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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1905
Page
6
At a blood stock sale auctioneer event Charles Mathews and Mr. Tattersall imitate each other over the first lot a bay filly by Smolensko. The exchange ends with Mathews echoing Tattersall and the hammer falls, awarding the filly to Tattersall.
Sir M. E. Grant Duff records a tense exchange between Disraeli and Gladstone in the Commons. Gladstone, mid speech, derides Disraeli and his satellites but loses the thread, then recovers and suggests leaving the satellites to move on.
The London Globe notes Jenny Lind as the most simple unpretending prima donna. She refused to sing at the queen’s concert after initially being bound to Royal Julian Opera House. She delivered a short card and, after Buckingham Palace officials and the queen’s inquiry, explained she was unable to sing. The queen welcomed her and offered friendship.
A London gossip item recounts how Dr Andrew Bell’s wife, exhausted by years of misery, left him and began sending scathing letters. She insulted him on envelopes with phrases calling him a rogue and ape of apes, and joked about a debt of fourpence and sixpence in a sensational, satirical tone.
Lieutenant Governor Herriott remains in poor health and is expected to retire at the end of his current term.
During a heavy tropical rain in Durban two mixed native and Bombay ducks were swept into the Umgeni river and entangled in barbed wire. An ostrichherd emerged from the bushes, lifted one duck from the water with a wing and carried it ashore, though the rescuer was badly cut by the wire. The incident surprised observers as ostriches often bury their heads in sand during storms.
A National Magazine reflection contrasts Spanish contentment with American drive. The author notes a Spaniard on a donkey in the interior expressing pride in his modest circumstance, while Americans in rugged mining regions boast of future riches and scorn contentment.
The piece warns that many sleep on the left side but this practice harms health. It claims nightmare, morning mouth taste, and disturbed digestion result from left-side sleep. It advises sleeping on the right side to avoid pumping the stomach and to prevent heart and lung compression.
Sir Arthur Sullivan worried about a lyric flaw in The Lost Chord as he noted the line I struck one chord of waste like the sound of a great amen could imply two chords since amen has two syllables. He only realized this after public performance and feared ridicule, though no one noticed at the time.
Chicago News quotes a bride calling George a glatterer, while her sister notes the habit may fade after the three week marriage. The exchange captures light humor about new wedlocks and the hopes for enduring affection.
In a brief boastful exchange a grocer protests another’s remark about his sugar price. The rival suggests the low price is built on “sand” in the product, while the grocer defends his business method as shrewd pricing.
Edward Atkinson an Iowa Central trainman was instantly killed at Oskaloosa on Tuesday. He was employed by the railroad and died instantly in the fatal incident reported from the area.
Thirty two players competed at the Geneva Golf and Country Club as the Sterneman led team defeated Roach by 14 points. Sterneman scored 15 and allowed 25 while Roach totaled 15 and let 39, with 17 Roach players and 15 Sterneman players. No records were broken and the match was enjoyed by all.
In American League New York beat Chicago 3 to 0 Philadelphia defeated St Louis 10 to 1 Detroit won 5 to 2 over Boston Cleveland topped Washington 5 to 1. National League Chicago 4 Brooklyn 6 New York 9 St Louis 4 Cincinnati 4 Boston 3 Pittsburg 5 Philadelphia 4. American Association Louisville 10 Minneapolis 6 Indianapolis 6 Kansas City 5 in 10 innings. Columns 6, Columbus 2.
Three League results for Cedar Rapids and Rock Island indicate scores: Cedar Rapids 7 over Decatur 1, Rock Island 6 over Bloomington 4, Davenport 5 over Springfield 4. Western League game Des Moines 5 over Omaha 2 delayed by rain.
Brooklyn faces Chicago and New York plays St. Louis while Philadelphia meets Pittsburg. Boston hosts Cincinnati and Chicago visits New York with Cleveland at Washington. St. Louis travels to Philadelphia and Detroit plays Boston in two games.
The advert claims jaundice and eye whites turning yellow signal liver trouble and offers Dr. King's New Life Pills as a cure with a money back guarantee. Price is 25 cents at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
Haskins Iowa June 17 J H Peckham of Washington formerly of Haskins passed through with wife en route to Milwaukee Wis Mr and Mrs J F Badham spent Thursday in Washington Maurice Jones and Ernest Badham of near Cotter called on friends Thursday Miss Opal Hand home for a week Emily Mathers sewing in Washington with J C Mathers and family visiting Thursday
Washington residents spend days with friends as Wm McCarney travels to Chicago with hogs. Mrs Beardsley and daughter Ollie visit Muscatine for a show. Sabbath services at 3 p m led by Rev Thompson from Nebraska. bethel sermon at 11. Joe Weir recovers from appendicitis. Fred Cunningham of Allerton stops in to see Dr Alcorn on his way home from Iowa City.
Harper's Weekly recounts Davy Crockett in Congress reacting to a parade of Virginia mules led by an overseer. A Boston congressman notes the animals as Crockett’s constituents, to which Crockett replies they are going to Massachusetts to teach school.
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