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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1902
Page
4
In Bellefontaine Ohio on October 28 Thomas Walker and two other boys watched a baseball game when a foul ball struck his hand as a pocket knife with a small blade was passed to him. The blade pierced his side, severing an artery and causing almost instant death.
Humboldt Iowa reports a harsh early cold snap and an expected influx of ducks within weeks. The northern counties see exceptional duck hunting this season with famed sloughs overflowing with water and wildlife.
Chicago October 28 The third annual horse show opened Monday afternoon at the Coliseum. Exhibits surpass previous years and promise a record display with strong east west rivalry. One hundred thirty exhibitors attend and entries total 809 from across the country.
North Prairie updates report William Campbell visiting Asa Campbell in Boulder Colorado and planning to survey southern Colorado. Local notes list safe bills rising with names like Lewis Freyermuth and Chas Freybarger. The Sewing Society meets November 6 with Mrs John Long. Corn husking begins as a great crop is predicted.
Judge Brannan returns from Colfax trip and various locals attend events. Notables include J E Jean Nichols and J C Mitten Columbus Junction visiting, Firefly trips to Davenport and Fruitland, probate of Charles Noethlich with Anna named executor, and Willing Workers Sewing Society meeting at Mrs Gus sie Mull. Royal Neighbor Sunshine Club outing with 59 members and planned Nov 11 gathering at Mrs Geo Dunker.
The funeral for Carl Schmidt took place this afternoon at the home of Hans Mohnsen on Walnut street. Rev Jans of the German Evangelical church officiated, with the Mechanics' Aid society band accompanying the service. pallbearers were Jacob Benninger, Carl Freund, August Thorman, John Apel, E. H. Dolsen and H. S. Howe. The procession proceeded to Greenwood cemetery.
L C Hirt sues J J Griffith in county court claiming the partnership dissolved May 12 1902 and Griffith owes 594 10 with no payments to date. Hirt seeks judgment for 594 10 plus interest.
From May 12, 1902, records indicate the case will come at the November term of the district court. The note specifies timing and court, with no additional details on parties or charges.
The Creston Gazette warns the main issue in the current campaign is ensuring turnout on election day.
The Oskaloosa Herald notes the Des Moines post office site has been selected, prompting questions about the location and potential public exhibitions of legal records as authorities discuss the move.
A Keokuk Gate City editorial reimagines a lyric as a playful claim that a departed figure would relish being set free in an Iowa orchard. The piece blends literary quotation with local whimsy, presenting a lighthearted orchard fantasy.
Mr. Bryan says events would differ if elected president. For once the Burlington Hawkeye counters that Bryan has the best of the argument.
The Excelsior of Maquoketa challenges listeners to prove any reason to vote for a Democrat over a Republican in this fall’s congressional contest after Judge Wade spoke at the event.
The Des Moines Register and Leader reports that the Second District Democrats attack Republican nominee Hoffman over his wealth, marking a harsher turn in the campaign.
A Cherokee man plans a new house with rooms sized to fit old carpets. The Cherokee Democrat comments that economy has gone to seed for your whiskers, highlighting the mismatch and budget concerns in the design.
The Waterloo Reporter declares it a pretty good thing to have a man who does things in the presidential chair and endorses keeping Theodore Roosevelt in office for another term to continue serving the public good and welfare.
The Des Moines Capital lauds Theodore Roosevelt as a rare, singular man whose life is devoted to a single purpose. It declares him distinctly a new type, uniquely American and crucial to the nation, the Man of the Hour.
Quote from Town Topics recalls a quarrel where the woman asks for a promise of eternal love and a perpetual future, while the man seeks the day for himself. The exchange highlights competing desires for commitment versus personal independence.
In Waterloo Iowa on Monday 14 year old George Kelly fatally stabbed 14 year old Harry Pashby with a jack knife following a quarrel. Pashby son of a local farmer died from the wound. Kelly an orphan working for area farmers has not yet been arrested.
In Philadelphia on October 28, "Young" Corbett defended the featherweight title against "Young" Erne. Erne was knocked down 24 times, but only once by a legitimate knock-down blow, and Corbett fought six rounds before the bout ended.
Charles Pagel, an elderly Sumner resident, was run over by the Great Western at Sumner last night. Both legs were severed and he died this morning. Special from Dubuque, Iowa dated October 28 reports the accident.
Grand Rapids man William Alden Smith rose from poverty to prominence as a congressman from Michigan. He began by peddling newspapers and later became president of the family paper, general counsel of the Pere Marquette railroad, and a builder of railroads and houses. He is seen as a possible senate candidate after Senator McMillan's death.
Miss Edna Cornell closed her fall term of school at White Prairie on Friday October 24. The program featured a series of recitations by students including Edward Maurer Myra Maurer Edna Maurer Elmer Maurer Henry Maurer Rosa Rexroth Pearl Maurer Harry Maurer Annie Rexroth Mae Maurer and others. Several students were noted as neither absent nor tardy. Local residents and visitors John Braun McGilligan George Hunt Henry Maurer J. R. Sweetland attended or traveled nearby for the day.
A nervous man seeks medical aid and the doctor prescribes a tonic and to dismiss worry. Months later he receives an $18 bill and replies that he has taken the tonic and dismissed the worry, so the bill also is dismissed. Moral: advice sometimes defeats its giver.
The London Standard notes the painter Haydon in Stratford praising Shakespeare to rustic listeners at a wayside inn. They mention a local character named John Cooper, who reportedly has lived ninety years in the town without ever having a toothache.
Across Sweden farmers set poles by their doors bearing large grain sheaves. No peasant will dine with family until a meal is raised for the birds, a nationwide gesture honoring feathered visitors.
A lighthearted note from the Philadelphia Record records fond remarks on a baby’s growth and its solid seeming frame this morning, contrasting with last night’s noisy hollering by the father and the family.
Mrs. Hen peck recalls anger after being mistaken for a shoplifter in a Chicago Record-Herald item. The remark sparked a flurry of reactions as the incident drew public attention.
A doctor notes the patient chews slowly and the professor replies he grinds his food exceedingly small. The light exchange appears in the Chicago Tribune.
Dialogue reveals a stock market quip where one broker asks what to do when short of a stock and the other replies with a graveyard humor about grinning and bearing it during a trade. The exchange captures early trading slang and the brisk pace of market chatter.
The Chariton Herald argues there will be teachers if salaries are adequate. The paper notes the need for a reasonable minimum wage set by the legislature before salaries rise to proper levels, amid statewide teacher shortages.
A brief wry remark from the Atchison Globe notes that darkness ends work earlier than it ends golf, highlighting the humor in outdoor chores versus sport. The line contrasts practical labor with leisure in a rural community voice.
James Weir of Boone Iowa is father to eleven pairs of twins totaling twenty two children. The mother favored girls and the father preferred boys, yet each birth yielded one boy and one girl. The two eldest daughters married twin brothers and soon each bore twins as well. All offspring are reported in good health.
The Des Moines Capital argues the average man blames the tariff for trusts railroads and Wall Street misdeeds, and nothing to do but wait for the clouds to roll by.
The Philadelphia Press notes a witty exchange about an after dinner speaker, joking that he is a star but more a moon who grows brighter as he fills his role.
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