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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1905
Page
5
Mrs. E Dill of 211 East Third Street was taken to Hershey hospital yesterday afternoon for an operation. The ad section promotes rubber stamps at the Ideal Printery and offers five sets of second hand single harness from Frank Bowman, plus a 20th anniversary cigar feature and Braunworth shoes.
Prof W D Peck announces Muscatine business college opens Friday September 1 for new enrollment. Last year's graduating class was the largest in Iowa for a single business college. The college catalog promotes advantages and a strengthened faculty for the coming year.
The Journal man sampled milk from the C. S. Sanitary Milk company at Cedar and Third street. A Miller pasteurizer has been installed and soon pasteurized milk will be on the market. The sample was first class and free of impurities. The firm is expected to succeed.
Market ad lists catfish salmon trout and black bass among fish offerings at the Boston Market.
Debris cleared and new section of the Papoose Creek sewer from Fulham avenue to Highth street nearly finished. Contractors Stolzenau and Maurer expect final completion in a week or ten days barring delays. past storm damage halted progress but the line is now largely complete.
The article accuses Secretary Shaw of misleading the public as he defends England and France policy, implying he is split between truth and rhetoric and arguing the government seeks to obscure facts from voters.
Mrs Clarence Appel of Green Street entertained her Sunday school class of twelve from the Baptist church at her home last evening. Games and light refreshments were enjoyed.
Owners meet at the Berlin studio to finalize arrangements for a Labor Day morning river race. Most gasoline launches are timed for a half mile with handicaps assigned, though trial mile course decisions may follow. Names and times for each boat are listed by owner and vessel.
Miss Mae Kent hosted the F. T. F. Club at her Spring street home yesterday afternoon. Special guest was Miss Marie Fitzgerald of Chicago visiting Mrs. Henry Jayne on Mulberry street. Refreshments were served.
Today passengers visiting Geneva island include Mrs. E M Warner camping with the Howe cottage party, Mrs. Sandros, Mrs. Matthew Byrne and children, and Mrs. George O'Brien and children from Iowa City. Day by day groups are taken to various points as island popularity rises.
A delegation from the Muscatine Island M E Epworth League visited Rev. and Mrs. E C Brooks at 608 East Sixth street last evening and presented them with a set of silver fruit knives after games and music. Refreshments followed as Rev Brooks spoke in thanks.
Robert Mittman laid to rest this afternoon at 2 30 in the German Evangelical church with Rev J Jans in charge. The funeral cortege formed at his south city home after services there with the Mechanics Aid Society leading the procession and Pauchet’s band playing to the cemetery. Interment followed at Greenwood cemetery amid generous floral tributes.
Miss Mary Fahey invited friends to City Railway Park for a supper and dance in honor of Miss Estelle Collier of West Liberty who was visiting. The group enjoyed refreshments then danced at the City Park Pavilion before returning to the city.
The case of Flip Dwyer charged with robbing D. O. Wilcox in an East End saloon is before Justice H. S. Howe. Kamerer defends Dwyer and many believe Wilcox misplaced his watch elsewhere. Wilcox previously accused Officer Billings of a station house robbery, but the charges were dismissed after investigation.
Rev H F Martin of Grace English Lutheran joined J J Furst and Augusta Parchert of Illinois City in marriage yesterday at noon at John Reinemund's West Fourth street home. Attendants were Carl Parchert Julia Furst Lucy Cadle and Will Parchert. The couple will reside in Illinois City where they are well known.
Following Felix Haley’s death the Iowa State Traveling Men’s association board appointed L. C. Deets of Des Moines to replace him. Deets has served on the board for ten years and is a prominent member of the A. O. U. W. He and his family have visited Muscatine often.
Muscatine White Sox schedule a baseball game against the tri cities All Stars on the fair grounds diamond Sunday afternoon. Manager James Patterson secured the match in Moline. Local players Murray Fesler and Billings headed to Washington to face Keota. James Dudley starred for Davenport Springfield Threes last night, drawing cheers as he pitched the final two innings.
Last evening at 8 15 o clock the marriage of John P Prow and Miss Carrie K Silverhorn was performed at the home of the bride’s parents 305 Grandview avenue in the parlor beneath a floral arch Rev Geo Meier officiated The couple were attended by Miss Effie Prow and Fred Kautz About fifty relatives witnessed the event The bride wore white silk and carried roses A wedding supper followed and the couple will live with the bride’s parents
The Rathbone Sisters lodge at Irving Temple held a regular session last evening. Two membership applications were acted upon and one candidate was admitted. Mrs. O'Brien of Iowa City gave the featured speech, followed by social time that extended late into the night.
A social gathering was hosted last evening at Conrad Nau’s home two miles north of town. Guests enjoyed lawn games amid lanterns and festoonings. attendees included local residents and out of town visitors Myrtle Franz Davenport Agatha Ryan Nichols Dorothy TeStarke Rock Island and Peter Daut Wilton.
Des Moines reports Governor Cummins may respond to Secretary Shaw's second letter charging intentional misrepresentation of U S treaties with France and Great Britain. Cummins cites Shaw admitting a discrimination claim against England, asserting the Punch treaty grants Britain advantages equal to other concessions.
The Interior Department will lease Indian pasture lands in southwest Oklahoma on December 4 for five years with a re lease option. Parcels range from a quarter to two sections per lessee and cover about 380000 acres mainly suitable for cotton wheat alfalfa and Kaffir corn. The land lies in Caddo Kiowa and Comanche counties with good water and river bottoms near Chattanooga on the Rock Island System. John Sebastian Rock Island System Chicago will provide further details.
To Lane agents notice that the Iowa Central Railway will sell daily summer round trip tickets at one fare plus two dollars to certain northern Minnesota and Dakota points with return by October 31. Low round trip tickets also on sale daily to St Paul and Minneapolis after June 1. For particulars call agents or address A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis Minn.
The Missouri annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South at Palmyra adopts a new plan requiring ministers to pay their own board, replacing the prior practice of accepting local hospitality.
A large Muscatine turnout including about twenty business men went to the Wapello fair this morning to spend the day and watch the races. A special excursion operated along the North and South lines for the event drawing horse racing enthusiasts from the city.
The remains of Isaac Stark, the Muscatine youth who drowned in Lake Michigan Sunday afternoon, were recovered yesterday afternoon by searchers who had continued to hunt for the body since the accident. Stark was well known in the city.
Mrs. Clouse Schlenter, 50, hanged herself with muslin strips at La Porte last night. She leaves a husband and five children. This followed a previous attempted suicide.
Des Moines IA August 24 September 1 1905 excursion tickets on Iowa Central at one fare for round trip limited return until September 2 1905. For details on rates and train times consult agents.
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