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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1908
Page
8
Local couple Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Prickett announce the birth of a son last evening. Mrs. Blanche Simmons recovering well after Bellevue hospital operation. Stirlen & Rowan report from the gulf coast country events on the 18th.
Society notes say Banner Lodge will meet in regular session Tuesday at 8 PM at Yeoman hall with full attendance desired. Pythian Sisters Sewing Society met today with Mrs Charles Conaway on West Second Street. many attended and sewing was the main activity, refreshments served.
The Farther Lights Society of the First Baptist church held a pleasant meeting last night at Mrs. F. W. Swan’s West Third street home. A missionary program preceded refreshments served by the hostess. Earlier today Mrs. W. H. Wahl hosted a smaller Arden Downer dinner for Bellevue Hospital nurses including Misses MecSwiggan, Althaus and Roth.
The A B C Club enjoyed a pleasant evening last night at Miss Marguerite Rockwell's Mulberry avenue home. Guests engaged in games and music followed by a delicious repast.
Isaac Newton filed information asking for a sanity inquisition by the board of insanity commission. He is to appear before the board late today. Callahan told a wild tale of a murder said to have occurred in the Illinois bottoms about five months ago, which troubled the police last night.
The National Union order opens a Muscatine branch, organized last evening by General Deputy F. M. Nikirk. Officers selected the name William Boyd Allison today to honor the late figure.
In Columbus Junction on Aug 11 the chautauqua proceedings featured Geo R Stuart speaking on Is Fun Divine or Devilish amid a full afternoon program. Lectures by Dr Frank W Hays and remarks by James Hedley followed, with the Jubilee Singers from Tennessee forming the closing act for the day.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Malone and daughter with Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Stein left yesterday afternoon in the launch Naomi for a pleasure trip to St. Louis. They plan several weeks on the cruise with stops in major river cities and a prolonged stay in St. Louis. Other launch owners from Muscatine plan to attend the Bellevue regatta with a large flotilla if weather allows.
Unusually heavy shipments have railroads warning coal dealers of a looming car shortage. The surge in business, harvest movement, factory resumption, and higher coal demand threaten limited rolling stock. Railroads and the interstate commerce commission note the strain will affect movement from mines to markets.
Aledo Illinois August 11 official returns delayed in Mercer County as tally sheets from two precincts remained. Republican ticket leads include Foss for U S senator 1008 Hopkins 456 Mason 156 Webster 56. Deneen 1036 Yates 662 for governor. Oglesby 607 Shumway 500 for lieutenant governor.
Indiana's John W. Kern, Democratic vice presidential candidate, visited Warren county yesterday in Indianola Indiana and laid flowers on his mother’s grave after delivering remarks at a local event.
Mr Kern visited his boyhood home and the nearby cemetery in Indianola. He placed a floral tribute on his mother's grave and showed visible emotion while recalling memories at the old burying ground.
Hundreds of pairs of trousers go on discount as our brand known for quality aims to move stock quickly. Prices range from one to six dollars with 25 percent off on every pair to attract shoppers.
The Rev. Billy Sunday remains highly sought after with Marshalltown facing an eighteen month wait for his first open date. Chicago offers $100,000 plus a steel tabernacle if all Protestant churches join in, but Sunday requires unitary church support before agreeing to come.
Illinois and Chicago report at the Republican state convention next month the platform will likely omit the local self government declaration from the last convention. Leaders fear alienating central and southern Illinois voters and Chicago elements. Early returns show Gov. Deneen leading Yates by about 13 990 votes with few counties final.
New York on August 11 reports wheat for September at 1.02% per bushel and corn at 6 percent. The brief market note highlights early price levels for traders tracking grain futures.
Dr. Weaver and Mrs. A. J. Weaver with daughter Miss Ida depart for Rochester and Minneapolis for a two week trip. They will spend a week at Paulaska Lake resort and another week visiting the St. Francis hospital in Rochester owned by the Mayo Brothers to inspect its facilities.
The first annual Trinity Church Club picnic will be held next Thursday August 13 at Wyoming Hill. Members may invite a lady and a river trip options include the Firefly at 8 19 or a river voyage. A wagoner will depart at 3 30 p m for late participants as club committees prepare arrangements.
An advertisement claims most appendicitis victims are constipated and promotes Foley's Orino Laxative as a mild cure that stimulates the liver and bowels. It asserts the product does not nauseate or gripe and urges refusals of substitutes with Druggist A. W. Morgan as the contact.
Wilbur Wright, of Dayton Ohio, flew about 1.24 miles in 1 minute 43 seconds at Le Mans after two false starts. Thousands watched as the aeroplane cut two loops like a figure eight. A previous false start was caused by an assistant delaying the wing touch and tilting the craft to starboard.
On a farm three miles from Cherokee Iowa two Swanson brothers died after going into an old well to repair it and inhaling damp air. Albert Hanson was pulled out nearly unconscious and remains critically ill with others aiding in the rescue effort.
An advertisement extols a health product as an ethical remedy for families. It endorses Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trusted laxative manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. and available through leading druggists.
The note outlines travel routes from Chicago to New York through Niagara Falls via Grand Trunk Lehigh Valley, and connections with Central Vermont Boston & Maine to Boston, plus Grand Trunk routes to Montreal and Portland. It mentions a double track Chicago to Montreal and invites inquiries to Geo. W. Vaux at 135 Adams St Chicago for low round trip fares and descriptive literature.
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