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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1908
Page
10
The Muscatine YMCA basketball team will leave tomorrow morning for Ottumwa Iowa to meet the last association opponent there. The local five are crippled but raised hopes after trimming Ottumwa at home, and a strong turnout is promised for the association gymnasium tomorrow evening.
A collection of city notices visits and minor reports: Mrs Emma Rice of Letts shopped in the city while others like M W Stirlen H Goody of Iowa City and F M Dessmann of Moscow called on local businesses. A chicken pie supper and a St Katherine Guild sale are listed along with candy makers and various residents visiting or traveling.
A congressional committee advocates a dedicated station with boats and a steamer to collect and transport fish and freshwater mussels for large scale propagation. The report notes gaps in fundamental knowledge about the life cycle of native mussels and the best fish hosts, stressing that research and propagation must grow together as trials begin in laboratories and at La Crosse with tens of thousands of infected fish.
Cap. F. E. Judhan, married to E. H. Conger’s daughter, says Mrs. Conger’s sale of rare Chinese relics is unjust and denies loot claims by soldiers as fabrications. He calls the allegations ridiculous and unworthy of discussion.
Sir Knight summons a special meeting Wednesday night at 7 30 for work in the B C degree and a banquet. G D Lezotte E C presides and issues the notice.
A large class is to be initiated at the K. O. T. M. meeting this evening. Commander calls for full attendance to ensure orderly setup and participation.
The article warns that overharvesting mussel shells for the freshwater button trade could collapse the industry. It argues for protecting mussel populations by locating life stages with greatest waste and backing targeted legislation once habits and breeding seasons are known. It notes the industry scale from census data and urges passage of a bill.
Judge Ball in Chicago dismisses the injunction suit filed by Stuyvesant Fish and others to block the voting of 281,231 Illinois Central shares held by Union Pacific and Railroad Securities. The decision came on a motion by Fish’s counsel in the superior court.
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