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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1908
Page
9
The advertisement promises a sales visit to present a car like the shown Mitchell. It claims the Mitchell car is produced in a highly systematic factory with skilled staff and is offered at $2000.
In this week before the Iowa primary many speakers including Dolliver Lacey Carroll Torbert Birdsall and Courtright tour multiple towns from May 26 to June 1. They outline campaign stops across Cedar Rapids Creston Fort Dodge Marshalltown Sheldon Sioux City Emmetsburg Nashua Clear Lake and other communities detailing dates and venues for the surge before June 2.
In Moravia Iowa May 26 a 14 year old girl, daughter of Elijah Sells, is fatally wounded by a rifle discharge that occurred when a younger brother, holding a small rifle, was thrown from a wagon as horses reared. The bullet entered her cheek and lodged in the brain. surgeons have not operated.
Des Moines Iowa May 26 Both the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers are swollen. The Des Moines river has reached 10 feet 3 inches with danger line between 12 and 15 feet caution urged as flood risk rises for the city and surrounding areas.
Cubs win 8 to 7 in ten innings at Chicago after Mordecai Brown relieves Pfister and Tinkers delivers the decisive single. Giants sluggers faced heavy bullpen, game noted for chaotic finish.
National League results include Chicago 8 over New York 7 in ten innings and Philadelphia 1 over St. Louis 0. Pittsburg 3 defeats Boston 2 while Cincinnati-Brooklyn game was postponed by rain. American League adds Chicago 9 over New York 3 and Boston 4 over St. Louis 2. Three I League lists Dubuque 4 over Bloomington 3 and Clinton 3 over Springfield 1. Central Association shows Kewanee 3 over Burlington 2 and Waterloo 3 over Keokuk 1.
An old advertisement touts ZEMO as a quick permanent cure for eczema and pimples using a clean external liquid. It claims ZEMO draws germs to the skin surface and destroys them leaving clear skin and promotes samples from E. W. Rose Med Co in St Louis. Druggists stock ZEMO and A W Morgan advertises 107 West Second Street.
Friends of union labor confirmed that Senator Allison was the first congressman to vote for the eight hour bill in 1867. The record shows his lead in 1866 and 1867 when the measure passed the House and later the Senate, marking the first eight hour law in the United States and later expanding protections for government workers and labor.
Notice calls all brethren in good standing to attend a third degree work at Iowa lodge A F and A M this Tuesday evening at 7 oclock sharp. Per order W M invites good attendance and cordial participation.
Chicago May 26. May corn advanced five cents on rumors of a stock-piling corner by James A Patten. Wheat and oats fluctuated with May values near 102 to 106 for wheat and 54 to 55 for oats. Hogs and pork markets remained strong with firm prices and active demand across futures and cash channels.
Cattle receipts 2000 and hog receipts 10000 show market steady. Beeves bring 4.75 to 7.30. cows and heifers 2.30 to 6.10. stockers 3.40 to 5.35. westerners 4.50 to 5.75. Hogs small to heavy trade at 5.15 to 5.47 for most classes. bulk sales 5.30 to 5.40. Sheep receipts 12900 steady with sheep 3.50 to 5.20. lambs 4.50 to 6.70. yearlings 5.50 to 6.05.
Chicago May 26 poultry market steady with turkeys at 14 cents per pound. Chickens quoted 14 to 14.4 cents per pound, broilers 1 lb per dozen 2.50 to 3.00 dollars, 1½ to 1¾ lbs 4.00 to 4.50, 1¾ to 2 lbs 5.00 to 5.50.
Butter steady with creameries 18 to 22 cents and dairies 16 to 20 cents. Eggs steady with firsts at 15 1/2 to 16 1/2 cents. Market report from Chicago, Illinois notes stable prices across categories.
In Peoria on May 26 the market lists corn No 2 at 70 cents.
New York May 26 Wheat for July at 1.01 per bushel. Corn at 77 1/2 cents. Market report notes rising prices and steady demand from traders and millers in the New York Produce Market.
Butter steady and unchanged as receipts reach 18,094. Eggs steady with 234,414 received. Firsts priced at 16 to 17 cents and seconds at 15 to 16 1/2 cents.
New York on May 26 reports alive poultry dull with spring chickens at 3c and 131 4c for fowls and turkeys around 1c. Dressed poultry steady with spring chickens 25 32c, turkeys 12 17c, fowls 13 14c.
Corn market at 70 cents per bushel, oats 45 cents, wheat from 1.00 to 1.10 dollars. Market notes indicate steady activity and typical price range for the period.
Anti Bryan leaders claim Florida results boost efforts to back a rival candidate at Denver. Bryan holds 419 delegates with 269 others either instructed or uninstructed and about 126 uninstructed non elected delegates. They say Bryan appears assured of about 616 delegates, 52 short of a nomination. The fight to shape Denver's control will shift to the South.
Lisbon reports creditors sue the royal household as courts award 210 in favor of a butcher against Dowager Queen Maria Pia and the Duke of Oporto. The delays stem from the assassination of King Carlos and his son, leaving state funds undisbursed for months.
Charles Rossman a La Harpe tailor employed by La Harpe Clothing Co cut his throat with a penknife in a personal crisis but the wound was not fatal. He expressed sorrow for the act and said he is glad to be alive after only a few weeks in the town.
A dense listing of Masonic Lodges and fraternal groups in Iowa with meeting times and locations. Includes Iowa Lodge No 2 A F and A M, Washington Chapter No 4, De Molay Commandery No 1, Usquiline Tribe No m, Fraternal Aid Association, Muscatine Camp Modem Woodmen, and other lodges with officers and venues.
Notices show several lodges meet weekly in Muscatine area including Kerfer’s body and the Muscatine Elks No 304. Meetings occur Tuesday or Monday evenings with visiting members welcomed. Officers listed include J. Coster and W. J. Watson among others.
Knights of Pythias Wyoming Lodge No 76 invites visiting brethren to Friday gatherings at a local building on Iowa Avenue. Officers F W McDougal and F L Bibliweier sign the notices. IAGLE-ODGE No 10 U O W meets Thursday evenings at Pb hall on Lows Avenue with good standing brethren welcome.
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