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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1909
Page
4
The Hickman Bessey Stock company moves from the Airdome to the Grand Opera House for a Fourth of July show due to bad weather. They will perform tonight to entertain a large crowd.
Mexico floods cut off Mexico City via washouts on main rail lines. El Paso reports ongoing rains with repair work nearly impossible. Anticipated heavy loss of life and damage in mining camps as communications collapse.
A traveling man in Lafayette Indiana rushed into a drug store to praise Root Juice after a ten year battle with gastric ulcers stomach and back pain and kidney trouble. He credits five bottles with transforming his health and notes many local cures at Morgan's drug store.
The Royal Neighbors Sunshine club calls a meeting at Woodman hall Wednesday at 2 PM to decide on the annual trip to the tri-cities. Miss Dina and Ida McCoy hosted a 6 PM dinner on East Sixth street honoring Mrs. Robert McCoy of Sioux City. relatives enjoyed the evening.
Tuesday evening July 6 1909 at 8 o'clock. Per order W M.
The Burk vs Reese case, reversed by the state supreme court on technical grounds, prompts a retrial of a large will dispute in Johnson County Iowa. Colonel John R Heath left an estate valued at 75000 to 90900 dollars with trustees J E Switzer and D A Reese. The case centers on the fortune left to a grandson and contested by Dr F O Burk's widow Effie Heath Burk who claims the father was of unsound mind. Judge Jackson presided in Muscatine County.
In Cedar Rapids Gazette prose a humorous tip suggests keeping a wound open and clean to skip funeral expenses and spare friends florist costs, framing the idea as a cheeky shortcut rather than serious medical guidance.
Albia July 5. Frinlyn Kester of Ottumwa killed herself in the Albia court house rest room after a quarrel with Clarence W. Diltz who waited outside. Kester, 30, bookkeeper for W. H. Cooper & Son, had carried a revolver in her handbag and the couple had gone to Albia to collect a bill. Diltz was held for the inquest but released with no charges.
Washington reports the Senate rules committee struggles with two cafeterias. One cafe loses 200 dollars weekly as heat and slim appetite reduce patrons. A new Senate Office Building restaurant awaits a manager after months of searching, with a lavish kitchen and multiple dining rooms.
Portland report notes the Japanese empire bans publication of royal wedding images. The Japan Advertiser printed photos of the princess and Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa. copies were seized and destroyed. Only the paper’s secret edition survives in the United States.
Chicago July 5 The agitation for a sane Fourth appears to have an effect with seven injuries and seven deaths reported in Independence Day celebrations. A casualty list shows towns including Sorel Aceogi and Milford among those reporting fatalities. the river stage today sits at 7.5 feet above low water mark, down two inches in the last day.
Major leagues report results across leagues with outcomes including National League games where Pittsburgh beat National in a close score and Brooklyn defeated Boston, while American League action saw Boston win, Washington lose, and New York and Philadelphia posting decisive wins.
A Cincinnati physician recalls his health decline and how Grape-Nuts with cream twice daily improved him. He says the food’s theories are sound, that he recommends it to many patients, and that it stands as brain and nerve nourishment. The ad invites readers to request the Road to Wellville booklet and notes many letters appear periodically.
President Taft says if the Republican Party fails to keep its tariff pledge it will move from the majority to the minority. The editorial agrees with his deduction and notes that Republicans are unlikely to redeem the pledge.
The pension agency in Des Moines will close all day next Monday for Independence Day by order of the department. Pensioners will wait an extra day for quarterly payments, and readers are advised this is normal and not cause for worry.
A brief notice seeking a boy to assist at the Postal Telegraph Office. The advertisement lists Ruth Col as a contact or reference point for applicants.
FE. C. Ingreham and Foreman F. C. Ingraham are listed with a correspondence note and address at 510 West South Street.
Panner Loyngr DFGRET OF TIONOR holds 2nd and 4th Tuesday meetings at Yeoman hall. Wavie Niebling serves as chief of honor with Mary Crouch as financier and Gussie Mull as recorder.
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