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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1909
Page
5
Miss Ella B. Waterbury and Prof. Harry Gardner announce their marriage to be held at the bride's Minneapolis home. Gardner, formerly of the mathematics chair, and Waterbury, an English literature instructor, are linked to Iowa Wesleyan in Mt Pleasant.
In Council Bluffs Iowa on August 31 Geo F Castle of Cripp Iowa filed the first answer in the Maybray Mike cases naming Maybray and associates and the First National Bank. The document asserts drafts and checks were cashed in the ordinary course of banking business.
Des Moines investigation into the death of Mattie Skibbie aged 12 who died from burns suffered when her dress ignited while burning leaves at the Home of Friendless Children. The coroner was not notified promptly due to the uproar following the injuries.
Miss Ida Appel of Grandview Avenue has published her first local composition The Muscatine Girl waltz. Copies are available at local music stores and the cover features a motor boat foreground with the Muscatine high bridge in the background.
South Muscatine prepares to resume classes after vacation with the city schools opening Tuesday September 7. Franklin school gains include a cement cellar to stop basement seepage a new smoke stack and a cement walk plus repairs in several rooms Garfield school receives water works connections and other improvements. Locals note new front cement walk at Randleman grocery Grandview avenue and reports on residents traveling and returning from nearby towns.
A letter from Sisters of St Francis in Memphis praises Eckmans Alterative for curing tuberculosis and improving lung health. The notice notes treatments relied on diet and nutrition and lists Muscatine druggist A W Morgan as a local seller. It urges readers to request a booklet of cured cases.
Four with friends and attending business matters. Mrs. George Frye remains in critical condition with lockjaw. Frank Gadanski is seriously ill at his Oregon street home. Ed Willie has returned home after visiting in the Tri Cities. Mrs. Dan Alderman of Kansas street returned from a short visit at Anamosa. Dulcie and Pliny Carpenter returned from Davenport after a brief visit.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a tonic to brace nerves banish sick headache prevent despondency and invigorate the entire system. It markets youthful vigor through a digestive aid promoted to restore energy.
Southern Planter reports a planter injecting an ounce of whiskey into watermelons to create a rare flavor. The practice risks arrest under liquor laws and sparks debate among growers about doctored fruit and possible injunctions.
Perry Duncan returns from Muscatine as Maude and Vera Cummings head to Wapello for a month. Dozens of residents visit Davenport Chicago West Liberty Muscatine Seattle Seattle and Moscow for business and family matters while a Wilton Iowa City baseball game looms at Ayres Park with closures and a 1:30 start to fit the 3:59 train.
Local ad from A. W. Morgans Pharmacy promotes Rexall 93 Hair Tonic claiming it will cure dandruff grow hair and prevent baldness with a money back guarantee. Two sizes 50c and 1.00. Located at 107 West Second Street The Rexall Store.
Bel den Woodring, a veteran steeplejack who rigged the flagpole on the Singer building, fell two feet from a chair and fractured his skull. He died soon after in New York on August 31. Woodring spent most of his life working at dizzy heights and was leaning back when the chair toppled.
Washington reports Costa Rica elects Ricardo Jiminez president as a bitter campaign ends amid rioting and disorder. Returns from the previous day show Jiminez securing the presidency.
Rock Island clergyman William Schoenig has completed a visit with friends in this city and returned to his home.
Miss Gertrude McNutt of 108 West Sixth Street departed yesterday for Chicago to visit friends for a short time.
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