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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1913
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR text references Sumter dates 28 and 47 and mentions questions to an apparent answerer about protection or Taepurtnioo. The piece includes scattered names and numbers but lacks coherent facts or context.
A United States Bureau of Education report analyzes how rising living costs since 1897 have eroded teacher salaries across five cities. It notes insufficient pay for savings life insurance and professional training, with married Denver teachers, both with and without dependents, showing stark budget strains.
A Denver school principal comments that teachers should attend concerts and food plays and take trips, while his family balance forces him to choose between such pursuits and salary. He notes his wife shares the belief, but his income dictates priorities.
A jumble of quotes mocks politics and public figures from various papers. It cites Dea Molina Reglater at Joplin, Stand patter Nick Reed, Judge Wada, and Woodrow Wilson with jests about ambulances, quacks, and lawyers. Carranza jokes critique Meslean politics. Des Moines Tribune laments reform and public duty. Sioux City Tribune notes Taft and an income tax debate.
The Gollmar Brothers Circus promises novelties and grand acts. Audiences will see the Morp family performing bold feats, a deadly somersault from Charles LaRua, elephants and horses, dog shows, clowns, and a Ben Hur herd of stallions. This American circus offers "six to sixty" thrills with new riding stunts and animal acts.
A compact reminiscence column recalls events from 30, 40, 29, 10 years ago. Highlights include a horse hide coin mystery, a barber’s curious chicken superstition, school closings and a Burnington centennial delegate, plus a sensational 29 year old saloon raid targeting prominent locals.
An American girl at a French château attracts attention as Duverney debates her identity. After playful footnote clues and social missteps, he discovers she is Miss Henderson from Chicago and they resolve their connection during a tea at the hall and a moonlit ride. Madame Contesser’s circle and a chaperone reveal the romance between two poised strangers.
Agricultural columnist K A Kirkpatrick covers raspberry rust control by uprooting heavily affected patches, plus detailed lime sulfur spray schedules for apples to combat aphids, canker worms, and other pests. Also discusses inoculation necessity for alfalfa soil and chicken disease sanitation to prevent fatal outbreaks.
Port Allex area reports May 12 gatherings with Wred Wiegard and son Toh from Dodgeville visiting John Hinrichs and family, Wiegard's relation to H. Moyer’s father, David Horton from Dysart visiting Moyer home, E. M. Stanton of Nichols at Hi F. Babbitt's, Temes Westlake and wife at Codumbers Junction, and local painting tidings in Cedar last week.
Miss Elma Chown appeared as a ghost at the Home of Yermunt with Mrs. George Chora over Sunday as D. Wilson has been on the sick list lately.
Dr B L Lewis of Dubuque visits Washington for a medical congress and civic administration study. He and Representative Connolly visit the office of good roads and plan county road extensions and a crop expert for Dubuque. Kirkpatrick seeks fast postmaster appointments and Gettysburg encampment funding. Connolly delivers maiden speech amid tariff debate and crowded gallery as Mann delays vote.
Delayed report of visits and travel involving W Rh Peiffer in East Maline with his parents, F W W Casterline in Tiron, and the Dice family. News of Woyd Shifet and Nonsid Whitmar leaving for Muscatine, Faye Astes returning from Davenport, and Dr O L Henderson of Milwaukee departing for New York to sail for France. Henderson plans a five month post graduate surgery course in Vienna and Berlin.
Local junior class play at Wie schol ball draws full house with 18 chorus members from upper grades and strong performances by seniors. Students and instructors share praise for the production with musical numbers from the high school orchestra and a toast to the seniors.
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