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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1908
Page
3
Office listings show New York at 45 West 34th Street with Mono lith Ridg. and La Coste & Maxwell in charge, Chicago at 750 Marquette Building with Payne & Young in charge. Telegraph and editorial offices listed under Bell. Mississippi Valley reference appears unreadable.
Publisher Throop swears copies printed and circulated for June 1908 with daily and Sunday totals. Notary confirms, listing election candidates for state offices including James Sherman and Nathaniel Ketchum.
Muscatine plans a mass meeting at the city hall to express support for baseball and organize a formal team structure. The article urges residents and merchants to attend, provide ideas, and back a competent leadership to sustain a lasting, well managed baseball program.
The healing wonder Bucklen's Arnica Salve is recommended for a dangerous wound and a range of ailments including sores burns piles eczema and salt rheum sold at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store for 25 cents.
The Lee Newspaper Syndicate sent five managing editors to cover the Chicago and Denver conventions for its member papers. Lee P Loomis of the Muscatine Journal notes the team’s prearranged lodging and full coverage plan. Loomis remains in Denver with the Journal for ongoing coverage of the Democratic gathering.
A serialized tale titled The Iron Lord follows miners and mine owner figures through harsh conditions and rugged frontier labor. Dramas of wealth, danger, and resolve unfold amid tunnels and freighted machinery.
The notice records the dissolution of the partnership Hebner and Simpson by mutual consent. It also reports the death of Catherine Helm at age 70, a longtime M E church member, and recounts Abbott Adams drowning after an incident at Pike Run while swimming horses. An I N G drill notice for Company Co C L N G urges a Monday 8 pm meeting at Cook Musser bank armory.
The article traces the rise of pearl buttons in the United States from ocean and Union shells, led by J. F. Boepple of Muscatine Iowa. It notes Muscatine’s central role along the Mississippi, the shift from imports to Uio shells, price trends, factory concentration, and the risk of mussel depletion threatening future supply.
Phil plans to raise three hundred shares to weather the lighthouse project and wage bills as Jacob Romer loans a hundred and fifty pounds, promising a larger measure on Purves’ balance sheet and hinting the mine will soon turn a profit. Vida balances duties while Dick Finnan and Billy watch the money shortfall and a new patent steam screw is installed. The old pit-sinker Romer exudes wary confidence in sticking to the plan.
Miss Alice Betts resigned and the board accepted it. Robert Williams was appointed to take the census of school children in the independent school district. William F. Specen died at Madisonville on June 28 from typhoid fever aged 68. Muscatine grows faster than any Mississippi River city per the latest census. S. M. Every, in bankruptcy court in Buffalo, appears as debtor in about $30,000 to Higgins and McCormick of this city.
Thirty years ago a drowning case occurred near Adams Station as reported by a special to the Journal.
Ten years ago a horse driven by Julius Gerndt broke its harness causing the vehicle to spin apart. No other damage reported. The German Methodist society planned church remodeling with Archi tect H W Zeidler to oversee the work. John Hoehl traveled from Kansas City due to his mother's serious illness. Mrs Rudolph Hinkhouse died at 12 10 PM after weeks of illness. August Lemkau of Topeka visited Muscatine friends. Tom Brannan Ben Lilly and Bert Lillibridge planned a week trip by bicycle to Burlington to visit friends.
A man urges silence about a private arrangement and counsels patience. He cites Proverbs about hope deferred and wealth, suggesting the young man read the text for guidance and consider seeking legal advice.
Mrs A P Kemp returns from Seaton after visiting a sick sister. Clarence Johnson of Chicago plans a summer stay with uncle A P Swanson. Mrs Nichols of Ainsworth and Mrs Whittaker of Muscatine join sister Mrs G H Corwin for the Fourth. A baby boy weighing nine pounds arrives for Mr and Mrs Wm Bennett on July 2. Mrs J C Beatty and Mildred visit from Hopewell, and many friends attend the funeral of Miss Maude Garnes at her home.
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