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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1912
Page
4
Post office will close all day New Year’s Day except one delivery to the busines district. Rural routes halt. carriers operate windows 9:00 to 9:30 a.m. Downtown delivery resumes after the first run. Postmaster R. S. McNutt issues the notice.
A stream of visitors from Juneau, Davenport, Nichols and Abingdon arrive for short visits and family gatherings. Mrs. Edward Asthalter announces the birth of a daughter and a son at their East Sixth street home. Funeral arrangements for Mrs Gathering include a private service tomorrow morning with no flowers requested.
The Challagy tribe of Indians, led by Chief Chillagy True Gara, traveled to Washington, D. C., to present their petition for redress of injustices endured for nearly 58 years. A 1830s treaty had promised 3,840 acres between Cape Flattery and Too Canal, but upon relocation the lands were given to another tribe. Repeated appeals have failed to restore their homes or allocate new lands.
Washington sources report a heated tariff debate as Underwood proposals gain attention in the Ways and Means Committee. In Chicago, Mrs Grice Brown Guggenheim seeks to set aside her 1908 divorce decree against wealthy William Guggenheim, alleging impropriety in the original hearing before Judge Dunne.
Fistules removed from Engineering Office on East Front Street and taken to Davenport. The first express car ran as a special accommodation into Muscatine arriving around nine o clock this morning. Some articles were moved from Davenport and fixtures from the engineering office transferred to the city. No regular express service yet planned, but with cars running into the city it is expected that express will operate regularly within a short time.
The committee of the Young People's Union plans a party on Tuesday evening. A program is set with musical numbers and recitations. An oyster supper will follow, with a small charge for the meal while the program and social are free to all invited guests.
Nearly 100000 pounds of dressed poultry were shipped from the city in the past week by two produce firms. The Harms and Glawe firm moved about 63000 pounds while Pearl City Produce shipped a little over 44000 pounds, surpassing last week’s total.
Grace Church and Grace Eagle Lutheran Church announce a New Year’s Eve service with a musical program to be followed by refreshments in the church basement. The Rev. A Augustana alumnus G Ogden will conduct and speak, with services planned every other Sunday until a new pastor is secured.
Local notice announces that the Cort circuit cities, including Chicago, will host higher grade theatrical productions. John Cort, a western landmark, plans continued attractions like The Military Girl, raved as a five month Chicago success, likely to headline the forthcoming season. AlsoPromotional supper at Picat Gapust Church Tuesday at 5:30.
Christmas travel, church services, visitors, and neighborhood notices across Muscatine and nearby towns. Prominent items include birth of a son to Grantvinw, Danvers? and Mrs Charles Wilson, holiday visits by Vern McGrew in Cedar Rapids, and several residents moving, shopping trips, and family gatherings around Muscatine, Columbus Junction, and Wapello.
A large audience attended Sundays special musical service at First Methodist Episcopal church. The program featured rich vocal and instrumental performances including Marie Howanine Hine's anthem The Star of Bethlehem and Miss Hexel Keath's Holy City and O Little Town of Bethlehem. The event showcased a varied offering from the choir and soloists with violin and cornet pieces enhancing the offertory.
City and county attorneys will draft a binding resolution for approval by both boards. The measure creates an agreement permitting use of a county farm building for isolation and will be presented for adoption. Clerks are urged to attend a special Union meeting Monday evening to discuss important business.
Merman Thorman, a county farm resident and former Bellevue hospital inmate, died Sunday morning after a long illness from tuberculosis. He was born August 4, 188?, and lived in the city all his life. Survived by three sisters and five brothers, funeral held at Greenwood Chapel with Rev. J Heefoer officiating. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
Proceedings recount the overruling of all motions for new trials for 38 labor union officials convicted in the dynamite conspiracy. Judge Anderson remarks on varying degrees of guilt while sentences are set or suspended. Witnesses including McManigal’s testimony are referenced as Cooney and Coughlin testify on letters and organized labor's violence.
During court, Coughlin states he opposes the dynamiting campaign though he admits no prior arrests. Judge Anderson questions Franks Murphy and Hiram Kline as prosecutors outline appeals strategy. Prisoners are moved from jail to federal building amid public interest and family scenes.
The report notes George Anderson of Gloveland and Young of Boston among forty men on trial. Herman G Seifert of Milwaukee and Daniel Buckley of Davenport were the only two found not guilty. Spectators cheered prisoners as jurors weighed long sentences while a prisoner in last row handled mail and rocked in his chair. In Leavenworth, Kan a crowd filled the prison as 33 men sentenced in Indianapolis for dynamite conspiracies were promised room and ironworkers to aid roofing.
In Pine Mills on December 30 a Christmas program drew a large attendance at New Era. Kemper and two sons spent Christmas with Dr. and Mrs. G C Hansen near Justine. William Hartman and son Roy did business in Muscatine. Several families and neighbors, including Mr. and Mrs. Wunder, Be Stecher, and Mrs. Reeves, hosted or visited relatives in nearby towns. A new birth, farm moves, and various farm activities are noted among local residents.
A college glee group from the State University will perform at a high school concert in Columbus Junction on Wednesday evening January 1, 1918. Fourteen young men participate with a broad local reputation. The recital occurs under high school auspices amid a string of church meetings in Fredonia led by Rev. W. Mem Winth. and others.
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