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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1913
Page
2
With September approaching the straw hat is to be relegated to the closet top shelf as a natty blue hat takes its place for the well dressed. Local paberdashers have issued an edict that straw headgear must yield to the new style next month.
The Rev Edward Paweatt bishop of the Episcopal church at Quinasy DL arrived here Saturday evening en route home after a long cruise on his large boat Esther with a party aboard. They left Quincy and sailed up the Mole Tivor to the Hennenin canal then to the Mlivsisulpul canal and up the river to St Paul. After several weeks away in the Twin Cities the pont turned downstream toward Guinea starting point. The cruiser anchored locally with the party of Lie hap big wits and a cook. Jun
In the morning the clergyman attended Episcopal services in the city and visited his old friend, Reverend Webster Blake. Provisions were boarded and the Bishop returned from church as the cruiser moved downstream. The craft measured thirty feet and was propelled by an eighteen horsepower, two cylinder engine.
Kalona Iowa August 26 local notes report visitors and travels. Missen Bostle and Lucy Holdman of Lone Tree attended at the Palmer home and Chau tauqua. Mrs Hicks headed to Iowa City as a passenger. Mrs Wells and granddaughter Marie visited Davenport. Wertz family guests Rollin Petershalm and Don Daw son. Whetstine and John son of Columbus Junction visited the fair. Everett Allen visited relatives then returned to Iowa City. John W Jones of Ozark came for a few days with relatives. Edmondson family planned a Colorado trip. Miss Sadie Coombs of Oskaloosa visited Edne Allen then left for Lake Geneva Wisconsin for a convention. Rev Walter W Williams preached at the M B Church after arrival from China. Christian Myers returned to Chicago after visiting grandparents. Dragat Lones accompanied by friend for a visit. H Dunlap visited Washington and Sigourney on business last week.
Large flotilla from Davenport and Muscatine heads toward Keokuk for the regatta on August 26 27 and 28. Hydroplane Tadpole leads the group down river with many launches and cruisers following from Davenport Rock Island and Muscatine. boats plan pleasure trips and expect to race, stopping at Muscatine wharf for provisions and rest before continuing downstream.
Illinois canal commission's Peoria to Joliet mission seeks to open the old land waterway from Chicago to Peoria with a nine foot channel. The group, backed by the War Department, aims to lift injunctions blocking canal funding and maintenance amid a contested 1903 and 1909 history of state and federal action. The delegation includes S. M. Marshall, H. P. Dwyer, W. L. Sackett, Walter Pannock, and others as they prepare evidence for a Springfield Supreme Court hearing in October.
The G. W. Hill with more than five hundred passengers and the packet Sidney with about one thousand excursionists anchored at the Davenport dock for short stays yesterday evening. Both ships departed Rock Island after three o clock, the Hill forty five minutes and the Sidney longer. The Sidney returns Friday for another city outing and a moonlight excursion is planned that night. The crowd was the season’s largest, with many likely to attend next Sunday’s outing.
Crop Advisor K A Kirkpatrick announced extensive next year agricultural experiments in the county. A large acreage near Fruitland on the Hoopes farm will be prepared this fall under his direction, with broad testing and demonstrations to follow. He left for Des Moines to attend the Iowa State fair, while several local youths from Mascatine county participate in stock judging classes and will take part in fall activities with the advisor.
St. and Mrs. Charles Puller Jr and Mr. and Mrs. George W Lindle with Leroy left the city Sunday morning for Des Moines to attend the Iowa State Fair. They travelled in Mr Fuller’s Buick and attended mass at a Catholic church in Iowa City. They expect to return Thursday or Friday of the week.
A fragmented ad-like notice touts Shreever AntiGall Stone as a cure for kidney and bladder stones. It mentions treatment without surgery and urges readers to consult druggists, with garbled names and directions suggesting a patent medicine pitch from a period newspaper page.
Wilton Iowa residents share weekend visits with relatives in Davenport Muscatine and nearby towns. Burton Christison Phoebe Miller and several locals traveled for family calls business and social stops. A mix of Sundays and Saturdays featured trips to Davenport Muscatine Iowa City and surrounding areas.
Misa Mabel Lenker and Slater visit friends in Muscatine while teaching begins for Miss Anne Murphy in Bennett. Veroncia Mullan visits relatives in Davenport. Several residents travel to Des Moines for the State Fair. Local social club event features music and conundrums with refreshments. upcoming hosting by Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wal.
Aug 25 reports Willem Ehrocke threshing in the vicinity. Wilton Eichelberger, from Ard on, arrived from Mmecatine on the D M Friday and is visiting his cousin Hilery days. Mr and Bill C Watts, with Dromm and two sons Leverne and Merte, drove from McCausland on Wednesday.
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