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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1903
Page
5
Local church women sell ice cream all day Monday at M N Bonds hardware store. Numerous town residents and visitors are noted in daily movement including Curtises from Wilton, Walter Johnson leaving for Davenport, and others making or ending trips on the Firefly and Wilton Plug routes.
Edward Stuart Albert Koenig and Ralph Othmer completed their examination for the sergeant post of Company C at the armory last night. Results will be known Sunday with a close contest expected if all three run. The written test ended at 2 a.m after completing half of the practical portion.
Elizabeth Eichenauer died yesterday afternoon at 3 30 due to cancer and old age. A longtime Muscatine resident born in Bavaria in 1829 she leaves three children George Anna and Charles Eichenauer and a sister Mrs George Will. Funeral services set for Sunday at 2 PM from the family residence with no flowers.
Riverside, Iowa residents report Hoff man and Miss Rogie visiting Iowa City for a day trip after rain delays threshing. Jackson Pigg returns from California to prefer Iowa, while Mrs. B. Law hosts a rag sewing. William Parker sells Riverside property to Guss Grothe. Riverside defeats Muscatine 6 to 1 in baseball. Al Ford and three others tour Canada and North Dakota for land prospects.
The Iowa State Board of Health adjourned August 5 without action on Dr E B Fulham of Muscatine accused of misdiagnosing smallpox as chickenpox. The matter was deferred two months ago for lack of legal notice and is expected to reappear at the September meeting amid possible unexpected developments. Dr Fulham said he knows of no action yet and remains confident no harm will come to him.
Misses Amanda and Clara Friederichsen visit Columbus Junction for chautauqua while Mrs M B Nelson and children move on to Alion Iowa. Olney K Walker visits grandparents in Brushville Neb. C C Bacon attends Columbus Junction chautauqua and hears Booker T. Washington. Mrs Henry Giesler of Muscatine visits her mother Mrs Martha Pentzer. Frank Mellicker and child depart Kalona after weeks with Mr and Mrs C Van Zandt. Coral R Armentrout wed to Miss A Belle Marta in Keokuk July 29 1903. Wilton friends send congratulations. Prof L G Focht and wife return from Colorado. Mrs J W Illingsworth heads to Denver for time with relatives. W G Johnson and family join excursion from Des Moines to Denver and West Coast. Tom Raynor and Morrison depart for Des Moines to join G A R excursion to Los Angeles and California trip from there. Miss Pratt joins party to visit California relatives with Aretha G Smith of Springfield Illinois visiting cousin Miss Pearl Penney.
Green Valley reports Mrs. Joe Eisele and sons Joe and Clarence visited Muscatine Thursday. Paul Gorey helps Pat Tomney haul corn. Dewale family fished Wednesday evening, reporting good catches. Miss Mabel Weaver from Rock Island visits grandma Mrs. Harrigan. Katie O'Brien and father passed through Tuesday evening. C Cassabum's dance Saturday night drew a crowd. Group of Davenport men fished at eight mile bridge near Larbor club house this week.
Market report from Chicago and Liverpool shows wholesale grain prices for corn oats and wheat with mixed movements. Livestock futures and cash values for hogs cattle sheep and lambs listed with receipts and range, noting pork and beef item prices and wheat and flour clearances.
Yankee Hollow notes Henry Mohr and his siblings visiting Muscatine. Mr and Mrs Brnhof of Davenport honeymooning with Mary Depps. Wm Boot and Henry Eckhoff spent Tuesday in Muscatine. Local M W A picnic at Wilton drew strong turnout. Joe Snyder returns to Kansas after a week with Yankee Hollow relatives.
Pomeroy Illinois notes recount A B Hadley visiting on Wednesday and a light rain refreshing vegetation. Local threshing slows but expected to finish by Saturday. F W Goddard and wife take a short trip to Michigan. Miss Mabelle Noble visits Miss Marietta Boruff and plans to teach in Chanute Kansas next month. Several other residents, including C W Aaronson from Svensad Sweden, plan visits and business trips. Mr and Mrs Oscar Bogart are ill. Walter and Glen Epperly visited. Fred Egbert visits Millersburg. M C Boruff visits sick sister Sarah Swisher. J B Enperly and spouse shop in Aledo.
A. W. Hine writes from near Elcho Wisconsin with Rev. Judson Kempton about excellent fishing at Lake past Lake ten miles from Elcho. They report plentiful mosquitoes, muskalonge catches, and a well fitted private cottage. Kemp ton is praised as a capable campmate and fisher.
The guide outlines that whether driving one horse or a team, both share the same principles. It advises watching a horse’s ears for signs of fear or fatigue, and noting other cues like tail tucking before kicking. Respond by speaking sharply and pulling up the head when such signals appear.
The passage notes a long standing gypsy custom of burying or placing a deceased’s property with the grave. It attributes ancient Romany tradition and luck beliefs to the practice and explains a sentiment against keeping belongings of the dead to avoid reminders of death.
Parsley and radishes priced at 5 cents per bunch onions at 5 cents per bunch New peas 30 cents per peck Fruit lemons 25 to 30 cents per dozen bananas 2.00 to 2.25 per bunch or 15 25 cents per dozen Oranges 20 to 40 cents per dozen Figs 10 to 20 cents per unit Fish prices Catfish lic Carp 6 cents Black bass 115 cents Salmon 10 cents Sunfish 7 cents White Perch 80 cents per lb Pickerel 10 cents Croppies 14 cents White fish 10 cents Lake trout 10 cents Smelts 10 cents
Quotations on leading stocks and securities listed on the New York Stock Exchange show varied open high low and close figures as of today. Notable entries include Archor Mo Pac Union Pac Santa Fe Tex Pac Can Pac N C Mex Cent Great Western Reading St Paul U S Steel and Sugar Copper Leather and other major issues with minor fluctuations in price ranges.
Dissolution notice states the partnership Umscheid & Seiler is dissolved by mutual consent with L J Umscheid retiring. E E Seiler continues the business and assumes all liabilities. all bills payable to Seiler. Muscatine Iowa August 1 1903.
Readable sections describe the use of power in twenty electrical recesses during metal and chemical processing at Niagara 4. The text notes differences in equipment use and procedural emphasis without graphic detail.
Sealed bids are invited at the County Auditor's office until 12 o clock noon on Monday August 10 1903 for three hundred tons of Peoria district coal on track at Muscatine and for seventy five tons to be delivered in city in small quantities when called for. A C Noble County Auditor.
Notice says work will take place in the second rank at the Knights of Pythias hall this evening. The brief item notes a local venue and a specific time frame without further details.
A fragment notes nose guards topped with disks that stay in place even if eyeglasses are jostled. No further context or details are available.
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