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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1902
Page
4
W Hendrix of Letts visited the city yesterday. A grand Emancipation Proclamation celebration is set for Jan 1, 1903 at Hare's hall. Various residents travel, study, or host gatherings in Muscatine and nearby towns as social and civic events unfold.
Muscatine lodge No. 304 B P O E plans a social banquet at the hall to ring in the new year. A full bill of fare and program are set with invitations for each member to bring a friend. The reception committee and arrangements group are named with several members listed. The program features H W Huttig as master of ceremonies and Elk's Orchestra performances.
A short feature examines itinerant travelers and street life with observations on how society treats displaced individuals and attempts to humanize their daily struggles.
The County Medical society hosts Dr Turck of Chicago, a digestive diseases authority, for diagnostic and treatment demonstrations. Clinics begin at 2 30 p m and 7 p m with over 100 invitations issued and many visiting physicians expected. A banquet at Hotel Grand at 6 o clock will entertain the guests.
The Musserville M E church hosted a large funeral for Jefferson Phillips who died of typhoid pneumonia last week. Rev W L Clapp led the service with comfort to the family as quartet members and organist provided music. Pallbearers included James Billings Omer McCormick Mark Taylor Guy McCormick John Schott and John McCormick. Remains were interred at Greenwood cemetery.
Davenport Iowa reports six smallpox cases as cold weather drives the disease in two quarantined households. In one home above a confectionery, the entire Jewish family is infected, while the Ehlers family adds two more victims. Officials say exposure within quarantined areas limits broader danger.
A. F. and A. M. announce a special meeting of Iowa lodge No 2 tomorrow evening for work in the third degree. After the work light refreshments will be served. It will be the last meeting in the old hall. strong attendance urged.
John Dawson, newly rich at fifty, builds a 500 acre farm and a home to rehabilitate tramps. He provides housing, food, and gentler reeducation, but the plan falters as residents resist being turned into workers and organizers challenge his motives. More visitors arrive, hoping for social return.
Deed filed shows Henry and Augusta Gettert transferring 129 acres in township 77 to August Gettert for 9000 dollars. Adolph and Minnie Bromke also deed Lot 5 in Block 15 South Muscatine Sash and Door Co development for 1800 dollars. The Golden State Limited arrived late today around 2 PM. a suit was filed H G Shoemaker vs J J Russell seeking 149.94 dollars.
A charitable reformer named Dawson supervises fourteen tramps in a shelter, offering beds and meals while pressing moral suasion. Complaints arise over comfort, variety, and pace of reform, ending with a test question about how to aid a thousand tramps back to society.
Mrs George Dunham died at her sister Dora Langley home Saturday afternoon after moving from Ottumwa. She is survived by her husband a ten weeks old baby her father G W Barden five sisters and two brothers Dora Langley Minnie Haifleigh Maggie Rosenfield Jennie Van Dusen Ollie Poff Willie Barden of Muscatine and Wilson Barden of Haxton Col Funeral was held at 1 pm at the U B church with Rev N B Hix in charge and burial in Bloomington cemetery
Mrs. Harriett Emerson, born October 10, 1824 in England, died after a long illness. She came to New York in 1827 and moved to Mercer County, Illinois, in 1828, where she lived 64 years. She married James W. Emerson on September 30, 1847 and was a longtime acquaintance of Mrs. F. L. Schwertfeger who cared for her before her death.
A postcelebration tale about Professor Morse sending a telegram from Ohio to New York after the first transatlantic cable. The operator charged a dollar, Morse refused, and claimed to be the father of the telegraph. The operator challenged him to sign his name Cyrus W. Field, prompting Morse to admit humility.
On the first and third Tuesday of each month until April 1903 the Iowa Central Robe Association will sell colonist tickets to Arkansas Southwest Missouri Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska South Dakota and other western points at low rates. Contact any Iowa Central agent or A B Cutts Minneapolis Minnesota for rates and more information.
A quip notes that women seeking husbands should present themselves more attractively, urging improvement in appearance and grooming to attract potential suitors.
The Iowa Central railway offers homeseeker excursion tickets on the first and third Tuesdays of November December January February March and April 1803. Fares are one fare plus $2.00 for a round trip, usable 21 days from sale. Inquiries to any Iowa Central ticket agent or A. B. Cutts Minneapolis Minn.
Uncle Eben likens some folks to mules saying they use energy to stand around and kick. The colorful regional remark captures rural humor and everyday work life. The line illustrates local speech and character through a sharp dig at idleness.
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