Local travelers and visitors fill Muscatine daily scenes
Miss Anna Foley arrives on the 7 58 train from Fairport while Mrs A L Christain motor to Adams for a visit Madame B Runyon rides the Western to Cedar Rapids and Mrs S A Clifford journeys to Montezuma for a stay Miss Hattie Junkin returns from Dubuque after commencement exercises Judge McClain goes home to Iowa City from the graduation event Cora Fitzsimmons of Fruitland attends graduation and returns home Mrs Frank Meese departs for Nichols on the Western R B Baird arrives from Dubuque after the G A R encampment Annia Coyner heads to Nichols for a summer visit Muscatine baseball practices ahead of Keithsburg game Mrs F E Bogart travels to Ottumwa to join her husband J C Coster and mother arrive from Dubuque Jessie Geiger and daughter from Letts return after graduation B H Samel heads to Quincy to visit relatives and friends Dr H M Dean reports a successful national medical meeting Farther Lights of the First Baptist hold quarterly meeting Monday evening June 11 at Minnie Headley 605 East Fourth Attorneys Horan Devitt travel to Town City for their class 10th anniversary Mrs P C Hayes visits Beezle Grove to see son M C Daughter Mrs A Wade returns to Iowa County after graduation events and a Letts home visit Mrs Noah Letts travels to Letts on 7 58 train B S Norwood Capps and Hanley to Cedar Rapids for rifle meet three top riflemen from Company C W W Robbins and son Chester visit the Journal office and inspect linotype machines Dr Will Norton says the Firefly trip left a Christa illness case in serious condition for the hospitalized boy
Park Avenue Church Sunday schedule and address
Park Avenue Church announces Sunday school at 10 a m sharp and preaching at 11 from The Word Runneth Swiftly. Epworth League gathers at 6 45 with a children’s day program followed by a pastor W H Slack address. Come one and all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
W. H. Slack
The Iowa Faces Bombardment and Red Paint Store Ad
The piece riffs on the battleship Iowa being struck eight times at San Juan and shifts to a sales pitch for Ev Brandenburg's Red Paint Store. The narrator extols the paint’s endurance and promotes the shop, claiming twenty years on the Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Iowa
Ev. Brandenburg’s
Rector Remedy Claims 98 Percent Cure Rate
An advertisement touts a remedy for piles with a claimed 98 percent cure rate. It promises free samples and offers J. J. Havercamp as contact. The copy asserts the treatment is permanent and invites readers to try it at no cost if it fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J
Frank Moss Named World’s Fair Commissioner by Missouri
Frank J. Moss of Muscatine, long with Huttig Bros. and now manager of the St. Joseph plant, is appointed to the Missouri state board of World's Fair commissioners. The St. Joseph News lauds his public spirit and Republican fidelity, noting his lack of office-hunting zeal and his prominence as a leading Missouri river manufacturer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Moss
Muscatine
Missouri State Board of
Moss
Huttig Bros. Marg. .O
Huttig Bros
St. Joseph, Mo
H. W. Huttig
St. Joseph
Missouri River
Dockery
Mm Ne Sense
Finely Entertained at a Mulberry Street Supper
Miss Lilian Beard hosted a pleasant evening at her corner Mulberry and Ninth street home in honor of her brother Millard Beard of Burlington and Miss Esther Batterson who sails for California. The Peanut Quartet members Marie Howe Mary Fahey Laura Burter and Lillian Beard attended with their gentlemen friends Bert Hine Scott Berry Nisley Berry Bert Mark and Will Gates. After a 6:30 supper the party enjoyed a visit to the opera house for the commencement exercises and returned noting the gathering a capital entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peanut Quartet
Lillian Beard
Mulberry
Ninth Street
Millard Beard
Burlington
Esther Batterson
California
Marie Howe
Mary Fahey
Laura Burter
Onera House
Miss Beard
Elected Delegates Named by Wyoming Lodge No 76
Wyoming Lodge No 76 met last evening and elected J. M. Butler J. C. Coster Frank Gould and A. C. Strawn as delegates to the Grand Lodge meeting in Cedar Rapids on August 6 and 8 next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming Lodge No. 76
Messrs
J. M. Butler
J. C. Coster
Frank Gould
A. C. Strawn
Grand Lodge
Cedar Rapids
Muscatine Business College PICNIC on River Launch Trip
About 25 students from Muscatine Business College chartered a large Whitmore steam launch this afternoon. They traveled up the river for several miles to spend the afternoon and eat supper, planning to return home in the evening after looking forward to a good time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine Business College
