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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1912
Page
4
Ducks chickens and oysters featured at C B Richards and Cons Phase 448. A Yellowstone Park trip showcased. Leonard Bronner and George Heerd returned home from an extended visit in St Paul and northern cities.
A couple, Amelia Jensen and Willam C Siems, secured a county clerk marriage license amid superstitious chatter. They were the only couple present for a license that morning, while another pair, avoiding Friday the 13th, fled before attempting to apply.
Clinton Ia December 1. Clinton county graft cases settled when the auditor and recorder paid back 250 and 200 dollars in excess copying fees. The county has been refunded 28,000 dollars by officials since the first indictment in April.
The Young Men's Christian Association building will close at 7 30 tonight for a prom meeting. C R Drem will speak on What About the Girl at First Baptist Church. Secretary J B McNall urged all boys to attend the church event instead of the association building. Over 1800 tickets mailed to individuals today.
Mr Drum led a shop talk at the Pirsch Bubton factory at 12 15 noon attended by factory workers and neighboring plants. An oyster supper follows at 6 30 tonight in the Baptist church with toasts. The evening men only address on the topic What About the Girl will be given at the First Baptist Church.
All members of the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal church Sunday school are urged to attend a meeting at the church Sunday at 1720 o'clock to rehearse the Christmas exercises. Superintendent Mrs Allee Thompson will direct the practice.
After thirty one hours of deliberation the jury could not reach verdict in the conspiracy with intent to defraud case of George W. Lindle. Judge F D Letts discharged the jurors shortly before midnight. County Attorney Herbert Thompson moved to reopen the case at the next term of court.
J H Grimm of Grimm Motor Car Co announces a new rapid taxicab service in Muscatine using three touring cars. The firm will provide round the clock transport and parcel deliveries, with ads running in the Journal on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday each week. The service will not affect existing garage customers for Imperial and Chalmers cars.
Protest filed with the state utilities commission by stockholders of the New York Central against a 24 million dollar issuance for Ohio improvements. The protest seeks dissolution under the Sherman law. Signed by C W Yenner and Company New York bankers and Continental Security Company. Representatives to appear Monday before the utilities board.
A Chicago Associated Press dispatch reports new details on Mrs. Willer Paugh, formerly of Columbus Junction, who vanished in downtown Chicago. Wal ter Paugh, 35, husband of a Spokane manufacturer, is involved as new leads unfold about her disappearance.
Raleigh North Carolina mother Mrs W O Strother reports her child Hazel recovered strength and appetite after taking Vinci. A Muscatine Iowa druggist advertises Vinol as a pleasant tonic that builds weak children with cod liver elements and iron and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfactory.
A fragment describes a shopper with her husband Was, found today in North Side hospital. She explained she was injured suddenly while her husband was telephoning in a State Street store and she went for treatment.
Testimony recounts large public trading and broker activity on the New York Stock Exchange. Sturgis explains commissions based on par value, cites Rock Island manipulation of December 27, 1909, with two Chapin & Company members suspended for thirty days. Untermyer presses for stronger action. Street defends short selling as legitimate.
Paris dispatches report renewed pressure as Turkish plenipotentiaries warn of immediate hostilities if peace terms fail. Rechad Pasha claims 17,000 well-armed Ottoman troops at Tchat alja stand ready, while other fronts show heavy casualties and probing attacks by allied forces.
"Lady Show You" a hen that won the national egg laying contest at Mountain Grove Missouri was sold in Springfield for $500 by J A Bickerdite of Millersville. The bird laid 281 eggs this year and set a record.
Delegates from Bradley, Eureka, Williams, Washtenaw, Lombard, Hedding, Illinois College, Wesleyan, Illinois Normal, Lincoln, Shurtleff, and others attend the Illinois Intercollegiate Association meeting in Peoria. The 1912 basketball, baseball, and football schedules will be drafted as arrangements are made.
The meeting governs games played with schools outside the association and outlines steps to affiliate the state association with the national body. It covers tournament regulations and track meeting standards to align state play with national guidelines.
Enitacium basketball team travels to Washington Iowa this evening to face the Bruisers. The lineup includes Lohr Kautz Davis and Nesper as forwards, Schreurs at center, and Munn and Richards as guards with Walter Moss refereeing.
Practically the entire afternoon in district court was devoted to the habeas corpus case of Arthur Strong versus Patrick Finnegan and Lillian Strong. The trial centers on possession of a three year old child with testimony heard from shortly after two until four in the afternoon.
The committee stage of the home rule bill was completed in the House of Commons in London on December 13 amid strong remonstrations and counter protests. The lengthy proceedings reflected intense debate over the measure as supporters and opponents made audible protests.
Fragmentary report notes Premier Asquith and ministers receiving ovation as the house adjourned. The scene hints at shifting politics and a tense parliamentary mood with the crowd reacting strongly to the lawmakers exit.
Notice announces a Saturday matinee offering a 42 piece dinner free with admission. Admission is 5e and the event takes place at Lyric Theatre Adr. The item emphasizes not to miss the screening and meal deal.
Mrs A C Noble hosts Friday Evening Bridge Club at West Third Street location marking the first meeting of the season. Ladies Aid members of Island Methodist Episcopal church meet at Mrs Arthur Craddock’s home for an all day sewing with a noon dinner and productive work session. In Washington Taft signs executive order withdrawing 2954 acres of oil land in Buena Vista hills Kern County California from public entry to supply navy fuel.
The Kansas City Journal notes a tense moment when a man confesses to a mistake after a taxicab proposal. He claims he accepted the suggestion, paid the bill, and they left, walking away afterward.
Mrs Newcast expresses interest in a short holiday to visit scenes linked to her ancestors. Mrs De Ric Broad-Cutting-Oh objects, noting that slummine is horribly out of date these days.
The article explains how to extend mantle life by lighting gas briefly before applying a match and holding the flame two inches above the chimney top. It warns that following this method may cause the mantles to last longer during use.
A fragmentary dialogue depicts a young mother and father discussing care of a child. The mother forbids the father from going near the baths while the child sleeps, and they arrange who watches the child at night.
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