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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1903
Page
8
Recitals at the Grand and Mrs Morgridge headline a flurry of visits and travel. Residents from Atalissa Waterloo Ottumwa Colfax Davenport and Muscatine attend events update schedules and announce sales and meetings including church missions and a rock island depot ticket position.
Local residents travel to Davenport and Dubuque on business and social visits. Muscatine High School's annual commencement is set for Friday at the Grand Opera House with 25 cent admission. Portrait sittings continue for Atalissa graduates and other out of town visitors praised for Townsend’s statewide photography reputation.
Citize ns' Railway Park drew large crowds yesterday afternoon from 2 to 4 as Pauchet's band performed. The park was busy from morning to night with families enjoying shade and music. H T Fiske plans more amusements next Sunday and throughout the summer to ensure residents have recreation options.
George Schmidt allegedly refused a $5.50 settlement and was cornered in an ice house by Art Brownlee who pelted the building with stones. Officer Henry Oberhaus halted the incident before damage occurred. Brownlee, previously involved in a jaw injury from Henry Shock, is the aggressor in this account.
Deeds recorded show Della and H F Boston transferring undivided share of part of lot 6 block 18 South Muscatine and 4 percent interest in South Muscatine button factory to W W Richards for a stated price. Mollie M and W H Jones sell lots 6 and 7 block 2 Atalissa to Eastern Iowa Building and Loan Association for 382.50. Tom I Patterson deeds lots 1 2 and 3 block 12 West Liberty to Eastern Iowa Building and Loan Association for 4.
Frank Gabriel aged forty four died at his home two miles south of Columbus City after a week ailment. He left a wife and five children. He was a farmer and a Woodmen camp member holding $2000 life insurance. The funeral was at U B church in Columbus City conducted by the Woodmen camp.
The narrator recalls Dumas admitting he killed Porthos in a burdened moment. The older writer confesses sorrow as he watched his creation sink beneath ruins crying that the burden was too heavy. It ends with Dumas wiping a tear from his gown sleeve.
The text questions whether forcing farmers to pay more at local merchants than mail order stores is justified. It asks if reducing postal revenue by stopping lists posting would be right and if revoking the order would hinder farmers' education and progress. It asks whether country papers and merchants suffer enough to justify recalling Wynne's order.
A new line has just opened at H Schmidt and Son Co expanding its wallpaper offerings. The move signals growth for the company and adds inventory for residential and commercial customers.
Market report lists bid and asked prices for various bonds and securities in New York. Investors monitor changes in yields and trading activity across Treasury and corporate issues.
The U A E P will hold a meeting Tuesday evening June 9 with business of importance. Full attendance desired per order of Capt.
The creature called the eister or Pica candata is a ravenlike bird feared across south Germany. It nests in orchards, is sacred to locals, and three sightings on a house top are believed to foretell death. Its cry near a sick person signals death while silence suggests possible recovery. Farmers fearing revenge avoid disturbing it, yet the bird helps control insects.
A daylight arresting trick in a London flat shows a visitor posing as Mr Johnson arriving at 4 pm for a made up 4 o clock appointment with Mr Grey. The imposter is admitted by a cautious janitor and empties the apartment of portable valuables within ten minutes before departing.
Parrots are described as vegetarians feeding on fruit seeds and nectar, which has driven the development of their large strong bills. The piece notes hornbills and toucans as other tropical fruit eaters with similarly large beaks.
Mr Wayback asks about a lemonade when a waiter presents a finger bowl. The exchange turns sharp as Wayback insists he does not eat with fingers, claiming country manners and declares he uses a knife like others.
In Ceylon a sizable trade exists in white shark oil and fins. Chinese cooks prize the gelatin rich fins for soup and claim turtle soup here is a distant imitation.
A Philadelphia Press item presents a dialogue about perceiving signs in eyes as windows of the heart. The exchange contrasts genders and phrases No Admittance Except on Business as a nod to observed signs.
The Washington Star records Stormington Barnes admitting he remains devoted to his art though the honeymoon has long passed. He smiles at the idea of being married to his craft for life.
A man named Harvey Talley drowned in the Sioux River near Larrabee. Authorities investigated the drowning as a water incident and recovered the body.
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