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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1902
Page
2
Des Moines reports that Iowa bankers now find no days of grace for negotiable instruments. The legislature rejected a bill to abolish days of grace after farmers and business leaders opposed it, while a uniform act proposed by the American Bar Association was enacted without changes. The new law makes instruments mature on the exact date named.
Eldora Iowa July 10 John T Boylan former Hardin county sheriff and Eldora Herald editor who served as rural mail delivery special agent has learned he will hold the post for life. He will work primarily within Iowa for now and acknowledges Colonel Dave Henderson for his influence. Mrs Boylan is Alice M Hurley of Ackley and former grand chief of the Rathbone Sisters of Iowa.
Hedrick Iowa July 10 reports Hayesville five miles north becoming a cucumber hub. Ottumwa capitalists are building vats with 9000 bushels capacity for pickles. Farmers sign 259 acres for contracts paying at least fifty cents per bushel. Average yield projected at fifty bushels per acre. Soil deemed ideal for vines and profits seen high for farmers in the area.
John Chamberlain, a farmer near Lovilla Iowa, was bitten on the left leg by a large yellow timber rattler while plowing corn. He killed the snake and applied chicken blood to the wound before seeking further care.
A Muscatine reader praises Doan's Kidney Pills after kidney trouble and claims quick lasting relief. The testimonial urges readers to visit Havercamp's drug store and asks buyers to remember the Doan's name and avoid substitutes. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo distributes for 50 cents.
Dr. Nye of Lovilla treated a man after he drank whisky laced with poison. He received antidotes including strychnine, enough for five doses. The leg injured and swollen suggests a large dose, but recovery is hoped for. The victim named Mr. Chamberlain.
Hon H L Spencer of Oskaloosa leaves for Belgium to represent U S commercial interests at the World’s congress. He travels with Mrs Spencer, daughter Miss Gertie Spencer, and Miss Lillian Hughes, sailing from New York on the St Paul after a London stop. The party will attend Paris and the continent before the August congress.
Nine year old Stillwell Goodwin was wounded by a playmate using a 22 caliber rifle in Osceola Iowa. The boy refuses to name his shooter now and vows to reveal the culprit only if he dies from the wound. The incident is blamed on careless rifle handling.
W. J. Brown a former grocer of this city was wounded by Fred Morgan in Oskaloosa Iowa on July 10. The incident occurred in the local area with Brown sustaining injuries that prompted medical attention. Morgan was apprehended by authorities following the shooting.
A man was shot and seriously wounded by Fred Morgan who is under arrest. Brown and his wife met Morgan and his bride on the street and a gunplay followed with each claiming the other fired first. Morgan and his wife recently married. remarks to Mrs. Morgan are alleged to have sparked the incident.
Fort Dodge Iowa July 10 Charles Klotz a lineman for the Fort Dodge Light and Power company was electrocuted while at work on a pole twenty feet above the ground Wires crossed and Klotz grasped a charged wire sending eleven hundred volts through his body Death was instantaneous
The annual Upper Iowa conference of the Methodist church will convene in Marshalltown from September 17 to 25 with Bishop Goodsell presiding. The conference includes about 300 preachers and is expected to draw 500 to 600 attendees, including pastors and lay delegates.
An old advertising snippet touts Cas carets Candy Cathartic tablets stamped C. C. C. for digestion and liver support. Sold individually by druggists, not in bulk.
M W of A Muscatine Camp No 106 of the Modern Woodmen meets Tuesdays at Woodman hall Olds stock J C Coster V C J A Lesda Clerk. Fraternal Brotherhood of the World meets in G A R hall first and third Thursdays J J Webb President J H Connor Secy.
Fifty Illinois Central section men from Manchester Iowa left for Chicago to fill positions created by the 9 000 strikers who walked out Monday forenoon.
A Sioux Falls reader defends spending on a Panama hat, arguing against the idea that dressing well requires overspending. The piece notes the youth's modest salary and family duties, explains the misread term cheap skate, and concludes the shame lies in living beyond one's means to maintain appearances.
A couple discusses a birthday piano purchase with a price of five hundred dollars. They note a remaining balance of four hundred ninety dollars owed. The exchange conveys surprise and satisfaction over the gift and the payment terms.
The piece recounts a sensational tale from Southwestern Iowa about George T. Prince of Omaha and Mrs. Ella Beckwith of Red Oak. It claims initial parental opposition, rapid romance, a brief lavish marriage, swift separation, and plans by Mrs. Prince to wed Samuel Baxter after a proposed divorce. Prince relocates to Philadelphia while Mrs. Beckwith heads to Hot Springs with her daughters.
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