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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1908
Page
6
The P. M. Musser Public Library reports year end 1907 totals with 14 626 volumes, 887 added, 5 298 total circulation, and 328 new borrower cards. Trustees and librarian are listed. date January 6 1908. Community notices note local visits, school closure due to drifted roads, and relatives visiting from Iowa City.
Farmers near White Prairie schoolhouse No 4 organized a Grange lodge on February 12 with organizers Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt from New Hampshire. Officers elected February 13 include Adolph Rexroth Master Harriet A Morgan Lecturer A B Ewer Secretary and John Maurer Treasurer. Installation and remaining elections planned February 24 at 7:20 pm at the same location.
Beatrice Picha and John Parizek were wed February 19 at St. Wenceslaus in Iowa City. They will reside on Parizek’s Lone Tree area farm in Scott township. Community notes mention local moves, a concert, and a large livestock sale with $7,205 total and one pair of horses selling for $510.
Pomeroy notes a Fortnightly club banquet last Friday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shoppa and S. S. Boruff present. Ice being put up by Wm. Epperly faced thaw damage. Residents attended Millersburg M. E. church dedication and Dale Emerson did sawing work this week. The Joy lecture series continued Thursday with its third program.
City records show Feb 18 1908 finance committee meeting with Ald Eppel presiding. Bills were examined found correct and recommended for allowance and payment from set funds and appropriations.
General Fund and various department appropriations listed with vendors and amounts including Police, Engineer payroll, utilities, and local supplies. Notable entries include Jackson Electrical Supply Co, Muscatine Herald and News-Tribune notices, and Muscatine fuel and feed suppliers with sums ranging from 1.50 to 215.00.
The committee reviewed cemetery fund payrolls and small expenses including J A Bartemeier and Iowa Telephone Co. They deferred action on the Cleveland Vapor Co. and Citizens Ry and Lt Co. bonds until the next session and noted many bonds and coupons were paid or filed. F J Eppel chaired the session.
A promotional notice extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle yet effective laxative and tonic for liver and digestive issues. It claims to cleanse the bowels, stimulate the liver, improve blood circulation, and restore appetite, promising permanent results and guaranteed efficacy for constipation dyspepsia and related ailments.
In Boston a surge of Cooper’s remedies has sparked sharp debate among physicians. One prominent doctor credits limited patient reports of liver kidney and stomach relief while another calls the craze a temporary mania. Cooper draws daily crowds as his charitable work continues.
City Marshal M. J. Flannery presents the February 14, 1908 arrests totaling three for larceny and false pretense, plus one breaking and entering case tied to railroad detectives. The report, approved by the mayor and council, lists 44 inmates in the city jail and notes burials for the month ending February 14.
Statement of collections for January 1908 shows totals across funds. Items include improvements fund 45.49, sewer fund 68.19, gas and electric light 90.92, water sinking fund 5.47, water special fund 78.58, special sidewalk associations 27.70, with overall receipts 966.70 before a 1 percent deduction of 7.25.
City Recorder Gustav Weis submits 月 receipts for February 17 1908 including cemetery lot sales and license fees totaling 104 50 and 107 25 for general fund plus interest and bond coupons. Street Commissioner Geo Fuller presents department expenses and payroll totaling 289 97.
A Special Collections statement lists district and paving charges from January to February 15 1808. It shows Sewer District No 11 and No 2 main fees, Sub-Sewer districts, Ravine and Paving districts with amounts ranging from single digits to thousands, including 164.31 for Ravine and 2 060.71 for Paving District No 23.5.4.
A funeral for Ira Reeves draws many local attendees in Sunflower Ridge on Monday afternoon. Residents N B Cole and family returned home after visiting their daughter in Daven. Various neighbors report daytime visits and small errands around New Era, Linn Gray's, and Pleasant Prairie areas.
This remedy targets colds and La Grippe and is famed for its cures across the civilized world. It claims to cure La Grippe and counteract pneumonia tendencies. Price 25 cents for the regular size and 50 cents for the large size, sold by druggists nationwide.
An Albia family dispute leads to Henry Griffin and his wife being charged with desertion after leaving their 18 month old son at the mother's parents home. An information document has been issued outlining the charges.
An advertising fragment proclaims that the Washburn Crosby milling process eliminates cellulose from flour, arguing that careless milling leaves cellulose in the product and that eye cannot detect it but the stomach will notice.
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