This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 29 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1908
Page
12
A ten pound son was born Monday to Mr. and Mrs. James S Figg at 1809 Mulberry Avenue. The Baptist Ladies Aid society will meet Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs Syl van Plumley on Spring Street.
New York and St Louis grain markets show futures quotes for November 4. Wheat futures for December at 1.10 in New York and 99 1/2 cents in St Louis. corn at 93 1/2 and 60 1/2 cents respectively. oats at 46 cents in St Louis.
Miss Clara Fiett visited at the parental home. Families and neighbors shared Sunday visits at multiple homes. Mrs. D S Brown from Dexter Iowa visits sister Mrs E A Allbee. Grange meeting was poorly attended due to bad weather. Glenn McElroy to ship a carload of potatoes this week. Elmer Walters and friend visited Wanderleigh home. Miss Hague to begin winter school term November 9. Miss Orlie Baker from Muscatine spent a week in the country. Bertie Johnson's friends load her car. she will move to Grinnell Tuesday. Roy Baker returns from Wyoming after attending his grandmother Mrs James Mellicoat's funeral. Maud Wathan visited Gertie Stecker.
South Union residents shared meals and gatherings with neighbors and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Lenker with Blanche dined with the Pfeffers, while the Roricks visited Denkman. Helen Hall concluded fall term, Anna Valette hosted a party with jack o lanterns guiding guests.
Mel vine Thomas, Wm. Martin and Allen Martin, who went to South Dakota for claims, returned and plan to move by March. Ed. Huber brought home their daughter Ethel from the hospital. Mrs. Wm. Tiger and children returned from visiting near Plymouth. Woodmen oyster supper at the hall raised $10 with speeches by Allen of Moline and Amsted of Rock Island. Rev. Richardson and Rev. Buck held services with good attendance. Hallowe'en passed peacefully with no damage and orderly behavior.
Partial results from Muscatine township show Democrats leading in two wards with 4 pm returns. Justice of the Peace Rowen and others trail Republicans in scattered totals as third and fourth wards await counts.
The Muscatine Township ticket lists candidates for Justice of the Peace Carl and Rowan with party splits, Constables Duncan Elfers Gabler Tadewald, Trustees Freers Knopp Mueller Sullivan, Clerk candidate unknown, Assessor Vanatta, and a Court section showing multiple party-designated contenders and vote figures across repeated lines. The document presents a chaotic OCR of names and numbers for contested local offices with party affiliations and tallies.
In Muscatine city and county the primary vote turnout was light but shows clear support for Cummins. County results list Cummins ahead of Lacey with 152 to 52 in Muscatine second ward and similar margins in Montpelier, Orono, Fulton No. 2, and nearby townships.
Results from the fourth ward report slow counting of the county ticket. The tally lists candidates for Superintendent of Schools Cronin (Dem) 391, for Surveyor Eis (Dem) 306, for Coronation? Austin (Dem) 271, for Supervisor Shellabarger (Rep) 417, with other party challenger Gempaits (GOM) 2 and Eis 382 ties noted.
A 25c box of Dr. King’s New Life Pills is sold at Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store, advertised as a relief for stomach liver and kidney trouble.
Des Moines reports indicate Col. Hepburn Republican congressman may lose to W B Jamieson of Shenandoah by about 1,000 votes amid late returns. Kendall leads Hamilton in the sixth district with Kendall ahead by 1,152 as two thirds of precincts report. Taft's Iowa plurality near 60,000 and Cummins likely senator with about 40,000 in state. All other districts trend Republican.
The superintendent and nurses of Bellevue hospital entertained about thirty of their girl friends at a “Children’s Party” in the hospital basement. Guests wore childlike dresses, enjoyed school day recitations and songs, received candy prizes, and took part in doll dressing contests followed by refreshments and oyster stew.
Miss Lydia Vetter hosted a decorative linen shower at her home for Miss Tena Vodgal of Climer street who will wed Roy Funck. Guests enjoyed games and refreshments. Miss Vodafone received many gifts as keepsakes of the occasion.
