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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1913
Page
6
Robbina and Zlogini of Connecticut Mutual Life agents report insurance issues. Mrs. H Vincent of Letts calls on friends. Numerous residents from Wilton Thornbury and other towns visit relatives and attend to business in the city, with many returning home Saturday afternoon after short trips.
Muscatine residents are invited to view three added rooms including a special operating room for minor procedures, a convalescing room, and a laboratory with a high quality microscope. An expensive lung treatment machine targets incipient tuberculosis, promising cures when detected early.
Muscatine County Crop Association adopts memorials for the late Hon. I. S. Pepper praising his support of county crop advising and extension work. Also petitions Muscatine city to reconsider the market square location and resubmit the decision to residents, urging careful budgeting and public input.
West Liberty dispatch reports two foreigners fined for hunting without licenses near West Liberty. They stood trial before Justice Jones and paid $25 plus costs. Local items note residents visiting relatives in Cedar Rapids Clinton Iowa City Muscatine and Chicago.
The notice lists in law Vau Mills at University Hospital Iowa City, a Sunday teaching assignment for Miss Jean Protuman in the second grade and Miss Irme Hyans in the sixth, and a couple of regional travels. Osborne made a business visit to Des Moines this week. A reception Saturday evening at Mr. and Mrs. W J Stevens honored Roy and his bride who wed in Faribault Minnesota on December 24 and honeymooning in West Liberty before returning to Faribault to settle. Mrs S A Mortis and soup Clarence and Ogear left Sunday for Camaguey Cuba to spend two months with their daughter. Mr and Mrs R O Slateran and children, en route from Minnesota to Trprant, spent Saturday in town with friends.
Two fires in Muscatine area Saturday evening caused major ruin. The Bloomer farm residence in Bloomington township was razed, with only a small amount of furniture saved by neighbors. Loss around 4000 dollars, partly insured. A second fire destroyed W Doering’s barn at 1021 Stone Street, likely started by skating children. no alert due to hydrant shortage, barn unused for months.
A Reading mother recounts her baby's severe eczema and sleepless nights. After applying Reamel Soap and Reginol Ointment, the rash cleared by Monday, with the mother praising the relief and recommending samples from Dept 18-M Realnol in Baltimore.
Partial OCR notes describe an automobile collision with unspecified damage and names or places not readable. The fragment references an event between vehicles with telephone contact and potential parties Mekee and Onda but lacks verifiable details or outcomes.
The topeka author and preacher spoke at three meetings in Muscatine yesterday. He urged personal, unknown, known, and divine factors as the four reasons a child’s life is worth more than wealth. He warned against greed, gluttony, tobacco, alcohol and lust, urging personal growth and service.
Wapello residents and visitors are listed with relatives across Iowa. Hazel Herrick is visiting grandmother Mrs Spalding in Oakville while Mrs Sirah Benson visits sister Mrs Voshel in Cedar Rapids. Toe Price from Moline, F Hesse to Rochester to see brother in law Dr Patterson hospitalized. Paul Ligher from Mediapolis spent Christmas in Wapello. Mrs Rogers traveled to Keokuk.
Saturday afternoon visits include Hayden staying with his mother in Oakville. Mrs. Darro returns to her Columbus Junction home after a Saturday afternoon outing. Walter Williams returns to his Columbus Junction home following a visit to Rev McBlain.
Elmer Truitt and companions skated on the Muscatine slough when the ice cracked and Truitt fell through. Rescuers struggled as the ice repeatedly broke, but Truitt managed to escape by breaking the ice in stages and making his way toward shore.
A Y M C A board member reports bright prospects for an association banquet next month. The board discussed the plan at a meeting, referred it to a committee, and a Saturday session heard favorable reaction from nearly all interviewed. Final decision awaits another committee meeting.
The article mentions A J Davia as secretary and praises the banquet spirit to be developed at a meeting. It notes Mr and Mrs George Peck of Evanston Wisconsin visiting the Howells on Shermean Street and leaving for home this morning.
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