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Newspaper
Tri City Star
Location
Davenport, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1904
Page
6
The Davenport market notes no change in live stock and plenty of potatoes imported from New Jersey and other states. Prices for produce, poultry, eggs, and dairy are listed with wholesale and retail ranges, detailing onions, potatoes, cauliflowers, cranberries, apples, squash, peaches, and coal, among others, reflecting a robust market in the area.
Des Moines speaker W. O. Jordan told a W C T U gathering that crime is higher among men because women are sheltered. He urged keeping mothers with children, improving home sympathy, and suggested reforms like Sunday baths for kids, trades for boys, and a city employment agency linked to parole.
Tickets priced at 10 dollars for one way to Oklahoma Indiana Territory Kansas and many points in Texas New Mexico and beyond go on sale October 4 and 18. Tickets are second class colonial style and available from ticket agents or by writing F A Miller Chicago and P L Hinrichs Ravenport Commercial Age Bay 3.
Jennie M Kinder 29 fled from Page Boulevard St Louis after attempting suicide in a department store study. She told City Hospital staff she would repeat the act if saved, preferring death to ongoing suffering. She was found in a retiring room and rushed to City Hospital where doctors weigh her recovery prospects.
A big sensation in Lersville Indiana arose as W H Brown, thought near death, owed his life to Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption. He reports immediate relief from asthma and a complete cure, joining numerous cures for consumption bronchitis grip and related lung troubles. Trial bottles free. price 50c and 1.00. Frank Nadler, Druggist, guarantees it.
Report from Dundee Scotland confirms the safety of Capt. Amundsen's Arctic expedition, which sailed from Christiana on June 17, 1903. The expedition aims to reach Bering Strait via King William Land and Greenland’s east coast, to measure the earth's magnetic north pole. Davis Strait links Franklin Bay to the Atlantic and marks Greenland's western boundary.
Daily service to California offered with two double daily trips from Davenport to San Francisco and Los Angeles. One car departs Davenport at 10 38 p m via Kansas City and Hi Paao, the other at 3 15 p m via Omaha Denver and Salt Lake City. Reservations and tickets available at the Denot Ticket Office, corner Fifth and Main, or City Office, 307 Brady Street.
William A Hoffmann was found guilty of murdering William Bramit in Waterloo on October 11. The jury assessed life imprisonment after twelve hours deliberation with nine members favoring hanging. Hoffmann's attorney J W Richet plans a possible new trial. Judge Parker of Rosemount showcases prized red Pollententies and his farming hobby, remaining in Albany winters but returning to Rosemount each weekend.
The text notes May season as a vital commodity and suggests a quick breakfast that can be prepared in under ten minutes using a Clark Jewel. It emphasizes rapid morning meals and readiness for a busy period.
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