The Redmen drill team will present a program at Hare's hall with Thomas' orchestra providing music. A large crowd is expected. Irving Temple of Pythian Sisters will meet this evening at K of P hall with full attendance desired. The Dorcas society met this afternoon with Mrs. N Brown on East Ninth street and continued sewing.
New York returns show Taft's statewide plurality rising to 199,585 with 80 of 4,669 districts missing and 2 estimated. Hughes trails by 69,819 with 97 districts missing and 35 estimated. Taft won New York City by over 15,000. Chanler carried the city by about 50,000.
Cambridge November 4 President Eliot of Harvard tendered his resignation ending a long tenure as head of the university. He stated he would quit his duties effective soon and suggested plans for transition.
Miss Marion Gabriel of 1001 Poplar street entertained fifteen friends at her home last evening. A delightful time was had with many games and a fine vocal solo by Mrs. Gabriel followed by refreshments. Guests included Lizzie Wymer Ida Sissell Blanche Morrow Jennie Hahn Mabel Briggs Bertha Hoeschman Ruth Baker Rudolph Stellrecht Fred Scott Wren Russell Carl Phillips J Hoeschman J Kobus Eddie Morrow and Carl Gabriel.
Morning returns from Illinois show Taft with a 170000 to 175000 lead and the full ticket elected. Deneen gains about 40000, and the congressional delegation will be 19 Republicans and six Democrats.
The Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the First Methodist Episcopal Church gathered in church parlors this afternoon. Devotions led by Mrs. Joel Chenoweth. Roll call featured India News. Theme “Social Evils of Islam” presented by Mrs. D. B. Smith. Story “Little Daughters of Islam” by Mrs. G. A. Dayton.
The Fraternal Aid society will hold a day of sewing with Mrs David Herwig at 706 East Eighth Street tomorrow. All Fraternal Aid members are expected to attend.
Miss Rosalie Witteman of 520 West Fifth street entertained Slater millinery employees at her home last evening. A pretty musical program was presented and an oyster supper was served. A dance will be given this evening.
Go East and West timetable lists No 3 California Special No 49 Washington Oskaloosa No 11 Kansas City Ft Worth Dallas 89 Local Freight 1 Mail and Express 61 Local Passenger Daily Passenger No 402 Freight 1:56am 4:39pm 11:02pm 8:35am 8:05am 8:19pm 7:10pm 4:00pm Go West Passenger No 401 leaves 8:15am Freight leaves 8:30pm All trains daily except Sunday.
Two New York matrons discuss a husband who sailed to Europe by stringing along a friend’s cabin and missing the whistle. One woman notes the man sent a wireless to his wife. the other recalls the husband’s confession that a European escape was planned without his wife.
A storm in the Crimean War on November 14, 1854 prompted Vaillant to study whether two French storms were the same and if their path could be forecast. Investigations showed the storms were one and that its route could be predicted to warn fleets in time to seek safety.
Topeka Kansas reports that by this afternoon Republicans have elected enough members to secure a working majority in the Kansas legislature.
In San Francisco 14 of 284 precincts report Taft ahead by about 33,000 votes, indicating a plurality as results tally. The partial count shows Taft leading with a sizable margin in the early returns.
Railway timetable excerpts for Wilton show daily trains to and from Muscatine with multiple service numbers and times. Several lines indicate daily operation with some no stop services and Sunday exceptions, listing inbound and outbound departures and arrivals across the day.
Railway timetable fragment lists trains and times for the Chicago Milwaukee and Sing A Cu line with passenger services and freight notation. Mentions No 12 passenger No 5 passenger No 3 passenger and No 2 freight with early morning departures and carries passengers at specific stations.
Train No 4 No 2 Ly Muscatine Round House Fruitland Grandview Wapello Elrick Junction and connections to C R I P Iowa Central Iowa Gunes schedule details with daily and weekend exceptions. Includes transfer points at Wapello Elrick Junction and Burlington connections.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.