Whitmore
Horse Killed After Running Into Train Tracks
A horse belonging to Jesse Brogan ran away while being hitched near Alove Town on the river road and crossed the railroad track as a train approached. It could not escape and was killed after being struck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Brogan
Alove Town
Wan Etrack
Humboldt Kept House By Mendelssohn Remark
In a reminiscence from The Century John Bigelow recounts Humboldt dining with Mendelssohn who, silent at first, fears moving after his landlord sells his house. Mendelssohn reveals a note showing he now owns the residence with the condition Humboldt may remain as long as he lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
von Bunsen
John Bigelow
Humboldt
Menelssohn
Gost
Mendelssohn
Flowers by hundreds for Prof Witter from school children
A surprise Thursday night honored Prof. Witter with hundreds of roses presented by the school children. The exact number could not be named due to the sheer volume, but it reflected a generous tribute to the professor from the students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Witter
Sunday Concert by First Congregational Ladies Quartet
Music lovers are invited to hear a female quartet render the church's Sunday night music. The group includes Meslanxs Gobble St. John Margrige and McQuesten performing Schubert and Hands pieces. Miss Abbie J. Lake of Bloomington township has accepted a pastorate at South Muscatine Friends church and will preach next Sabbath at 3 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Lades
Meslanxs Gobble
St. John
Margrige
McQuesten
Schubert
Hands
Abbie J. Lake
Bloomington Township
Christen Workers’ Training School
Marshalltown
South Muscatine Friends Church
Sabath
Women union gathers at YMCA for Sunday visit
The W. C. T. U. and friends will meet at the YMCA rooms Sunday afternoon at 4 o clock. Attendees are asked to bring flowers and literature as the veil will be visited and a distribution made where needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. T. U. and Friends
Poem Fragment Reflects a Woman's Strangeness and Tragedy
A verse from A. B. Miall in the New York Tribune describes a woman with stark contrasts. The speaker notes beauty and grace, yet a sorrowful gaze and a perilous allure that leads men astray in pursuit of virtue and grace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Miall
New York Tribune
Goat's Milk Less Digestible Than Cow's Milk
Modern Medicine notes goat's milk differs from cow's milk not in digestibility but in being less digestible and less nutritious, despite more solid matter. It is described as the most indigestible milk with a peculiar odor from biroic acid and excess fat, making it unsuitable for infant diets.
Round Trip to Clear Lake From Muscatine 1901
The M., N. & S. Ry will sell round trip tickets to Clear Lake and return for 9.65 dollars for the 1901 season. Tickets on sale May 15 through September 30, valid until October 31. Depart Muscatine at 6 05 p.m. via M N and db, arrive Mason City 5 25 a.m. via Iowa Central, depart Mason City 5 20 a.m. via a 0861, arrive Clear Lake 6 05 a.m. via H C CE.
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Clear Lake
Muscatine
Mason City
Iowa Central
H.C. CE
Guarantee to refund on Green's Syrup bottle
A list of signers agrees to refund money on a 50 cent bottle of Green's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure coughs and colds and also offers a 25 cent bottle satisfaction guarantee. Signers include G A Riemcke B Barkalow J J Havercamp Nesper & Co and J T Keuchmann.
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Green
G. A. Riemcke
B. Barkalow
J. J. Havercamp
Nesper & Co
J. T. Keuchmann
The Lost Chord tale from England and Sullivan kin
Colonel Wentling recounts how the birth of The Lost Chord arose after Sir Arthur Sullivan’s brother Fred Sullivan fell ill and died. Sullivan, grieving, conceived a somber harmony that became a global song. The tale notes Sullivan’s deep aversion to hearing it, even decades later.
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Robert E. Lee Wentling
England
Fred Sullivan
Sir Arthur Sullivan
George Grossmith
Arthur Sullivan
Sred
Sir Arthur
Baltimore News
Rail Trip From New York to Niagara Falls With Lehigh Valley
A pleasant journey offered via the Lehigh Valley railroad with fast trains and dining cars. Enjoy delightful scenery and service a la carte. Stopovers allowed at Buffalo on through tickets to New York and Philadelphia.
