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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1902
Page
5
Short notices on cholera infantum dysentery and diarrhoea threats to a baby with Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry claimed effective. Farm accidents constant with Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil praised for instant pain relief. Social visits and travel notes color the Muscatine area scene while Milwaukee cut off steel delay eyed.
A brutal killing described as one of the region's foulest crimes occurs near Muscatine. A farmer Jesse Tuman and his wife are found slain after a vicious assault with an ax. Police chase a suspect named Dan Williams while theories abound of robbery and a possible fourth party. The wounded Tuman lies recovering as investigators comb the scene for clues, including a mysterious telephone call and discarded weapons.
Titus and Jackson offer a 160 acre Muscatine county farm at a bargain price. The seller urges a quick sale with urgency noted.
A Muscatine county case centers on a modest two room dwelling known as the House of Blood. A year earlier Tuman expanded to a southward shack covered with building paper and a lean to kitchen. The cramped cottage, with bed, bureau, table, and dishes, sits near an old turf stable and marks one of the county’s worst crimes.
In Waterloo Iowa on August 18 a new farmer scam surfaced selling telephone poles still in ground with wires for farm fence post use. The con man targeted distant farmers near Maynard, avoiding locals with phones, collected cash with receipts in his own name, claiming Cedar Valley Telephone plans to abandon the line.
Davenport Republican William Hoffman visited Muscatine to win Scott county delegates for the Clinton convention. Hoffman is seen as a strong candidate, with the race likely focusing on Hoffman Wilson Ellis. Muscatine and Scott counties pledge support, while the Iowa and Johnson counties’ delegates may decide the nomination.
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