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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1908
Page
8
Muscatine and Moline High meet at the Y M C A gym tonight in a highly anticipated basketball game. The Muscatine captain forecasts a win as players debut new red and white suits and a student turnout pledges strong school spirit with fresh cheers.
In Judge Kersten's court Chicago on February 14 a dramatic trial tested an 8 year old Lillian Wulff who testified against William Jones alias Birmingham and Irene Alzina Jones for kidnapping. The girl described being taken from her parents, riding in a wagon, her clothes burned and whipped, and identified the defendants.
Chicago February 14 Miss Julia Latrop a board of charities member told the legislative committee that lack of funds prevents asylum superintendents from properly caring for inmates. She described visits to Kankakee Bartonville and Jacksonville facilities.
An advertisement touts Dr. Kerzl placing pine trees in the emperor’s physician’s room and claims Virgin Oil of Pine cures cold in 24 hours. It promises therapeutic pine forest benefits at home for lung and bronchial ailments and warns against imitations.
Inventor Albert Meyer unveils a three pronged steel anchor fired from ship to shore that supposedly cannot be moved by 20 men. A breeches buoy linked to the rope would carry passengers to safety in 15 seconds, addressing the 133 lost at the Valencia wreck off Vancouver Island.
The sophomore class held a party at K P hall chaperoned by Miss Lot tie Wilcox and Besse Hanft with games from Pussy Wants a Corner. Rebekahs met at I O O F building with guests from Letts and a good supper. Little Margery Smith is very ill. Utt family left for their new home in Cal mont after visiting Columbus Junction. Dr M Wright from Wapello helped on the Gazette then returned home. Hazel Beckwith of Rock Island visits Miss Larah Wilmering. K Duncan of Coster shopped in town. W R Beamer of Washington attended to business. Mrs Anna Nearhood visits. Miss Charlotte Cunningham of Ames, trained nurse, stays with Paughs. Mr and Mrs Robert Baird of Clearfield move here. Mr and Mrs J A Davison of Wichita visit Wapello after relative's death. Mrs W S Pyles visits sister Mrs H E Orr at Columbus City. Mrs K R Robertson visits son Thos at Columbus City.
The funeral for Delilah Parmalee 1829 1908 was conducted at her Fruitland home by Rev Slowman of the Swedenborg church Cedar Rapids. Pallbearers listed include C B Vail John A Shoultz A E Eaton R T Hummel Wm Butcher and Elias Holliday. The deceased wife mother and neighbor was interred at Island cemetery.
An old warning urges women to slim naturally using Marmola, Cascara Aromatic, and Syrup Simplex from a druggist. The ad claims the formula dissolves fat without changing diet or exercise and can melt up to 16 ounces daily without wrinkles.
Mrs. Eli Summers and Mrs. M. Morgan with Mrs. Martha Rauch of Indiana arrived Saturday for the funeral of their sister Mrs. J. Parmalee. David Parmalee of Chicago came Friday for his mother's death. Several locals noted illnesses and a horse died hauling ice.
The piece advises outdoorsmen to abandon guns for autumn aftercare of birds. Use grain sacks hay and hayseed to create feeding trails in snow with chaff and scattered grain to attract birds. Renewal after snowfall and careful watching of feeder sites fosters close observation of quail and small birds near outbuildings.
Orasmus Page born February 11, 1808 in Joliet marks a century, famed as the oldest active newsboy in the United States. Despite losing a leg in a threshing accident and a flu confinement, he runs a thriving paper business from 649 Jefferson street and Alcalton depot headquarters, with a long-lived family history noted by relatives.
The fragment notes an intense focus on visual study of subjects, emphasizing precise perception of form and color. It suggests a practice or exercise aimed at deep observational skills without additional context or outcomes.
N Z Taylor a confectionery merchant was found shot dead in his Creston Iowa apartment just before 8pm. His ex wife, recently divorced, discovered the body and reported the murder. Police found no clue and the revolver used was missing.
Advertisement notes that no skin disease can resist the germicides ZEMO and ZEMOTONE and that they destroy the germs and cure illnesses. Sold by A. W. Morgan at 107 West Second Street, distributed by E. W. Ros Med. Co., St. Louis, and available at all druggists.
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