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New York
Niagara Falls
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Lunatic Journals From Asylums Puncture Gloom With Humor
A survey of early asylum publications notes magazines written by inmates, including The New Moon and The Fort England Mirror. These journals blend travel writing, humor, poetry, and sketches of life inside institutions, with rare morbid tales and satirical questions about public figures.
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Scotland
Crichton Royal Asylum
Dumfries
Morningside Mirror
Royal Edinburgh Asylum
Excelsior
James Murray
Royal Asylum
Perth
Fort England
Grahamstown
South Africa
Murthly
Perth County Asylum
Bethlehem Royal Hospital
London
Middletown Asylum
New York
Ranji
W. G
Loudon Mati
Washington Social Kleptomania Tales of Doilies and Nails
A Washington paper reports society kleptomania among official circles. A wife asks a jeweler to craft half a dozen gold nails with jewels for securing her art objects, fearing theft at receptions. Hostesses later expose a guest stealing a valuable doily by using a handkerchief to lift it, ending further losses that season.
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Washington
Open Mouth as Attention Sign Revealed by Stanley
Hiram M. Stanley argues the open mouth signals attention and stems from a feeding reflex seen in young animals and infants. He says this reaction, heightened by strong stimuli, survives into adulthood as a marker of surprise and astonishment, shaping laughter and wit. The piece notes potential for detailed study of infant and animal expression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram M. Stanley
Darwin
Mr. Stanley
Stanley
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Lemons For the Hands And Greatness In Life
Lemon juice mixed with warm water makes a strong manicure wash that lightens nails and loosens the cuticle better than scissors and helps whiten sun exposed hands. Greatness is a quality in human lives, not size, as an excited man gives himself away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Journal
Ground Sea Dangers Warn Off Calm Day Voyagers
Pearson's Magazine explains the ground sea a calm day danger off England Ireland and Scotland coasts. Huge 40 foot Atlantic waves travel 30 to 40 miles per hour forming parallel ridges that roll toward shore. The ground sea can lift a becalmed ship and hurl it onto rocks unless wind or safe anchor allows escape.
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England
Ireland
Scotland
Atlantic
Pearson’s Magazine
Dramatic Exchange Reveals Shoe Size Dispute
In the Denver Sun, a terse dialogue shows a person seeking a larger shoe size after rejecting a too tight fit. The exchange highlights insistence on correct sizing and a request for a similar, slightly bigger pair.
Inquisitive minds as funnels of talk say Steele
Inquiries pass along ideas without ownership. The quote frames curious people as channels who relay rather than claim, turning conversation into a conduit for shared knowledge.
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Steele
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Anna Foley
Fairport
A. L. Christain
Adams
Madame B. Runyon
S. A. Clifford
Montezuma
Cora Fitzsimmons
Fruitland
Frank Meese
City
Nichols
R. B. Baird
Dubuque
Annia Coyner
Keithsburg
F. E. Bogart
Ottumwa
J. Geiger
Miss Jessie
Letts
B. H. Same
Quincy
H. M. Dean
St. Paul
National Medical Association
First Baptist Church
Minnie Headley
East Fourth Street
Horan & Devitt
Town City
P. C. Hayes
M. C
Beezle Grove
A. Wade
Iowa County
Levi Miller
Washington Street
Noah Letts
Bessie
Norwood
Capps
Hanley
W. W. Robbins and
Chester
Buffalo Prairie
Robbins
Journal
W. D. Ament
Harold
Will Norton
Elgin
Ill
Park Avenue Church
Battle Ship
Missouri
Knights Cf Pythias
Business College
The
Muscatine North& South
Lunatics For Lunatics
Society Kleptomaniacs
Denver Sun
People's
East Second Street
M. W. Wheeler
Oott
Townsend
National Supply Co
de Soto Bldg
St. Loui, Mo
Batterton Block
Mr. Hatton
J. W. Hoopes
W. W. Richards
Hower Mill
Etek
Windsor Hotel
Sealars
C. G. Duke
Mulcatine
Lackey’s Model Clothing House
Board of Engineers
Geo. A. Zeller
S. 4Th St
St. Louis
H. H. Arnold
I. H. Arnold
W. 2d St
Muscatine, Ia
A. Welk
Mulberry St
Lucas Stree
Woodlawn Ave
E. 8Th Street
Cedar Stree
Brown
Olds
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