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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1907
Page
4
Cure for dandruff promoted with claims that ZEMO destroys the germ causing the disease and stops itching instantly. It also prevents hair loss and leaves the scalp clean and healthy. For sale by A. W. Morgan at 107 West Escond Street.
Muscatine county horse owners enter several runners for the Henry County Agricultural association meet at Mt Pleasant August 14 to 16. Entries include Lena K S, Red Val, Sandy Mack, Cheyenne, Sandy Meek, Lona K, Ellen, Dick Yates and others from Wapello and Muscatine. Local enthusiasts plan to attend. these races are noted as among the state’s best.
Focal News notes a property lot in River View addition and a list of properties for sale with contact John A. Robbins. Advertisement highlights 10c cooking school at an armory at 2:30 pm daily and high prices for poultry eggs and hides via J Greenblatt. Several personal notices include Dr. Fred Appel’s recovery and Mr. Watson’s hospital operation. Georgia Schott leaves for Stillwater Minn. for a three week visit. Jewel Figin watches sale. Lane family returns from an east tour visiting major cities.
William W. Archer of Chicago Illinois died last night in a Chicago hospital from a spine injury suffered at Bass Lake Indiana last Friday afternoon. Archer was assistant general counsel for Armour and Company of Chicago.
James O Keefe broke the fourth finger of his left hand while working at the Miller machine shop on Mulberry. He endured severe pain but recovered enough later. Dr. E B Fulham provided medical care.
Iowa Lodge Degree of Honor calls for full attendance at the Wednesday evening session on August 14. A good time is planned, with emphasis on fellowship and organization business.
The fifty third convention of the International Typographical Union opened in Hot Springs Arkansas with talks on pensioning superannuated and incapacitated members and improving sanitary conditions in composing rooms. The president notes arbitration pacts with about 200 large newspapers and calls for rigid apprentice education. A Union Printers Home expansion linked to the Cummings Memorial Fund, totaling 12910 dollars and 44 cents as of May 31 1907, is planned.
Grand Trunk Railway System operates the world’s longest double track from Chicago to Montreal to Niagara Falls under one management. The Grand Trunk Lehigh Valley route via Niagara Falls runs from Chicago to New York. Descriptive literature and time-tables available free on request from George W. Vaux at 135 Adams St Chicago IL.
Davenport Iowa gears up for a mass meeting at Washington Park on Thursday to oppose the mulct law enforcement. German organizations plan a Claus Groth hall meeting, with a big parade and a 100 piece musicians band leading the demonstration free of charge.
About twenty to thirty clam shellers from Stringtown are preparing to leave Muscatine for southern waters this fall. They migrate each autumn seeking warmer water to extend their work season. Most live in cabin boats and travel by boat downstream then return by rail in spring.
Mrs Clara E F Batterson and her daughter Miss True of Pasadena arrive in Muscatine to visit son Elmer Batterson on Locust Street. They plan to stay about a month before Miss Batterson goes to New York City to finish her musical education.
Mr and Mrs James Raines and family of Hershey Avenue depart this evening for Keokuk to spend a week or ten days visiting relatives and friends.
The feast of the Assumption will be celebrated Thursday in the city’s Catholic churches. St. Matthias and St. Mary’s will hold special services with masses at 6:30 and 9:30 at St. Matthias, and 6 and 10 at St. Mary’s, with children’s singing and additional hymns. Members urged to attend at least one mass.
Miss Ella M. Witter of Storm Lake wins election to fill the Muscatine high school art vacancy caused by Miss Bessie Brace resignation. She will direct the art department and may also supervise mechanical drawing with the manual training program.
The Y M C A excursion faces final chance tonight as river weather threatens a postponement. After repeated delays and growing enthusiasm, organizers expect a grand final outing if storms hold off, with no further attempts planned if the steamer cannot sail.
