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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1907
Page
2
A Topeka Capital note recounts a Kansas girl's tongue in cheek essay on the theme Beyond the Alps Lies Italy. She jokes she values education for grammar and household knowhow and aims to marry a strong rancher who can farm eighty acres and fend off female relatives.
An old printer notes that readers mostly rely on the upper halves of letters while lower flourishes fade. He argues headlines in Roman letters are legible from upper shapes, with L and S as the only closely similar pair, illustrating how much typography depends on upper forms.
Louis J. Meader recalls the era when dueling shaped New Orleans society and left a lasting mark on its cemeteries. The piece situates dueling as a widespread, esteemed practice among notable national figures and the Creole community, urging readers to imagine the period’s atmosphere.
Opening installment of a new serial story titled The Spoilers will appear in the Journal on Monday. Readers are invited to follow the continuing tale.
Pleasant Prairie resident Calista Benshoof longtime Muscatine county pioneer and mother of attorney C W Benshoof died at Bellevue hospital at 4 20 pm age 60 She was born September 1846 in Rockingham Vermont and moved to Muscatine area in 1855 survived by son C W Benshoof two daughters Mrs George Eis and Mrs Elberta Johnson seven grandchildren and siblings E A Allbee Mrs E J Bis J W Fowler G W Allbee Leslie Allbee Funeral scheduled for Pleasant Prairie church Monday July 15 at 2 pm.
At its monthly meeting at Oak street quarters the Hut Tig Hose company elected officers for the coming year. President William Lantz, Vice president George Hermiey, Secretary Ira Frye, Treasurer Milo Rittenhouse, Foreman Gus Kolmerer, First Assistant George Hermiey, Second Assistant Richard Leudke.
Conductor McBerry was assaulted last night after finishing his run. He was attacked while walking along tracks, choked, and beaten but escaped under cover of darkness. He believes he can identify the assailant.
The funeral of Mrs. Hannah Stanbro was held at 2 pm from Grace Reformed Church in Wilton with Rev. J. B. Bloom officiating. Interment followed at Oakdale Cemetery.
Arthur Sauter, seventeen, from Appleton, and Daniel Kelley, twenty, lived with Kelly’s mother in Milwaukee when a quarrel led to gunfire. Kelley was struck in the jaw and chest and Sauter in the face and kidneys. Both were taken to an emergency hospital with potentially fatal wounds. the shooter is as yet unknown.
A testimonial from Mrs. Mary Ballett of Buffalo New York claims Dr A W Chases Nerve Pills cured her daughter from nervous fatigue. The ad touts strength steadiness sleep and vigor with the product costing 50 cents a box and available through W Chase Medicine Co and A W Morgan Druggist.
A Rocklyn Washington dairy wife writes that after using Peruna and Manalin she can do housework and milking again and feels much healthier. She credits Dr Hartman’s Peruna with restoring her health after years of illness and says many women write similar praise.
Muscatine Independents meet the L and L Independents of Davenport Sunday afternoon in what promises to be one of the season’s best games. New blue flannel suits trimmed in white arrive and will be worn. several new players join the squad.
Judge Henry A. Melvin of Oakland California grand exalted ruler of the Elks arrives in Philadelphia with Frederick C. Robinson of Dubuque grand secretary and party. They are escorted to the Belle Vue Stratford hotel by local Elks amid a tour of Broad Street court of honor and appreciation for planned entertainment.
Creditors of Ash McWhorter a grain broker in the board of trade building filed notice in Omaha Nebraska of seeking a court appointment of a receiver for his business. He is alleged to owe nearly $100000. Deeds filed transferring property valued at 45000 to the First National Bank to secure the transfer may be challenged by other creditors who claim the bank is a preferred creditor.
Rock Island Missouri division adds two new passenger trains numbered 61 and 62. Train 62 eastbound will reach here about 5 43 am with local stops to Kansas City, while train 61 westbound will carry sleepers and connect with the Minneapolis sleeper at Columbus Junction reaching Kansas City about 8 20 pm. Through connections exist with Chicago No 62 due at 1 pm 45.
In Chicago on July 13 representatives of the Chicago Live Stock Exchange and the packers approved a sealed package method for buying cattle at the stock yards. Negotiations had dragged for weeks with commission men and packers. no other agreement could be reached.
A New York newspaper relied on a concealed-source gossip writer who supplied club and society scraps. His checks were made out to his wife under her maiden name while he earned about 310 weekly, sustaining a modest luxury life. A wealthy relative’s death left him dependent, and his discreet reports fueled ongoing small luxuries.
Daft Tam is bitten by the inn dog in the village. The inn mistress gives him a half crown to pay the doctor, but Tam refuses the doctor and jokes that he won’t go daft twice. The Dundee Advertiser records the exchange with humor.
An Englishman a Scot and a Irishman debate fastest trains. The Englishman recalls telegraph poles like a hedge. The Scot notes milestones appearing as tombstones. Pat adds a folk tale of a train so swift it seems a broth pond and fields fly by.
Philip Kempion, formerly paying teller at the Capital National bank, was sentenced to four years in the state prison after pleading guilty to misappropriation of funds. He was arrested in Seattle after leaving the bank. The total defalcations exceed $25,000.
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