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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1909
Page
10
Local notices show Dr Horace L Husted and Emma Meerdink traveling to Davenport for visits. Various residents plan short trips to Davenport or nearby towns. Advertisements promote shoes, buggys, mortgage loans, and local goods as community events fill the day.
JAS Blair, following a peddler’s vocation, arrived in Muscatine on the Bumble Bee at 11 and sought lodging at Nichols hotel where landlord Reynolds refused. A disturbance led to Blair’s appearance before Reynolds, the Justice of the Peace and hotel owner, on intoxication charges. Blair apologized, but the court fined him a 30 day county jail term, to be served with Deputy Sheriff Sherberger over Christmas. Constable Henry Dowling brought Blair to Muscatine.
J M Waterbury holder of the world endurance piano record plans an 8 PM Friday start at Schmidt s Music House to play through the night and aim for a longer run than 28 hours 17 minutes. An attendant will assist with meals as crowds gather. A second feature rewards guesses on total hours and minutes.
A Muscatine business introduces a new departure feature, described as an attractive addition. The test begins at 8 o'clock Friday night.
A district court decree by Judge Jackson yesterday quieted Ida B. Warfield’s title to 1610 Mulberry Avenue. Edward Lindle was the defendant in the quiet title suit. The notice ends with an advertisement offering monuments and related products from J T Boland at 417 B Second Street with a 10 percent discount through January.
Three to fifteen year old boys died in the Cherry mine disaster. Coroner Malm and State Fact ory Inspector Davies examine child labor law violations in the cages of Alfred Howard Joseph Leondeek and Alfred Kroll. Prosecution plans hinge on county court vs February grand jury. Separately $6 745 raised for relief, swelling fund near 80 000. Prohibition stance cited in Alabama. Harriman estate valued at 149 million.
Chicago December 1 workers and state superintendents of the Anti-Saloon League advocate congressional legislation. The conference adopts the slogan On to Washington aiming to push federal prohibition efforts.
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