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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1908
Page
4
Local notes mention Alice at the carnival while other items report banner lodge assessments due and a boating theft at the boat house with no arrests. Social updates include Mrs. Dwyer’s return from Moline and Mrs. Mackinnell's visit before leaving for Bergen Point.
The Wo mans Missionary society of the U. B. church holds its regular meeting Wednesday evening at 1139 Hershey Ave. A Ladies Aid gathering follows to finalize Burlington excursion plans for Aug. 12. All invited.
The Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the First M E Church will meet tomorrow afternoon with Miss May Villa Patten of 406 Iowa Avenue at 3 o'clock sharp. A full attendance is desired as several important business matters are to be discussed.
Regular communication of Iowa Lodge No 2 A F and A M held Tuesday evening at 8 o clock. A good attendance is desired as matters of importance will be brought before the meeting. Per order of the W M.
A called meeting will be held Wednesday evening August 5 at the home of Mrs. G A Riemcke East Sixth Street. The agenda covers business of importance. Per order.
A special Weed Park Club meeting is set for tomorrow at 3 p.m. at the club house. Full attendance is desired as substantial business will be transacted.
Zemo a clean liquid for external use draws germs and toxins to the skin surface and destroys them. Two to six bottles will cure pimples and black heads. For sample write E W Rose Medicine Co St Louis. Sold by A W Morgan 107 W 2nd St.
Relief efforts surge as Fernie and Elk River valley burn outskirts. Twenty bodies found in Fernie ruins with death toll expected to climb toward four hundred. Casualties reported in Hosmer Michel and residents flee to safety as Canadian Pacific crews rush aid and tents arrive from Ottawa Spokane and Cranbrook.
The city witnessed a first evening exhibition of educated fleas drawing big crowds. The performing fleas, a popular novelty this season, pleased audiences in the principal cities and now entertain locals.
Luther Woods vacancy filled by Martin Gabler who will likely join the Republican ticket as county central committee backs him. Only other applicant was G D Washburn. Gabler won 3 to 2. Gabler, known in Muscatine, will serve under Justice J C Coster.
Miss Minnie Burkett of East Second Street departed today for a brief visit with friends in the tri-cities region.
Muscatine lodges back Phil J Mackey for Iowa State Elks president as Waterloo hosts the state convention with Davenport and other lodges supporting him. Des Moines and Keokuk candidates include Pop Henry H Kreigg Pollard Devitt and A W Brown Waterloo. About five thousand members attend the reunion styled event and entertainment.
Marion Fuller, a six year tinner at Thompson Hardware, lived at the Kemble hotel in Muscatine. He was found dead in an empty Rock Island building Sunday noon and identified by Paul Hucke. An inquest ruled death from excess alcohol use.
A notable feature is the Backman glass blowers exhibition in their Cedar street pavilion near the Grand hotel. The show runs twice daily with an educational element and a glass steam engine in full operation. Free souvenirs are distributed at each performance for Muscatine residents to attend.
Chicago officials discuss appealing the Missouri river rate case to federal court after a decision by the Interstate Commerce Commission. E E Clark of the commission in Cedar Rapids advised appealing to courts to affirm the commission’s rate making principles, while opposing a re hearing.
Henry Farman completed three straight ahead flights at Brighton Beach race course on August 4. The first flight covered about two thirds of the 800 yards at under six feet, the second was longer, and the third crossed the full distance. Weather was ideal and spectators were enthusiastic. A preliminary balloon release helped Farman gauge wind currents.
Senator Aldrich predicts that legislation creating a comprehensive monetary system will eventually replace the Vreeland Aldrich bill. He spoke to the Associated Press before sailing for Europe with fellow monetary commission members to study foreign financial conditions.
Mt Pleasant Iowa August 4 Miss Hattie Burton deputy county auditor received a check for 831.47 from State Auditor B F Carroll at Des Moines for one half of Henry county primary expenses. Total county cost was 1707 94 with executive council approving all except 44 dollars deemed not state payable leaving 1663 94 and half paid by the state.
London August 4 The international free trade congress opened with delegates from the United States France Germany Belgium Holland Denmark Italy and Great Britain. In his welcome Lord Welby warned prospects for free trade were somewhat gloomy and that protectionism was advancing aggressively but free trade would ultimately prevail.
The Iowa State tennis preliminaries were played yesterday in Des Moines. Surviving players include H. E. Burton Iowa City W. S. Gilman Sioux City Bruce Butler Olin L Sweet Fred Carr Harry Wingate H M Harwood Walter St John Des Moines Ed Holbrook Onawa J R Bailey Albion Okla W S Warfield Chicago Ed Bailey Charles City M J Yooran Manchester.
The unidentified man found dead in an empty store room at Rock Island on Sunday has been identified as Marion Fuller, a former employee of Thompson Hardware company.
W A Davidson of North Prairie learns his brother J E Davidson died this morning in Wellsville Ohio from typhoid fever after nearly two years of ill health. He was well remembered near North Prairie where he had visited. The funeral will be held at Wellsville tomorrow.
A violent quake struck Constantine Algeria at 2:20 am lasting ten seconds. It caused great damage with no deaths locally but reports say several lives were lost in nearby towns.
President Roosevelt says no definite action has been taken on the eight West Point cadets dismissed for hazing. The issue remains whether the men are permanently removed or reinstated by congressional action or executive clemency. An official statement through acting private secretary Rudolph Potter labels earlier announcements by Loeb and Wright as erroneous.
William Hildebrand of South Muscatine endured a severe injury when a three inch splinter pierced the lower arm at the Roach and Musser plant around 2 PM. He received medical treatment from Dr. J L Klein and may suffer a stiff wrist for life.
The clipping notes religious restrictions on graven images affecting chess piece designs, discusses how water depth slows steamers, includes quirky quotes about soap and church plates, suggests sugar in water eases exhaustion, and states royal consent is required for marriage within the direct royal line.
A collage of witty exchanges and brief notes touches on geography jokes, a frog pond discovery in Central Africa, a Chinese morgue practice, electrolysis basics, and the Hastings battle site. It blends quips with scattered science facts and curiosities from varying times and places.
An old advertisement claims a remedy cures all itching skin diseases by drawing germs to the surface and destroying them. The notice lists seller A. W. Morgan at 107 W as the source of the treatment.
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