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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1925
Page
2
A new pipe organ named Reproducto was installed at the Airbanks Home for Funerals at a cost of 3500 dollars. The instrument, with pipes hidden in basement rooms, can be played by rolls or by hand and produces organ solos with piano accompaniments. A morning concert featured tunes like Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Abide With Me and Rock of Ages preceding the funeral service.
Frank Young a 72 year old itinerant printer and motion picture operator was found collecting money while posing as a lodge member and a union printer. He was chased from the Journal office and later jailed for vagrancy with a suspended 30 day sentence conditioned on leaving Muscatine.
The steamer Capitol carried roughly 1,000 passengers on a moonlight excursion from Muscatine Thursday evening organized by the local Knights of Columbus. The vessel will run several more trips from the Tri-Cities to Muscatine before ending the summer season on the Mississippi.
Firemen answered two alarms between 7:59 and 9:30 last night in the west end. An auto at 312 West Fifth Street owned by A. J. Schmidt caused the first scare when wiring burned slightly. The second alarm went to 1085 Lucas Street, Minnie Raethz residence, where a burning candle on a shed shelf ignited the shelf. Three gallons of chemical were used to extinguish the blaze. damage was small.
Harry R. Frank general secretary of the Y M C A and 8 T Sinnett state committee member will attend the state fall retreat at Camp Foster near Spirit Lake Iowa August 29 through 31. A strong program has been arranged and many general and departmental secretaries and board members are expected.
Police report Guy Grimsley aged 11, with a prior petty theft record, was arrested for attempting to open a grocery store cash register at 719 East Sixth Street. Deputy Marshal Carl Schreiber and Constable William Miller took him into custody. a companion named John Sterling fled. Grimsley’s alleged crimes include thefts from five and ten cent stores and a bicycle theft linked to Elmer Zimmerman. He faces juvenile court arraignment. store owner Anna O’Keefe noted suspicious behavior the prior night.
The county board of supervisors approved issuance of 30000 extension certificates to finance highway work. The plan, urged by the state highway commission, advances faster than anticipated and the certificates will mature in six months.
Sixty one relatives attended the sixth annual Freers family reunion at Weed park club house with an all day program and basket dinners. The association elected Elmer Funck president, George Meerdink vice president, Ray Reesink secretary, and Myrtle Shoemaker treasurer.
Perry E Reynolds died suddenly of apoplexy Tuesday evening on Tisett avenue and Scott street. Funeral services were held at Fairbanks Home for Funerals at 10 this morning with burial in Buffalo Cemetery.
High officials of the H. J. Heinz company led by president Howard Heinz arrived in Muscatine for an inspection of the plant during its peak tomato season. S. Mueller and T. B. McCafferty accompanied him, all from Pittsburgh headquarters, with annual visits tied to the company's large tomato operations.
Four carpenters headed to Miami Florida for work. From Muscatine three men Glen Parvin Robert Finley and Ross Hurlbut will join A F Grinder from West Liberty. They were hired by Nelson Construction Company of Miami before departure.
William Moore aged 22 of 511 East Front Street resumed duties today as a driver for J. M. Brockway hauling tomatoes for the H J Heinz company plant. The truck was raised and back in service after tumbling from the high bridge into six feet of water with only a smashed radiator as damage.
A firm indicates it will maintain operations through the winter and intends to resume activities in Muscatine in the spring, signaling continuation of its regional presence and employment prospects.
T N Waugh of Keokuk Iowa reports relief from constipation stomach trouble and insomnia after using Stock s Nu Tone. He says appetite improved sleep restored and general vitality returned. Nu Tone advertised as a tonic for biliousness nervousness and other ailments sold in Muscatine and nearby towns at $1 a bottle or six for $5.
One of the largest bass ever caught in local waters is shown in Bond & Hawkins window on Walnut Street. The fish weighs two pounds 12 ounces. George Miller of 1012 East Eighth Street landed it at Pike Run and entered it in the Bond & Hawkins fishing contest. The note mentions Cuba dealers buying over 1,000,000 barrels of flour annually from this country's mills.
An English aviator taught a young woman to fly by broadcasting his lesson from his aircraft. The lesson demonstrated pilot control and navigation as the student followed along in training.
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