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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1908
Page
5
A promotional monologue argues Van Camp's beans are superior to home baked beans. It details factory cooking at 245 degrees for 90 minutes, live steam after sealing, and uniform baking to achieve digestible, mealy yet nutty beans with tomato sauce and pork blended in.
Advertorial note extols Van Camp's pork beans as naturally nutritious and versatile for breakfast lunch and dinner. It contrasts quality with cheaper brands, notes Michigan beans Hand-picked in rich sauce from tomatoes and factory scraps, and argues customers will eat more beans in place of meat.
William Schuyler of Muscatine led the Schuyler Concert company before a cyclone destroyed his troupe three years ago. A week ago a Byron Oklahoma fire, sparked by a lamp explosion, wiped out his home and nearly all his stock of instruments, leaving only a single violin. A tornado last week passed nearby, harming residents and property.
The Huttig Hose company voted to decline attendance at the Lyons Iowa veterans reunion on June 4. At the same meeting they nominated officers for the coming election, naming W. Eversmeyer and August Kelmer as Presidents and multiple foremen, secretaries, and treasurers. The meeting also noted other local updates and arrivals in Muscatine.
Albert West son of David West of South Muscatine has completed the engineering program at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden Col. He will not return to Muscatine until next winter and plans to lead an engineering expedition for freshmen this summer. He has taught as an assistant instructor and will remain connected with the School of Mines.
Today the city held its annual Children’s Day at Weed Park with pupils and teachers from public schools enjoying meals and outdoor games after chartered cars transported attendees in. The Tri M lab at Park Avenue M E church invites all members to meet tonight with new music teacher Mr L Payne, while the Ladies Aid Society meets Wednesday at the church parlors for planned special work.
Kaiser Hose Company excursion to Davenport on Sunday drew roughly three hundred fifty riders aboard the steamer Columbia. Construction of a large dredge barge to improve the Muscatine slough will start at once with carpenters at work and lumber being unloaded. The project aims to move sandbars along the slough using a heavy dredge. Edith Trask returns home to Saginaw after visiting her mother on Philip Street.
From Illinois reports come warnings of trouble disposing of shells from Muscatine and nearby shellers on Rock River. Frank Painter, back from the river, says wavy backs and large clams hinder cutting and buyers show little interest. Several shellers have returned home due to unseasonable weather, while Painter plans to return soon. George Kelsey, after visiting Rock Island, resumes local business matters.
A crowd heard Des Moines editor Lafe Young speak. Local notices include illness, travel, graduations, church services, and visits. Mrs. Virginia Silverthorne died. funeral planned. Various residents and visitors named with movements between Columbus Junction, Wapello, Mt. Pleasant, Sigourney, and other towns.
A Dr King advertisement promotes New Life Pills as painless regulators that strengthen you. It claims guaranteed results for 25 cents and credits Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store as the seller.
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