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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1906
Page
8
Rock Island Passenger No. 3, due at 7:25, arrived at 10:25 after its regular engine, tied to fast mail No. 65, overheated a hot box. An engine from Chicago proved unable to run, repairs needed, and the train ran several hours behind schedule due to the incident near Blue Island.
A long list of local residents and visitors is recorded with several trips to Muscatine and Waterloo. Names include Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Joksten Cutcomb Bretz Salmon Darrow Baird Rasley and many others with brief mentions of illnesses travel and holiday plans.
An ad for Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store promotes Vinol cod liver tonic with added iron. It claims Vinol helps people resist cold, build rich blood, and increase strength for the elderly, weak women, and children. The shop is located at 203 E Second St.
Monmouth club wins by 13 points in a home game as Kautz scores 12 from free throws. Muscatine makes nine field goals to Monmouth's three while Raymond is absent with a death in the family. Company H refuses a rematch, drawing local censure.
Antiquarian notes tracing smoking contests from 1722 Oxford to later customs. The earliest recorded contest required three ounces of tobacco with no drinking or stage exit, a 12 shilling prize. A journeyman tailor led early, but an older builder who smoked steadily won after coughing fits and lasting through multiple pipes.
The U P church met with Mrs C R Vuncan this afternoon to discuss church affairs and upcoming activities.
A 1714 burglary of a dandy's wardrobe reveals items like a scarlet cloth suit with gold lace and a blue lined waistcoat alongside a rich yellow satin morning gown. The piece contrasts 1600 cavalier dress and notes broad tastes for foreign-made goods in that era.
In Siam Bangkok bazaar, petty merchants sell betel leaf cups filled with a turmeric stained paste. The chavica betel leaf wraps the mixture, while the arica betel palm provides the nuts. Vendors cut leaves into triangles, crack nuts, press paste, and shape cone cups.
Authorities note white talc or meerschaum is a relatively new pipe material compared with smoking’s age. In Oriental countries that mine talc, tobacco education remains but pipes are not made. bowls and goblets are common, yet no pipes. Nor is a Turk seen with a meerschaum pipe.
Article notes limpet fleas and the Mediterranean cockle show extraordinary pulling power as rates of several thousand times their body weight. It imagines a human with similar proportion could lift about 2,976,000 pounds in air or sustain 3,106,500 pounds in the same proportion.
During a Boston engagement Edwin Forrest encountered a poor artist who offered a painted picture with a note of need. The painting depicted Forrest as Spartacus. Forrest told the clerk to give the artist ten dollars, remarking he must be near "atervatias" if his art reflected his poverty.
Joaquin Miller, famed Sierra poet, stalled on a frontier tale about soldiers with scurvy in Oregon. Urgent editor demand and a social function deadline collided, prompting a sudden idea: a she wolf beheads the buried soldiers. He vanished and the story was not published.
A lawyer cites persistent letter reading battles as the leading cause of divorce. He notes husbands and wives each claim the right to open the others mail, sparking quarrels that often escalate to divorce court. He urges couples to refrain from prying into private correspondence.
The Wabash runs through sleepers from Chicago to City of Mexico leaving Chicago Monday and Thursday nights at 11 45 pm arriving in Mexico at 8 30 the third evening. Over 500 miles the shortest route at 34 hours the quickest through line. Write for reduced rates and illustrated booklets.
A young officer struck a friend, a solicitor, sparking a court of honor that forced a duel. The civilian died mortally wounded, and the officer was arrested on the court’s president’s information. He was tried and sentenced to three months in prison.
A rich Russian banker is found dead in his St Petersburg home. A cigar mouthpiece with an expensive cigar is discovered, but the bite marks do not match the victim. The investigation points to the cook, whose front teeth mold matches the mouthpiece. He confesses to the crime.
The article notes a 1582 meteorological event across Great Britain described by old authors as the visitation of fire dragons. It records accounts of dragons flying in flocks with snowy tails and cites debates on their nature as spirits guarding treasure versus ignited poisonous vapors in the air.
The London Standard notes Donegal's northwest coast offers the finest cliff scenery in the United Kingdom. Slieve League rises nearly 2,000 feet near Glen Columbkille, then Achill Head's Croghan cliffs soar about 3,000 feet above the water.
A humorous note from London Tit-Bits about using smoked glass to view sunspots, features Dooley claiming a trick to see them, while the speaker doubts the method and struggles with pipe drawing. The piece plays on mischief and clever quips in a light colonial tone.
Sam Jones called on Southern audience members to stand if they had not spoken harshly to their wives for a month. He greeted those who stood and introduced them to the crowd as the “twenty seven biggest liars in Tennessee.”
A dialog between an Uncle and Nephew from II Mondo Amoristico explores honesty as essential for obligations and questions what end honesty serves. The Uncle answers that honesty sustains obligations while ability prevents them, presenting a pragmatic contrast.
Mrs Benham argues the snake tempted Eve first while Benham suggests he began with something easy in a New York Press exchange.
Physician suggests a diet while a patient counters that it must be something that agrees with the cops, as reported in the New York Sun.
Today’s market report cites Frenzel on grain futures with Dec wheat around 74% to 75, corn near 42%, oats mid-30s, and pork, lard, and ribs trading in the 8 to 16 dollar range. Wheat, corn, oats, and livestock prices are given with opening, high, low, and close figures as well as car receipts.
Chicago market report notes butter steady with creameries at 22 21c and dairies 20 27c while eggs sit weak at 20 23c on December 14.
Chicago market summary shows poultry steady with turkeys at 12 cents, chickens 9 cents, and springs 9 cents in trading on December 14. Prices reflect a stable availability for buyers across the market.
New York market reports butter firm and unchanged at steady price levels. Eggs remain steady with no change noted as of December 14.
Dressed poultry remains firm in New York with chickens selling at 13 to 14 cents per pound, turkeys at 15 to 18 1/2 cents, and fowls at 6 to 12 cents. Market notes reflect steady demand and stable wholesale quotes.
A dense price list from Muscatine markets covering oats wheat corn and other grains with retail and dealer rates. It lists eggs butter live poultry vegetables fruit seeds wood and fats with per unit prices and bulk notes for hogs steers cows lambs veal beef and various fish. The compilation shows both farm and retail values across grains produce and livestock.
Steer trade opens with a feeble tone and prices down again across multiple lots. Sales run 10 cents under Wednesday's reduced range with medium and half fat cattle slowest. General sales sit 2 to 35 cents below Monday, cow values ease and packer buyers stay active on bulls and canners.
Dealers report higher prime lots at 8.50 as feeder inquiry improves while stockers remain sluggish. Hogs uneven with averages similar to Wednesday. Early speculative sales rise, Packers see varied bidding all day. Dull sheep trade declines 15 to 25 cents, western stock 25 to 40 cents under Monday. Lambs off 15 to 25 cents with best at $8.00. overall price range 25 to 50 cents lower than week start.
Nonstop sleeping car southbound from Chicago to Hot Springs departs daily at 11 39 a m and arrives the next morning at 8 00 o clock. For illustrated literature contact F H Tristram A G P A 97 Adams St Chicago.
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