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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1913
Page
6
A new hold up game on Muscatine Island uses a red lantern in the road to halt cars and coax drivers to stop. A barefoot child pleads for watermelons, yielding small profits to the highwayman as drivers comply then continue. Nearby, several residents and visitors are noted arriving at or from local homes and fairs.
The Iowa Official Register for 1913 14 has been printed bound and is distributed by Secretary of State VW. 5 Alien. Compiled by Roy M Williams it includes historical data statistics biographies and election figures from 1912 plus party platforms and official lists. Portraits of state officials and legislators are included and the Red Book is widely used in libraries schools and offices.
Washington report says Henry Morganthau, chairman of Wilson’s finance committee, will accept the Turkish ambassadorial post and his commission will be sent to the senate soon, though the White House offered no official comment.
Thirty five members of Colonel Hare circle Major John circle and Sherry Norman post with families held a Weed park outing honoring surviving First Iowa Veterans. Survivors read about Taylor and Wilson Creek battles. picnic supper followed in the club house.
The German Congregational church Forward society held its monthly social Tuesday evening at the Adam Beckstein home on North Cedar street with about thirty attending. Games and refreshments filled the evening as plans were announced for future meetings and outings.
County officials outline preliminary culvert and bridge replacements for Muscatine roads this summer and fall. Limited grading and surveying will restrict extensive construction, with emphasis on stabilizing foundations before 1914 road work. Planned upgrades include the Burlington road from the city limits west and the Wyoming and Holling Hill roads.
Dr D M Schoemaker and his niece Misa Edna Schoemaker from St Louis arrived for a visit at their mother and grandmother Mrs D G Schoemaker’s home on Busch Street. They traveled by car from Missouri’s metropolis for several days.
All Saints Mission hosted a successful ice cream social on Park Avenue with three lawn tables and Japanese lanterns. Misses Lela Fessler and Hazel Kern performed while attendees bought ice cream, pop, candy and popcorn. proceeds fund church roof repairs. Grading on Lombard Street improves access as dignitaries travel to Wilton fair and local residents visit kin.
The North Circuit of Methodist churches holds its final quarterly conference at Park Avenue M E Church Saturday at 2 PM. Dr J A Boatman presides with reports from Spangler’s Chapel High Prairie and Park Avenue M B churches including financials. East Hill notes Mrs Herman Schroeder ill. workmen grade Park.
The Henry county fair opens today in Mt. Pleasant Indiana for three days. Attendance and attractions are expected to be high. The racing program promises to be greater than ever with a fine track and a large number of quality horses entered across events.
Four persons and possibly more were reported drowned between Duluth and Superior around noon today after a large launch turned turtle in the harbor. Estimates place the death toll as high as a dozen.
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