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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1903
Page
2
Farmers say continued heat could bring home grown watermelons to city markets within two to three weeks. Night warmth, soil differences, and timely rain affect ripening and quality, with musk and nutmeg melons behind but expected to average well. Sweet potato yield appears uncertain but favorable conditions buoy optimism.
Will C. Whiting announced at the Iowa Grain Dealers' association meeting in Sioux City that a gold and silver trophy will be awarded to the Iowa farmer whose ten ears of corn are the best this year. The eighteen inch tall trophy features an ear of corn with silver husk and gold kernels, valued at 450 dollars, to stimulate top corn production for the St. Louis exposition exhibit.
Muscatine batters Atalissa with high wind causing hay barn collapse and crop damage. J A Irwin loses hay barn. S B Stucker finds two cows killed by lightning. Erle Turkle two horses killed and barn damaged. Turkle Weise and Stauffer escape unharmed as lightning shatters a barn door and travels along a hay carrier.
Walter S. Clemons of Sweetland township died at his parents’ home after less than ten days of illness. He was 33, leaving his father, mother, and two sisters. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 10 AM from the residence, with interment in Krell's cemetery.
Davenport Pearl Button factory workers locked out receive sympathy from local and foreign unions. H White of United Garment Workers urges members with purchasing power to avoid Davenport buttons. Plumbers and Bricklayers unions donate ten dollars each as central body pledges full support.
Davenport Barbers Union says it will have every shop closed on Sundays without legal action. Acting President Stack and Secretary Meyer told a Times representative the union sees itself as the decided winner in the Sunday closing question.
The article urges affordable Colorado travel with weekly budgets of 8 to 12 dollars for board, lodging, and activities in Colorado Springs Manitou or Denver. It notes reduced travel costs with round trip Rock Island tickets from Chicago St Louis Omaha and Kansas City and calls Rock Island trains a quick comfortable option.
List of unclaimed letters includes men such as Harry Brookover Thomas Greenwell Calvin Haas and Emil Kohl and women including Mrs Mary Burgess Miss Minnie Hahn Lizzie Johnson and Grace Shellsberg. Foreign list features Ernest Gost and Konstantine Wolodko. Callers must say advertised W D Burk P M.
A concise motto urging balanced leadership. It emphasizes thinking carefully while acting decisively, blending firmness with courtesy to persuade opponents and pursue constructive outcomes.
A short reflection asserts every man must safeguard his own life and purpose. It echoes Ralph Waldo Emerson's ethic of personal duty and self reliance.
An advertisement touts southern lands as undervalued with first class market and shipping facilities and mild climate. It offers free circulars detailing land prospects in Kentucky West Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana near the Illinois Central railroad for homeseekers and investors through J. F. Merry assistant general passenger agent at Dubuque Iowa.
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