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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1903
Page
5
The Muscatine Trades and Labor Assembly met to form an executive committee and approve resolutions against unsanctioned solicitations. They reported a successful Labor Day planning, announced committee appointments, and outlined parade participation by unions, merchants, and auto owners.
The event awarded 2800 in cash prizes to eight paid departments and volunteers. Sioux City earned 785, Des Moines 240, Council Bluffs none. Volunteer teams shared 1500 with Onawa 335 plus medals, Marion 325 with medal, Iowa City 250 with belt, Neola 210, West Liberty 190, Mapleton 140, Humboldt 25, and Cherokee 25.
The article reports the ninth day of Ab fast observed by Orthodox Jews in the city, with 25 hours of strict fasting ending in a mostly mournful day. Rabbi Joseph Bleeden led services at the synagogue, recounting Jerusalem's destruction and religious wars, followed by brief afternoon rites and a closing evening service that concluded the fast.
Vernie and George Archer, ages about ten and twelve, were picked up in Muscatine claimed to live in Muscatine but were sent back to Rock Island after contact with their step mother and Rock Island authorities. Mrs Archer worries over their future and considers placing them in a boys home until they show willingness to stay. The Davenport Times notes the brothers may be influenced by the elder.
Thelma Gremmel, two months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman Gremmel, died last night at 906 Maiden Lane after several days illness. The family has the community’s sympathy as funeral arrangements are pending.
The Iowa State Grocers association plans county groups in Muscatine and every county to strengthen the state body. Secretary Ira B. Thomas will lead the effort with two organizers. aims include bulk purchasing, dictating terms to manufacturers, lobbying for favorable legislation, and compiling a blacklist of nonpaying customers. Warren county and other counties near Waterloo Sioux City Cedar Rapids Des Moines will be targeted first.
Society notes say Miss Mabel Warner will host a card party tonight at 503 East Eighth Street honoring her friend Miss Minna Witter from Harvard Iowa who is visiting. Mrs F O Block and Mrs Fred B Munroe gave a porch party Saturday afternoon at 119 West Fifth Street with pleasant use of the veranda and refreshments served.
Mrs D Y Graham visits relatives in Marshalltown. J K Faris returns from Oxford Nebraska on business. Ruth Clements of Philadelphia visits Margaret Adams. Norma Coutts entertains Louise Singer of Mt Pleasant. Harvey and James Wright visit brother R H Wright in Hatfield Missouri. mother M J Wright to join soon. Bunch returns from Omaha. John Mellinger and wife visit daughter Mrs W H Hungate in Columbus Junction, then Washington relatives. A missionary tea at M E parsonage yields a large bank offering raised. Local telephone exchange update ends.
Miss Nellie Bleuer of Rock Island visits in this city while several residents board trains to visit relatives in Davenport Wilton West Liberty and other nearby towns. Mrs Crow, Miss Schenck and others plan short trips with relatives or friends in Summit Cedar Valley Iowa City and Colorado Springs.
In police court this afternoon two women appeared. Mrs Blanche Stratton identified herself and Mrs Muley claimed to be the jockey’s wife. Stratton is charged with a dress deemed too low for street wear. Muloy was taken to the police station with no specific charge. Stratton says she lives in Musserville and Muloy claims prior residence in Burlington before arriving Thursday.
Rome reports continued smoke from the papal chamber at 6:22 PM marking the sixth ballot without a decisive result. Cardinal electors remain in session as the conclave proceeds.
Grain and produce prices show wholesale and retail figures for corn oats wheat rye barley hemp hay and onions. Live stock values include hogs cattle sheep and lamb prices with turkeys and dressed poultry also listed. Retail flour corn meal and sugar prices accompany the set.
Notice for a lost silk umbrella with a gold head and pear handle. It bears a name and was lost between 5th Street and the post office. Finder should return to this office.
Six states show no state debt Iowa Nebraska New Jersey Linois Ohio and West Virginia cement bridges withstood May floods in Kansece while other bridges failed some farmers mutual insurance companies cut rates on stock insurance when holders ground fence wires correctly
A reflecting note says successful bee men are often good men and the bee senses a mean man. It cites a Kansas farmer’s wife obituary claiming she darned 10,000 socks cooked 100,000 meals washed 1,000,000 dishes raised 9 children and then died.
A Texas ranch in Nueces County reports a collection of 60 000 rattles from rattlesnakes killed over years. A bounty of two and a half cents is paid for each snake killed.
A representative of the 2,000,000 people of Ceylon, perpetually near starvation, is in the United States to study American agricultural systems with the aim of improving conditions back home.
The article contrasts ancient Roman era rotation with modern practice in North Dakota, noting wheat followed by a summer fallow as old style. It emphasizes that the modern rotation, which replaces fallow with a legume crop, is infinitely better for productivity and soil health.
A compact three foot cut mower performs trimming among trees where standard machines fail. It works well in orchard rows and along roadsides, delivering superior results compared with a scythe.
The remark suggests a shift from farming to law as a viable path for a boy. It notes that the Brockhead has no place on the farm under current conditions, while judicial courtesy allows him to address the court.
The text praises walnut butternut chestnut and hickory as valuable nut bearing trees. It notes their annual nut crops help cover costs and sustain growth, highlighting their economic advantage over other tree types on farms.
A Kansas county in May recorded a waterfall reaching a lake thirty feet deep, spanning an entire township with about 41,817,600 cubic feet of water, contributing to widespread river damage in the region.
Winter wheat has proved a grand crop across the southwest where winter rains meet hot dry summers. Besides profit, the wheat fields offer excellent winter pasture for stock, a dual benefit praised by farmers in the region.
A curious note explains auctioneers are styled colonels in Texas traditions. The cotton crop yields about $40 per person annually, and seeds add roughly half that value, illustrating peculiar local economics and titles.
Abilene Kansas leads the nation in selling strychnine and bichloride of carbon used to destroy prairie dogs, according to local trade reports. The town ships large quantities to farmers and ranchers across the United States seeking pest control.
A district farm boy born to a small farmer rises through grit to agricultural college. He endures money tightness and self denial for four years, graduates, and lands a $1200 salary as a stock farm manager, now earning $2000 in his second year while gaining recognition as a stock judge and feeder. His success illustrates the rewards of determination over laziness and waste.
A hard living farmer, 50, known for drunkenness and cruelty, is converted during revival meetings led by a local minister. He quits drinking and swearing, keeps Sabbath, cares for animals, and treats neighbors honestly. Ten years later he is a good man and neighbor.
Advice urges mothers to teach sons homemaking tasks such as making beds darning, washing, sewing buttons, cooking biscuits and meats, tidying rooms, and dishwashing. Proper training, it claims, makes boys smarter and more independent, capable of self support and aiding a future wife.
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