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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1908
Page
8
It explains the benefits of paying by check, noting it avoids double payments from settlements in currency. The message highlights convenience, low cost, and mail delivery of a check. The bank invites accounts subject to check eligibility.
Christmas candies in fancy boxes from Slaughter’s and Bargen Barrows feature promotions for Brain Worth’s Sunny South shoes and Jack’s Pride cigars. Farm listings and local visits appear, with Mrs J C McCleary visiting Muscatine and Wellman resident Samuel Huntsberger in town.
The hearing before County Treasurer C. R. Stafford this afternoon will decide if the estates of Mrs. Maria G. Griffin and John G. Will are assessed for back taxes. Notices sent show Griffin at $40,000 for five years and Will with a lower amount. Will’s claimed estate value is about $52,000. The right to appeal to district court is noted.
Albert Miller six year old son of Mr and Mrs W A Miller 218 East Third street fell on a piece of glass injuring his left arm Dr E B Fulham dressed the wound yesterday afternoon attempting to reach the house he ran fast before the accident occurred
Chicago, Dec 21 Charles Holmes a railway clerk was arrested on a charge of beating his wife to death. A son said Holmes warned her not to answer a phone call. when she insisted she did, he struck her with fists. She fell against a window sill fracturing her skull and dying. Holmes denied the assault claiming she fainted from apoplexy while returning from the telephone.
A brief product promotion notes Dr. King’s New Life Pills offered at Haver Camp’s Prescription Drug Store for improving health. The ad emphasizes quick remedy for bodily discomfort and lists a 25 cent price point.
Banner Lodge Degree of Honor meets tomorrow at 7 30 for regular session at Yeoman hall. Major John Button Club meets Tuesday evening with Mrs Mary Butler at Fourth and Oak. Major John Circle meets Wednesday at G A R hall with full attendance desired. Ramona Council Deg Pocahontas drill team meets this evening.
At 7 30 this evening the American Zouaves appearing at the Family theatre will parade the downtown streets with Pauchet's band. They will perform military and gymnastic movements during the march. The Family theatre bill this week is praised as the best Muscatine has seen.
Harry Kammerer of Grandview was removed to Bellevue hospital Sunday for treatment.
The Euterpean Fraternity announces a Monday January 4 meeting at 7 45 PM in the high school auditorium. Executive committee meeting at Musser Public Library decided agenda includes Rembrandt Poe and Chopin as program characters and numbers.
Mrs L S Gresham of Wapelilo arrived in Muscatine today to be with her daughter in law Mrs M G Bromley who is ill on New Hampshire street.
WANT ADS. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. FOR SALE One twenty horse two cycle Roberts motor one ten horse two cycle Roberts motor. Shermer Bros., 1208 East 4th. FOR SALE 7 room house with all modern improvements with barn woodshed and cistern. Jacob Hintermeister, 1208 Oak. FOR SALE 6 room house with barn lot 490x149 Price 1200 Inquire S G Tarr, 1204 Oak St.
Mrs Irene Schofield, manager of the Postal Telegraph local branch, was granted a divorce from Carl I Schofield by Judge D W Jackson this afternoon. He did not appear to contest the case. She receives $20 per month permanent alimony as requested.
Tonight at the YMCA gymnasium the high school team and the association five clash in the season’s first battle. Both squads are in top form and the rivalry is sharp with a large crowd expected. A curtain-raiser will precede the main game.
Chicago mass meeting of Bohemian Americans pledges a boycott of Austro Hungarian goods in protest of political persecution in Bohemia. Two million Americans of Bohemian descent join similar nationwide gatherings. A large petition and resolutions will be sent to Emperor Franz Joseph.
Federal court rules Harry K. Thaw cannot be moved from Matteawan to Pittsburgh to testify in bankruptcy proceedings. The decision by the United States circuit court of appeals leaves open whether the case will go to the Supreme Court.
Revered J B Smith pastor of the Baptist church spoke at the Y M C A yesterday. His well prepared discourse defended the Bible as the Word of God and special music accompanied the meeting.
This week T will sell the best home made cigars per 50 box for $1.75 Amber mounted briar and meerschaum pipes in cases at one half the retail prices T. Grem mel 2nd floor 206 W. 2nd St.
F. P. Burkley aged eighty one died yesterday in Iowa City. He was the pioneer hotel man of the city who founded the Burkley Imperial in 1882 and remained in the same hostelry.
The subject was born in the Black Forests in Germany and moved to the United States at a young age to work as a baker.
In Hawkesville Kentucky on December 21 the jury in the state vs James H Parrish Owensboro banker charged with receiving deposits while Owensboro Savings Bank Trust Co was insolvent failed to reach a verdict and was discharged. The case centered on about one million dollars in liabilities tied to the bank failure last April, the largest receivership in state history.
A large crowd watched two factory league games at the YMCA gym Saturday night. McKee and Bliven beat Vienna Button Co. 10 to 2, while Roach and Musser faced Muscatine Produce in a tight contest marked by close guarding.
The Roach team edged the opponent with a 3 to 2 final score, showcasing scoring chances and a sharp finish.
Chicago reports the Pioneer Stud Farm sale of imported Shire mares drew record U.S. demand. Iowa Agricultural College paid $2,000 for Wrydeland's Starlight, champion mare, plus $1,500 for Wrydeland's May and $1,550 for Stow Silver Streak. Hans Hagenfeld of Storm Lake bought five head for $3,590.
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