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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1908
Page
8
Short items list departures visits business calls and social notices from Muscatine and nearby towns. People named include J M L Payne Lena Huffman Emma Diercks G R Hillman Elizabeth Will and Blanche Tomlinson. Mentions of fire insurance peach of services and a lodge banquet occur among various movements and classifieds.
A life sentence of throat and lung trouble is described as quickly commuted by Dr. King's New Discovery. An advertisement notes Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store offering the remedy for 50 cents and 1.00.
60 acre farm under cultivation on Muscatine Island for rent. Contact G. M. Titus Muscatine Iowa.
City Attorney lists licenses and fees for various games shows occupations and vendors in Muscatine. Includes roller skating, peddlers, taverns, circuses, billiard tables, auctions, traveling merchants, pawn brokers, junk dealers, transient physicians, hackmen, porters, and street stands with specific yearly or daily charges under city ordinances.
Orie Johnson, physical director, is arranging the indoor field meet at the Y M C A building for Wednesday February 26. A trophy will be awarded to the top scorer and ribbons to first second and third in all events. Events include shot put fence vault running high jump three standing broad jumps pole vault and 15 and 220 yard dashes.
Utah Agricultural College fell to the Hawkeyes in a dramatic return with Lillibridge back in the lineup. The scoreline reflected a shift in pace as Muscatine posted blowout margins against multiple opponents and logged a Western trip with mixed results across cities like Denver, Fort Collins, and Laramie, culminating in a 37 22 loss to Logan, Utah.
In Logan Utah on February 12 Muscatine basketball team defeated Utah Agricultural College 37 to 22. Lilli bridge returned and all players were at peak as the Hawkeyes handed the Aggies, regarded as the fastest five in the state, a surprising defeat ahead of a seven hundred mile trip to California.
Notice to firemen calling members to assemble at their hall at Oregon and Stewart road this evening at 7:30 o'clock for important business per order of the chairman.
Frank Bowman requests a discussion about the newly announced buggy, aiming to review specifications, usage, and potential issues with the vehicle.
Miss Bessie Miller selects The Building of the Ship by Longfellow and Henry Lahee for the high school chorus with local quartet soloists. Practice began this morning as the piece is staged for an early May performance at the high school building with public invites.
Rainbow Grange was organized February 5 and completed last evening with 36 charter members. Officers include Master J R McClean and others, installed by Charles B Hoyt, with regular meetings set for the first and third Fridays. Also notes on local celebrations and social events in Wilton, including anniversaries, a Purity chapter box social, and store promotions.
West Liberty welcomed several visitors as Frank Beard spent time with his daughter Mrs Frank Blanchard and conducted business. Joe Baynes visited friends in town. A R Whitmer attended to business interests in Tipton. George Miller called on friends in Muscatine. Jesse Silberhorn from Davenport arrived for a brief visit with his mother Mrs Nettie Silberhorn and local friends.
Chicago markets show cattle receipts at 17,000 with steady pricing. Beeves sell from 3.75 to 6.00, stockers and feeders 2.50 to 4.65, cows and heifers 1.75 to 4.60, westerners 3.75 to 4.60. Hog receipts 25,000 with higher bids. light 4.15 to 4.17, mixed 4.20 to 4.52, heavy 4.20 to 4.55, bulk 4.40 to 4.45. Sheep receipts 14,000 steady. ewes 3.20 to 5.35, lambs 5.00 to 6.90, yearlings 5.30 to 6.25.
Chicago market reports a weak poultry market on February 12 with turkeys at 14 cents per pound, chickens at 12 cents, and springs at 12 cents.
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