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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1909
Page
15
Local news items list visitors and residents in Muscatine with many short notes on travels shopping and meetings. Individuals include Mrs Mary McKilligan Wilton Mrs G G Leith Wilton Mrs George Umscheid Nichols Miss Nellie Ogilvie Bayfield and Miss Lena Anderson Galesburg among others plus travel to Chicago Davenport Letts and Washington.
Dinner and supper to be served by St Marys sewing society at Wood man hall Thursday Dec 9th. Dinner 35c. Menu includes Roast Chicken Creamed Potatoes Dressing Giblet Gravy Roast Pork Sauerkraut Browned Sweet Potatoes Celery Pickles Pie Pumpkin Mince Apple Bread White and Rye Coffee Supper 25c Roast Beef Potato Salad Ham Cold Slaw Celery Pickles Bread Rolls.
The German Congregational church observes the fifty fifth anniversary with a youth concert at 7 30 this evening. A silver collection will follow. Performances include piano solos by Margerune Hinkel Lillian Koetting Edith Pilgrim Gertrude Davidson John Coster Harold Umlandt and Alfred Klaffenbach Violin solos by Carl Umlandt Abduction? No. Repeats of vocal duets solos and a declamation by Esther Stellrecht and a song by the young ladies Rev J Biock also listed.
The Muscatine Launch club will hold its regular monthly session this evening at the clubhouse. It is expected that one or two interesting matters beyond routine business may be discussed.
Muscatine felt a sharp cold snap with northwest winds and a brief rain turning to snow. The water works thermometer read 12 degrees above zero, modest for the season, while coal prices and wind chill raised the discomfort for residents.
The Commercial club is expected to reelect President J. L. Giesler and Secretary E. A. Ogilvie at tonight's annual meeting. The committee reports highly satisfactory administration and record highs in club achievements over the past year, with little to no opposition to either candidate.
Rev W H Dillon of Wilton will occupy the pulpit at First Methodist tonight as Pastor Rev Thomas Osborn is away in Agency Indiana. Dillon is described as an excellent speaker and attendees can expect a helpful sermon.
An advertisement touts Gold Dust as the ultimate sanitary cleanser for home use. It claims Gold Dust cleanses the tub, bowl, taps, tiling, and woodwork, and that a tablespoon in a pail of water suffices. The product is said to kill germs and search out impurities.
Joseph John Groters died Sunday at his brother John Groters 521 Maple avenue from tuberculosis. Born in Holland April 3 1881 he lived in Muscatine since 1883 and worked at Roach Musser Sash and Door Co then Hirsch Button Co. He married Fannie E McCoy June 30 1908. Survived by wife mother Mrs Henrietta Groters sister Gertrude and brothers John and William. Funeral Wednesday December 8 1999 at 2 pm from 521 Maple avenue with Rev O W Carrell and Eagle Lodge No 10 AOUW at Greenwood cemetery.
Mrs Julia McKibben of Iowa City spoke to Muscatine girls at the Y W C A meeting. The room capacity was taxed as a large audience heard her address on the life and influence of college girls. The Vesper Chorus assisted and Mrs O E Johnson sang. About 50 girls stayed for social hour and light refreshments followed.
Rev Arthur S Henderson of Atlantic preached at First Congregational church in the morning and evening services and spoke to men at the Young Men's Christian Association yesterday afternoon. His sermons were described as interesting and immensely beneficial.
Local branch of the Carpenters and Clerks unions will reaffiliate with the Iowa Federation of Labor through the Muscatine Trades and Labor Assembly at tonight's regular meeting. They withdrew earlier due to factional conflicts in the Electrical Workers union, and the American Federation will return the Iowa Federation charter soon.
The pulpit supply committee of the First Congregational church will convene Tuesday at 7 30 PM to discuss a successor to Rev B C Preston who resigned to allow a vacancy to be filled. All committee members are urged to attend. The Ladies Aid Society meets Thursday at 3 PM for work and a business session, followed by the usual prayer meeting at 7 30 PM.
Agreement reached to rehear the justice court dispute between Peter Mohnssen and A F Sissell in Fruitland next Friday. Costs rise as the case returns after a first trial ended in a hung jury. Mohnssen seeks 24.50 in damages while Sissell counters for 59.50, with costs totaling 42.59. Plaintiff's counsel J C Coster. defendants' counsel G Allbee and J R Hanley.
Muscatine Elks Lodge No. 304 plans a Christmas charity drive to raise funds for edible baskets and other items for needy families. A committee led by Henry Umlandt, J. Fuller and Ernst Reinemund will solicit from members and assemble lists of recipients for distribution on Christmas Eve, mirroring last year's success.
Avoid harsh laxatives for constipation. Rexall Orderlies promise quick soothing relief without griping or nausea and come with a positive guarantee. Sold by A. W. Morgan's Pharmacy at 107 West Second Street in two package sizes, 12 tablets for 10 cents or 36 tablets for 25 cents.
The Maennerchor ladies shift their gathering from Thursday to Tuesday afternoon for a St. Marys Catholic Church dinner. The meeting will be with Mrs Otto Seidlitz on East Eighth Street.
Special prayer meetings will be held at the First M E Church each evening this week except Saturday. They begin at 7 o clock. Miss Corrabelle Teachman leads tonight with Charles Chenoweth on Tuesday, Mrs William Walton on Wednesday, Julius Schmidt on Thursday, and Eugene Wilkerson on Friday.
Dr. H. M. Dean arrives home from Dallas Texas after attending a weeklong Rock Island railroad physicians meeting.
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