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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1902
Page
7
Local residents share visits and departures as Mrs. C Hetzel and family host relatives from Keota and Winona while Ed Towers and others plan short trips. A Naples voyage for Dr D Powell Johnson is noted along with hospital and church news, and several trips to Des Moines Warrensburg and Memphis.
Old soldiers from Louisa county and visitors met in Letts for their annual reunion and were greatly pleased with the welcome and the dinner prepared by the ladies of Letts and vicinity. Perry Cross signed a note from the veterans praising the energy of Mrs. Milt Shearer and Miss Zimmerman and Miss Jettie Shellabarger for directing the event. The program was engaging and the day enjoyed by all.
The Times hosts tri city businessmen with speakers from Iowa and Chicago on advertising and the value of a first class daily paper. A. W. Lee and E. P. Adler urge merchants to support quality journalism as a link between producer and consumer. Keller of Muncie shares insights on advertising.
An article appeals to farmers and families after harvest season, praising Paine's Celery Compound as a remedy for kidney and liver issues, biliousness and rheumatism. It links autumn health to preparing for winter and includes notes on newspaper production machinery and the role of a first class daily newspaper in the community.
The piece argues that a successful newspaper rests on paid subscriptions and advertising space. It cites Dave Carnegie and notes Ottumwa’s operation with nearly 200 correspondents. It stresses exact circulation data for advertisers and the need for skilled editors and modern equipment.
Mrs. Rice of Geneseo Illinois leaves after a several day stay in the city with her daughter Mrs. F H Shinn on West Third Street. She travels this morning on the Western to visit her son Ralph Rice in Nichols.
Carl Schmidt from the county was a visitor at Wilton yesterday afternoon.
W. S. Otto of Wapello arrives in the city this morning aboard the M. N. and S. railway on a business trip.
In Muscatine prominent citizens including J. G. Brum back Dean's Kidney Pills with strong testimony of quick relief from back pain and urinary issues after trying the product at Havercamp's drug store. The ad notes a price of 50 cents per box and claims Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo, NY is the sole US agent, urging readers to remember Dean's and avoid substitutes.
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