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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1909
Page
17
The Ladies Aid Society of Park Avenue Church shipped a carload of paper after over six months of gathering. The load weighed 9 139 pounds with 4 865 pounds magazines 2 924 pounds newspapers and 1 350 pounds miscellaneous paper. The venture yielded about 50 dollars profit and plans for another car are under consideration aided by Baptist members.
Lincoln school pupils are taking monthly tests this week as the first term nears its end. Tests occur every four weeks and the term will resume after the holiday, with the Christmas entertainment in preparation for December 23. A minor machinery break at Huttig's disrupted work yesterday but was fixed today.
G M Titus president of Titus Loan and Investment told the Fair Oaks city council last night the firm will back sewerage installation. The city engineer will prepare a plot and cost estimate for next meeting. Holmes urged ward equity but yielded when it was explained owners would pay. Sewerage planned to begin next spring.
Huttig Manufacturing plant laid off about fifty workers yesterday afternoon. Mechanics were immediately put to work and repairs completed so the entire force returned to work this morning. Park Snowbound. Weed park gleams with fresh snow as children slide on hills on East Hill and Grant street.
Miss Mamie Moor returns home to Wapello from her uncle Jas Helverson in Confsvelle. Mrs John Gunderson travels to Muscatine to visit daughter Mrs F W Orr. Messrs R G and Randall Tipton are mentioned in the same brief dispatch.
State factory inspector W. J. Ribble of Des Moines spent days in Muscatine examining factories, praising safety standards especially in button shops, but noting some underage workers and lapses in posting age lists. He will return after New Year to complete the survey with Truant Officer Charles Kern to ensure compliance with child labor laws.
Muscatine Eagles appoint committees to distribute Christmas packages to deserving poor families in the city. Ward leaders named are Herman Gremmel and J. J. O'Brien in the First Ward, S. Lorenzen and Ray Price in the Second, F. P. Zimmerman and Joseph Blaha in the Third, and Nicholas Stark, G. A. Linn, and John Nickles in the Fourth. Members are urged to confer with committees to assist in the distribution.
Clarence Askren sold his restaurant stock to Mr. Coon with possession planned for January first. Askren contemplates relocating possibly to Colorado. Amos Fuller traveled to Nichols to visit his sister's gravely ill child Ernest Jennings. George Reiland departed for Chicago with stock cars. Mabel May Kinney, 11 months, daughter of Dolpheus and Mrs Kinney, died of pneumonia near Riverside. funeral held, remains moved for burial.
The Muscatine Maennerchor held a well attended meeting to arrange a Christmas celebration on Sunday December 26 at Turner Hall. The society will present chorus selections and members will give brief remarks as a Christmas tree stands in Turner Hall and presents are given to members and their families.
Miss Rena Oaks resided here for years as family mourns with Mrs. Ed. Oaks of Kansas visiting for the funeral of her grandchild Mabel Kinney.
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