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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1910
Page
2
Members of the Knight of Columbus progress with NYC style furnishings in the Nyenhuis building at Iowa Avenue and Third Street. The club rooms will feature two pool tables and two billiard tables and are expected to be ready for members by year end.
An old advertisement promotes Bromo Quinine as a worldwide cold and grip remedy. It claims to remove the cause and urges readers to call for the full name and look for the signature E. W. Grove. The price shown is 25 cents.
Raymond Ribak, recently in the west, is back home for the holidays after spending months in Portland working for a music house. He visited Denver Salt Lake City Pocatello and other western points and plans to begin his return trip to the coast next week.
The Brotherhood of Carpenters held its annual meeting and elected officers for the next year. President Ed Maher, Vice President Wesley Zeidler, Recording Secretary Milton Frack, Financial Secretary Robert Finley, Treasurer E F B Rehmel, Conductor Fred Boston, Warden Lee Rainbow, Trustee Wm C Weaver, Auditors Oscar Carlton and James Perry. Delegates to Trades and Labor Assembly Jesse Rehmel, James Berry, Fred Boston and Joseph Washburn.
The Democratic County Central Committee signed a two year lease for the second floor rooms in the Fulham Building on East Second Street to serve as permanent Democratic headquarters. Officials say the quarters will unite county workers and welcome democracy advocates from outside the city.
The Iowa State Board of Agriculture blamed declining rural population on weak agricultural and vocational instruction. It urged the legislature to reorganize rural curricula and establish agricultural high schools. Dean Curtiss urged closing small rural schools and building vocational programs in their place to retain farming families.
Former resident Elizabeth Clemmo dies in Davenport after a long illness. She spent a decade in Muscatine and lived with daughter Lizzie Ryan in Davenport for twelve years. Ryan died December 12. Funeral from 6 Walling Court with interment in Oakdale, conducted by Dean Hare.
With Christmas demand rising, poultry thefts increase as H. C. of L. members report nocturnal visits to nearby coops. Several petit larcenies are noted but lacking proof, perpetrators escape prosecution. Mrs Elizabeth A Carr reports twelve hens stolen and not recovered.
James Reed former mayor of Kansas City and notable orator invited to deliver the principal address at the ninth annual Muscatine Jackson club banquet on January 12. Invitations extended to John B Dennis on Dubuque Claude R Porter Martin J Wade Henry Vollmer D W Hamilton and other prominent democrats. Governor Harmon unable to attend. VP slate added for each ward with Lawrence J Horan I S Pepper H G Thompson J F Devitt named. An invitation committee of thirty to be formed with I S Pepper as chair.
A 1910-era study notes growing demand for realistic mechanical toys. Tin windups, airships, mechanical trains, and stove and laundry sets attract children and dealers. The piece contrasts new highly engineered toys with traditional favorites as Christmas approaches.
A 19th century medical column outlines kidney issues caused by chills or overwork. It links backache, uric acid related conditions, and urine changes to kidney failure and warns of serious outcomes like dropsy and Bright's disease. It urges using a kidney remedy to restore function.
In Muscatine, George E. Duprez reports kidney relief after using Dean’s Kidney Pills. He describes back pain and irregular kidney secretions before taking the remedy at Havercamp’s Drug Store and confirms his March 1907 endorsement as still true.
German dolls excite readers as mechanical creations imitate human senses. They talk walk sleep cry and perform tricks like real babies, captivating interest in the land of dolls.
Des Moines reporters note a forthcoming Iowa conservation commission report detailing river navigation, dams, reservoirs, and drainage statewide. It credits $5000 Iowa funds and $35000 federal money, highlights undeveloped water power, and urges continued support including storage reservoirs and dikes.
Geo Kranz and Son advertise a selection of potted plants and cut flowers for home and garden use. Include varieties and pricing in limited ad space.
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