This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 26 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1902
Page
4
The Quarterly Review notes snake charmers in Egypt and India stage performances with cobras. Egyptian handlers allegedly simulate a rod transformation by neck pressure, causing a temporary rigidity before recovery. They reportedly remove fangs to prevent biting during acts.
The passage notes that West Indian superstition treats odd events as signs. In Cuba fear surrounds sickness, as a sore or wound on a deaf person triggers avoidance. Rum used to wash a corpse is believed to cure eye troubles, while light on a dead face is taken as a forecast of imminent death for the bearer.
A brief exchange from the New York Commercial Advertiser shows a man dismissing women's humor as a Providence gift and a woman retorting that Providence deprives women to keep men from noticing their absurdity when they are in store.
A humorous quip about hosting guests and the strain on a cook. Mr Isolate from Lonelyville laments inviting many guests would overwhelm their cook, noting delicacy is needed when seating thirteen at a table.
A fragment from an Indianapolis News item warns Hiram and Meritable about not looking out the car window or shaking hands with strangers and about avoiding signing any contracts with book agents at a farmhouse setting.
A Chicago News note ponders the grocer's son taking after his father and possibly becoming a lightweight boxer. The casual remark links class expectations with a future in the ring.
The New York Times recounts a scene after Congress convened where Senator X pressed a new member for a $3 wedding gift for Anson G. McCook. The fresh senator balked, prompting laughter and sharp remarks about the gift being for McCook's cook.
A French visitor in a Petersburg concert garden asks a Russian officer for a cigar light. After a brief hesitation the officer offers his own cigar and explains the tall man with him is the emperor, who is the speaker's father. The exchange ends with astonishment and a smile at the Kremlin-sized mistake.
Muscatine forms a new golf club the Geneva Golf and Country Club with capital stock of 500 shares at five dollars each. Dr F H Little is president and officers include John Sterne man secretary treasurer Charles Jackson. Building plans under way committees appointed to secure water and house design.
A Muscatine benefactor closed a contract with Becke and Wilson marble firm for a tall statue titled Hope to stand beside the cemetery path near the chapel. The six foot six inch woman figure rests on a seven foot granite pedestal, no lettering, and the total cost runs into thousands.
A local lodge of the Knights and Ladies of Golden Precept will be organized Friday evening at Woodmen hall. C W Stottlemyer of Clinton Iowa has recruited members and lodge No 1 K L G P Clinton will attend. Refreshments and dancing will follow the ceremony and social time will be shared with Muscatine residents.
Reports indicate parties have secured options on valuable property on Iowa Avenue and on a corner lot at Second Street in Muscatine, suggesting plans for a handsome new building in the city.
Jacob Jacobson fell seventy feet in an ore shaft near Hibbing and landed on a rock bottom. He remained conscious, walked into hospital, and will be discharged soon with no bones broken. The incident is regarded as miraculous.
Barry Manufacturing company disposes of its Muscatine plumbing establishment to Corry Vernentin Co. of Davenport. The Davenport firm takes possession and will run the shop at 419 East Second street. The Barrys will focus on their plant at Mulberry and Third streets, planning improvements and expansion.
Ervin Evans and L B Smith visited for business while Laura Whitley stayed with Caroly Wiegand in Davenport. Several births licenses were issued to Clyde Leach Anna Pardee and Fred Schellhorn Bessie McCleary. The Macabees held a successful meeting adding three new members and three applications. Shiloh day plans were set by the G A R Post with Col Bell to speak April 7 and a full program anticipated.
A highly successful social at the United Brethren church last evening featured the high school orchestra with two selections, a duet by Misses Alice and Jessie Collins, a reading by Fred Morgan, and a vocal solo by Mrs. C. F. Nevins. Refreshments followed as attendees enjoyed sociability.
The 20th Century Club met yesterday afternoon from 2 30 to 4 00 p m at the pleasant home of Mrs Shammo with about twenty in attendance. Mrs Geo White read a prepared discourse on colleges and Mrs W S Norton spoke on the Humorists. The next meeting will be in two weeks at Mrs LeMoyne Porter's home.
The Sunshine Club of the Neighbors met yesterday at Mrs Frank Shaner’s West Third Street home with about 35 members present. The gathering was productive and social, refreshments were served, and the next meeting was set for the 25th at Mrs Claus Koll’s Kecklerville home.
The ad lists sugar loaf 12 lbs for 1.00 and other sugar deals, coffee Rio varieties, butter, eggs, turkeys and dressed poultry. It also covers vegetables, fruits, fish prices, and coal and wood costs with numerous per unit or per pound prices.
George A Foss longtime Muscatine Island resident dies this morning. Funeral set for Friday at 1 30 PM at the island church with burial in Greenwood cemetery Muscatine. Further particulars later.
The February issue of the Quarterly Bulletin of the Iowa Masonic Library prints a half tone image and article about the P M Musser public library in Muscatine. It lauds local citizens for generous projects including a city park an old ladies home a hospital a library and plans for a 40000 YMCA building.
Mrs Sarah M Wilcox died this morning at her Fairport home from childbirth. She leaves husband Geo Wilcox and ten children. The funeral is planned for Friday at 2 p m at Fairport.
An event program lists performances including instrumental solo by Miss Cora Phoenix, Jubilee Chorus by Ladies, recitations and solos by several artists, and a banjo solo. Rev. P. P. Taylor, Abraham Seabrooks, Mrs. Rosetta Watson, I. P. Johnson, and Miss Helen Johnson are noted participants. Admission is 10 cents. program begins at 15 minutes past.
Ed Robinson accused during arrest and at the jail faced Justice F W Eversmeyer. He received 30 days for drunkenness and 20 days for breaking windows at the saloon causing a disturbance. Albert Freers departed for Chicago on the early train. Welch and Kropp announce $5 price cuts on certain suit lines to clear stock.
The Scott House closed this morning ending years of operation. Patrons found the front door locked and the hotel no longer serving meals. It is reported the current management will not continue operations and a sale or new ownership may follow.
Colonist rates to points in Montana Idaho Washington Oregon and Utah apply at all Iowa Central road stations daily in March and April. Reachable hubs include Butte and Helena with service across the region.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.