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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1909
Page
15
The past month averaged heavy cloudiness with total rainfall close to 5.95 inches and river height averaging about five feet. Observer William Molis reports a month of gloom with a mix of clear and cloudy days, detailing daily conditions from November 1 to 30.
Columbus report details a plan to consolidate independent telephone plants in Ohio and Indiana with James S Brailey. The committee aims to have independents take over the long distance network, with Brailey not confirming but the plan reportedly ready for action.
D J Reesink a former Muscatine resident was accidentally killed on a train near Frederick Oklahoma at 3 am telegrams to his brothers said little about the incident. His brothers C H and Ben plan to go to Oklahoma this afternoon and burial arrangements may follow in Muscatine.
Revival meetings fill seven churches with strong interest as Dr. Smith at First Baptist last night urged complete surrender to God in The Insincere Sinner Saul. Tonight he preaches The Doubtful Sinner Achan and prayers follow 7 19. Methodist and Friends gatherings feature sermons on Jonah and Excuses men make for not accepting Christ.
Miss Minnie Haur visited Miss Mabel Thomas in Lone Tree while Miss Emma Burr visited Miss Leona Timmerman there. Leona Timmerman and Mabel Thomas of Lone Tree called on Mrs. Claus Wiese Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Stock visited J. W. Buline home Sunday. Alfred Oscar Wiese Clarence Geo Burr and Fred Hacke spent Sunday in Lone Tree. Miss Sophia Freyermuth arrived.
The Mystic Workers of the World held a ball and box social at Yeoman hall last night with a large attendance. Supreme Master J. Ross Mickey of Bloomington Illinois and State Organizer E. E. Farley spoke on topics of interest to members before lunch-box auctions and dancing by the Mystic Workers' Ladies' band. The event contrasted with ongoing disputes with the Brotherhood of American Yeomen, which were set aside for the evening. The session on dissolving the injunction against the Mystic Workers was argued yesterday afternoon.
Wednesday from Muscatine for a visit with her cousin P Hauri and family and other friends. Miss Erna Hauri assisted Mrs C Wiese with her housework last week.
The building committee for the new First Methodist edifice was chosen at the quarterly conference after revival services. Members are J. H. Kendig, Judge D. W. Jackson, S. L. Johnson, E. O. Burnside, J. B. Hunt, P. W. Francis, and Clinton Bear. The finance committee will be appointed soon, and plans and specifications are to be sought shortly.
Colfax health trip for G W Oakes noted as Mrs Madaline Gavin and daughter Mary arrive from Illinois to visit Miss Nettie Dill and local friends before Missouri home. Several residents travel to Davenport Chicago Muscatine Cedar Rapids and Los Angeles for visits and winter plans.
A visiting Californian and visitors from Oskaloosa joined local residents for an oyster supper in the M E church parlors. The event celebrated the Sunday school class that added fifty new members in three months, led by teacher F G Sands, with Rev A S Smith from Washington delivering a brief address and musical selections accompanying the gathering.
A roundup of visits as residents travel to see family and friends across Iowa and nearby states. Names include Ruth East er, Grace Sands, Ruth Simpson, Paul A. Marsh, Noah Church, Lew Duncan, Clyde family, Fannie Ingham, Nora Martin, Grace Simmerman, Doc Whetstine, Bert V. Chapel, Marie Schmidt, Myra Malin, Dillon Payne, J E Webster, Ed Rush, Will Olds, Lela Rhodes, with stops in Weldon Osceola Burling. travels span Columbus Junction, Cedar Falls, Fairfield, Mount Pleasant, Muscatine and Mitchell counties.
We thank neighbors and friends for kindness shown during our bereavement. Gratitude to Kaiser Hose Co and Red Men lodge for floral offerings from the children and grandchildren of Mrs. Dorothea Freese.
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