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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1908
Page
9
A vivid description of two Indian performers, one with a drum and a strikingly dressed juggler with bells. He uses a bamboo tray to mix rice and grain, then, by rapid moves, separates them into two distinct heaps without loss.
A Methodist local preacher discusses John Wesley's Primitive Physick praising its rarity yet noting its medical questionable value. He cites paying 5 for the volume while deeming it not worth 49 cents and quotes a dubious consumption cure allegedly from the work.
Mr Trueboy tells friends he must dictate twenty six letters to his wife first before dealing cards. He asks peers to note down the sequence bedefrhiittmnoepar tuvwxys, then declares the letters are off his mind.
A humorous exchange in the Ladies' Home Journal imagines Willie debating biblical wisdom. Willie quips that Solomon would have charged admission for entering the lions den, implying sharper business sense than Daniel.
A neighbor comments on a daughter's marriage noting the groom lacks wealth but has a large family. The lady defends the match while an observer mentions the husband being a widower with six children. The exchange reflects social gossip about domestic alliances.
In a fatal duel in Nashville, Senator Carmack was shot three times. Dr. Glasgow described the wounds and noted the fatal neck wound exit. Colonel Cooper surrendered, and Carmack’s funeral is planned for Wednesday in Columbia.
An old advertisement claims Dr Notts Melon Seed Kidney and Bladder Remedy is the absolute cure after years of testing. It urges immediate use at first symptoms and touts saving lives. Available at Havercamps Prescription Drug Store.
The article notes a Tennessee figure who served six years in the United States Senate before losing in the primary to former Governor Robert Taylor, a result established just over a year ago.
An old advertisement offers a 100 dollar reward for incurable catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy. It includes endorsements from druggists Walding, Kinnan & Marvin and testimony on Cheney's trustworthiness. Also mentions Wall’s Family Pills for constipation and price per bottle.
The agriculture department released a preliminary estimate showing corn wheat oats and eight other crops totaling about seventy percent of value. Overall farm crops exceed last year by about three percent and run 2.4 percent above the five year average.
President-elect Taft sent a cordial note to Governor-elect Hadley praising his Missouri win. Official returns from 68 counties are slow, with full results expected by week’s end to determine the legislature and state office personnel.
Open high low and close quotes for wheat corn oats and pork with figures. Grain prices cash bids and futures shown for Chicago markets along with live stock and produce quotations and local market estimates.
E W Lindsey, former Jasper County Telephone manager, is in Newton jail charged with criminal assault on eleven year old Grete Hopkins. The girl says Lindsey invited her to ride in his car, assaulted her in the countryside, and left her by the road. Threats of lynching circulate as the community reacts to the accusation. Lindsey remains silent, sleeping in the Newton jail.
Asheville N C Nov 10 Mrs Sophonisba Harrison Eastman says she will wed Baker E Edwards of Norfolk Va on Nov 17 The marriage ends a legal case where a warrant named Edwards as man connected with Eastman who lived with him without clergy consent The event draws relatives from Chicago and Buck Shoals seeks a minister for the ceremony
Chicago stockyards report cattle receipts at 9000 with steady to 10 cent declines and hog receipts around 32000 with firm to lower bids. Beeves bring 3.35 to 7.50, stockers 2.60 to 4.55, cows 1.60 to 5.20, westerners 3.25. Hogs trade mixed with prices from 5.15 to 6.10 and bulk around 5.69.
Sheep receipts at 20,000 with weak to ten lower bids. Prices quoted: sheep $2.50 to $4.50, lambs £3.75 to 6.00, yearlings $4.25 to 5.00. Chicago Poultry Market reports steady poultry prices: turkeys 13c, chickens 8 Ye, springs 11c.
Chicago market notes butter eggs beef lard pork and miscellaneous prices across commodities. New York reports steady butter eggs and poultry with varied dressed and live meats. fruit and other staples listed. Wood coal sugar flour and poultry items priced for Nov ten.
St. Louis grain market priced wheat at 1.02 to 1.03 for December delivery, corn at 59½ cents and oats at 48 cents, all noted in the St. Louis Market summary dated November 10.
From Peoria today No 3 corn new selling at 61 to 64 cents with trading activity noted. Market figures show grain prices and movement in the local corn market.
Taft plans to extend his Hot Springs stay to December 9 to attend the National Red Cross annual meeting in Washington. A post election conference is set for today between Taft and National Chairman Hitchcock, who has been named as a possible postmaster general.
A resort fire at Annie Woods in Lead on November 10, believed started by cigarettes, killed two inmates named Eila Russell and D. Watson while others were injured. The blaze occurred as residents slept.
Oscar Huder of Wichita Kansas shot and killed his wife last evening then fired at his mother in law Mrs M A Turner before turning the weapon on himself and dying. The wife held a four month old child in her arms and the weight from her body may have fatally injured the infant. The shooting followed a family quarrel.
Joseph Clapper, an aged pioneer of Iowa County, died at his Marengo home after exposure on a cold night. He wandered barefoot through a frigid creek, reached a farm near Tiffin in Johnson County, was found unconscious at a haystack, and died after being brought back to Marengo.
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