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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1913
Page
8
Orville Michael, a yard detective for a rail line, was shot at close range when interrupting a thief. He removed multiple garments to check for wounds before the bolt tragically revealed his injury. The report notes the chilling scene in Chicago, Wisconsin, on December 9.
Five servants narrowly escaped death as a fire destroyed the residence of the late Captain Samuel Brown in Pittsburgh. The Brown mansion, a showplace of the Wonoggahela Valley, suffered a property loss of about $123,000.
The Muscatine Poultry Show closed with awards announced across multiple classes. W. Heerd Davenport led White Plymouth Rock wins with top pullet and multiple cockerels, while I. C. Mucha & Son earned double firsts in cock and hen and reserved pens. Other victors included H. F. Basten Davenport and L. A. Crull Sweetland in various Worcester classes, with Plymouth Rock, Partridge, Rose Comb Reds, White Orpingtons, Rhode Island Reds, and Wyandotte divisions among the honors.
A dated advertisement touts a product called Burka to rapidly add weight and nourish blood. It promises easy digestion, increased appetite, and weight gain, naming locations like Muscatine and Davenport while selling forty tablet packages at low cost.
A list of award recipients from Iowa poultry shows includes Buf Cochin Bantams from Bettendorf with multiple prizes, Aes G. Smith of Davenport earning top cockerel, and Clarence Kleist of Muscatine winning show conditions. Additional honors honor White Plymouth Rocks, Silver Laced Wyandottes, Rose Comb Reds, and Partridge Wyandottes with various prizes such as bales of alfalfa, buggy whips, slippers, hair tonic, and hams awarded by local judges and sponsors.
Public and postal officials praise early mailing to ensure parcels arrive before Christmas. Post Office Department leaders in Washington and local Muscatine representatives note growing parcel activity and support proposed rate changes to raise weight limits, aiming to boost business and efficiency across zones.
In a long buried find near the Roach and Musser sash factory, two old rail car trucks and substantial iron were unearthed. Locals say tracks were buried for decades, with Lincoln Pin couplers dating beyond a quarter century. The trucks are corroded and usable only as scrap iron.
Local notices recount plans for a December 31 watch party by the Heart Breakers club with committee members listed. Also noted are meetings of area fire and church groups, hometown visits, and residents returning from Davenport and Muscatine with brief travel details.
A communication from Sisters of Holy Cross at 44 Chandler St, Snahua, N H, notes wide hospital and institution endorsements of Father John's Medicine as a remedy for bronchial troubles and a body builder. The letter praises its tonic effects and denies reliance on overrated patent medicines.
Monday afternoon and evening updates list residents traveling to Muscatine Moscow Silvis and Durant. Several returned home after short visits while others departed for Des Moines Iowa City Durant and Cedar Rapids for business or family gatherings.
Police log a cold snap in Muscatine as eight below zero readings and five below on Sunday night push transient visitors to seek shelter at the police station. Officers offer lodging on condition of leaving the city by morning, tracking where these individuals stay overnight in the boomy booby hatch.
Port and Miss Genevieve McCarthy of Audubon arrived Monday and spent the day at Mrs J McNulty’s home. Mrs M M Lenker was a guest of friends in Iowa City Monday. Claridon Hudler departed Sunday evening for Davenport to visit friends briefly.
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