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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1902
Page
7
Rivermen say fish are scarcer than 30 or 40 years ago with multiple possible causes. Low water and spring freshets trap and kill millions of fish, winter air shortage kills many, and certain fish eat smaller species reducing game fish. Strict laws reduced but some poaching persists. each fish spawns thousands and killing ten yearly hurts future stocks.
Removal notice informs that Adams Mccoy Electric Co has moved to 118 Chestnut Street. The company advises customers to update records and visit the new location for services and inquiries.
A profitable opportunity awaits in a desirable Second street area. This business requires a small initial capital outlay with an owner providing strong selling reasons. Titus and Jackson present the listing.
A Virginia man shares how coffee harmed his nervous system and digestion. After switching to Postum Food Coffee, his sleep improved, strength returned, and he gained weight while his family also benefited from the change.
Opinion columns criticize stocking streams with German carp for hurting native fish. Carp allegedly proliferate, outcompete young fish, and fetch low prices, while other species like catfish decline. The piece contrasts foreign fish introductions with regional tastes and notes fatigue of local fish supply. It also includes a separate commentary urging teachers to be virile athletic role models for students.
At the county convention on Saturday the Republican county central committee was named. Members announced include Bloomington Wm. Hendrix Cedar John Williams Fruitland Addison Hopson Fulton Frank Kelly Goshen C. C. Croxen Lake T. J. Hoopes Montpelier Julia Welch Moscow S. M. Hoskins Crono George Brown Pike J. E. Hesser Seventy Six Warren Meeker Sweetland J. H. Van Camp Wapsinonoc E. C. Nichols Wilton A. C. Shifter First Ward Wm. Van Zyl Second Ward Chas. P. Hanley Third Ward Luther Woods Fourth Ward Frank Fisher.
Anna Margaret Townsley died at her parents home near Letts Iowa on September 8 at age one year ten months and fifteen days. The funeral was held September 9 at the Christian church in Cedar Township officiated by Rev. Pool. Interment followed in Jeans Cemetery.
Dr Julia Holmes Smith argues in The Pilgrim September issue for more male teachers in schools. She says few men enter teaching and the children need masculine influence, logic, and high ideals.
An 19th century advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional treatment for catarrh, stating local applications cannot reach the disease. It touts a physician approved internal formula that purifies blood and treats mucous surfaces. Testimonials are offered, with price 75 cents and distribution by F. J. Cheney & Co. The Journal newspaper endorses Hall's Family Pills at 1 cent weekly.
Resolutions by Shelby Norman Post No 122 Department of Iowa Grand Army of the Republic Muscatine mourning Comrade Cru sade Warner who died while serving as a city officer. The post notes his Union Army duty and post service, offers heartfelt sympathy to his family, and directs the resolutions be recorded and published.
A reflection on advertising as the pure outward expression of dollars and cents, arguing money dominates choice. The author suggests love may lead to marriage, but money remains the enduring, absorbing factor in advertising and modern life.
A man who refused summer ads for lack of pay now seeks grounds to reject autumn advertising as well, showing a pattern of avoiding promotion despite incentives.
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