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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1903
Page
4
Emancipation celebration plans show colored residents securing speakers arranging music and a grand exhibit to be held in Muscatine. Mentioned are Mr Donker and Mrs Donker, well known locals, with Dr C L Stafford officiating at a funeral tomorrow at 10. Interment follows Reynolds Cemetery near Mr Donker's home.
The Muscatine colored community organizes a January three day emancipation celebration with jubilee music led by Prof James Tyler and performances from black singers. Notable speakers include George H Woodson and Mrs L F Phillips with E M Warner also on the program. An art literature and industrial exhibit at 114 West Second Street showcases progress of the negro race, with Fannie Grooms and Mrs Phillips directing. The event aims to raise funds for church improvements.
C L Trevillyan of Rock Island and Laura Cook of Hampton Illinois wed in a ceremony performed by Dr C L Stafford at the M E parsonage Iowa avenue. The couple, after obtaining a license, left on the noon train for Rock Island to establish their home.
The death occurred last night of the nine weeks old infant child of Mr and Mrs John Donker. No further details are provided in the fragmented report.
A formal dance at Hare's hall in Muscatine last night drew 37 couples including visiting guests. The party ran from 8 30 to 1 o'clock with Ostrander's orchestra providing the music, marking the first formal dance of the season and offering pleasant entertainment for Christmas week.
Notice invites families and friends of members to a free social hosted by the Bankers Pioneer association on Friday January 1 1904 with details readable in the notice.
In a light afternoon talk over tea, Mrs. Sullivan presses Arthur about his family name. The Duke of Edinburgh chuckles as he explains that Guelph is the rightful surname, and Mrs. Sullivan muses on why he does not use it.
A longtime family neighbor recalls James McNeill Whistler as a toddler, found beneath a table undershelf with a pencil and small scrap of paper. The brief glimpse shows the future artist at work, hinting at his early promise and talent.
The passage lists the seven wonders of antiquity including the pyramids and Pharos of Egypt, the seven wonders of the Middle Ages such as the Great Wall of China and Stonehenge, and the seven wonders of the New World including Niagara Falls and the Grand Canyon.
Damp weather markedly affects sensitive individuals. Sore spots hurt more, latent organ weakness shows, suppressed coughs resume, and neuralgic nerves flare. Rheumatism revives, coins are aggravated, and circulation weakens with sluggish pulse. Mood and vigor decline overall.
The Y M C A opens to the public this evening with 8 to 10 o'clock open house. Men and women may tour the building. no formal program, two musical selections, and guidance by board directors and the women's auxiliary. Tomorrow night membership privileges open to men only with addresses by local speakers.
Wheat and corn prices listed for No 2 red No 3 red and No 2 white futures with bids from No 2 yellow to No 3 yellow. Oats and rye also quoted with Dec and May values. Market cash prices for Barley Flax Clover and other commodities included with futures for various months. Reports show opening highs lows and closings across grains and animal feed items.
Cattle receipts reach 10 000 with steady to prime values ranging from 3.25 to 5.80 for various grades. Hog receipts 35 000 show 10 to 15 cent declines for some lines with bulk sales around 4.50 to 4.65. Sheep receipts 13 000 hold steady to firm with lambs quoted from 3.75 to 6.00 and ewes from 2.50 to 4.25.
Butter steady with creameries at 16 23c and dairies 14 21c Eggs steady at 26 27 1/2c. Market tone remains unchanged as dairy products hold prices in Chicago markets.
Poultry firm report lists turkeys at 19 11c, chickens at 9 9% cents, springs at 9 9éc. Readable fragment indicates current market quotes.
New York Produce Market reports wheat May at six and one half to six and three quarters cents. Corn May listed at five and one half cents.
Butter prices held firm with extra creamery at 23c and common to choice 15 to 22c. Eggs showed strength with Firsts 35c, Seconds 31 to 34c, and refrigerated at 27 to 30c.
New York market news reports alive poultry trading with dressed and firm prices for chickens at 13 cents per unit as of December 29.
Wheat cash 82c May 82c. Corn cash 43c May 42c. Oats cash 36c May 38?4c. Prices listed for wheat corn and oats in St Louis on December 29 with cash and May futures.
Peoria market report from December 29 notes firmer corn with new No 3 at 38 to 44 cents.
Special market dispatch from hk notes prices for Atchison Mo Pac Union Pacific So Pac N C Penna St Paul BR4 Wabash Wab U S Steel U S pfd Sugar Copper BR T Manhattan with open high low close figures and percentages. H E Mc Kay, Muscatine, manager, reports varied bid and ask levels across several rail and industrial issues.
A missionary recalls a Chinese servant who agreed to be executed in place of a rich man to earn money for his elderly, poor parents. The servant said the payoff would keep his parents comfortable for life, and he viewed it as his duty.
A New York man compares sandwich workers to oyster shuckers on river boats noting the skill and speed required. He recounts supplying 75 000 sandwiches in two days with seven cutters, paying by the hundred and stressing frugality to prevent waste.
A small family causide snake in Africa is described as able to eject venom over a short distance. The Dutch Boers call it spuw slang. When its maxillary bone pressure opens the gland venom drips, and air discharge may blow poison some distance.
A reflective meditation on giving and reciprocity. The sun, ocean, clouds, rivers, and lungs form a cycle of sharing that sustains life. Stagnation is death, while generosity fuels renewal and growth.
Mr Elder and Miss Kuteley chat as plans emerge for a series of races between fire department teams at the state fair next year. The light exchange hints at structured events to showcase firefighting teams and public interest in the fair activities.
Pope Pius X announces a special dispensation allowing Catholics in Muscatine to eat meat on New Year’s Day when it falls on Friday. It is believed to be a historic first for such a Friday New Year grace. Mayor Caldwell of Sioux City orders no alcohol sales at public dances after 11 p.m. A Dubuque cracker factory destroyed by fire may not be rebuilt.
Move about the first of the year to reduce our mammoth stock of hardware chinaware glassware cutlery and more. Everything must go regardless of cost. This is the greatest chance of the year for real bargains. The sale is now on. Come and take your pick.
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