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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1903
Page
8
Community items list purchases and travels including Hobart M Cable pianos sold by J J Griffith and prices for the piano line. Readers note several residents on trips to Davenport and St Louis, plus society meetings at the Y M C A and Lend a Hand activity.
A stream of short items reports residents such as Mrs Lepha Crowly Miss Edith Critz and Miss Millie Horton traveling on the Western and trains to Ada ns Station Es terville and Marshalltown. Benj Beach Jr visits Cedar Rapids as J S Robertson departs for Mt Pleasant with his niece Mary. Townsend's ad praises photographs while Will C Kegel prepares to take over Defiance Ohio newspaper interests.
Members of the Bankers' Pioneer association Valley Forge Post No 2 meet at Maccabee hall on Wednesday May 6 for the regular session alerting attendees to proceedings and agenda items.
Local clam fishermen from Winona defeated Muscatine crews in a tight match with aggregate value tagged at 5000 dollars. The Trades and Labor Assembly announced the appointment of men to organize Labor Day events and activities.
The Muscatine trades and labor assembly reports poor clam pearl finds but high value pearls near Winona Minnesota with two gems weighing about 21 grains. The meeting covers Labor Day plans, aid for Dubuque strikers, river traffic, and Shiloh monuments delays due to bronze shortages.
Carl Dreier and Earl Smalley were gathering flowers near a hut on Burlington road when a drunken man appeared shouting and exited with a shotgun. He pursued the boys until Oliver Ayres intervened and talked him into returning to his hut. The cause of the chase remains unclear.
A brief note states the route to the cemetery passes through a bottle route.
A reflection notes that a man burdened by guilt earns pity when insomnia strikes. The compact thought links conscience with restlessness, implying moral burden leads to sleepless nights and sympathetic view.
British skilled labor delegates in Harper's Weekly report that American workers are better educated and well paid but argue American workers do not deserve better treatment. They criticize US efficiency on public projects and say British methods should not be adopted, noting longer completion times for Chicago’s post office.
A concise remark notes that people who boast of strong principles often harbor doubts they prefer to keep private. The observation critiques public virtue signaling and underscores human inconsistency.
Special market dispatch shows mixed activity in wheat corn oats and livestock. Wheat futures advance with May and July bids, while hogs cattle and sheep receipts weigh on prices amid late session shifts.
In the Alps Mont Blanc is tedious yet easy for many delicate women who reach the summit in large numbers. The lower Matterhorn has claimed four lives upon its ascent. Whymper, one of three who escaped death, later injured his leg in a fall at a lecture.
The passing of the wife of Colonel Robertson of the Gordon Highlanders cuts a century old tie to Ireland’s literary history.
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