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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
4
A Sunshine Shampoo shop offers facial and scalp treatments, shampooing, manicuring, chiropody, hair goods, and hairdressing.
Snyder's buggies and carriages promoted by Frank Bowman for Studebaker or Babcock wagons. W. R. C. hosts bread and cake sales at Lilly's Saturday. Mortgage loan offers via J. E. Stevenson at 305 Hershey Building. Slaughter's praised for good food. Mrs. G H Seargent injured in a fall and not improving rapidly.
The U B excursion sails the steam er Columbia to Burlington Wednesday August 18 leaving at 7 30 pm. Four hours ashore then Muscatine arrival about 10 pm. Meals on board priced at 25 cents.
Local insurance ad invites motorists to contact J. E. Stevenson and Son at 305 Hershey Building for automobile coverage and related services.
Frank's Panitorium on 209 Iowa Avenue promotes the value of proper cleaning and pressing to extend suit life. For one dollar, customers join and receive cleaning, pressing, and free shoe shines with prompt service and same day return. It emphasizes appearance and social judgment.
Daily and weekend steamer timetables listed with destinations including Rock Island Burlington Keokuk and intermediate points. Schedule shows departures at 7:00 7:30 and 8:30 p m with managers and agents named W A Blair and W G Block Co.
Crowds watched two Diamond line packets dock simultaneously at the riverfront. The Quincy bound for St Louis landed first, followed by the Dubuque with a busy passenger list. Batterson Stores in the city received a large shipment via the Dubuque and some passengers returned late, missing the landing but expected to reboard on the evening Davenport trip.
Teresa Day, by attorney E. M. Warner, sues the City of Muscatine for 5000 damages claiming a removed plank on East Fourth Street near Leo H Hirsch Button Co. caused a fall May 5 injuring her arm. City knew of the dangerous condition. case expected at September term. Judge Jackoon to open court Friday for naturalization of Vincenzo Manjovne and other matters.
Mrs. Sarah E. Dobbs passed away at Perry Oklahoma. The funeral was held this afternoon at 2 30 from Greenwood chapel with Dr J N Elliott pastor of the First Presbyterian church in charge. Interment followed at Greenwood Cemetery. Ball bearers were John Miller Everett Collins Joseph Biles Jr Harry Biles and James Biles.
Iowa Day at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle with low round trip fares via Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. August 12 event date with return by October 31. Stop-overs allowed. Descriptive folder and complete information available from F A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago.
Dr. and Mrs. E. H. King depart Friday night for about one month traveling through the east. King plans to be in Whitefield Maine during home-coming week around August 25 and will visit son Lieutenant Joseph King recently returned from two years in the Philippines and stationed at Fort Ethan Allen Vermont.
The funeral for Earl Edward Kindler age 11 months was held at 2 pm from his parents home on Eighth Street Rev J Jans of the German Evangelical church conducted the services Interment followed at Greenwood Cemetery
The regular monthly meeting of the board of education will be held Friday evening at the office of City Superintendent of Schools W. F. Chevalier in the German-American building.
A political map shows Spain’s forces in Morocco with Melilla as a fortified frontline. General Weyler, once Cuba’s captain general, is discussed as a possible supreme commander. The piece notes outbreaks at home and Spain’s ongoing battles abroad against Moroccan forces.
Speaker Cannon declared the sixty first congress committee lineup with insurgent members denying some chairmanships. Senate adopted McCumber's drawback resolution with a provision for free cotton bagging.
Wisconsin woman remembers the La Crosse artist Odin J. Oyen for decorating the Muscatine county courthouse and her Madison home. Mrs. S. A. Pinney, widow of a supreme court justice, bequeathed her statue collection to him, valued at least fifteen thousand dollars. She notes he alone can preserve and clean them properly.
A Marquette carpenter credits Grape-Nuts with rebuilding his brain and boosting muscle tone. He reports improved thinking, greater endurance, and better rest after three years of using the cereal. He praises its effects and urges others to read The Road to Wellville for context.
Mr and Mrs George E White and their family reached New York from Marsovan Turkey Sunday evening and plan to visit Muscatine by mid month. They will stop in Connecticut and other places before Muscatine, where Mr White will address the First Congregational church on Aug 15. The couple endured harsh times in Turkey during ten years at Anatolia College run by the Foreign Missionary Board.
Wapello Iowa August 5 Minnie Suhre aged resident who ran the Wapello House hotel for about fifty years died after a period of illness. Funeral held at 10am Thursday with burial in Wapello cemetery. She leaves three daughters Cilley and Maffitt in Wapello and Mrs John Watts of Austin Texas who recently came to help care for her.
A large Davenport crowd attended the Iowa state firemen's tournament with a world free-for-all for a $700 purse as events began at 2:00 pm. The afternoon featured a 250 yard hook and ladder race and a high prize running, with results from yesterday noted.
Muscatine residents Mrs. Mattie Randall and her son Will attended a Bridport Vermont family reunion reported from Middelburg. Four generations of the Randall family, plus relatives including Mrs. George Barber, Milo B. Randall, Frank Randall, Emma Vail, and several Vail and Randall relatives, shared a three course dinner and musical selections. The Randalls, Will and Mrs. Randall, plan to return to Muscatine around August 19 after visiting points of interest.
Mrs Mark Coyner hosted a miscellaneous shower at East Second Street last evening in honor of Miss Flora Jones who is soon to wed. The event featured red decorations and proved thoroughly enjoyable.
Mrs Rudolph George at Broadway and Eighth hosted the Royal Neighbors Aid Society with twenty two members attending. Much sewing occurred and the gathering was pleasant. The next meeting is set for Mrs Kate Martin’s Cedar Street home on the first Wednesday in September.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the United Brethren church met last evening at the church. Mrs. Maude McCord led the study on Japan and presented a paper on Japan and missionary work there. Attendance was strong.
The Ladies Bid Society of the First Baptist church will host a Kensington Friday afternoon at Miss Adda Washburn’s home, 702 Walnut street. Hostesses include Mrs. Raff Hutchinson Hurlbut Washburn Coyner and Miss Adda Washburn. Members of the A B C Club met at Miss Leila Thompson’s West Third street home last night. Iola Pale Faces will meet Friday with Mrs. Elsie Wenak 208 Grandview Ave. All D of P members are welcome.
Baltimore report says a crowded launch in the Patapsco River tipped over this afternoon. Four bodies have been recovered and a search continues for additional victims.
Daily timetable for the Rock Island System June 16 1909 shows Chicago Davenport K C routes with numbers 12 50 62 2 4 and more. It lists passenger mail and local trains with times and service notes including Kansas City El Paso and Dallas routes and local freight schedules.
Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway lists schedules effective June 6 1909 for eastbound and westbound trains between Chicago and Kansas City including Southwest Limited No 113 and No 105, Local passenger No 108 and No 103, and Local Freight No 292 and No 291 with times across day and night and a Sunday exception.
Local timetable lists southbound and northbound trains with stations Muscatine Roundhouse Fruitland Garden City Grandview Wapello Elrick Junction and connections to Iowa Central and C. R. 1. P. lines. Train numbers 4 2 6 5 1 3 show arrival and departure times and transfer points for weekday operations and weekend connections.
Train timetable fragment shows Wilton Branch service with connections to Chicago passengers. Times listed include 7:12am 10:50am and 3:59pm with stop numbers 11:59am and various numbers for No 16 17 63 15. Nonstandard OCR text obscures full details.
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