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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1914
Page
4
The Sweetland M E church chicken supper and bazaar drew large crowds from Muscatine with interurban riders meeting cars at the station. Proceeds exceeded $126, booths raised funds from $100 to $125, and decoration and booths added to the event’s success.
Laughter is healthful and helps digestion. A more effective aid is Chamberlain's Tablets. If indigestion troubles you, try them. They cost a quarter and are obtainable everywhere.
Johnson County farmer Gorillab Kramer lies in a Town City hospital after a perilous voyage from Switzerland aboard a Holland vessel. He and companion John Schwab endured two months marooned, suffered financial losses, and Kramer is described as physically broken. Local farmers appeal to national lawmakers to ease hog shipment quarantines amid further losses and alleged graft concerns.
The war department proposes about 40 million dollars for river work next year with half allocated to the Mississippi and its tributaries. Thirty projects are listed from 250 thousand to 6 million each, to be reviewed by the rivers and harbors committee before Christmas. Colonel Townsend says work could be done cheaper next year. the largest item is 6 million for Mississippi River contracts from the head of the passes to Cape Girardeau.
An advertisement claims four ounces of Jed Salts mixed in water before breakfast will cleanse clogged kidneys, reduce backache and bladder irritation, and restore normal urine. It touts lithia-water benefits, inexpensive price, and safety, urging readers to take the remedy to prevent sickness.
An old advertisement asserts catarrh weakens lungs and leads to consumption. It claims Hoads Sarsaparilla purifies the blood and is the best remedy, urging readers to ask their druegist for it.
The plan to fund waterway projects faces sharp cuts and stiff opposition. Estimates range from 35 to 50 million dollars, with the Mississippi River improvements, from the head of the passes to Rock Island, heavily trimmed by army recommendations. Proposals include levees to Rock Island and upper Mississippi work from Ohio to Missouri, then to St. Paul.
The city celebrates the inauguration of Muscatine Lighting Company's new tungsten street lights. Residential areas glow brighter, casting a radiance unseen before, with officials and council members praised for timely completion and better illumination than vapor lamps.
The Bankers Reserve held its annual election of officers last evening as the principal business. The session ended with a poll. Elected officers include President W. AvAppal and Vice President Mrs Molly Vanatta.
Members of Muscatine and Louisa counties opposed a congressional plan to transfer 10,000 dollars intended for Muscatine Island levee work to other districts. They argued the conditions were too costly and the commission plan was unsatisfactory. Critics feared starting federal work would lead to ongoing yearly funding.
The Schmidt concert company presents a full program tomorrow evening at First M E shared at Grandview. Highlights include Vic tOTY with wren net beens in Orchestra, Song of the Soul, Breil's Mellophone Solo, Reading, Scene de Ballet, Flute Solo, Bridal Rosa Overture, Piano Solo, Il Snr y Saluc d Amour, Elgar Violin and Orchestra, and Meditation. Company personnel include Parrott, reader, Schmidt mellophone and violin, Carl C Schmidt violin, Herman Schmidt Jr piano, Clarence Collina orchestra, and Bear This in find. Also notices: Chamberlain's Cough Remedy ad and Redmen officer elections Thursday night.
Smoke woke residents as a fire broke out at a Twenty-Second Street apartment. Two women Mrs Cheer and Mrs Richardson were carried to safety by central station firefighters after others failed to escape. Mr Cheer also escaped unaided. two families in the building fled.
James Red Hill was discharged from custody after a hearing before Judge Rowan on charges of assault with intent to commit great bodily harm. Witnesses mostly did not see the fracas at the Schoultz billiard parlor, but Williamson reportedly stabbed Hill after which the court ordered Hill released, noting he had already stayed in jail long enough.
A home brewed sage and sulphur hair dye claim darkens gray hair, stops itching, and prevents hair loss. An easier ready made Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound costs about 50 cents a large bottle and is available at drug stores from A. W. Morgan, 107 West Second Street.
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