Articles of incorporation filed in Muscatine establish the Independent Lumber and Manufacturing Co with W. L. Roach J. B. Chaplin and Arthur Hoffman as corporators. The firm may buy and operate logs timber lumber and wood products and run sawmills tramways dumes and ditches with a $600000 capital. Annual meetings set for the second Tuesday of January. business runs twenty years. Offices will be in Muscatine though manufacturing won t occur there.
The Farther Lights society of the First Baptist church met at Miss Clara Kell's home on East Seventh Street. Members Miss Elsie Hubacher Miss Edith Raff and Mrs Jennie Hoefflin spoke on New Hebrides while Miss Mattie Trunich played piano and Miss Blanche Mann with Miss Jessie Stirlen sang. The gathering was described as the best and most interesting of the year with the next meeting set for Mulberry Street the home of Miss Lillie Roach on September 9.
Shelby Norman Post officers join the Woman's Relief Corps Major John Circle and Col. Hare Circle G A R to meet at G A R headquarters at 8 pm to decide the picnic date and arrange the outing program. Prominent union soldiers are expected to attend and speak.
A party of nine girls who camped at Hanley cottage on Geneva for ten days returned this afternoon. The group included Misses Elizabeth and Julia Le Quatte, Lena Prather of Ottumwa, Daisy Pantel, Cleo Richards, Margaret Payne, Elizabeth Bridgeman, Blanche Klein, and Ellen Hanley hostess of Innesfall.
Arthur Wilcox of this city married Miss Nellie Schmidt of Fruitland on Saturday in Davenport. The groom works for J. Henrietta and is a promising young man. The bride has many Muscatine friends.
The article notes the couple will leave the city later this week for Denver Colorado to establish their future home. It mentions the Court of Honor meeting held last evening with many members present and a social hour with music. The court plans to attend the Fruitland meeting on August 26 with about fifty members expected.
The Weed Park club meeting scheduled for tomorrow afternoon has been postponed to 3 pm on Friday August 16. All members are urged to attend as important business will be discussed. supper will be served in the evening as usual.
Miss Eda Critz entertained a small company of friends last evening at her East Ninth street home in honor of Misses Anna and Alice Stack of Iowa City visiting this week. A social hour of cards was enjoyed and refreshments were served.
Well known Tom Killion of Wilton Iowa and Miss Mary Reynolds of this city to be married this evening at 8 o'clock in St Matthias parsonage. Rev F J Leonard to officiate. Both are prominent in the locality.
The Woman's Federation met yesterday afternoon at the P. M. Musser Public Library to discuss a fountain planned for the corner of the Cook Musser bank.
Geneva Golf and Country club members host the fourth dance of the series at the club house tonight with music by the Thomas' orchestra.
Carl Anderson, an inmate of the county poor farm who has wandered away repeatedly, appeared before the board of commissioners of the insane. After questioning, the board decided he should be taken to the asylum for special medical attention. He agreed after initial resistance.
The funeral for Otis O. McNall was held at 11 o clock this morning at his home near Foster IM. Rev. Jordan Odeil of Joy officiated as a large crowd attended. Interment followed at Reynolds cemetery with pallbearers William Reynolds Eli Reynolds Abe Johnson Charles McPherson Burt Howard William Schreurs John Hesser and Clay Ripley.
Roger Light of this city fractured his right arm yesterday afternoon after being thrown from a horse while visiting relatives in Mount Pleasant. The accident occurred in the northern part of the city with no further injuries reported.
A man named Kallenberger will appear in police court this afternoon to answer to the charge of intoxication. He was picked up early this afternoon by Jacob Ziffren and taken to the county jail.
Labor leaders push peace talk as telegraph operators strike across Chicago and eastern cities. Strikers refuse arbitration, extend walkout to New York Philadelphia Detroit and Washington. Fifty cities now affected as brokers grant wage and shop demands.
A cutter dredge is expected to reach the city late this afternoon or tomorrow from Moline to complete levee work. Earlier suction pumps failed due to heavy material, so a cutter dredge with a large workforce will be used to rush improvements along the levee.
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