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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1902
Page
3
The article explains Britain will ship parcels through express and then mail as mail matter after landing in New York. It notes opposition from American express firms and merchants fearing impact on small dealers. It argues the arrangement could pressure the US to adopt parcels post nationwide.
The London Mail says British steel rail makers formed an association with 60 million dollars capital to control prices and output, a steel trust England has but the United States does not. The United States Steel corporation is not a trust and has not restricted output or set domestic prices. Steel rail prices fell in 1900 and 1901 amid rising demand, with output constraints not cited as the cause.
An essay argues many housewives are overworked and trapped in routine. It highlights washday as a main burden and praises Jas Beach & Sons Dubuque for a no boiling soap that cleans in a half hour soak with Peasia suds, reducing rubb ing. The piece suggests such products ease domestic labor and empower the homemaker.
Hints by May Manton describes a pretty child's box plaited apron with a deep collar suitable for young figures. The plain white lawn with embroidery finish, colored fabrics also acceptable, features practical pockets and a two-piece front and back cut in box plaits.
The text cites U S iron and steel output growing from 5,515,841 tons in 1896 to 9,487,433 tons in 1900 and 12,349,327 tons in 1901, noting that demand and prices rose in 1901 despite the larger supply, reflecting national prosperity.
The Farmers' Co-Operative Company, recently formed at Pierre South Dakota with $50,000,000 authorized capital, opens offices in Chicago. Hamilton White of Chicago leads the venture aiming to control prices by marketing to farmers, with funds for warehouses and storage, and plans for global reach.
The piece notes the Littlefield trust bill may be pressed in Congress if leaders judge its effectiveness. It recalls the Sherman antitrust act of 1890 as a current tool, citing its use against several combines and in the Northern railroads beef trust merger, and argues the Republicans are the party trusts fear most.
The notes say the last three days were bad for golf, yet the clubhouse remains busy with a party Tuesday evening and another gathering last evening, highlighting social activity despite poor play.
Some ladies reported good scores on the clock green and noted the activity offers light exercise. The brief mentions the appeal of golf or similar play for those seeking gentle outdoor recreation.
The note urges readers to try a congenial quartet if they have never played a foursome. It describes the activity as a great social game and encourages participation.
The street car service remains functional for the club and Supt Fiske's pagoda at the house proves a great convenience.
Players agree the Muscatine court is the finest ever furnished, praising its surface and amenities as the season advances.
The Haskell team faces financial strain as the club risks breaking under pressure to fund travel and equipment. Sports officials warn ongoing deficits could affect scheduling and future competition.
The article notes Sandy, a standout at the clock game, rarely beaten. It also mentions several new members joining the scene and others already on the member list.
The racing note says Squirrel has won two handicaps and asks if he can win again. It highlights his prior successes and questions his chances in the upcoming race.
The passage notes a lady clocking 28 as a record. It also explains the expression win with his jockey's hands down for a horse that wins purely by speed without the jockey’s aid.
The ruck is the main body of horses in a running race, not the leaders or the tailers. the latter are called whippers in.
Describes a childrens coat pattern 4222 with shoulder seams bishop sleeves and patch pockets. Medium size for 4 years requires 2 1/2 yards of 36 inch wide material. Belt sections attach at underarm seams and back to hold fullness. can be omitted.
A clean sensational society comedy drama titled For Home and Honor features Lem B. Parker as Stanton Mordaunt and Minnie Dixon Parker as the heroine. The capable supporting company is praised as above average with both matinee and night shows at the Grand Opera House on Saturday September 27.
Richard 111 presented by Mr. Walker Whiteside on Tuesday evening September 30 with a grand scale. Fifty people employed, special music composed, and lavish costumes and scenery supplied. The night promises a gala presentation.
A Jolly American Tramp is a new comedy drama from Sol Smith Russell’s circle about a world’s unfortunates who aid the oppressed while confronting love despair and revenge. The play promises an intense natural cast to dramatize the villain’s tormented soul and society’s neglect.
$23.30 round trip Chicago to New York and return via Nickel Plate road for October 3 4 5 and 6 with return limit October 14 1902. Three trains daily with vestibuled sleeping cars and American Club Meals 35c to $1.00 served in dining cars. Chicago depot Harrison St and 5th Ave City Ticket office 111 Adams St. Write John Y. Calahan General Agent 113 Adams St Chicago for particulars.
In London Tit-Bits a playful anecdote tells how comedians Toole and Brough, in ragged costumes from Dearer Than Life, visit Fradelle and Marshall to be photographed. Trickster Toole claims they are “cousins from the work house” and look for a shock at a master’s house, prompting the maid to balk.
