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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1913
Page
7
The Titus and Investment Company offers safe pool rate mortgages with steady terms. With thirty five years of experience, no customer has ever lost principal or interest invested in our Iowa form mortgages.
Local notices list Miss Irena Doyle of Letts and Mrs. J P Meeker of Letts traveling to Winfield and Fair distances for visits. Several others from Chicago Sweetland and Adams visit or shop in the city, with extended trips noted. An advertisement from Titus Loan & Investment Co. promotes a home payment plan.
Purial services for William Lorber who died at his Culver street home Tuesday night will be held Friday morning at St. Marys church at 9 o clock. Rev. Father J. J. Grieser will conduct the rites.
A narrator who suffered dysentery from July 1st for about two months reports weight loss from 143 to 126 pounds. After trying doctors medicines with no relief, two bottles of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy provided permanent relief. Sold by all dealers.
The Columbus Chautauqua opened amid rain that cooled dusty roads and boosted patron mood. Cancellations hit with Governor Clarke ill, Poindexter booked, and James E. Watson’s engagement canceled due to Mulhall-related investigations. Lee Francis Lybarger to speak on tariff. The Roney Boys announced disbanding after August 31, with Master Wilson Campbell shining in the choir and Burlington’s Campbell family among notable attendees.
New York August 7 A preliminary report by the Episcopal church commission on pensions proposes a pension near half pay for clergymen older than 65, plus aid for widows and orphans. The plan covers 5500 clergy worldwide, requiring a starting fund of 7 million dollars and 500 thousand dollars annually. Contributions would come as about 6 percent of church salaries, scaled by ordination age. Widows would receive pensions, orphans educated, and disabled clergy cared for, regardless of taxes.
A Long Beach dispatch reports Dr. C. H. L. Manon, former pastor of the First Presbyterian church in Boone, Iowa, ordered to resign and leave Long Beach at once. He has gone to Winnipeg, claiming a call there, while his wife remains in Long Beach. An investigation into alleged moral lapses prompted the sudden action.
Public domain style advice from a Prom article describing cheap home methods to remove tan freckles and wrinkles. It promotes mercorized wax for peeling skin to reveal lighter skin and claims no hurt or injury. Also suggests a nasal bath of powdered naxolite in witch hazel as a facial tonic with astringent effect.
Iowa City records mark the death of Judith Fellows Baker, 84, once Judith Fellows, who settled in Johnson County in 1838 as one of its first white residents. Survived by five children, she died in Gibbon Nebraska after seventy-five years in the West. The piece also notes Iowa City connections to Dr. Libbie Seymour Cammack in Angola and Lieutenant Hoffman’s transfer, plus a pursuit of a Chicago wife’s elopement and wedding announcements among local society.
In Atlantic Iowa on August 7 bondholders of the Atlantic Northwestern and Southern railroad met to plan a path after August 9 when they become owners. They pledged to support northern residents raising funds to operate the line and to allow 10 to 20 years to repay bonds. The group could not settle a concrete plan. J R Sterling of Des Moines Interurban and Morgan of Des Moines Union Railway reported the north end appraisal valued the line at 1 2 6 000.
Washington Iowa August 7 Tri-County Old Soldiers association Reunion planned for September 25 and 26 with 200 to 300 veterans and wives expected. Col D J Palmer president Capt J J Kellogg secretary. Also notes Rev W O Fisher may leave for Los Angeles and funeral of J B Crane with nine children. Nora Curran marries M Knox in Washington with future Mt Vernon plans.
Winfield Iowa August. T Loyal Smith was seriously injured after being thrown from his bicycle near the northwest corner of the Winfield State Bank. He was found unconscious, carried home, and bleeding from a ear with a large lump on his head. Two physicians were called. Initially thought fatal, later reports say he rests easily. an operation may be necessary.
Notice records changes to German American Savings Bank Muscatine Iowa with Article II stricken and replaced detailing bank powers, trustee roles, and acceptance of trusts, plus a new Article XX limiting indebtedness to necessary expenses and deposits. Dated July 14 1913, signed by President H F Glessler and Cashier S L Johnson.
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