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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1913
Page
4
Easy hair removal method using a delatone paste removes all traces of hair from face neck or arms after two minutes and washing. A Mayatone lotion made from the original package dissolves in witch hazes removes tan and complexion flaws, lasts all day and appears invisible.
Mark and Son cited as trusted insurers while Mrs. Louise Dillaway travels to Chicago for fall stock. S. F. Boke showcases Montrose tomatoes weighing 1½ pounds near the city. Titus Loan & Tener Co. touts a thirty five year record: no investor has lost principal or interest on first mortgage Iowa loans.
Local YMCA leaders finalize a bicycle expedition from Muscatine to Keokuk. R. D. Marquis directs a group of seven definite riders: Cornelius Cullen Clarence Bond Vernon Cone Robert Miller Fernia Webster Orin Reynolds. Additional members Paul Craft and Edward Bitzer plan to join. Departure moved to Sunday morning. ride likely to reach Keokuk Tuesday and begin return Thursday after church en route.
Two automobile bandits robbed a Hamburg bank at Wilhelmsburg suburb after the bank opened. They shot and killed the cashier, a 1 clerks fled for shelter as the robbers escaped with a satchel of notes and thousands of dollars in currency.
A search party formed in Los Angeles today for the disabled launch Calypho believed carried three persons who were transferred to the launch Virginia after Calypho’s engines failed. Last seen Tuesday night the Calypho then drifted farther from shore with Captain Jack Lopes, an engineer, and a deckhand aboard.
Sunday service continues while weekday schedule altered. Nos 3 and 4 departure times move earlier. Nos 5 and 6 are discontinued. No 4 exits Muscatine at 3.30 p m, No 8 leaves Burlington at 8 a m. Through freight now runs Muscatine to Burlington.
With heat persisting, Muscatine schools may delay the start of the term from September 2 to the following week. Dr Norton, president of the board, says starting on schedule is unlikely while torrid weather continues. This marks the earliest fall opening in seven years, shifting by several days due to the Monday start of next month.
Veterans of the 36th 10 complete plans soon for the Thirty-fifth Regiment reunion to be held in this city on September 3 and 4. Committee members include George H. Wiles, Robert D. Bodman, Henry F. Bodman, Adam Hartman, Fred Giesaler, B. J. Murphy and Hermann Schmidt. Col. W. B. Keeler of Chicago and Sergeant-major Albert Sibley of Oak Creek IL are slated as principal speakers. Badges arrived bearing Captain I. V. Doran’s likeness from the Irish Company.
Aug 21 Pine Mills Indiana notes Patrickson school begins Monday with Miss Florence Franklin as teacher. Mr and Mrs Olander and wife visiting friends in this burg for an extended time. Mrs Lottie Illian daughter May and Mrs William Hartman over Sunday visitors in Rock Island with Mr and Mrs Howard Baker and family.
Roy Schuyler, once a resident of the city, was badly hurt when a motion picture machine at a gas generating setup exploded in St. Clair Missouri. A heavy metal fragment struck his face, bruising him and endangering his eyesight. Muscatine friends hope he recovers sight.
Reports from the border indicate Thaw may be barred from Canada or sent to Detroit or Montreal. Immigration officials weigh deportation options while Thaw, anxious and wary, meets with his visitors as lawyers seek a strategy to control proceedings and possible destinations.
Announcement today states the 101 Ranch show will appear on East Hill circus grounds Friday. The street parade is planned for the usual time downtown and thousands are expected to witness the spectacle as Indians dismount from the cars.
Ada Carson of Wilton filed for a second divorce from Homer Carson in district court. She says they first married August 24 1900 and were divorced in 1911, reconciled six months later, then separated again after alleged abuse. She claims Carson forced her and their minor daughter to leave home on a cold rainy night and stay with neighbors.
The article notes John Lyon was released from custody after Judge Rowan ruled evidence insufficient to prove guilt in larceny of items from the Scott House including a watch a razor and money. Theodore Wolf was the complainant. Also Jed Harris alias Orrie Hayes shot by Officer Turner faces trial before Judge Rowan for resisting an officer following an Iowa City arrest after an altercation at the Rock Island station.
Broadcasted sentiment shows senators from Pennsylvania Utah and others opposing annexation and urging no war. Huerta blames Democrats and claims U S recognition is partisan and private Washington advice guides his stance. The note draft suggests Huerta believes the Democratic party’s power is temporary and seeks recognition as a political matter.
A committee tentatively fixed the annual Sunday school convention for Friday October 3 in Conesville. Carl Schmidt of Muscatine, vice president of the Sunday School association, noted plans could shift if Conesville officials request. Several hundred delegates are expected, with membership spanning four or five counties.
Kenneth Davis a 10 year old boy was picked up by officers in Waterloo after confessing to Deputy Sheriff OLea that he ran away last Saturday and has been wandering since. He initially claimed West Liberty as his home, then said he came to Muscatine to see the Wild West show.
The New York stock list shows last sale figures for major companies. Amalgamated Copper 72, American Beet Sugar 24, American Cotton Oil 44, American Smelting 66, American Sugar Refining ell, American Tel & Tel around 40, Anaconda Mining 38, Atlantic Coast Line 1, Baltimore & Ohio 2, Brooklyn Rapid Transit 88, Canadian Pacific 218, Chesapeake & Ohio 1, Chicago & North Western 129, Chicago Mil & St Paul log 106, Colorado Fuel & Transit 31, Colorado & Southern yes 31, Delaware & Hudson 159, Denver & Rio Grande position, General Electric, Great Northern various, Illinois Central, Interborough-Metropolitan 207, Mercerville & Nashville 85, Missouri Pacific, Missouri Kansas & Texas 1, Delaware Valley 3, National Lead, Fork Central 2.2, Northern Pacific, Pennsylvania, Pullman Palace Car 17, Southern Pacific 25, Southern Railway, Union Pacific, United States Steel, United States Steel preferred, Western Union, Rock Island Co. and Rock 2co. listed among last sale figures.
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