A past tale explains Queen Victoria era ninepence postage. Rowland Hill paid a letter’s cost after a poor girl could not, sparking his penny postage concept despite initial mockery, which later spread nationwide per the New York Tribune.
A young orator called a public official a thief at a political meeting. A police officer asked for a retraction and the speaker agreed to withdraw the word while keeping the idea. The crowd applauded the graceful concession and the defense of free speech.
The quotation recalls Tennyson telling Sir Henry Taylor he thanked God he knew nothing of Shakespeare and Jane Austen and that no letters from them were preserved. He suggested that neither writer’s letters exist or could be opened like wounds.
A dialogue from the Richmond Dispatch notes a father directing his daughter to tell a visiting traveling man to focus on business when the clock strikes 10. The exchange underscores parental guidance and social norms of punctuality in courting contexts.
A Chicago Mecord Herald excerpt presents a terse exchange between a poet and his exhausted wife who laments they cannot afford a girl. The couple jokes that posterity may regret any time wasted, framing a quiet domestic hardship in wry tone.
A Bacon quotation notes that children ease labor while heightening misfortune. They increase life’s anxieties yet lessen the memory of death, reflecting on how offspring alter human burdens and perspectives.
A Parisian process yields a transparent paper using kelp and other seaweeds. The method produces a glassy material intended for writing and packaging.
Correspondence from Wellman Iowa lists arrivals and departures including Eliza Reaney visiting her sons Thomas and Will, Rev Stryker returning from Keokuk, and Roy Turnipseed from Keota. It reports community events, deaths, church meetings, a race meet at Wilson’s driving park, and school openings plus local business moves and a soldiers’ reunion.
The Iowa Township community reports seasonal farm work and school activity. A former resident, Nathaniel Norris, dies at Marshalltown Soldiers Home and is buried in Atalissa with community sympathy. A mistaken sighting of a murderer causes a brief scare before turning out to be a hobo headed toward Wisconsin.
John Dusenberry and Miss Bessie Hessler of Illinois City were married in Rock Island last Thursday. Melvin Sedam and family traveled to Rock Island on Monday for business while Mrs. Gideon Brayton of Persia Harrison County Iowa visits Illinois City with relatives. Louis Hahn and wife reside here with 6c.
A large crowd from Mannon attended the fair. Ned Mannon and family visited the former's mother over Sunday. Lester Temple went to Keithsburg for Sunday. Philip McNeal and Charlie Richard are making molasses. J Sowek of Eliza lays brick for Donnelly's cellar. Rev Schick and wife from New Boston attended Sunday school and spoke on Christian fellowship. Stormy weather paused threshing. Frank Schwertferger of Muscatine stayed Tuesday night.
Columbus City reports visitors and movements as Mr. and Mrs. Woodruff of St. Louis stay with Dr. Morgan and relatives arrive from Illinois. Mrs. Davis and children depart Dawn Missouri after visiting Dr. Lewis and kin. Clergy visits and church events noted with Rev. Smith and Rev. Mullen preaching. Dan H. Colton ill and a Welsh settlement funeral attended. Dr. Morgan’s daughter Ethel gifted a Shetland pony. Henry Wilmering Jr. of Chicago and Ed Wilmering of Peoria visit local families.
In Wapello Iowa on September 26 the Lieberknecht vs Letts Co-Operative Store case is in court with W A Moore seeking 280 dollars. Bert Benham from Muscatine appears as a witness. Also a suit by Robert Preston et al. vs James C Brown seeks to quiet title to lots 9 and 19 in Brown's Morning Sun addition. About fifty reunion tickets were sold Thursday but bad weather kept many at home.
The Iowa Central railway offers greatly reduced one way tickets for harvest hands and laborers to points in Minnesota and North and South Dakota through Aug. 19. See your local ticket agent.
Letts residents host and visit neighbors with church and pastor changes, harvest fairs, and travel. Local figures include John Snyder’s hand injury, Wm Whistler in U S mail service, and Barton Garrett visiting Floyd county Kentucky. Oil project funds, premium colts, and a 100 dollar per acre sale of the Dave Blankenhorn farm mark region’s development.
Nickel Plate offers special round trip excursion rates to New York with tickets on sale October 3 to 6. Travel must depart New York by October 14. Reservations for sleeping car space and details available from John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 113 Adams St., Chicago.
John Tew ful leaves Moscow for Iowa City to enter State University as a third year student. Lauren Henderson will study in the pharmacy department next year. Soldiers' reunion drew old veterans to the county seat. James Finley returns from Minnesota trip plans to move to a farm this winter. Fred Birkhaper works on sorghum though quantity is short. Anna Hearst tended her son in law A C Miller's home while they searched North Dakota for a new location. Recent heavy rains raised Sugar Creek and damaged pasture.
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