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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1903
Page
4
Mrs John Stark hosted a Saturday afternoon gathering at 1216 Smalley avenue to mark her 38th wedding anniversary with about fifty women in G A R circle membership. Games, gifts, and a candle lit by Mrs Howe followed a cordial reception before a Maennerchor surprise for Mr Stark and cemetery decoration by Modern Woodmen.
A potential major labor clash on Mulberry Street was averted when union plumbers and other trades stopped work as nonunion wire stringers held up progress. After about thirty minutes the stringer stopped and all departments resumed work.
A drill team and woodmen committee remembered fallen brothers yesterday afternoon with solemn ceremonies and a salute. The event honored those who served and died, reflecting on their sacrifices and community bonds.
Tonight opens a week of entertainments at Citizens Railway Park featuring Mason and Filburn in German singing and comedy sketches Mile Excella the contortionist with electric and stereoptic effects The L Aiglons in gymnastic aerial acts and Mildred and Mabelle the Irish singing duo headlining a lineup across Monday through Friday
John C. Miller, superintendent of the H. J. Heinz pickle works, was thrown from his buggy at Eleventh and Mulberry, bruising his left side. He was carried to Jacob Schomberg’s residence at 1102 Mulberry and later taken home to Fletcher Avenue. The horse frightened by an ice wagon ran from Oak to Mulberry, then toward Atherton’s, with minor damage to the buggy. Miller's injuries are serious but not believed to include broken bones.
Many Muscatine people knew the late Rev. Joseph De Forest of Davenport who died in California. He led a small Washington Ia mission, preached weekly there, and occupied the Episcopal pulpit in Muscatine. He also hunted with E M Warner and was well known locally.
Henry Metzger Sr a longtime Muscatine resident died this morning at 3 oclock in a Moline sanitarium after a recent operation and rapid decline. Funeral arrangements and obituary will appear in tomorrow evenings Journal.
Local residents reported on errands and travel aboard the Firefly to Davenport and Wilton. Dozens of names and places are listed including Thiesen’s talcum powder promotion and notes on a Masons meeting in Iowa Lodge No. 2 A F and A M with the third degree on June 30.
Miss Rose Miller took the afternoon train to Wilton to visit relatives. Mrs. John Long of Summit returned home on the Wilton train after a day in the city. Miss Bessie Chown of Wilton left on the 3 10 o clock train after visiting her uncle M N Bond on East Eighth street.
In Muscatine the largest fish of the season was pulled from the Citizens' Railway and Light Co. plant suction pipe by F. M. McGaughey and two assistants. A five foot ten inch catfish with a head 10.4 inches wide tore the pipe, shut off water, and nearly stopped the 800 horse power condenser. The team freed the creature after a struggle, and the plant resumed operation. Special market dispatch cites commodity quotes and local stock data from Chicago, Kansas City, and Omaha markets.
Restaurant keepers have agreed to charge four dollars weekly for board, up from three dollars fifty cents. One proprietor cited increased costs for produce and vowed the higher price funds better meals and firm margins.
This afternoon about 1 o clock Frank Giesler of 106 West Seventh street injured the second finger of his left hand in a classifier at the finishing plant on Walnut street. The finger was mashed but dressed and expected to heal in a few days.
The M. W. A. drill team will run an excursion to Burlington on July 4. The M. N. & 8. train departs Muscatine at 4 30 a.m. arriving Burlington at 7 00 a.m. Return train leaves Burlington at 9 00 p.m. Round trip fare is 1 95.
A concise aphorism notes that men who admire their wives do not receive any price reduction from tailors. The saying underscores value placed on partnership rather than savings.
A sharp observation on humor and honesty notes that jokes land hardest when they touch real beliefs. It argues humor exposes truth by crossing lines and provoking thought.
Quotations on bonds and securities listed in New York show the range of prices at the close of business today dated June 29. The report lists leading stocks and securities traded on the New York stock exchange with their end of day prices.
It is reported that a grand jury in Washington D C is expected to convene this afternoon regarding alleged crooked postal official Machem. The article notes the potential for a hard knock pending grand jury action and forthcoming charges.
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