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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1905
Page
4
Local items advertise real estate deals from G M Titus at 213 Iowa avenue and sales on fruits at Dad Dolsen. Indoor baseball at the Y M C A Batterson Stores vs Roach Mus game called for 8:30 with admission. Also notices on Maccabees event and Knox club meeting postponed to Friday at 7 30.
A London merchant berates a clerk over a missing letter and later uses it as leverage. The clerk resigns, discovers the letter, and the merchant offers to restore pay but offers no apology. Trust erodes, the clerk declines a partnership, joins an opponent, and the merchant’s fortunes plummet over four years.
A neighbor recalls a fox chase in Maryland where two foxes and a pack of dogs circuited a hill. Fox No 2 swapped places with the tired fox to lead the hounds while No 1 rested on a log. The scene repeated for about two hours with alternated chases and rests.
The high school baseball nine will play a picked team of younger city businessmen tomorrow afternoon at 3 30 weather permitting. The game will be held at the fair grounds with both sides seeking a win.
A new fireproof drop curtain by Milwaukee artist Tuttle will debut at the Grand during the William Owen performance. The Colorado scene features blue Rockies and dancers with double asbestos backing for safety, replacing the four year old sea backdrop.
The Musser Public Library offers a curated reading list on strikes and labor topics. Librarian Emma Mahin compiled titles from journals such as Forum North American Review Atlantic Rev. of Rev and Outlook. The collection includes works by Gompers Handiboe Lloyd Newcomb Rhone Thompson Warne Winston Wright and others focusing on coal mining disputes and labor conflicts.
New schedule goes into effect Sunday noon with Wilton trains shifting earlier by 15 minutes in the morning and 20 minutes in the afternoon. The Wilton morning train departs 6:30 am, arrives back at 12:30 pm, and the afternoon train leaves 3:20 pm returning 5:40 pm.
The 16 to 1 card club met yesterday at Mrs. Webb Will on West Fifth Street. Prize winners were Mrs. Frank Hinkle first, Mrs. Carl Barnard second, and Mrs. Fred Switzer third with Mrs. M. Welch taking consolation honors. Refreshments followed as the ladies praised the event.
Socialists of this city will debate at Union Hall on the question Resolved that the working men are only robbed in their production. Several members of the socialist local will discuss this evening and a large attendance is expected.
The Chicago Tribune notes Chinese lacquer work in Peking shows extreme patience and skill. Craftsmen build up to fifty dark green coatings, then eighty red layers, carving relief after each stage. A tiny palm sized tray may require six months and about 200 coats to complete.
The article outlines the death dances in Tibetan mystery plays during the last days of the year. It details a dough effigy, four cemetery ghouls, bands of skeleton ghosts, and a formidable horned demon. A Buddha saint intervenes, dispels the fiends, and offers a sacramental meal with flour and holy water.
The Iowa Central unveils low round trip excursion rates from Elrick Junction to major destinations. Fares include St Paul Minneapolis 13.30, Duluth 17.30, Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo 24.00, Salt Lake City Ogden 37.06, with varied sale dates and limits through October. Special Epworth League and G A R en campment groups feature 21.50 and 15.55 respectively, with short extension options and small fees. Portland Lewis and Clark exposition 49.85, 90 day limit, and California similarly discounted. Hot Springs Ark add two dollars. Contact agents or A B Cutts for full details.
Reports from Snyder Hobart and nearby towns describe widespread damage with many dead and injured. Relief trains arrive as undertakers head to Snyder for mass casualty response while officials coordinate aid and assess further destruction.
A portrait of St. Pauls nave as Pauls walk where wits and idlers gathered for news, markets, and feasts, contrasted with reverent chancel space. The article links Shakespeare and Evelyn to the era, noting secular uses and courtroom events once held there.
The Commercial League indoor baseball series ends tonight at the YMCA gym. Batterson Store remains undefeated and will face the Roach and Musser team, one of the league's strongest, in a pivotal contest.
Dr. T. F. Beveridge operated this morning at Hershey Memorial Hospital on Miss Maude Concannon of Montezuma for appendicitis and tubercular peritonitis. The operation was highly difficult but latest reports indicate the patient is progressing as well as expected.
Pine Creek reports residents busy planting corn. Mr and Mrs Metz of Pine Mills visited Muscatine Saturday. Mike Missel and family attended church in Buffalo Sunday. Nellie Ray headed to Wrayville UL to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Ray. Will Tesse of Davenport stayed at the Nagle home last Sunday.
Pine Mills Louisiana May 11. J Springer reports a brief local item from the village.
The Nichols column reports visits by Rev. Nelson and the Sickmans, a 160 acre Muscatine deal, and Grover Cottrell’s new Broacay house headed for rental. Funeral details for Mrs. Van Dermaat, rural carrier exams upcoming, and farm work resuming as planting season nears with corn planting plans and Mr. Miller Metz transaction noted.
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