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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1909
Page
5
William Steinbaugh expands the West Hill cutting plant on Lucas street adding twenty five machines due to rising demand for blanks. He will increase unfinished button output and has arranged to dispose of past blanks, reflecting success after previously working at Roach & Musser.
Five children from Nodaway near Corning become orphans after a flash fire accident that claimed the lives of Victor Dicks and his wife. Mrs Dicks poured oil on the kitchen fire to rekindle it. The husband died later in Creston hospital from severe burns. The five youngsters range from five weeks to nine years old and will be cared for by relatives and friends.
Plaquemine La May 15 the battleship Mississippi ended its stay at 5 o clock this morning and set sail for Baton Rouge. Festivities concluded with an elaborate banquet honoring the officers last night.
The passage notes cheers for maritime aims as toasts celebrate the navy and a deep waterway linking lakes to the gulf. Attendees express broad support for the project and its significance to regional commerce and defense.
In Savannah on May 15 Judge Sheppard overruled defense and sentenced five men for violating the Sherman anti trust law. Spencer P Shotter, Ameri can Naval Stores chairman, got three months and $5,000 fine. Edmund S Nash, company president, $3,000. J F Cooper Myers, vice president, three months and $2,500. George Mead Boardman, New York treasurer, $2,000. Carl Moller, Jacksonville agent and manager, $5,000. The case will be appealed.
In Duluth on May 15 a sixteen year old boy Rudolph Nelson was murdered on the outskirts of Superior Wisconsin while returning from school. His body was found this evening in a pool. Robbery is suspected as the motive.
Soldiers in Tyler engage a mob that sought to free citizens jailed over the lynching of a Black man on May 3. Reports say gunfire occurred as authorities feared renewed race violence in Dallas area coverage dated May 15 from Texas.
Five of eight aboard a crossing boat in Hackensack New Jersey drowned when the craft capsized during a storm. Four girls and a young man lost their lives. the remaining three members reached shore safely.
Rev. Thomas Osborn pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church will preach Sunday evening on Boost Muscatine. He did not ride the booster special but will discuss the benefits of a good home spirit and how the church may aid. He emphasizes boosting the town where one resides.
Mid year se lecting 108 weld May 18 19 meet at Washington Iowa. Iowa Conference Board of Examiners of the Methodist Episcopal church to study ministry fitness and courses. Rev Thomas Osborn chairman and Rev H B Scoles registrar. Rev Osborn to address on Christ and Some Modern Healers A Contract. Bishop W F Anderson will speak Wednesday evening.
Muscatine may host the annual meetings of the Luther League eastern district Iowa and the Eastern Conference of the Luther Synod of Iowa next spring. The two gatherings are likely to be held in Muscatine the same week for clergy attendance. An executive committee will decide the venue with a formal announcement soon.
A Rochester based Bradstreet System president offers a free book promising teaching to train young men as traveling salesmen. The ad claims thousands trained by mail and urges readers to request the book at 220 Cornwall Building, Rochester, NY.
The notice promotes Electric Bitters as quickly disposing of the functions of the stomach kidneys and bowels. It lists Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store as the seller and mentions a 50 cent price.
Local residents from Wilton and nearby Muscatine spread out on Friday for visits and errands. The day saw numerous trips to Muscatine and Iowa City for business, schooling, or family time, with many residents returning home by evening.
Mr and Mrs H O Ransom hosted dinner with guests including C H Brand and family, C G Brown and daughter Margaret, Harvey Barnhart, and others. Numerous visits and gatherings occurred among residents such as Miss Gertrude McKillip, Mrs Nina Wiker, and families connected to the Flater and Stephens households across Cedar Valley.
Mrs. Clara Kerns of Ottumwa is a guest at Mrs. George D. Magoon’s home on East Fifth Street for about two weeks before departing for California for an extended stay.
A persuasive piece argues income equals time spent and urges saving in a bank. It promotes habitual saving, storing energy for future needs, and contends that the bank invests in first Iowa mortgages with four percent interest. The message links savings to comfort and wealth, claiming poverty lacks savings.
St. Petersburg May 15. The interior minister submits to the Duma a bill creating Chelm province marking the fourth partition of Poland. It seizes about one third of Lublin and Siedice, forming a new province attached to Russia proper. Chelm would have 725000 inhabitants and many Orthodox Poles oppose Polish rule.
Emma Goldman and Dr. Reitman were admitted to the hall in New Haven but police prevented any audience from entering. The lecture on Anarchism was canceled as authorities refused entry to others and the pair departed after waiting.
The Sioux City IA article notes the death of Mrs Emily S, recognized as the one real daughter of the American Revolution within the local Daughters of the American Revolution chapter. Her passing marks a notable loss for the local historic lineage community.
Nettleton aged 91 died yesterday at the home of her son on the edge of Nettleton.
An advertisement claims Root Juice cures stomach liver kidney and nerve ailments. It asserts the remedy removes bloating belching constipation heartburn sick headache backache and rheumatism and sells for one dollar a bottle or three bottles for two dollars and fifty cents at Morgan's drug store.
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