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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1908
Page
5
In March the Rock Island railroad will bring many foreign laborers to the city to complete yard improvements. Over a mile of track will be laid to ease freight handling, with widened yards and new trackage but steel shortages and labor delays have slowed progress.
Mrs. Martha Wilson of half a mile west of town suffered a severe right ankle fracture when she stepped on a dish on cellar stairs and fell to the floor. Dr. W. S. Norton attended, and she may require crutches. She is sixty one years old and it is feared recovery will be prolonged.
East Hill residents and visitors are listed with travel and call details. Lloyd Olney of Fairfield visits the Dale home at 1227 Smakey avenue. Miss Harriette Schmidt from Park Place improves. Attendees urged for Tri M Club at Park Avenue Methodist Episcopal church. Several residents travel for visits or business, including A Walter of Omaha for the Gunzenhauser death, Mrs Kate Osterman to Sigourney, and others moving or returning home.
Township officers are reminded that for the 1908 primary on June 2 candidates for township offices must file an affidavit of candidacy with the county auditor by May 2. The form requires residence, eligibility, party affiliation, and pledge to qualify if elected. affidavits are obtainable at the county auditor's office.
The regular Yeo men meeting will be held at Maccabee hall tomorrow evening. The session promises strong interest as six or more members may be adopted. The ceremony will be exemplified with the degree staff. A social hour with music follows, and refreshments will be served. Members should bring tabernacle song books.
An invitation to bake lemon chocolate and custard pies using OUR PIE preparation now carried by most grocers. Full directions on each package. Pie is a daily staple, not a luxury, and quality encourages sharing with friends. Order packages today.
Henry Schoenig has purchased the Opera House Cafe in the Grand Opera house building. He brings extensive restaurant experience and many local friends will be glad to learn of his acquisition.
Advertises Bucklen's Amnica Salve for healing burns wounds sores and piles at 25 cents from Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store in a period ad style.
Boston reports a surge of interest in philanthropist L. T. Cooper and his medicines. Mrs. W Weiler of Jamaica Plain claims deafness for 12 years improved after using the local remedy, noting she can hear ordinary conversation and street noises. Her husband also reports relief from lifelong constipation. Public confidence grows despite medical skepticism.
Muscatine representatives Charles Willits Harold Morgan Clark Abbott Arthur Cummins and Leonard Agnew attended the Iowa Boys first state conference at Osceola. Over two hundred delegates attended and future turnout is expected to grow. International secretaries spoke on organizing boys work and funds were raised to aid associations statewide. New features of boys work were introduced and discussed.
The Grace English Lutheran Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Society hosted a reception at church parlors with musical selections. Dr Blanche of St Pauls Davenport gave an address on missionary work. Tonight Rev A B Leamer Iowa Synod president will be the principal speaker at a church banquet with additional short talks.
Special moorings are designed for the Lusitania and Mauretania in the River Mersey at Liverpool due to their size and weight. A 16 foot diameter buoy of Siemens Martin steel with 3 inch plates weighs 16 1/2 tons and carries 16 fathoms of 4 1/2 inch stud-link chain. The buoy, 14 feet deep, displaces 865 cubic feet when connected to the moorings.
Wilton Town Aid society met at Mrs. Thos. Raynor home and decided to keep current officers Mrs Raynor as president and Miss Amelia Allen as secretary and treasurer for another year. A Masonic box social for Grace Reformed church funds was announced at Lenker home Friday Feb 21.
A frail health notice proclaims ZEMO can cure dandruff by destroying the germ. It claims instant itching relief, prevention of falling hair, and a clear, healthy scalp. Sold by A. W. Morgan at 107 West Second Street and by all druggists.
Rev J B Bloom led the rites with a quartet of Mrs W D Harris Mrs H B Strong B L Norton and F A Martin singing hymns including Nearer My God to Thee Some Time We'll Understand Abide With Me and Safe in the Arms of Jesus. The funeral cortege then went to Durant Cemetery for interment.
An advertisement by A. W. Morgan promotes Foley's Kidney Cure as a remedy for kidney and bladder issues claiming it stops irregularities and cures any curable case.
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