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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1902
Page
8
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Dramatic royal procession unfolds at Westminster Abbey as King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra are crowned in a ceremony marked by solemn ritual, heralds, bishops, and vast crowds. The archbishop places the crown, oaths are sworn, and both monarchs receive their regal regalia amid cheers.
Special market dispatch notes hog receipts at 6,000 with closes up to 100 higher and varied by class, cattle receipts at 300 with steady opening and close, sheep receipts 2,500 with steady trend. Car lot arrivals show wheat 262, corn 34, oats 244, hogs 6,000. tomorrow’s estimates include wheat 340, corn 85, oats 319, hogs 23,000. Northwest wheat receipts list Minneapolis today 109, Duluth today 9, totals 118. Cattle prices shown Reeves 4.40 to 8.90, Texans 3.40 to 6.25, stockers 2.60 to 5, western 4.50 to 6.90. Bank statement reports reserves down 4,705,875, loans up 6,823,000, specie down 1,975,500, legals down 2,107,900, deposits up 2,497,500, circulation down 303,900.
A Baptist excursion departs on Tuesday August 19 to Davenport and Rock Island. Round trip fare is 65 cents. Children aged 7 to 12 pay 25 cents.
James V. Grady, an oiler at Kaiser mills in South Muscatine, fell from a non turning shaft while oiling it. He suffered cracked ribs and possible internal heart injury, with worsening concern about his condition. Fred Lincoln lost two fingers at Huttig Bros factory after his hand was caught in machinery and struck by the saw. He was treated and will be laid up for weeks.
Muscatine fans cheer a unique upcoming race featuring local entrants paying ten dollars to enter. Elks contribute twenty five dollars to a purse of seventy five if five horses race in best three of five mile heats. Local owners drive their own horses and merchants may close to attend.
Mrs Woodworth Etter continues large crowds at fair grounds meetings with three Sunday services. At 10 30 a.m. she speaks on the Office of the Holy Spirit and the Unpardonable Sin at 2 p.m. and at 8 p.m. on Visions and Trances. Beneficiaries report healing experiences and plan to spread the message.
A bold local ad touts Melba shoes for women as the best three dollar hand sewn option on the market today offered by Wilson's Shoe Store with promise of quality and value.
A daylight excursion on magnificent steamers carrying 2000 passengers offers a round trip from Muscatine to Davenport and back for 50 cents. The trip on August 19 includes the Baptist Sunday school event with six to seven hours in the tri-cities.
Miss Mae Bowser and Miss Hattie Schwertfeger conclude two weeks visiting relatives and friends near Aledo NL and arrived home last night aboard the steamer Helen Blair.
Mrs Peter Roman leaves this afternoon on the W J Young Jr for Oquawka Alabama where she will visit for a short time.
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