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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1903
Page
13
A detailed article extols okra as a versatile southern vegetable rich in mucilage. It describes its uses in gumbo soups pickles and side dishes with methods for okra sauté stuffed pods and simple boil preparations plus storage tips and serving ideas with seafood meat and salads.
The notice lists a weekend and next day menu with breakfast items such as chilled fruit cereal cream and coffee. Dinner features tomato and rice roast veal mashed potatoes creamed turnips cauliflower salad peach sponge sponge cake and coffee. Supper includes minced chicken on toast buttered toast sliced peaches with cream cake and chocolate.
In Yankee Hollow Aug 28 a Chicago visitor Archie Stone stays with aunt Mrs Happy Hudler. Mae Derby of Galesburg NL visits cousin Jeanette Derby. Frances Boot returns from Nichols Ga with Verna Swickard and Alice Nash. Labor Day events noted in Muscatine. Several locals travel to Petoskey Mi for health, and state fair attendance by Gray Kleinmeyer Bailey families. Local calls include Kemper and Wunderlich households and Ed Pantel visits.
Tuesday menu lists chilled pears cereal cream parned tomatoes and cream sauce. French fried potatoes muffins coffee clear soup broiled lamb chops boiled rice creamed carrots cucumber and onion salad peach cobbler whipped cream. Broiled smoked white fish white bread and butter peach shortcake cocoa.
A midweek menu features pears boiled rice cream broiled bacon poached eggs hashed potatoes New England corn bread cream of potato soup boiled ham mashed potatoes creamed cabbage string bean salad green apple pudding lemon sauce coffee ham chowder maple rolls chilled cantaloupes gold cake chocolate
The Muscatine North and South railroad offers roundtrip excursion tickets to Louisville Kentucky and all points in Indiana and Ohio west of Sandusky Columbus Washington Court House Wilmington and Cincinnati on September 1 1903 and October 6 1903. Tickets are valid thirty days from sale. Inquiries at the M N and S depot.
Atalissa Ia August 28 T M Pratt returned from Chicago with wife en route to Chamberlain Sd school starts Monday August 32 Cecil Bowie back from Seattle John Van Horn leaves for Columbus Junction fall term Pansy Vauble Nora Lamb Blanche Stewart begin terms Edith Barkalow visiting near West Branch Ed Kephart to Rock Island new tenants at R F Stucker home Nine pound baby born to Mr and Mrs Frank Holmes Ray Tuman visiting Henry Watters Mrs Adda Hendricks visiting J M McLaughlin and Fred Phillips Presbyterian church services next Sunday Bridge repairs underway New depot night operator Almon Haworth resigned
Fairport Ridge Iowa reports a short visit by John Kemper to Mr. Cowell, a lightning strike injuring two top cows at Adam Brossart’s, and a string of kinship visits. Muscatine Island resident B. Kemper and granddaughter Lida Kemper stayed at J. Kemper’s, with Adam Brossart and daughter Memie from Muscatine also visiting. John Kemper Jr and Edith plus a Father relative visited A Pantel’s home, and Fred Schellhorn stopped by from Muscatine. Henry Kemper and wife also noted in the week’s events.
Adrian Gatton finished his house and moved in while William Gardner moved into his new home. West section foreman Alvah Bollean will transfer to Buffalo. Albert Johnson of Washington will replace him. Mr and Mrs Austin Leach of Muscatine visit family. A farewell dinner and reception honor Mrs Stackhouse and Mrs Boughman in Kendallville Indiana. Ice cream served. departure on the Firefly dampened mood. Mrs Larzion called to Indiana for ill father. Isaac Longstreth of Sweetland visits. Chattertons visit Muscatine. Fannie Reeves returns from Muscatine improved but weather may affect frost timing near September 21. Oxford shows praised at the state fair and plans Busby Combination show Aug 31. Frank Lowflick injured unloading rails. taken to Iowa City hospital. Rev Chas Brown visits Oxford. Agent Estabrook reports more than one hundred tickets for Des Moines fair.
Mr and Mrs H Vanderlip return to Oxford Iowa Aug 28 after visiting the Pacific coast. Mrs Vanderlip deems it good for a young man to grow up with the country while he, though older, has gained 25 pounds since April. The Hanging Rock Bridge near Oxford nears reopening and local horse Jas Sherlock's Oxford ownership placed second in a 2:35 race at Marion with a $1000 purse. Robert Sherlock suffered a serious runaway injury last Saturday. Corn crop condition remains unspecified.
Frank Will helmie and wife mourn the loss of their eight month old son Harry Ernest. Funeral services were held by Rev Paumgartner at the M E church with burial at Greenwood Cemetery Muscatine. Condolences and local notices follow for arriving relatives and regional travel to events and fairs.
James Metz and George Grimm made a business trip to Muscatine Thursday. Will Nogle departed for Deer Creek for a two weeks visit. Joseph Anderson went to Geneseo for a week. Fern Dodge visited Nellie Fix Sunday. Tebe Dodge John Franklin and Will Fix went fishing Thursday. Ed Bennett flew to Davenport Tuesday. Mrs George Dodge and son Warren shopped in Muscatine Saturday.
The Iowa Central starts its regular winter tourist car service to Southern California on October 21 and runs each Wednesday. Train No. 2 leaves Albert Lea at 1 30 p m and stops at Mason City Hampton Eldora Marshalltown Grinnell Oskaloosa and other points, arriving in Los Angeles the following Sunday. Double lower berth fares are 6 90 from Albert Lea and 5 50 from Marshalltown south. For rates and reservations contact agents or A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis.
Friends of Senator Healy in Fort Dodge say he shows a strong chance in the contest for a United States judgeship, citing local support and momentum.
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