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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1913
Page
4
A bank advertises a yearly two dollar cost for renting a safe deposit box to protect jewels and papers after theft. The notice urges customers to drop in to learn about the security offered at low cost.
Nellie Ogler leaves for the Khautauqua at Columbus Junction. Mrs W H Gilbert goes to visit daughter in Iowa City. Helen Kujawa and Lucile Hazelton depart for the Wilton fair. Margaretha Gutharet heads to Letts for business. Mrs EB Brown returns home from Nichols. Mabel Martin travels from Cairo to Green Bay. Katie Gibbs and Myrtle Richards depart for the Columbus Junction chautauqua.
Catholics in Muscatine and worldwide may eat fresh meat Friday due to papal dispensation for the Feast of the Assumption. The holy day is obligations and Mary’s ascent is celebrated. Thursday is a day of fasting and abstinence.
Announcement reports the marriage of Ernest Metzger and Mina Ethel Houseman. The ceremony occurred last Wednesday at 2 20 PM at East Fifth Street home, with a later visit to Grandview. They will reside at 511 East Fifth Street with Mr and Mrs William Malden.
A petition was filed in district court seeking a divorce for Myrtle Coder from L V Coder. Grounds are not known as papers were withdrawn immediately.
Members of the Baracas Class of the First Baptist church enjoy a fishing party on the Cedan River. The group, named after Isaac Walton, plans to return to Muscatine this evening.
Journal want ad lists a modern nine room house near Iowa Avenue with very reasonable terms. Contact C. W. Chenoweth at 306 East B Second Street for details.
Engineer John Morrison of the Northbound St Louis and Des Moines Wabash line is killed when his passenger train collides with a freight train near Millard Missouri. Fireman James Connors fatally injured and several others hurt. Injured rushed to Kirksville Osteopathic Hospital. Morrison’s body taken to Moberly.
A Bitulithic plant will start soon asphalts arrive from Chicago. Work on Cedar Street Fair Oaks Linn Street and Broadway tops is ready. Mulberry Avenue paving will start within days after sewer construction nears completion.
Ralph Tipton deputy clerk of the district court was badly bitten on a leg this noon when a small dog ran up to him as he walked from his home toward Park avenue. Dr B K Tyler treated the laceration.
Obsequies for Mrs Frank Millage who died at Belavue hospital were held today at 1:00 PM from her parents home, Mr and Mrs Fred Sells of Bloomington township. Interment followed at Greenwood cemetery.
Hobart Tasmania August 18 Dr Roberts senior surgeon of the general hospital claims remarkable cancer cures using Roentgen rays filtered through silver copper or tinplate He says he has treated forty cases with no recurrence of the disease.
Women voters representing four million in many states gather in Washington for a three day National Council of Women Voters conference. Public excluded from sessions except a Friday mass meeting and a House Rules Committee appearance.
Henry R Towne of New York describes the National Tariff Commission association formed at the 1905 Indianapolis convention with 232 organizations present. He explains two $500 drafts paid to James F E Watson and says manufacturers pledged $1,000. he denies efforts to place men on the tariff board.
The trial exposed letters and confessions as Miss Warrington and Lola Norris testified about plans to flee from Sacramento to Reno. Diggs Caminetti and others faced cross examination while crowds waited outside United States District Judge Van Pleet’s court.
Wilton Iowa August 18 special fair opens with strong exhibits a robust racing card and large attendance Davenport visitors join locals for Wilton s annual fair This year floral hall displays exceed previous years Aviator H Beachey scheduled to fly at 3 pm creating further interest in the opening day
Dan Tierney, long time CA player from Muscatine with Jon Wahl's U S Leaguers, was not seen with today’s invaders. He was released to make room for Schilebner of Ottumwa and is now with the Berlin club in the Canadian league.
The funeral of Harold O Melia, youngest son of Mr and Mrs Joseph O Melia of Linn Street, was held at 9 this morning from St Matthias Church. Father Leonard celebrated the requiem mass and spoke to sorrowing relatives and friends. Interment was made in St Mary's Cemetery. Four young friends of the infant acted as pallbearers in white gowns.
The local board of health moves toward enacting ten new city ordinances after a Tuesday meeting. State sanitary laws from the thirty fifth general assembly will be incorporated, with strict enforcement promised. City Food Inspector Dr John Tillie has issued cleanup notices to local merchants, with prosecutions for noncompliance.
Vice Admiral Charles P. Hanley of the Mississippi Valley Power Boat association leaves Sunday evening for Chicago to officiate at the Perry centennial motor boat races in the Windy City. Several of America's fastest boats will race in Chicago and later appear at Keokuk.
Muscatine sent a large delegation to Wilton for Muscatine Day at the fair. Excursionists traveled by a special train and earlier trains were crowded. The good roads and strong turnout from Muscatine merchants and a band promise a creditable city representation on the fair’s concluding day.
The Columbus Chautauqua in Columbus Junction Iowa closes with Senator Poindexter as chief attraction. Morning spelling matches crown junior and senior champions while the afternoon features Montraville Wood lectures, McCormick Bronte acts, and Newell Dwight Hillis talk.
The passage identifies the debutante as the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Sprague of this city and mentions her wide circle of friends in the community.
Washington reports that U S interests are alleged to back revolutionary activities in Mexico. Senator Smith outlined a foreign relations committee report focusing on American links to Mexican revolutionists and aid they allegedly received from across the border during the Madero era and subsequent revolutions. A Wilson administration briefing with the foreign affairs committee is planned.
Dr and Mrs F L Appel hosted a six oclock dinner at their Mulberry avenue home Tuesday with twelve guests to honor Dr and Mrs Omer Junkin of Milford Illinois. The central table featured a rose basket and Mrs Junkin once Erma Warren, a Hershey hospital nursing school classmate of Mrs Appel. Julius B H Herwig of New Hampton Town visited relatives and attended a Tuesday dinner at Miss Marty Herwig on Grandview avenue. Covers were for a small group and Mr Herwig leaves for Chicago to visit friends. he leads Fargo High School's commercial department. Ida Share entertained S S M club members at East Seventh street with lunch. Esther Urdangen of East Highth street is named hostess for a Wednesday session. Banner Lodge met Tuesday evening with routine business. Fair Oaks Embroidery Club plans a Weed park outing Thursday with husbands as supper guests.
Trading list shows names like Amalgamated Copper American Beet Sugar American Cotton and American Smelting and Refining Anaconda Mining Atchison Atlantic Cable Company Baltimore and Ohio Chesapeake and Ohio Chicago Milwaukee Western Colorado Fuel and Iron Colorado and Southern. Entries appear as last sale and varied faulty OCR.
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