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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1908
Page
5
San Francisco reports Billy Papke will face Stanley Ketchel again after his bout with Hugo Kelly. Ketchel agrees to a rematch and even allows Papke further chances to try for a win. The trio have met three times, with the tone suggesting a heated ongoing rivalry.
When lungs are sore and inflamed germs of pneumonia and consumption lodge and multiply Foley's Honey and Tar kills the cough germs cures the most obstinate hacking cough heals the lungs and prevents serious results. The genuine is in the yellow package. A. W. Morgan druggist.
Hine Bros advertise a large line of sweater jackets with prices 5c 75c 1.00 374.25 and 1.50. They claim no order mixups and invite customers to call to compare prices, promising cheaper options than elsewhere.
E. J. Macklin of 107 East Second Street remains in a serious condition after a lengthy illness.
A suburban house with five unmarried women sighing over what might have been. A rag and bone collector wafts his chant of old rags copper iron bones and more. One woman sighs despairingly that he wants everything but old maids.
Morley recounts a Sunday visit as Sir John Lub bock guides Gladstone and Darwin to a hilltop in Kent where the two men, born in the same year, meet for the first time. Gladstone speaks of massacre lessons while Darwin, amused, notes the honor of the visitors arrival in the twilight.
In Albany New Hampshire during a town meeting a complete militia unit gathered but only one private appeared. The lone soldier asked for leniency in drilling noting he might be needed again and that forming a column would “rack him shockingly to deploy.”
W. M. Parsons of Minneapolis will speak at Muscatine Sunday afternoon at the Family Theatre. His address titled Making the Goal focuses on life's great purposes and manly uplift. Mrs. J. G. Mitchell will sing a vocal solo and George Chase will perform Ave Maria on violin and lead the community orchestra.
Judge Howe declares Bowser and Koberson guilty after a late yesterday afternoon police court trial. The proceedings concluded with the judge delivering the verdict in a concise session.
Judge H S Howe sentenced Virgil Bowser to a $10 fine plus costs and Dave Alberson to ten days in the county jail after both were found guilty of stealing a pair of field glasses from the H F Rodman grocery store. Alberson admitted guilt while Bowser claimed innocence, but the judge rejected his claim.
The YWCA invites all girls and women to tonight's Hints for Christmas program with Miss Hoover leading the afternoon session tomorrow on The Life With God. Amy Hoopes will sing a solo and the YWCA quartet will perform, followed by a social tea and vesper at 3 30.
In a sharp domestic exchange a brutal husband mocks his wife for shopping for hats and paying the bills. The wife defends the act by noting the mental burden of wearing ill fitting headwear. The argument ends with the husband returning to his latest purchase.
A Philadelphia Ledger quip notes the absurdity of the term horse laugh at a horse show. The remark recalls how horses seemed to ignore the ladies' hats and did not smile, highlighting the playful critique of the phrase.
A New York man shares a hospital experience where iritis was linked to poor blood from improper digestion. He followed diet advice endorsing Grape-Nuts and avoiding fatty foods, noting ongoing warning signs and urging continued adherence. The notice promotes Postum Co. claims and references The Road to Wellville.
The annual Army vs Navy game at Franklin Field Philadelphia ends the football season for big games. The year is praised as highly successful with new rules, open play, and many surprises. John Griffith, ex Iowa star, is named potential head coach to replace Catlin. Roosevelt will not attend the game. Des Moines notes call the season the best in Iowa football history with an all Iowa team proposed.
Havana reports the first step toward evacuating Cuba as a Marine detachment from the Isle of Pines is ordered to Camp Columbia on December 1. Further orders may follow to abandon many small posts across the island.
Tulsa November 28 report states the Oklahoma Fight Hour Law is probably invalidated as a court challenge advances. Local officials have indicated uncertainty about enforceability while legal proceedings continue.
A local court decision acquits the New State Paying Company of violating the eight hour law. The ruling accepts that workers were eager to labor more than eight hours daily.
The ad claims fever sores are not to be fully healed but kept healthy with Chamberlain’s Salve. It praises the salve as superior for healing fever sores, chapped hands, sore nipples, burns, and skin diseases and notes it is sold by all druggists.
A dialect anecdote from the Philadelphia Ledger depicts Ras tus seeking work while wary of social class in America. He explains his wife, a tub artist earning good wages, would not quit work, but he fears being categorized with the idle rich if he does not hustle.
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