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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1909
Page
5
Local items report visitors from Wilton and Nichol, travel to Chicago and Davenport, and shopping trips in Muscatine. Household notices mention a burial at Greenwood for a Hershey hospital death, selling real estate near Davenport, and a Woodman hall dinner by St. Mary’s sewing society with a long menu.
The German Congregational church marks its fifty fifth anniversary with a youth concert this evening at seven thirty. A silver collection follows. Performers include Margerite Hinkel Olga Klaffenbach Esther Klaffenbach Lillian Koetting Carl Umlandt Edith Pilgrim Lila Hocke Esther Stellrecht John Coster Edna Hocke Alfred Klaffenbach Harold Umlandt Esther Klaffenbach and Rev. J Block among others in piano vocal and violin numbers.
The Muscatine Launch club will hold its regular monthly gathering this evening at the clubhouse. The meeting may include one or two interesting matters in addition to routine business.
Muscatine woke to a NW wind bringing wintry cold as rain turned to snow. Thermometers hovered around 12 degrees above zero, with a moderation in overall cold attributed to a warm spell in the preceding month.
The Commercial club appears set to reelect President J. L. Giesler and Secretary B. E. Ogilvie at tonight’s annual meeting. Voters indicate the officers will again serve, citing highly satisfactory work and record achievements over the past year despite their initial reluctance. Strong support is noted with little opposition.
Rev W H Dillon of Wilton will preach at the First Methodist church tonight in the pastor's absence. He is considered an excellent speaker and a helpful sermon is anticipated for attendees. A Maennerchor ladies meeting is rescheduled to Tuesday afternoon at Mrs Otto Seidlitz’s on East Eighth Street after a Catholic church dinner.
An old advertisement extols Gold Dust as the superior sanitary cleanser for bathrooms. It claims the product brightens tubs bowls taps and tiling while cleansing and killing germs with a simple heaping tablespoon in wash water.
Mrs Juliay Meisibben of Iowa City addressed a full YWCA meeting in Muscatine with a note of helpfulness. The audience, mostly girls and women, filled the YWCA rooms, with the Vesper Chorus assisting and Mrs C E Johnson singing. About 40 girls stayed for refreshments after the social hour.
Joseph John Groters died Sunday at his brother John Groters home in Muscatine of tuberculosis. Born in Holland April 8, 1881, he lived in Muscatine since 1883 and worked for Roach & Musser Sash and Door Co and Hirsch Button Co. He married Fannie B. McCoy on June 30, 1908. Survived by wife, mother Henrietta Groters, sister Gertrude, brothers John and William. Funeral Wednesday at 2 p.m. from 421 Maple Avenue with Rev. O W Carrell and Eagle Lodge No. 10 aiding, Greenwood cemetery.
Rev Arthur Henderson of Atlantic preached both morning and evening at First Congregational Church and spoke to men at the Young Men's Christian Association yesterday afternoon. His sermons were described as interesting and immensely beneficial.
Local 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 had withdrawn due to factional conflict in the Electrical Workers union and a dispute over recognition. The American Federation is expected to restore the Iowa Federation charter once reaffiliation is complete, while Ohio must reestablish a new organization before reinstatement.
In Fruitland the case between Peter Mohnssen and A F Sissell awaits another hearing after a jury disagreement last Friday. Mohnssen seeks $24.50 damages while Sissell counters for $59.50. costs totaling $42.50 have accrued and may rise. Coster represents the plaintiff. Allbee and Hanley appear for the defendant.
The pulpit supply committee of First Congregational church will meet Tuesday at 7 30 PM to discuss Ray B C Preston's vacancy after resignation. All committee members urged to attend. Also, Thursday includes Ladies Aid work session and a 7 20 PM prayer meeting.
Muscatine Elks Lodge No 804 announces a Christmas charity drive to aid poor families. A committee will solicit funds and another will compile a needy list to distribute food and goods, following last year's several hundred dollar total and Christmas Eve baskets.
A promotional note extols Rexall Orderlies as a safe effective constipation treatment. It claims no harsh drugs, no griping, and affordability, marketed with a positive guarantee from The Redxall Store in A. W. Morgan's Pharmacy, 107 West Second Street.
Special prayer meetings will be held at the First M E church every evening this week except Saturday. They start promptly at 7 o'clock with Miss Corabell Teachman leading tonight. Readers listed for the week include Charles Chenoweth, Mrs. William Walton, Julius Schmidt, and Eugene William Leon on subsequent days.
Dr. H. M. Dean arrived home this morning from Dallas Texas where he spent the past week attending the Rock Island railroad physicians meeting.
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