yesterday's forgetfulness and tomorrow's anticipations disturb today, borrowing trouble offers no repayment, and a grumbling would be eased by doing the wash.
A neighbor’s young son, not yet four, visits with a simple moral prompt about door security. He notes the screen is unlocked and urges prompt action, citing his mother’s instruction to avoid temptation and not turn in until allowed.
This item notes copyright and registration details for Horace Annesley Vachell's 1908 work The Turn of the Tide, indicating legal protection and filing status.
Hugo Charteris traverses the Easthampton suburb to study sacrifice of a large income for a small one and to observe the drab uniformity of residents. The passage likens the area to utilitarian design and notes visible poverty only behind varnished doors.
The advertisement describes symptoms of female distress and promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a safe remedy. It claims to strengthen and regulate the female system, ease pelvic disorders, and prevent surgery, while noting it will not cure tumors. Letters for consultation are offered with confidentiality and a medical adviser book available by mail.
One hundred dollars reward offered for any catarrh cure failure attributed to Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsed by Walding Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists of Toledo with 15 years of familiarity with F J Cheney. Describes internal remedy that acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Price 75 cents per bottle and testimonials available. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
West Liberty Iowa reports a Hallowe'en party hosted by Mrs W H Protzman for her son Forest with music games and refreshments. Guests included Margrette Hill Helen Pattey Mary Anderson Harriett Tullis Bessie Peters Eugenia Nichols Edith Swain Margaret Peters and others.
An advertisement touts Dr Nott s Cuban Hair Restorer as restoring gray hair to a darker color and claims possible hair regrowth on bald spots though not guaranteed. It urges use with Nott s Hair Tonic to maintain growth and cleanliness and promotes daily use as a genteel habit sold at Havercamp s Prescription Drug Store.
Mrs Amanda Wiggins plans to winter in Arkansas City with daughter Syl via McCain. Thomas Hogue visited Muscatine and attended a theatre show. Fred Straight and family occupy Thomas Smiley’s Fifth Street residence. George Thomas from San Francisco visits aunt Mrs Elmer Smith and friends. Several residents travel or host gatherings, with Ladies Aid sending fruit and clothing to Missouri homes.
An advertisement extols a wholesome family laxative, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, as a trusted product endorsed by physicians and the Well Informed of the World. It urges buying the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. preparation through leading druggists.
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