Malnutrition Highlights Child Health Concerns
The passage notes that excessive eating burdens digestion leading to thin, weak, languid children who fail to grow, identifying this as malnutrition or poor digestion of food.
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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1908
Page
3
The passage notes that excessive eating burdens digestion leading to thin, weak, languid children who fail to grow, identifying this as malnutrition or poor digestion of food.
Scott's Emulsion has helped thousands in this condition providing nourishment and medicine. A small dose three times a day will work wonders, but be sure to get Scott's.
The Daily Journal claims circulation greater than all other Muscatine papers combined and at least three times that of any other daily. The Daily Journal issues every evening except Sunday. the Semi-Weekly Journal publishes 10 pages on Tuesday and 5 pages on Friday. Daily delivery in the city by carrier and weekly collection for 60 cents. Mail rates: daily one year 3.00, semi weekly one year 1.60.
The text lists two offices: New York Office at 3034 West Sord Street and Chicago Office at the 150 Marquette Building, noting Payne and Young are in charge.
The Journal names several city agencies and merchants including East Hill Hurlbut Grocery on East 2nd South Muscatine Toborg Bros grocery Oregon street W C A Buschs Drug Store Hershey avenue Kecklerville Chayka's Grocery West Lill and J H Fuller Grocery for reader use.
I F D Throop publisher swears the Muscatine Journal printed and circulated 6 760 copies in October 1908. Notary F L Bihlmeter confirms sworn on November 2 1908 in Muscatine Iowa.
A freight and a passenger train collided causing cockpit tension in the passenger engine. The fireman saved others by sacrificing self preservation, illustrating virtue rewarded by notable action beyond conscience.
Witnesses recount how the engineer stayed at his post and died under six crushed freight cars while the cab jumper survived. The dead man sacrificed himself to save others, prompting readers to weigh Providence versus chance in this topsy turvy tale of virtue and survival.
A Kansas woman writes the Kansas City Star about eight children and daily drudgery. She details a husband who blames her for poverty and insists on control, prompting reflection on mistreatment, responsibility, and the harm of thoughtlessness.
Reviniscences of long ago recounts a riot case tried by Justice Langridge with twelve defendants fined one dollar each. Other items note marriages, a farm sale for $24,000, Lyceum organization in Lake Township, a baby’s death, cofferdam work, Eagle Lodge anniversary plans, new grocery opening, Catholic youth society, a nursing home return, Thanksgiving travel, and a Sioux City publisher’s marriage.
A short reflection notes a moral in life’s lessons and hints that marriage may reveal personal insight. The speaker suggests if you are married you can find it in the broader context of love and virtue.
Copyright notice for 1908 by Gerald Villiers-Stuart. Entered at Stationers Hall. All rights reserved.
Spectators froze as Lord Ancester’s final strike failed when Squirrel’s heart valve gave way. Fabian Dare’s precarious fate unfolds amid a cast of performers and a plan to escape via America. Buckbarrow adopts the orphaned Fabian after Mrs. Dare’s death.
Fabian Dare, a drifting twenty one year old with Byronic looks, sits among weary squatters in Leicester Square. A barmaid, a piercing-eyed Afghan-faced observer, and a tense city atmosphere frame his quiet crisis as he weighs a decisive choice.
Mr and Mrs George Foster hosted a dinner Sunday marking their forty first wedding anniversary. Many relatives from Cedar Valley and nearby towns attended including Mrs Kate Parry and son Henry Mrs Ada Lewis and son Mr and Mrs Chet Parry and daughter Grace Mrs Elizabeth Davis and Myrtle Davis Mr and Mrs Luther Dealer and daughter among others. Rainy weather later slowed husking as farmers in the area faced delays.
An old advertisement touts Cham berlain’s Salve as best for fever sores chronic sores and keeping them healthy. It also claims effectiveness for chapped hands sore nipples burns and other skin diseases and notes the salve is sold by all druggists.
Auditors Office in Muscatine Iowa invites sealed bids for hardware required for the new Court House. Bids due December 2 1908 at 9 o clock A M. Specifications on file with County Auditor A S Lawrence.
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