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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1909
Page
4
About forty five members of the A M E church were taken to Weed park yesterday at 11 AM for a church picnic with dinner and supper. They spent the day playing baseball and lawn games, watching the river, and socializing before returning at 8 30 PM.
Judge McKenzie Cleland of Chicago outlines a vision of reforming justice during a Columbus Junction chautauqua speech. He argues current criminal treatment harms families, cites a Mary Maloney case, and praises home stability as key to justice. He shares methods: home visits, honor system, and follow ups to aid reintegration.
Robert J. Burdette the humorist and preacher is seriously ill with a spine injury from a fall last March. He was put in a plaster cast yesterday as doctors order the body kept rigid for several months due to spinal cord involvement.
At Mrs. Samuel Gilbert’s Park avenue home a rare sight drew neighbors as seven Night Blooming Ceres flowers opened in one night. The plant, about three feet tall and white like a lily, has bloomed twice before but never with so many blooms. Guests included Miss Gertrude Welsh visiting from Ellett, Iowa, while local families Mr. and Mrs. Julien Oberhaus and the Rittenhouse siblings were seen in Davenport yesterday.
Carpenters have erected scaffolding and the concrete foundation is done. The elevator arrives soon and will speed material handling from upper floors, ending slow derrick transfers. Output is expected to rise once the elevator is in use in about three weeks.
A letter from Ellsworth Minnesota reports a lasting summer cold causing weakness and potential lung issues. The writer says Eckman s Alterative helped and requests a bottle for a Convent sister. The product is advertised as good for throat and lung troubles and sold in Muscatine by A W Morgan and others. requesting a booklet of cured cases.
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