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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1908
Page
3
The Daily Journal, published by Throop News Co, lists publication and staffing notes. It outlines weekly and semi weekly editions, delivery by carrier, and subscription rates including weekly and yearly mail prices.
Officials list representatives for Newark and Chicago offices with Wayne and Young named as in charge at the Newark address and the Chicago office at 100 Mary.
Journal Agencies notes a directory of city conveniences listing Bastili Hiuribuc Grocery East 2nd street South Muscatine Toborg Bros grocery Uregup street W. c. 4. Gusch's Drug Store Hershey Avenue heckierville Chayka's Grocery West Lili J. H. Fuller Grocery for reader use.
Sketchy item lists assorted offices and telephone references including Beil editorial and business offices, with scattered figures such as 2.80 and Mississippi Valley. The fragmented text implies a directory or ad-like listing for local offices and services.
The document outlines monthly circulation totals for October 1908, listing daily and Sunday figures for the Muscatine Journal. Totals include exchanges with various entries, culminating in an overall reported circulation of 183,230.
Average 6 786 copies of said paper were printed and circulated during October 1908. F D Throop publisher Muscatine Co Iowa sworn to before me November 2 1908 F L Bihlmeier Notary Public.
The Clinton Herald lauds Mrs Helen H Taft wife of President elect Taft as best prepared for White House life noting her culture refinement tact and common sense She has Washington experience and is poised to be mistress of the White House with a college aged son.
The profile portrays Helen Herron Taft and her role as White House mistress. It highlights her vivacious yet dignified bearing, memory for names, and devotion to family. It notes her musical training, balanced life, tact as hostess, domestic charm, and shared Episcopal-Unitarian faith with her husband.
The Journal and Capital salute Hon. B. F. Carroll of Davis county as Iowa’s next governor. Born in 1860 in Davis County he was educated locally and at Missouri, where he met his wife. Democrats predicted Fred White but Carroll won decisively and will be a grand governor.
Readers are urged to use THE BITTERS for stomach liver kidneys and bowels relief. The ad claims many users know from experience its benefits and advises others to try it to ease ailments of the digestive system.
An advertisement copy touts Hostetier’s Stomach Bitters as beneficial for poor appetite headache flatulence insomnia indigestion dyspepsia colds and related stomach issues. The tone imitates a period commerce listing offering a patent remedy.
High water and plenty of boats keep freights low while wheat and potatoes shipped to St Louis. Navigation expected to close in about two weeks. An anonymous poem attributed to John Blosser is deemed unsigned. A wagon accident left a worker with a badly wrenched knee. Muscatine water works conduit contract awarded to Coverdale and Cowell for 3000 dollars after Baker resigned his contract.
A compilation of brief items recalls events from a decade ago and today including a missing details about a horse team on Cemetery Road, marriages planned for Otto Snyder with Rose Hinkhouse and license issued to Lizzie Burnett and Edward Baker, and a ill tidbit about General Lincoln's daughter Cassie in Ames Iowa.
The city’s new Baptist church, finished inside and out, will be dedicated before next Sunday. Former pastors Revs. Miles, Remington, Eberhardt, and Burnham are expected to attend and assist in the dedicatory exercises.
A ceremony conducted by Rev. Haney united a telegraph office clerk from this city with Miss Martha Harnish of Rock Island yesterday in Rock Island.
Thirty years ago C. C. Winslow sustained a painful injury prompting medical care and local concern as reported in the newspaper.
The speaker's oratory impressed listeners and aided his campaign, enhancing his personal profile while benefiting his political party through momentum and support.
Joy resists moving in with her aunts after a death as Miss Priscilla and Miss Lavinia propose guardianship. The scene reveals tensions over Joys dogs limits, and the aunts insist on strict proprieties and control. Joy stands firm, fearing disruption to her life with the bull terrier Grip and pets.
After a funeral Joy is comforted by Sir Giles who, moved by her distress with her aunts, offers her a new life at his Park home. Joy shyly asks if she may accept, recognizing the aunts’ austere ways and the prospect of independence.
The article notes that Dr Pierce prints every ingredient on bottle wraps and stresses alcohol-free extraction using glycerine. It highlights the Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier stomach tonic and bowel regulator that aids catarrhal head and throat issues, weak stomach, liver, bronchial troubles, and weak lungs. It urges patient, thorough use for best results and cites medical endorsements.
Wapello Iowa November notes report Agnes Walker’s wedding to Karl Fitzsimmons set for Wednesday evening November 11 1908 at 5 o clock at the bride’s mother Mrs Eliza Walker home. The late J R McDaniel will and trust details earmark $1000 for cemetery grounds upkeep with city council approval. Community events include a Thanksgiving dinner service, a Mite Society supper profit, and a Hal loween social hosted by the Pythian Sisters. Local movements cover residents moving houses to Westerman property and a bid to vote in Wapello by E F Christie from Brighton.
An old advertisement touts Gauss Catarrh Cure as a quick radical remedy that purports to cure catarrh by eradicating poisonous germs. It offers a free trial package by mail to prove its effectiveness and asks readers to send name and address to receive treatment.
The Wapello football squad boasts a strong season with a 23 to 0 victory over Columbus City last Saturday and a prior win over Columbus Junction. Local residents report community activity as Mrs. J E Garrett hosted guests and Arthur Vandevort renovates property near the courthouse for a poultry cleaning and shipping operation.
An advertisement promises a one hundred dollar reward for an incurable catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy. It cites F J Cheney Co of Toledo and Rudolf Walding Kinnan Marvin as endorsers and claims the cure targets the blood and mucous surfaces. Also touts testimonials, price seventy five cents per bottle, and saless by druggists.
Mrs Irene Thoene of Campbell Nebraska visited with Mrs Belle Bohnsack. Adolph Blank and family spent Sunday with Hy Petersen at North Prairie. Geo Dittmer and family visited Jack Broders at Center Grove. Several locals hosted at Hy Bohnsack's with Blue Grass and Davenport guests. Fulton township rural schools start Nov 9 and farmers expect to husk corn this week.
A. W. Morgan, a druggist, promotes Foley's Orino Laxative as a permanent cure for constipation and liver trouble by stimulating digestion without gripping. The ad claims pleasant taste and avoids continual laxative use.
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