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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1913
Page
4
Local page notes Barnard's Christmas Mints and Suggestions feature to appear on page eight. Also mentions a church turkey dinner hosted by St. B Ladies next Wednesday and a birth announced for Ady, daughter born yesterday to Mr and Mrs Fred Rock of Burlington Road.
In Washington D C charges allege lobbying linked to an oil deal to permit San Francisco to take water from the Hetch Hetchy valley. The named figures are Ford Pinchot and former California congressman Theodore A Bell.
Engineers interested in proposed construction of ditches in Improvement District No. 13 gather in Muscatine today to file bids. Muscatine and Louisa county boards meet in joint session to open bids tomorrow, with contract let later. Official Birket of Pearle Illinois, representing Horman Engineering, explains the project to bidders.
Special interest surrounds tonight s Muscatine chamber of commerce gathering as committees prepare reports. The industrial group will present factory propositions while the amusement panel seeks to raise funds via subscriptions for a large entertainment and advertisement fund. Other items of interest are expected to be discussed.
Report from Winnipes Manitoba says the Bank of Montreal Plum Coues branch was held up with the manager shot dead. Manager H. M. Arak was alone in the bank when gunmen entered, forcing surrender of 410,000 in currency. The thieves fled as Arak pursued them and was shot.
The funeral of Fred Hahnbaum will be held Friday at 9 am at St Marys Catholic Church. Rev J Grelser will celebrate requiem high mass and preach the sermon. Interment will follow at St Marys Cemetery. He is survived by one brother Arthur at home and one sister Myre Heaberger of this city.
A rental notice advertises a house for lease attributed to Leroy Bt with contact via phone number 1344 Way for further arrangements and viewing.
Mayor Conrad Koehler announced a May petition drive urging the Muscatine City Council to relocate the new city hall. Opponents rally around the hay market site while supporters seek a referendum on the site choice. Some propose purchasing the old hay market to improve sanitation and provide a public rest area. others warn a new election could delay construction funded by a nearly yearlong bond.
Society notes show Jolly Rovers members met at Mrs John Tillie s East Sixth street home to discuss the annual Christmas party set for December at Mrs Harry oem s residence Final arrangements to be decided at Mrs Frank Hitman s December 18 meeting The group also accepted 62 invitations for a Davenport Valentine party in mid February Also mention of a birthday anniversary event and other club meetings with programs and readings.
An imperfectly scanned advertisement touts salts as a remedy for aching kidneys and related ailments. It promotes a salt drink with grapes and jamon to flush and stimulate kidney function, claims safety and low cost, and cites a local druggist endorsing overcoming kidney trouble.
Miss Emma Sparke of Chicago attended as an out of town guest while Aldora club members met at Bone Women’s Christian Association rooms for reg nar session. Upcoming events include the December sixteenth meeting at the association rooms and the annual Christmas dinner on December 30.
A note from a prominent Board of Education member outlines past discussions over North Muscatine area schooling. Residents seek remedy within a year as an investigation by a board member continues and may prompt action at an upcoming or future meeting.
The Washington gathering opens Friday and runs through Sunday with Dr N F Seerley, longtime YMCA leader and physician, delivering lectures. He will speak to adult leaders at ten Saturday morning in the Presbyterian church and address a boys and young men audience at 7:30 that evening.
In Bingham Utah on December 3, miners doubt Sheriff Smith's claim after three days of searching for Ralph Lopez, the Mexican bandit and murderer, who has not been in the Minnie mine since Sunday. The sheriff says he plans to reopen the mine Thursday morning hoping to find Lopez's body.
The De Koven Opera company of eighty, recruited from Europe and America, performs Robin Hood at the Grand Theatre on Thursday December 11. An English program, under conductor Joseph Bralnton, promises a grand musical social event of the winter season in Muscatine.
After grippe pleurisy or pneumonia many seek strength recovery. A Chicago reader reports Vinol cod liver and iron restored color and vitality after eight years invalid status. A Muscatine Iowa resident also endorses Vinol noting renewed strength after illness and convalescence.
Muscatine was the chosen venue for a notable performance featuring Eurica Clay a dramatic soprano from Paris and Misha Trevenzo from St Petersburg Imperial Opera. George B Frothingham of the original Bostonians returns as Friar Tuck with a company including Jerome Daley Sara Maxon Joseph Parrons Helena Morrill and Tilvie Salinger among others.
In El Paso a man was returned on neutrality law charges while others faced arrests as federal forces advanced. Francisco De La Barra left Paris for Japan by way of Germany and Russia on Huerta orders. In Harmosillo a wealthy Mexican resident of Sinaloa, Antonio V. Caballero, was shot by insurgents for plotting against the constitutionalist government.
Fragmented OCR notes show Senate at 104 minutes resuming on Hetch Hetchy issue and currency talk, Democratic entries failing. House met at noon with final credit hearings before committees, reporting over 1,000 pounds or dollars from Ohio amid unclear figures.
Claude Porter arrived in Washington to make a final bid for the district attorney post in the southern district. Judge Wade departed for Iowa this afternoon. Miners Leader Sentenced in Philippi for coal strike activity. Van Bittner, UMWA district No 5 president, jailed six years with others given suspended terms depending on conduct.
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