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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1909
Page
8
Delicacies and sodas highlighted as local business updates mention Slaughter’s Candy Store. Tacoma visitors and Bellevue hospital news include Win Blanchard and Benjamin Lilly receiving treatment, with others returning home after hospital stays. J T Boland promotes granite monuments at 517 E 2nd St.
Major John Circle hosts a supper in the Bilkey building on April 3. Menu includes sliced ham baked beans mashed potato salad oysters cranberry jelly pickles hot rolls coffee tea and cake.
Five men are entombed after an explosion at Echo mine in Fayella county. All are believed dead. Two others were rescued with slight injuries. Cause of the blast is unknown.
Golda Medal Flour received a local honor in a modest ceremony. ROSABEL attended and accepted the recognition, signaling community support for the brand.
We desire to thank the many friends who so kindly assist as us during the sickness, death and total of our dear husband and father. Mary Bell Sheeley, Chas. M. Sheeley, Alletta D. Johnson, Cora B Chase, Eliza M. Tompkins, John A. Sheeley, Arthur B. Sheeley, Chester A. Sheeley.
The article traces the widow's dower as a life estate for widows after a husband's death. It notes that early Saxon law did not recognize dower, with support coming from the husband's personal estate. It suggests dower’s introduction in the feudal system by Emperor Frederick II during the era of Henry III.
Dr Herman Spalding directed all engineers and firemen on railroads west of Chicago to be vaccinated amid smallpox cases concentrated among western line crews. The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line announced the Pacific coast extension last rail was laid near Missoula with no celebration.
Ottumwa Iowa April 1 no provision in Iowa law lets Junkin mother murderer of Clara Rosen escape arraignment in Ottumwa but change of venue to a foreign court may be justified County Attorney Seneca Carnell would oppose removal and would lead prosecution Cen ter ville could be best site if change is justified by public prejudice
Anamosa Martin confessed his link to Read’s murder and returned to face murder charges while testifying in Finley’s trial. Finley admitted association with Martin and that they planned to rob Read but he refused to join. Finley later said he lied earlier to shield Martin and now tells the full truth.
Washington April 1 The senate began considering Bacon's resolution demanding Democratic representation in all hearings of the finance committee Aldrich the committee chair argued Republicans should shape tariff legislation since they bear responsibility for the bill in the senate
An old classified-style notice promotes Electric Bitters as remedy for dyspepsia with liver and kidney troubles. It claims the medicine helps all such cases or no pay, priced at 50 cents, advertised by Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
Rev. William McBayon pastor of St. Bridget's Catholic church and editor of the Catholic university filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition. Liabilities total 1,594,141 with assets of 75,207. He was director of the Fidelity Funding Company of New York now in receivership, tying his name to papers issued by the firm.
The Schmidt shoe store, closed since Saturday after proprietor Barney Schmidt’s death, reopens with Harry Kern in charge. Kern has 15 years in the trade and handled store buying. Mrs. Schmidt is administratrix of the estate. A quick stock invoice was taken before Kern assumed management.
Essen April 1 The Krupp family states there is no truth to reports that Bertha von Bohlen und Holbach the Krupp daughter is planning divorce proceedings.
Major General Barry disbands the army of pacification and withdraws U S troops from Camp Columbia Havana Cuba on April 1. The Cuban flag replaced the garrison colors as American troops march to transports Sumner and McClellan amid ceremonial honors and solemn transfers.
At the home of Mr and Mrs Henry Hucke in Moscow last evening at 8 o clock George Duffe married Lena Hucke. Miss Clara Lake and Charles Hucke attended. The bride wore cream silk and the couple plan to reside near Moscow after a wedding trip to Chicago.
Isaac Longstreth of East Hill witnessed the marriage of Frank Longstreth and Miss Lavina Long at 2 30 PM officiated by Rev Thomas Osborn of the M E church. The bride wore blue silk and carried roses. A wedding supper followed at 5 PM with flowers from Mrs A Bauer and a cake from Mrs Emma Cone. The couple to reside on the Gray farm in Bloomington township.
The regular meeting of the Colonel Hare Circle will be held Friday evening at 7 30 at 501 West Fourth Street the home of Mrs Charles Kincaid.
The United Brethren Kensington Club will meet tomorrow afternoon at the church parlors. All members are requested to be present.
Iowa Lodge No. 2 A F and A M calls all members in good standing to a Friday 7 30 meeting to perform work in the third degree. Per W M.
President Taft faced sharp questioning at the White House during a What Is Whisky discussion with distillers and government officials. The session preceded a forthcoming hearing on when higher rectification creates imitation whisky under the pure food law as interpreted by the agriculture department and former Attorney General Bonaparte.
London reports the Bank of England cut its discount rate from 2 to 1 1/2 percent due to steady gold inflows from all quarters, notably America. Analysts foresee ample money supply through summer with some predicting another cut to two percent.
Lewis Fowler of four miles south of Illinois City was severely injured when a seeder drawn by frightened horses ran from a farm, broke through a gateway, and pinioned him between the cart and a gate. His leg suffered a bad bruise and he is confined to bed.
The passage recalls an invitation refusal by Colonel Robert Ingersoll to a Clover club dinner. He muses on clover as a symbol of industry and contentment, describing its imagery of bees, fields, and peaceful life. He playfully dissects the word clover into letters, ending with a quotation about good hay and happiness.
Berry bakes biscuits using Gold Medal Flour for a crisp texture and rich flavor. Local baker highlights the flour brand in a home kitchen item.
The German Lutheran church plans an examination for its confirmation class on Palm Sunday April 4 with service starting at 10 15 AM. In the afternoon a quarterly church meeting will hear officers reports. Confirmations will occur on Sunday April 18 following Easter. Special Lenten services are scheduled for tomorrow evening.
In Paris a dying miner M. Henri left two shelves of dingy books. A buyer discovered two volumes where every page is a Bank of England note worth 20,500 pounds total across 20 pages. The treasure, unique in book history, amounts to twenty thousand five hundred pounds.
A pleasant herb tea sold by druggists and idealers claims to aid digestion purify blood and cleanse skin. It supposedly cures headache and backache and is priced at 25 cents.
A botanist notes the wild tamarind or tuba plant of tropical America. It harms nonruminants feeding on young shoots leaves pods and seeds causing hair loss hoof loss and nakedness in horses mules and pigs. Ruminants are less affected and the plant is grown in the Bahamas as fodder for cattle sheep and goats.
An East Indian paper publishes a native subordinate diary describing a taxing scene on a fire line. He crawls up a tree to escape a roaring tiger while the animal shatters his work and causes him great grief. The subordinate lamented the tiger’s inconsiderate behavior and disruptive conduct.
A Kansas City Journal excerpt quotes a New York broker who says a young worker has no memory and wonders if he should be fired or kept on in the firm. The junior partner asks whether to take him into the business.
Gold Medal Flour remains the leading brand in the city’s baking aisles. Local grocers report steady demand as shoppers choose the reliable staple for bread and pastry making.
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