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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1908
Page
6
Quail hunters mourn as the state closes the season and bans killing the birds. Local hunters report a very good season with plentiful quail after years of scarcity. Other notes include Bible classes meeting this week and a college class forming at Van Atta Elfers Business College.
The passage notes that laws fail to protect animals, hunters kill many, and animal numbers are rising rapidly across Eastern Iowa, with animals described as surely plentiful at the time.
Jule MecCoskry of the Wilton branch on the C. R. and P. Ry. reports word from Superintendent T. H. Beacom that a completely new engine will arrive in Muscatine next week. Engine No. 329 will feature the latest devices.
The Standard Bearers society of Musserville Methodist church held a session in the church parlors. They planned an entertainment for January with a committee of Mrs. W. B. Ireland, Blanche Washburn, Ethel Yeager, and Maude Smith. The meeting featured musical numbers by Ethel Robison, Ida Bridges, Blanche Washburn, Lucile Crow, and Mayme Johnson, followed by refreshments. A letter from missionary Mrs. Rickett in China was read and found informative.
An oyster supper will be served next Monday at 7 o clock by the McKee Bliven Industrial Branch of the local Y M C A at the branch quarters in the South End factory. A nominal charge will be made and brief talks follow with Rev. J N Elliott pastor of the First Presbyterian church as principal speaker.
The second quarterly session of the South Muscatine Circuit of the Methodist Episcopal church will be held at the Island church this weekend. Rev. J A Batman will lead the day, with a Saturday afternoon business meeting and Sunday religious service. The Ladies Aid Society of Musserville met at Hoopes hall with notable participation.
An executive committee led by Mrs Grace Becke Mrs Jane Barnard and Mrs Addie Barnard was named to run Tag Day next Saturday. The G A R hall at Iowa avenue and Second street will serve as headquarters with rooms open all day. A joint installation with Shelby Norman Post is planned for January 5 with Camp Hill Sons of Veterans as guests.
Mrs H Griffith visits her brother Robert Evans in Cotter and multiple Muscatine visitors are listed. A ladies watch is reported lost between west hill and south hill with a Safeguard office finder. The high school lecture course hosts a colored male quartet and reader tonight.
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