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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
8
Short items note Mrs Geo Belk returning home from shopping in this city and Miss Pearl Hastings planning a Wilton visit. Other entries mention visitors from Iowa City Kalona Columbus Junction and Fruitland and local ads for Sleepy-Eye flour candy ice cream and five room house for sale.
Dr E B Fulliam is now installed in a modern office behind his residence at 217 East Third Street. The quarters are conveniently adapted with most equipment planned but not yet fully in place.
Fraternal Aid Association locals plan a Muscatine district meeting in September where E P Days name is expected to be chosen as district representative for the supreme convention at Lawrence Kansas October 15. Fifteen delegates will be elected to the district convention and attendees from Cedar Rapids Iowa City Davenport and other branch cities are expected. The main business is selecting the supreme convention representative. A large turnout is expected Friday evening.
William Hartman of Hershey avenue, once nearly blind, shows improvement after treatment by Dr Dean at University Hospital Iowa City. One eye was removed previously. the remaining eye may be usable again. Initial damage traced to insect or foreign object suspected years ago, with earlier Chicago treatment failing.
The Rock Island Railroad will lay a new track from its right of way to the Ziegler canning factory to streamline stock shipments from the local concern. A large work crew started today, filling in along the proposed line for a diagonal extension over 500 feet long. Also, the old Royal Pearl button factory engine room on Grandview avenue is being torn down to supply brick for a coal shed at the McKee and Bliven site.
Prominent tri city clergyman Rev R K Atkinson of Davenport Bethlehem Congregational may speak at Mulford Congregational on Sunday evening. He will fill the First Congregational pulpit in the morning during Rev B C Preston’s vacation and may address Hershey Avenue church that night. Fishing at Muscatine slough yields good catches with anglers near Hershey pasture and four and eight mile bridges reporting active finny activity. Miss Maggie Wroan of Deer Creek Illinois returns home after visiting at the Dam Womachel residence in South Muscatine. Harry Freeman leaves for Chicago for a short visit.
Isabel Jane Smire born 1849 in West Virginia died July 26 1909 at Hershey hospital Muscatine after a yearlong illness and failed operation. She leaves husband John Smice and seven children Frank John Bert Charles Jake Josephine Powel Dora Tharp, sister Mary Simpson, brother Jacob Teets. Funeral held Wednesday at Methodist church with burial in Toolesboro cemetery.
Mrs. J. W. Work, who has been visiting in the city, returned to her home in Washington yesterday afternoon.
Local notes show J. Walker moving his family from Fruitland to Oregon street for work in Muscatine while Will Jones heads to Minneapolis. Mrs H Schick arrives from LaCrosse Wis visiting Kendig parents on Oregon street. Hampe brothers improve property with cement walks near Toborg grocery on Oregon. Harris family relocates from Nebraska street to a cabin boat on the river. Friends of Curtis Dean are mentioned.
Be sorry to learn that he is quite ill at his home on Oregon street, being threatened with typhoid fever. Mrs. Ed. Murphy is spending the week visiting with friends at Burlington. Arthur Price has returned from Clinton, Ia., where he has been visiting his grandparents for the past two months. Robert Waddell of Burlington, guest at the John White home, has returned to the down river city. George Rink has returned home after spending time at Waterloo. Mrs. Bert Wilson of Fruitland spent yesterday in this city visiting with friends and shopping.
Millersburg Illinois residents and visitors are noted from August events. Mr. and Mrs. William Terry of Media visited. Martin Haas returned from Monmouth hospital. several locals, including J B Duncan and S A Miller, traveled to Aledo for business and supplies. Mrs. James Hare and others shopped in Aledo. church social at the Presbyterian church on July 30 preceded the August memorial service for Andrew Downey’s wife.
Spiller of Marston Illinois officiated with Rev J T Wylie assisting. A large attendance witnessed the service and the remains were laid to rest in Millersburg cemetery. Also an advertisement for Foley's Urine Laxative from A W Morgan druggist promoting relief from indigestion and habitual constipation.
Dr. J. W. Cook a Amherst college faculty member who spoke at the Muscatine Chautauqua last year is expected this afternoon on the Firefly and will stay with George Reeder on Mulberry avenue before continuing west visiting Muscatine friends en route.
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