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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1906
Page
11
A child recalls a dream where flowers turn to weeds after envy soothes a lesson from a fairy. The tale ends with a mother noting the dream might guide her son Lovina Schwartz, 13, Muscatine, Iowa, and Lola Robison, Pare City, to become better. The narrative includes Jack, a hill, and a journey to the Land of Gobline with implied moral.
Clarence, a kind boy from New York, warns a blind girl about a speeding street car and safely guides her across the street. The incident, reported by 11 year old Edna Dutton of Letts Iowa, highlights brave youth.
A naughty boy ignores his mother and is warned of punishment. One warm night he peeks from his window and sees a black horsed chariot arriving with a huge goblin stepping onto the sill, frightening him.
In a June garden Lily Marshall meets a well dressed stranger who asks for her portrait. Grandma fears a tramp but Lily invites him in and learns he is Earnest, her aunt’s artist nephew from Italy. He paints Lily and later reveals family tricks as a jackdaw thefts end.
Laurel Hill notes report visits and travel among residents. Norton, Johnsons return from Chicago. Miss Rose Fayle visits Muscatine. Ticke, Durant. Davis visits from Newton. Griff Johnson returns from Wilton farm visit. Local friends host, homes updated with a Regent piano. horses killed in a lightning storm. Mem orial Day visits by Romigs. sightings in Pleasant Prairie and Marengo.
Jane and her master discover a jackdaw stealing spoons from the breakfast table. A ladder is set against the roof and the bird is found squawking while a hole under the tiles reveals the missing item.
A brief notice notes a tenant being dispossessed by Dr. King's New Discovery for a cough or cold. The product priced at 50 cents and 1.00 is advertised through Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
Round trip fares from Chicago May 31 to June 9 range from 19 dollars plus a dollar, 23 to 24 dollars via different routes, with return extension to July 15. Tickets allow stops at Niagara Falls and Chautauqua, meals priced 35 cents to 1 dollar, three daily through trains with Pullman cars to several cities, depart La Salle Street. Reservations via John Y. Calahan, Chicago.
A biblical verse is cited as containing every letter of the alphabet. It is claimed to be Ezra chapter 7 verse 21, where Artaxerxes the king decrees to all treasurers beyond the river that Ezra the priest may call for what he requires to be done speedily.
A humorous quote from the Cleveland Leader imagines a night watchman who saves his board and lodging by sleeping all day and working all night. The witticism reflects workplace satire and frugal living themes.
A Wapello Republican asserts that Louisa County Republicans consistently stand on the right side and do the right thing at all times.
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